A delegate from Connecticut, Roger Sherman, proposed a two-house legislature, consisting of a Senate and a House of Representatives. The Senate would have an equal number of representatives from each state. This would satisfy the states with smaller populations.
1 Estrogen also makes women store fat more in the subcutaneous areas (fat just under the skin and in the arms and legs), versus the deep belly fat in the middle of the body.  Estrogen may have a different impact on deep abdominal fat, either not impacting it at all or speeding its release.
Simply put, estrogen loss is to blame for the bulge. Estrogen is the primary female hormone and when it begins to tank between your mid 40s to mid 50s, the way you burn and store fat also changes. Menopausal weight gain tends to accumulate around the middle, giving women that apple shape we detest so much.