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OftenBen · 3334 days ago · link · · parent · post: Are Women Better Tasters Than Men? : The Salt : NPR
There's pretty decent bioplausibility for this. Evolutionarily speaking, women who were better at recognizing spoiled food or poisonous alkaloid compounds likely had more and healthier children. Conversely, men who could stomach slightly expired food would most likely fare better in times of scarcity. Their food input would be somewhat more varied than that of males whose taste buds would recognize the difference between 1 day old and 3 day old water buffalo loin. Edit* I would like to note though that I think the title is unnecessarily oppositional. Is it possible to address male and female differences in sensory perception in a way that doesn't set up an 'A is better than B' dynamic? Example