Explain why males are often viewed as the stronger sex but are actually more vulnerable.
What will be an ideal response?
Because the sex chromosomes of females consist of two Xs, if one of these Xs contains a recessive gene for a disorder or disease, it will not manifest itself due to the other X overriding it and not allowing the gene for the disorder to be expressed. Because the sex chromosome makeup of the male is XY, if there is a recessive gene for a disorder on his X chromosome, it will express itself because there is not another X chromosome that may contain a dominant gene to block the expression of the gene for the disorder.
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