How Has Masculinity Conferred Both Privilege and Vulnerability Over Time

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Essay

How has masculinity conferred both privilege and vulnerability over time? How has this affected the lives and life chances of both men and women?

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Definitions:

Glomerular Filtration

The process by which the kidneys filter blood, removing excess wastes and fluids to produce urine.

Efferent Arterioles

Structures that deliver blood to peritubular capillaries that are wrapped around the renal tubules of the nephron in the kidneys.

Peritubular Capillaries

Small blood vessels that surround the tubules in the kidney, involved in the exchange of substances between blood and the filtrate in nephrons.

Distal Convoluted Tubules

Part of the nephron in the kidney where final adjustments in urine composition are made.