Do Women Respond Differently to Stress?

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Do Women Respond Differently to Stress?
Fri, 06-13-2008 - 2:30pm

Some research indicates that women and men cope with stressful situations differently, with the female response possibly being more beneficial. One study, for instance, suggests that women are less likely to fight or flee when faced with stressors. Instead, they choose to "tend-and-befriend." Yet women are more likely than men to say they are under stress.



Women Under Stress



A survey of 30,000 people in 30 countries has found that in similar circumstances, women are more likely than men to say they are under stress. Other studies suggest that women are three times more likely than men to become depressed in response to a stressful event. And women are disproportionately subject to certain kinds of severe stress — especially child sexual abuse, adult sexual assaults, and domestic violence.

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