Female Super Powers (That Men Wish They Had)

published July 2, 2009

Women are XX chromosome, and men are XY. Simply put there is 1/8 missing from men! What is it that can possibly be missing? We have larger sized brains (but use less of it than women) and we are larger physically. Women have certain 'abilities' that men do not have. Some could consider them super powers. Well I can think of 6 super powers off the top of my head that women have and that men do not.

#6 - Attention Span - Women definitely have a better and longer attention span than men. This leads to all sorts of plusses. For example women are better at memorization than men, can recognize faces and clothing better than men, and are not distracted as easily as men. While men just zip through the channels, women will take their time and see what the channel is all about. Though that is a generalization, it does lead back to the superior attention span of women. This is the weakest of the super powers men wish they had, but it certainly is a good start.

I'll bet you are looking at this picture of Vida Guerra instead of reading why women have long attention spans.

#5 - Sense of Smell - This is widely regarded as truth. Women have a far superior sense of smell. Many studies even suggest that women have superior hearing as well. When men sniff their armpits and think "eh good enough," it probably isn't. Tons of cologne is just as bad as body odor, though my scientific basis for this is conversation with women I know. Though this may not necessarily be an enviable super power, it definitely is a useful one.

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#4 - Lie Detection - According to the great Chris Rock, "Men tell more lies, but women tell the biggest lies." Perhaps dealing with the white lies of men for centuries, women have grown accustomed to it. We men tell lies all the time, mostly to look better to others or to not look as bad. Now of course the lie detection of women isn't 100% accurate, but it is vastly more accurate than a man's lie detection.

Non-listed female super power: Spite

#3 - Women's Intuition - This is a mysterious one, but so often talked about. Women seem to 'know' when a loved one is in trouble. Perhaps because the sons and daughters were once part of the mother, and the mother can just sense the danger, similar to twins who often times feel what happens to the other. Much of women's intuition can be attributed to a combination of all the other female super powers (ie. better observation, heightened senses, nurturing instincts, more in touch with emotions etc).

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#2 - Color Sensitivity - For starters, more men are color blind than women. But . "What color is that suit?" can be answered by a simple "blue" to men, but for women the choices are far more vast (navy, baby, royal, sapphire, turquoise, azure, powder, sky and more). Women see subtle hues and shade differences where men see none. Could this be why women's clothes seem to 'match' more than men? Or why women decorate better than men? Or maybe even why they tend to their beauty more than men?

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#1 - Pain Tolerance - While men can maybe tolerate a bruise or a cut better than a woman, there's no comparison when it comes to excruciating debilitating pain. Women can handle more and can tolerate it more. They have to deal with the physical pain of delivering a child, something that a man can't even dream of doing (though perhaps a very bad kidney stone can come close). If a terrorist captures a male and a female soldier, the male will likely squeal long before the female.

These piercings are probably more painful to look at than to receive.

So with these 6 super powers, we have the superhero known as the human female. Rock over London, rock on Chicago.