Women: Elephants or Hummingbirds? Sir, I am writing in answer to Mr. Long’s letter, in which he suggests that (slow)…movers live (long) … . Mr. Long seems to believe that a kind of life in total lethargy is (healthy) …than an active kind of life, which is a very dangerous suggestion, I believe. Psychologists have shown that people who are (little) … active are often depressive, eat and drink (much)… and die of all kinds of illnesses at very early age. Dr. Paul McNeill, London E3 Sir, Mr. Long’s theory about long life is sexist nonsense! Women usually work much (hard)… than men, because housework is very (hard)… physical work, and very many women have a job besides the housework. Even in the “Third World”, where women do much of the agricultural work alone, they have (long) … lives than men. How could Mr. Long explain this within his “theory”? Vanessa Grant, Jennifer Cartwright, Women and the Third World Working Group