Women even tend to carry bags differently than men do. It is thought that their wider hips necessitate a less perpendicular carrying angle for their forearm so that their swinging arms aren’t constantly banging against their legs. That’s why women generally carry bags with their palms facing forward (allowing their arms to be slightly splayed) while men carry them with palms facing back. Far more significantly, women and men have heart attacks in quite different ways. A woman suffering a heart attack is more likely to experience abdominal pain and nausea than a man, which makes it more
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