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Gender Differences In Rates Of Depression Explained

Written by Wellness Club on May 1, 2011 – 11:11 am -

Modern medical science seems determined to spend fortunes on studies and research aimed at determining the cause for well-known differences in rates of clinical depression between men and women.

Perhaps they should give it a rest and direct their attentions toward “proving” something more useful like, say, why a Ketogenic Diet is better for so many reasons that a high carbohydrate diet or why daily supplementation with an optimal dose multiple vitamin like Maxi Multi is still the surest way to provide a solid foundation for good health.

It seems that the answers to the depression question have been succinctly provided to us in this following email that we recently received:

WHY MEN ARE SELDOM DEPRESSED:

More women than men suffer from depression. Science has identified multiple reasons for this disparity.

Men may suffer less depression than women because when you are male:

• Your last name stays put.
• The garage is all yours.
• Wedding plans take care of themselves.
• Chocolate is just another snack.
• You can be President.
• You can never be pregnant.
• You can wear a white T-shirt to a water park.
• You can wear NO shirt to a water park.
• Car mechanics tell you the truth.
• The world is your urinal.
• You don’t have to stop and think of which way to turn a nut on a bolt.
• Same work, more pay.
• Wrinkles add character.
• People never stare at your chest when you’re talking to them.
• New shoes don’t cut, blister, or mangle your feet.
• One mood lasts all month long.
• Phone conversations are over in 30 seconds flat.
• You know stuff about tanks.
• A five-day vacation requires only one suitcase.
• You can open all your own jars.
• You get extra credit for the slightest act of thoughtfulness.
• If someone forgets to invite you, he or she can still be your friend.
• Your underwear is $4.95 for a three-pack.
• Three pairs of shoes are more than enough.
• You almost never have strap problems in public.
• You are unable to see wrinkles in your clothes.
• Everything on your face stays its original color.
• The same hairstyle lasts for years, maybe decades.
• You only have to shave your face and neck.
• You can play with toys all your life.
• One wallet and one pair of shoes in ­one color for all seasons.
• You can wear shorts no matter how your legs look.
• You can ‘do’ your nails with a pocket knife.
• You have freedom of choice concerning growing a mustache.
• You can do Christmas shopping for 25 relatives on December 24 in 25 minutes.

 

Additional differences that may account for less depression seen in men:

 

NICKNAMES

• If Laura, Kate and Sarah go out for lunch, they will call each other Laura, Kate and Sarah.
• If Mike, Dave and John go out, they will affectionately refer to each other as Fat Boy, Bubba and Wildman.

 

EATING OUT

• When the bill arrives, Mike, Dave and John will each throw in $20, even though it’s only for $32.50. None of them will have anything smaller and none will actually admit they want change back.
• When the girls get their bill, out come the pocket calculators.

 

MONEY

• A man will pay $2 for a $1 item he needs.
• A woman will pay $1 for a $2 item that she doesn’t need but it’s on sale.

 

BATHROOMS

• A man has six items in his bathroom: toothbrush and toothpaste, shaving cream, razor, a bar of soap, and a towel.
• The average number of items in the typical woman’s bathroom is 337. A man would not be able to identify more than 16 of these items.

 

ARGUMENTS

• A woman has the last word in any argument.
• Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument.

 

FUTURE

• A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband.
• A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.

 

MARRIAGE

• A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn’t.
• A man marries a woman expecting that she won’t change, but she does.

 

DRESSING UP

• A woman will dress up to go shopping, pick up the kids from school, take the dog to the groomer, visit a friend in the hospital.
• A man will dress up for weddings and funerals.

 

NATURAL

• Men wake up as good-looking as they went to bed.
• Women somehow deteriorate during the night.

 

OFFSPRING

• Ah, children. A woman knows all about her children. She knows about dentist appointments and romances, best friends, favorite foods, secret fears and hopes and dreams.
• A man is vaguely aware of some short people living in the house.

 

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

 

A married man should forget his mistakes. There’s no use in two people remembering the same thing.

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