Women rule

Female animals tolerate trauma and hemorrhage better than male animalsANDEstrogen has rapid nongenomic effects that protect organs from damage and attenuate insult–induced inflammationMOREOVERThe survival deficit from trauma and hemorrhage produced in ovariectomized female animals is repaired with administration of exogenous estrogenANDWomen survive injury, sepsis, and trauma-hemorrhage–induced hypoxemia/reperfusion better than menTHEREFOREWomen rule … in survival after trauma, thus, men would benefit from being more like women.