Is the fact that girls tend to have more body fat than guys (biologically speaking), a factor in girls worrying about their weight?

[Jjpayne]

I recently read in my textbook and I have heard it before, that girls tend to have more body fat than guys do. I found it interesting and I just wonder if girls have thought about that as a factor when considering how much they weigh.

[shadowlegend]

It is true that women are expected to store more fat on their bodies, but many women in this day-and-age have unrealistic expectations based on magazines and movies, and choose to be ignorant about how genetics factor into how their body develops, and also seem to like driving themselves crazy pursuing some kind of perfect body and hating the body they have, and unfortunately you just can't reason with women and their body insecurities, it's something we each have to learn on our own.

[egi22]

Yes, women have more body fat than man. Also the fat is distributed in different places. For man, mostly, it's belly fat and for women... well, on the hips, thighs, breasts. That's our nature. We women are self conscious anyway... with more body fat on less. We are not happy when we are too fat and we are not happy when we are too skinny. And most of the times we are not happy when we are in between, with a healthy weight. We are perfectionists haha. 😊

[egi22]

than men*

[dolemite68]

ya and women tend to try to over do it when it comes to exercise but they have to be me gradual than men because of the fat distribution in their body. They try to do too much too quick and they just lose their boobs and butt and barely any stomach fat

[Máiiréad]

Body fat to help sustain bearing a child.