Reloaded Mag Africa Volume 17 | Page 19

“Behind every successful man there is a woman”. Not only in the case of a man but this saying stands for the functioning of the whole world. She is said to be the ultimate strength and support behind the success of an individual. There is a lot of differentiation and discrimination in the name of gender as males and females. Nevertheless this difference does exist in nature from time immemorial.

A female draws out various characteristics which are different from that of a male, varying from factors such as physical, mental. Biological and reproductive. These are inborn and inbuilt right from the time a mother conceives a female child.

Womanhood is the period in a female’s life after she has passed through childhood and adolescence, generally around the age 18. Women have three very important physiological functions totally absent in men--menstruation, pregnancy, and lactation. Each of these mechanisms influences the behavioral patterns of a female greatly.

Another such noticeable factor could be psychological.

Women prefer to share and care more; she would discuss and figure out a solution for a problem which they face by discussing it with her friends. She is more emotionally depended and possesses an emotional mind when compared to that of men. But men on the other hand seem to be independent and keep things more to themselves. But unfortunately, women are more prone to different types of depressions due to their emotional weakness.

Communication skills and emotional intelligence are found to be better in females. They tend to be more group-oriented.

Women can be, and many are, greatly affected by hormone fluctuations. A hormonal change in female body is much more prominent and undergoes changes as the age advances. The main two hormones generated in female body are estrogen and progesterone. Estrogen helps the uterus grow, maintains the uterine lining to protect the budding baby. Progesterone has characteristics that balance and counteract the adverse effects that estrogen can have. Progesterone is important mainly for the preparation of the endometrial for implantation of the egg during pregnancy and the maintenance of pregnancy.

Progesterone is important mainly for the preparation of the endometrial for implantation of the egg during pregnancy and the maintenance of pregnancy.

Women are more often portrayed as being under the influence of their hormones, as being subject to hormonal tides or hormonal storms.

Women face many injustices and inequalities globally, both in terms of economic factors and human rights. An often overlooked aspect of this phenomenon is their health, so it’s almost important that proper diet and care are taken as far as female health is concerned.

A healthy diet can help reduce PMS (pre-menstrual syndrome), boost fertility, and make pregnancy and nursing easier. It provides one with energy, maintaining weight and keeps you looking good.

God has created women in such a way that, she can take her generation forward by giving birth to new offspring. The ideal time to start learning about pregnancy is not when a woman is already pregnant but much before that.

For a woman, pregnancy planning means learning everything she can about how her own health and that of her baby can be optimized. She is capable of conceiving from the time she attains puberty till the time of menopause.

A female body is also highly prone to diseases too due to its sensitive features or even due to malnutrition which leads to less immunity. Many such diseases are gallstones, migraine headaches, osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis, high blood pressure(hypertension) etc.

Women with Osteoporosis have weak bones which tend to break. Osteoporosis in the vertebrae can cause serious problems for women. A fracture in this area occurs from day-to-day activities like climbing stairs, lifting objects, or bending forward

Research has also revealed the genetic and molecular basis of a number of gender-based differences in health and disease, some of which are related to genotype — XX in the female and XY in the male.