I wonder why the Beauty Brains never do studies like this. Here are a few reports that demonstrate some interesting findings about our sense of smell.
Women smell better
Women are better at smelling things than men. Researchers at the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia conducted a study to see how well fragrances hid or covered body odor. They took smelly scents and combined them with different perfumes. Out of the 32 fragrances tested, women were only fooled by 2 of them. For men, 19 of the fragrances worked.
This explains why your boyfriend thinks his deodorant shower works but you don’t.
Scent will tell
Researchers also found that women can tell when a man is interested in her from his body odor. You can read the article for the study details but essentially they found women’s brains activated differently when they smelled aroused male sweat versus non-aroused male sweat.
The Power of the Pill
One final story finding about scent is that women who are on the pill do a worse job of picking a suitable mate than women who are not. Evidently, the pill sets the body’s hormones to a pregnant-like state, significantly inhibiting the ability to sense a suitable mate.
If you keep picking the wrong guy, it might be your birth control
-Mid Brain
Do you have more examples of things you think women can do better than men? Leave a comment. They might be worth studying scientifically.
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I know one thing we women can do better than men – ovulate.
Women aren’t better than men. Feel free to use sensational headlines but please don’t use sexist ones.
I’ll have to claim ignorance on this one because I don’t see the sexism here. Fellow Brains you want to chime in?
-Mid Brain
Joy, if women are proven to have a better sense of smell than men, then it’s just the way it is. *shrug* It’s just an average. And there’s enough men working in perfume houses to demonstrate that some of them are good at it, too.
Definitely a trainable skill.
Yeah. We’re all born with varying skills, but you can teach yourself a new one if you really want to. Like languages. Frenchmen are better at speaking French, but you can make yourself learn it if you push.
BTW, I’m not saying Frenchmen are born speaking French.
I’ll shut up now.
@Mid Brain: I don’t see the sexism here either. Doesn’t everyone know that women smell better than men… and look better…and feel better…and taste better.
I definitely hear better. Nothing escapes my eagle ears. or my keen sense of smell, unfortunately…
lol these men vs women topics are always funny.lolz
My opinion: The title “More Ways Women Are Better Than Men” may hint sexism; however, it’s used for comparison articles like this, as in statements like “women are better than men at [skill A]“.
On that note, if someone says men are better than women at, say, repetitive tasks, or physically-tasking activities, and it’s proven to be true, I’m not going to be offended. (Unless, of course, the author is purposely being biased or disrespectful, etc). I want people to know that one sex being better at a particular activity or skill than the other sex is not something to be offended by; males and females ARE different because they need to be different.
It is important to know that, for example, women having a better sense of smell than men does not mean men are inferior; just designed differently.
That’s right Ivy. Men and women are different. That doesn’t make one of us better than the other…just different.
I realized, many, many years ago, as a young man, that women, quite simply, are better than men in every possible way. The ensuing years have done nothing to change my conclusion.
AS A MAN, ABSOLUTELY STRAIGHT, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE MORE HAIR ON MY LEGS AND CHEST.
IS THERE ANY WAY TO DO IT?