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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Maya Oppenheim

Stress caused by gender inequality is damaging women’s brains, study finds

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Stress caused by gender inequality is harming women’s brains, a first-of-its-kind study has suggested.

Researchers at more than 70 institutions discovered the outer thickness of the right part of women’s brains was slimmer than men's in countries with worse gender inequality but there was no substantial difference in nations with greater gender equality.

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