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'''Women''' is the plural for the female of the human species.
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'''Women''' is the plural for the female of the human species, with the biological role of bearing and nurturing offspring.  In preparation for this role, women's breasts begin to grow at puberty, forming the most striking difference between women and men.  Other differences include a layer of subcutaneous fat under the skin which hides the underlying musculature and a wider pelvis to facilitate carrying the embryo and allowing it it pass out of the body.  Women also have a greater proportion of fine vellus hair over certain areas of their skin (such as their face and legs) than the coarse terminal hair which appears on men.
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Women have slightly longer average lifespans than men, which results in women overtaking men in population by middle age despite a 105:100 boy to girl ratio at birth.
    
== Women in the Bible ==
 
== Women in the Bible ==
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