Well woman are vastly superior to men as demonstrated by Emily Barr;-)
Spend some time in an old graveyard and read the tombstones...a shocking number are women between the ages of 16 and 25.
Without modern medecine my mother would died with either one of her children...as would half my friends...we don't talk much about it in modern times because medecine has done so much in this area...but compared to animals that walk on all fours we are horrible breeders.