**An award-winning physician and scientist makes the game-changing case that genetic females are stronger than males at every stage of life **

**An award-winning physician and scientist makes the game-changing case that genetic females are stronger than males at every stage of life **

'A powerful antidote to the myth of a "weaker sex"' Gina Rippon, author of The Gendered Brain**From birth, genetic females are better at fighting viruses, infections and cancer. They do better at surviving epidemics and famines. They live longer, and even see the world in a wider variety of colours. These are the facts; they are simply stronger than men at every stage of life. Why? And why are we taught the opposite?

Drawing on his wide-ranging experience and cutting-edge research as a medic, geneticist and specialist in rare diseases,Dr Sharon Moalemreveals how the answer lies in our genetics:the female's double XX chromosomes offer a powerful survival advantage. And he calls for a long-overdue reconsideration of our one-size-fits-all view of the body and medicine - a view that still frames women through the lens of men.Revolutionary, captivating and utterly persuasive, The Better Half * will make you see women, men and the survival of our species anew.*

** 'Brilliant, original and groundbreaking, highly readable and genuinely useful' Daily Mail**