ScienceDaily (Oct. 8, 2010)
New studies have shown that men sweat more and more easily than women. One reason for this has to do with testosterone in men. Testosterone outputs more perspiration than estrogen. Sweat happens when the body's core temperature increases, activating the sweat glands to try to cool down the body (even though it may feel as if you're getting hotter).
Inoue says that future studies will look more at different kinds of sweat in differents conditions, and how they differ with men and women. As a physical trainer, he is very observant of these things and will work on the next study very tactfully.
Meanwhile, Inoue still thinks that both men and women should be in shape and exercise regularly in order to regulate sweat.
Opinion: I never knew this. I always thought that women just didn't try as hard as men. It surprised me that women had less body fluid than man, which supports one of the reasons that they don't sweat as much. Although women don't sweat as much as men, which some can see as an advantage, I see it as a disadvantage because this makes them more prone to dehydration. Even though men and women sweat differently, they should both take precautions before exercising and heat waves.
1. Did you honestly even notice the difference between men and women sweating?
2. What is an advantage of sweating a lot for men?
3. Search the internet or another source to see which sex is dehydrated more and explain the results.
I didn't realize this either. Being a girl, I never thought that we didn't sweat as much because we don't try hard enough. Being competitively involved in sports I know for sure that the effort can be just the same. Although I knew men sweat more than women, I never thought to find out why. Now that I know, it's not all that surprising. Both genders still need to keep hydrated, and I agree that precautions must be made. Some may feel that it is unfair for women to not sweat as much and have more of a chance of dehydration, and others may think that it's not fair that men have to sweat more. This can be seen from many different sides, and there will be various opinions. I have seen the differences, but I don't have a strong opinion on the topic.
ReplyDeleteI never knew this either, but I never really cared to even notice. Men and women both sweat no matter how much a women sweats versus how much a man sweats could ever really matter to me. In my opinion I think it just has to do with the way men are built versus the way women are. Men usually have better upper body strength and usualyl are selected to do more demanding jobs. Like landscaping, how many women do you see doing that? I'm not saying women arn't strong or shouldn't be doing any of those types of jobs, but I just think that's why men sweat more. Women could do those jobs if people asked them too. #2 I think it is an advantage for men only because of the dehydration factor. While playing sports you must be hydrated and that stinks that women get dehydrated faster.#3 http://www.springerlink.com/content/k412g63286225422/...I think what is stated on that website are many facts of why people believe certain things. Facts are facts.
ReplyDeleteThis article makes sense considering men usually have a larger structure than women it should make sense that men have more bodily fluids to create sweat. I disagree with Nicole and Jake because I think men sweat more not because women don’t try (how do you think some women can run a marathon in 2 ½ hours? By slacking off? Not a chance) but because men have testosterone and are hired to do more physically demanding jobs more often. If both men and women are in the same conditions doing the same physical exercise/labor, I would think that the amount that they perspire would be almost identical. I think that an obvious advantage to more sweat from men means that they have more to try and cool them down (even though a woman may not need as much sweat to stay at an appropriate core temperature). But it also can be bad because that means men lose bodily fluids faster and need to hydrate more while women retain more fluids. I never really noticed it or even cared about this topic because it seemed like a basic thing. Guys and girls run the same, guys and girls sweat the same. The article I found (http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/health/women-really-do-sweat-far-less-than-men_100440986.html) explained that men sweat more efficiently than women and that women have to work a considerable amount more than men to sweat as much.
ReplyDeleteI actually have a couple of questions for Jake:
1. Who is Yoshimitsu Inoue? I know he is a physical trainer but why is he important enough to be in this article?
2. What other topics do Inoue and the Osaka International University and Kobe University research?
3. Finally, what does it mean really to glow? Is it just a thin layer of sweat that women produce or something else?
Personally, I really don't get how this is an article about enviornmental science. Sweating and perspiration are not really related to E.S. But this being said, this was a very interesting article. Like the other Lady Bloggaz, I was also suprised at this information and I definatley never knew this before. In response to question 1, no I did not even notice the differnce between men and women sweat pattern, but thats not really something I [pay attention to. Unlike Jake I did not think girls did not try as hard as boys, but as I said I never really put any thought into it. I guess this information does make sence when you think about it, but its one of those articles that doesnt reallhy make a huge difference because its not going to change our everyday life, its more a snapple cap fact that you'll read, say "oh, thats interesting" then forget about it.
ReplyDeleteI didn't mean for that comment to be offending. It was my personal opinion about the girls our age. It does sound silly, and I'm sorry about, but I was just thinking out loud. As for Dylan's questions, Inoue is the physical trainer that helped observe in this study. I am unaware of the other topics that they study. For your last question, glowing I guess is just a light sweat (a thin layer of sweat, as you said). They just used it as a creative way of showing that women don't sweat as much as men. Once again, I am sorry for that comment.
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