Until the seventeenth century, hysteria referred to a medical condition in females that was thought to be caused by disturbances of the uterus.  In Greek, hystera means “uterus.”

I think it still exists.

In the United States and Canada, the male-to-female ratio of nurses is roughly 1:19.

Those guys must get so many girls!

In Old English, the word “man” simply refereed to the human race regardless of gender.  The word wer meant adult male, as seen today in “werewolf.”  Wif was the word for an adult female.  The word “woman” derives from wifman, which just meant “female human.”  Also I’d like to mention that the word “female” is unrelated to the word “male,” which comes from the Latin masculus.  The word “female” comes from the Latin femella.  In the 14 century, the English spelling was altered so it paralleled the spelling of “male.” 

I am so sorry for all of the quotation marks and italics.  I have confused myself to the point where I didn’t learn anything.  I only got dumber today.

Parthenogenesis is a form of asexual reproduction found in females, where growth and development of embryos occurs without fertilization by a male.  In 2004, scientists at Tokyo University of Agriculture used parthenogenesis to create a fatherless mouse, named Kaguya.  And just like that, a mouse religion has been created.