每日口說挑戰 男生其實比女生更容易生病？(Men vs. Women: Who Really Gets Sicker?)

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It’s a pretty common trope that a cold or the flu doesn’t really affect women as much as it does men. There’s even kind of a pejorative name for it, “the man flu”, which implies that men are just being babies. Now, of course this is a crazy exaggeration… being sick sucks for everyone... except… studies have shown this difference in experience may have a hint of truth to it.

社會上有個普遍的迷思是：流感對男生的影響遠大於女生。甚至還有「男性流感」這種有點貶抑的名稱出現，意思就是男人只是在裝病而已。當然這只是誇飾，生病從來就不是件好事。但近日研究顯示，這多多少少是有依據的事實。