sentences:  There is also worry that the combination of so many different developmental influences in one measurement could result in muddled results and that perhaps the GDI (and the GEM) actually hide more than they reveal.More specifically, there has been a lot of debate over the life-expectancy component of the Gender-related Development Index (GDI).As was mentioned previously, the GDI life expectancy section is adjusted to assume that women will live, normally, five years longer than men.