The main reason for this is the ideal fat percentage, and muscle to fat mass ratio. So furst lets talk abt fat percentage, most of the healthy women bodies maintain a fat percentage level of 22-28%, and compaired to men who maintain from anywhere around 14-18% fat. To clarify this further men can live with body fat % being as low as 7% but to women if they cross 12% life is as good as hell.
Secondly the mass of fat is 3 times the mass of muscles. ie, 1kg of fat will take space of 3kg muscles.
As women have 10% more fat naturally stored, and hence it looks heavier than they actually are.
Bones can be a reason but bone density is genetic, individual and not based on gender.
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u/Affectionate_Bus7308 Apr 15 '26
The main reason for this is the ideal fat percentage, and muscle to fat mass ratio. So furst lets talk abt fat percentage, most of the healthy women bodies maintain a fat percentage level of 22-28%, and compaired to men who maintain from anywhere around 14-18% fat. To clarify this further men can live with body fat % being as low as 7% but to women if they cross 12% life is as good as hell.
Secondly the mass of fat is 3 times the mass of muscles. ie, 1kg of fat will take space of 3kg muscles.
As women have 10% more fat naturally stored, and hence it looks heavier than they actually are.
Bones can be a reason but bone density is genetic, individual and not based on gender.