MALES ARE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE FLU THEN FEMALES. MULTIPLE STUDIES HAVE SUGGESTED WIDER SUSCEPTIBILITY OF MALES THEN MULTIPLE STUDIES HAVE SUGGESTED WIDER SUSEPTIBILITY OF MALES THEM FEMALES OF MULTIPLE SPECIES TO COMMON VIRUSES AND BACTERIAL INFECTONS. A 2015 STUDY IN THE AMERICAN JOUNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY HYPOTHESIZED THAT ESTROGEN COMPOUNDS, FOUND AT HIGHER LEVELS IN WOMEN THEN MEN, MIGHT MAKE IT HARDER FOR FLU VIRUSES TO INFECT INDIVIDUALS.