CATEGORY I

FACTS ON FILIPINO MEN AND WOMEN

According to the latest Census of
Population 2007 by the NSO there
were more females than males in
the Philippines
 Males outnumber females by a ration of
102 males to 100 females
 There are more single Filipino
males than females.
TRUE. 53.8% single males and 46.2
females
 The 2008 NDHS showed that women in poor
households tend to bear more children than those
who are well off
True. Poor women @5.2 children average,
well-off @1.9
 According to the 2010 Labor Force Survey,
there were more females employed than men
False: Female employment is at 14.2 million
while male is at 22.3 million
In a 2010 Survey on Overseas Filipinos
conducted by NSO, there were more
female OFWs than men
Of the 2 million OFWs around the world
975 thou or 47.7 are females and 52.3% are
males.
There are more than 100 female members
of the house of representatives
There are only 48 females in the lower
house. They comprise 21.6 percent of the
total 222 representatives
As of February 2012, there are more females
occupying managerial position in the
government
According to CES, 46 % are female
occupying third level positions
According to a 2010 PNP report, Region II
has the most number of VAWC cases
Region 6 posted the highest reported VAW
cases with 3,535 (Jan-Dec 2010) accounting
for 23.4 % of reported cases nation-wide
ARMM posted the lowest reported VAW
case
With only 21 reported cases
Life expectancy is one of the indicators of
development. In the Philippines, male life
expectancy is lower than females.
Current projected life expectancy for male
is at 67.61 years and for female is 73.14
According to the DOH, there are more
males aff licted with HIV/AIDS than
women
As of December 2011, of the total 8,364
documented cases, 1,463 of 17.5% are
women and 82.5%
In the 2008, Functional Literacy, Education,
and Mass Media Survey (FLEMMS), there
were more literate men than women
The basic literacy rate among females is
96.1 % while its 95.1 in males
Girls are more likely to graduate in high
school than boys
The completion rate of female in the
secondary level is higher at 79.94% (80 in
every 100) compared with that of the male at
70.44 (70 in every 100)
Natural Cases of Inequality between Male
and Female
Women have a greater ability to detect
smells than men
Studies say that this may be linked to
estrogen hormones. The structure of the nose
is the same in women as men, and they dont
have any more receptors in the nose, but
studies have shown smells activate a greater
region in the brain in women than men.
Females are more likely to reach orgasm
faster than males
According to sexologist Alfred Kinsley for 75% of
all males, orgasm is possible to be attained within
the first four minutes after initiation of sexual
intercourse. For women the average time to reach
orgasm is between 10 and 20 minutes.
Men are more advance than women when it
comes to spatial awareness
Men are more abstract and Euclidian, using
kilometers/miles and cardinal directions,
while women often base their directions on
landmarks and left-right directions. The
lobule, which controls the perception of
speed and the mental ability to rotate 3-D
objects, is larger in men as well.
The female brain is bigger than the male
brain
The male brain is larger than the females,
having about 4% more cells and weighing
100 grams more than female brains.
Women are more talkative than men
In females, the region associated with language
and social interaction is significantly larger than
males, and located in both cerebral hemispheres,
not just the left (as in males).
FREUD claimed that fetuses brains are
initially female
Dr. Louann Brizendine claims that every brain
begins as a female brain, only becoming male 8
weeks after conception, when there is a surge in
testosterone which reduces the language center
and grows more cells in the aggression centers.
Men age faster than women
 Women have particularly denser neurons
that deteriorate differently, which can lead
to dementia quicker than a mans brain
would. But women generally have faster
blood f low to their brains, causing them to
lose less brain tissue as they age.
Mens skin also ages better, getting wrinkles later than
women because the collagen levels dont deteriorate as fast as
they do in women. However, baldness is another X-linked
recessive trait; you inherit it from your mother. This is
because androgen receptors, a key hormone in the process of
balding, are on the X chromosome. This means there is some
truth that to see how your hair will go in the near future, look
to your mothers father, the person who gave her one of her X
chromosomes. Chronic conditions are also showing a trend in
being more prevalent in older women than men (conditions
such as hypertension and arthritis)
Females are more tolerant to
physical pain than men
 Females have more coping
mechanisms than men do to deal
with pain (i.e. more complex
endorphin and oxytocin responses
Wild card trivia on women
Wearing high heels can make a
woman better in bed
 Wearing high heels can make
women better in bed by
strengthening their pelvic muscles.
The longer a woman's legs, the less
likely she is to develop Alzheimer's
 People with shorter arms and legs may be at a
higher risk for developing dementia later in life
compared to people with longer arms and legs,
according to a study published in the May 6,
2008, bonus issue of Neurology, the medical
journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
Researchers say the association between short
limbs and dementia risk may be due to poor
nutrition in early life, which can affect limb
growth.