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A man's pelvic bones are typically smaller and narrower than a woman's. The pubic arch, or space at the base of the pelvis, is also smaller than a woman's. The opening at the base of the pelvis, the obturator foramen, creates the ball-and-socket hip joint with the femur, the large bone of the leg.