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Cat Bohannon (on the female body and evolution)

2024/9/18
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Cat Bohannon, a researcher and bestselling author, joins Dax Shepard on Armchair Expert to discuss her book, Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution. They delve into the historical lack of research on female bodies in medicine and the surprising impact of this disparity.
  • Women are often understudied in medical research.
  • The effects of medications like Ambien and opiates differ significantly between men and women.

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Cat Bohannon (Eve) is a researcher and best selling author. Cat joins the Armchair Expert to discuss why strangers want to tell her about their bodies, the reasons women often live longer, and how the medical industry doesn’t study women as much as men. Cat and Dax talk about why women are often seen as having more anxiety, how important females are to the success of a society, and why men have difficulties hearing women’s voices. Cat explains how working night shifts affects the human body, why women are better designed to walk upright, and how diversity is a strength of our species. 

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