Why do women generally have wider hips and larger breasts than men?

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MrOracle · Accepted Answer

Unlike men, women get pregnant, grow babies inside them, and then they have to give birth to those babies, which means a baby needs a way out of the mother. That way out is called a vagina, but there has to be enough room in the pelvis bone and hip bones to allow a child to pass through - thus, women evolved to have wider hips to allow this. That's the basics of evolution: minor mutations that prove to be beneficial to reproduction or survival tend to give those who have those traits a higher chance of survival and reproduction, while those who lack those traits have a lower chance, so that, after many generations, the trait gets reinforced and spreads throughout the species.

As for breasts, humans are the only mammals who have enlarged breasts when not pregnant, and one of the reasons for that is to allow women to be identified from a distance. In early, pre-"civilized" societies, it was common for one tribe or village to "steal" women from another (which helped widen the gene pool and strengthen the species), and breasts helped not only identify the women, but ensure that they were post-pubescent and able to reproduce.

Every physical feature on the human body evolved the way it is for a reason, and the basis for those reasons was survival and reproduction. Humans walking upright, being hunter-gatherers, and having to adjust to different climates and diets dictated our digestive system, body size, bone density, percentage of muscle, and so on. The size and location of our ears and eyes is optimized for how we use them. Where we grow hair is optimized for our climate and environment. It goes on and on, but everything comes down to evolution, which optimizes for survival and reproduction.

AlexanderAnttila · Accepted Answer

Generally? It's more like a rule. You never see a man walk around with breasts, unless they're obese. It's biological for child-bearing reasons of course.

ushagomez · Accepted Answer

Our hips are wider because our pelvis is shaped to allow childbirth. Our breasts are more developed and contain the mammary glands for us to provide milk for babies.

Lyndsielee666 · Accepted Answer

... have you never heard the term child hearing hips or?

JaneDoe377 · Answer

Having kids.

EmmaMary · Answer

Congratulations on winning a Troll of the day award. In the meantime start swotting up on your Human Biology lessons. smh

LiamSawyer · Answer

For making babies.

Bandit74 · Answer

One of the great mysteries of the universe.

andreasderjuengere · Answer

Gravity and centrifugal force works different on them?

Phoenix98 · Answer

Birthing and raising children.

pigoat · Answer

Generally i have larger breast than women And larger hips

cth96190 · Answer

Doh! So that you can have babies.

magiusX26 · Answer

children

Giggltr0nn · Answer

Uh... because babies come out of you lot

DreamCatchcer · Answer

Wider hips because they grow babies in that area for 9 months. Larger breasts because they mammary glands that men don't have so they can feed their babies.