Do women blink more than men? > OMGfacts : Blinking is a reflex that is started by a sudden noise. Studies show that women react more quickly then [sic] men to these sudden noises, and blink both twice as hard and often as men. > > factalerts : Essentially, women blink more often than men due to the higher levels of the hormone estrogen within their system. Is this claim true?

A new perspective on spontaneous blinks _Ophthalmology_ 2013 May; 120(5):1086-91

> Blink rate was significantly higher in women than in men (P = 0.007, unpaired t test; female, 22.0 ± 16.8 blinks/minute; male, 8.6 ± 7.2 blinks/minute).

See also Analysis of blink rate patterns in normal subjects _Movement Disorders_ 1997 Nov;12(6):1028-34.

> Women had a higher BR [blink rate] than men, but this was significant only while reading (p < 1 x [10^(-5)]). In men, mean BR while reading was 3.0 (5 and 10% critical values: 0-13 and 0-10); in women it was 6.2 (critical values: 0-26 and 0-20; Table 1).