An Omnipresent Trope Super-Trope which can be assumed to exist in every form of media unless otherwise stated. In most forms of human society, the assumption is that women are the more delicate of the sexes or are more suited for nurturing than the more active roles undertaken by males of the species. Women tend to be physically smaller than men, possess less musculature, and estrogen (the key hormone that separates women from their opposites) tends to build physical attributes better geared toward nurturing. All of these things, and many others besides, have created the assumption that women are less "hardy" than men.