It apparently appears from the behaviour and expression of my colleagues that our female colleagues bother less and perhaps feel less tension in the official problems than male colleagues.
Is it a general observation?
Is there any scientific basis behind it?
No not at all. They feel a lot of stresses but their reactions and natural tolerances are different.
We are subjected daily to various pressures of life. Those of us who are not overwhelmed by these pressures and cause depression, and may be affected by some of the diseases of the age, such as neuropathy, or chronic headache, but women may be more likely to be affected by these pressures and may be more likely to fall in the trap of Men. This was confirmed by psychiatrists; they showed that women are more likely to suffer stress than men because they try to find a balance between their working life and the requirements of motherhood.
According to doctors, workload-related stress is 50 percent higher for women than men of the same age. Psychologists have shown that women struggle to reconcile work, raise children and care for older parents.
It should be noted that a previous British study indicated that mental disorders are more common in women than in men, between 20% and 40%. This is attributed to the tension they are subjected to because they have many tasks, the difficulties they face at home, work and society assessment.
Dear Dr. Zamali,
The question is not on the effect of cumulative tensions.
Thanks.
Official problems are irrespective of gender. It is based on official position. The higher the position, the higher is tension.
No medical evidence, at all. The effect of stress on the sexes results in reduced levels of well-being for all parts involved.
Often experience the same challenges, differ in previous experiences and the way of reaction, and the ability to control nerves, and according to age, ethics and education
Male and female have same tension and that depend on kind of problem.
Shibabrata Pattanayak ,
I don't think so. Yes there may be differences of their thinking with culture, level of educations, relations with the spouse, earning sources, capabilities and issues as well. But, I don't think so that they suffer from lesser tension than males.
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I don't think has anything related to male- female distinctions. This happens to almost all people regardless to sex.
What triggers tension is the home .. not the job
The study, conducted by American scientists, showed that when comparing women's daily responsibilities, the process can be a therapeutic function, while their most stressful is not going to work, but staying home, aggravated by the daily routine , Which can not be changed. For some, the house is a refuge, a source of energy and strength, and for others it is a source of tension, especially for women who are exhausted from work. Instead of resting, they have to do cleaning, follow-up and cooking.
Men are more likely to suffer from labor-related stress and mental health problems than women and are less likely to ask for help, according to the British charity Mind.
The intensity of tension control the expression. The mechanism of stress releasing may be different for male and female.
I think that women, generally speaking, have less tension and stress at work because they are busy every day with a variety of other issues (home care, children's education and relatives, care for the physical appearance, etc.) . The fact of having many things to take care of so that they can not invest all their attention on one aspect.
For me, females take more tensions, they are never tension free; one pimple on their face make them crazy...
No not at all. They feel a lot of stresses but their reactions and natural tolerances are different.
Dear Dr. Ziarati,
Do you think females are having more tolerance power "naturally?"
I do not agree. However they are more patient than male. So it is a matter of patience.
Do you believe in "Mystrious female Minds" ? When to do, where to do, how to do, do you do........ I do not predict the reactions of two different females in similar situations. Or even, the reactions of same female in similar problems but involevemt of different individuals. Say, a mother in stress, reacts differently with son and daughter.
I get stressed very quickly and my heart rate and BP rise instantaneously when I argue or people talk to me in high /loud voice I am not used to such interaction at all. I got it checked a couple of times , when I went to donate blood. So can I as a female handle stress- noooooo . I think men can handle better ...
Handling of stress is a dependent function of multi-variables (gender, situation, blood-type, emotion senstivity, probability of taking risk, age, family environment, capacity of tolerance, pace of reaction, patience, word to express, attitude, aptitude to bear, etc)
I think women are less stressed than men and the reason is that the nature of the guy is somewhat different as he thinks and looks things over
regards
Without reference to research, my experience makes me think that females experience more tension than males
Now, ...men will hate me; men are basically careless and what ever the situation is they will watch sports , their favorite football match and what so ever. Women as question is posed have to bear all tensions with brave face, because there is no way out, as some feel that women take less tensions. That's not the case at all!
On the contrary, I think women are more prone to stress than men. Tension in both genders can manifest in different ways. However, men seem to handle tension better than women.
Women have higher levels of well-being than men, with a few exceptions in low income countries (Carol Graham, Chattopadhyay; Gender and Well-Being around the World)
Roothman and his colleagues (2003) express that men scored higher on physical self-concept, automatic thoughts (positive), constructive thinking, cognitive flexibility, total self-concept and fortitude and women scored higher on the expression of affects, somatic symptoms, and religious well-being.
Since you observe working environment, did you consider a conjoint variable? I suspect that in your workplace more men have high positions, since unfortunately in some cultures women still cannot break the glass ceiling.
Maybe the explanation is , since men in higher positions have more stressful responsabilities, they worry more simply because keeping their positions are at stake?
Women and men feel the same tension. In the case of every man, tension, stress is an individual matter. Males often perform responsible, stressful professions. I know a few women who are in important positions, they stress their work hard. Everything depends on the activity, occupation, various adverse events and random factors.
The scientific reason is may be the way women’s and men’s brains are structured and in the way they react to events. Somehow women are likely to communicate more effectively than men. They more focus on how to create a solution , talking through issues, whereas men are likely to be more task-oriented, less talkative, and more out-of-the-way. Men are likely to have a fight to fight response to stress situations while women seem to solve these situations.
On the contarary, females are so stressful especially for the matters that concern them closely.
It is not necessarily true. Furthermore, there are no empirical evidences to support that females feel less tension comparing to their male counterparts.
I do not think that tension is sex selective, But some research shows women feel more stress than men.
Man's many responsibility of playing the leadership roles in society naturally subject them to more tension as a result of consequences of possible failure. Women folks relies more on the confidence of the supportive role of man, so they fee more relaxed. Though scientific proofs may be required to validate this hypothesis
A British study Vadt that working women suffer more stress than their male counterparts because of their quest to prove their competence, and for salaries equal to those received by men.
Judging women's actions in a different way: women feel aggrieved because of society's perception that tend to upload full responsibility if acted wrongly, while men do not have a little of the blame of society, for example, if the children are not straight or hierarchal dressed or uttered obscenities , blamed on the mother, not the father, and this is pushing women to feel nervous.
Women are more likely to suffer from depression and anxiety-related disorders, because the sex hormone "estrogen" pushes more blood into the heads of women than men.
I think female takes more tension than males. However no scientific evidence
According to the American Psychological Association, findings suggest that while women are more likely to report physical symptoms associated with stress, they are doing a better job connecting with others in their lives and, at times, these connections are important to their stress management strategies.
Humans are all trying to make their lives meaningful amidst the constant challenges and burdens which threaten their self composure.Although the absurdity of life is for real, we all should accept the situation as it is. We have to re-learn the art of resting and relaxing by breathing hope into our lives . Obviously, the female population has long been living with memories of prejudice and inequality. The repression of such memories is dependent upon and related to the suppression of the unpleasant feelings thereof ,simply because , for as long as these feelings persists, the related memories vividly remain in the mind. Notably, suppression entails the development of tension . As a result, you could say that females feel more tension compared to men .
Generally females less tension, cooler heads, maybe because they drink less coffee? Men need to be more active to "conquer" something during their day at work.
Probably not.
Both male and females should feel the same on a particular problem. Of course it all depends on to what extent one person (male or female) an assimillate it and how much he or she is involved in it.
No evidence based scientific paper/article/discussion/rationale is there......at least I have not found so far.
In general women feel more tension than male, and this may be due to the brain chemistry and hormonal levels in women. It is known that women suffer from changes in the levels of hormones such as estrogen and progesteron especially in the menstrual cycle and pregnancy and this reflet on the emotional state of women
First of all, it depends on the situation, the age and the management of stress in both sexes, on the other hand the women during the premenopausal period are very tense!
There is a lot of evidence that shows that women are more prone than men to suffer from major depression. This may the case because women often take care of others even in bad situations. This may be a source of stress. Women are generally more emotional than men and hence more involved in situations of taking caring of others. If they fail, then they are more subject to what psychologist M. Seligman called learned helpplessness. However, stress and tension affects both sexes and this depends on many variables, other than those related to gender. We live in difficult and demading world, which may be an additional factor of tension, stress, anxiety, and depression. The premenopausal period is also experineced by many women an can constitute another factor of stress.
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Orlando
Everybody is under pressure, but a man (a colleague, a family member, a friend) must be a shoulder to lean upon. The soul of a woman is so fragile, because a woman is, mainly, an emotion.
No certainly not. Rather by nature a woman feels more responsible.
Responsible not only for and at workplace but also at home. She is rather burdened with juggling both things. The exterior appearance can be deceptive and the woman may be very tense and anxious.
Said Professor Daniel Freeman, a psychologist at Oxford University...The woman is expected to be the caretaker, the housemaid, and the worker, and at the same time she is asked to have a graceful body and an ideal appearance.
He added that while housework is being less important, since women often earn less, find it difficult to progress in their jobs, and have to do multiple roles simultaneously, they are portrayed with images of "ideal" women. The factors that affect them psychologically, pointing out that they are elements of pressure may make women feel that they failed, and that they do not have the necessary components of success, and that they have been abandoned He explained that this type of emotions may lead to psychological problems such as anxiety and depression.
Women and men are at risk for different types of stress-related disorders, with women at greater risk for depression and anxiety and men at greater risk for alcohol-use disorders.
Kindly see the PDF attachment.
@Artur Braun - interesting memo from 1955. As to the topic, I don't think so.
I feel the tension taken by a women is much more.....
As she is multi - tasking most of the time her tensions are also multiplied.
In office she has to prove double that of a man that she is a good employee .....
At home she has to prove that she is the ideal wife/mother/daughter/daughter-in-law.......
Does medical science reveal any substantial pragmatic examination of male and female on this subject?
The answer from my side would be certainly not.
I personally believe that women are, in general, more capable of tackling stress compared to their male counterparts.
I learned a lot reading the answers here... not so much on the topic but a lot on the people giving answers.
I rather propose an experimental access: Share both (paid) work and housework with your wife/husband and talk to each other.
On the contrary, women are more susceptible to pressure than men at home or at work. Women have very many responsibilities as men do, but it is possible to say more than men, especially with regard to the family home.
Research suggests that women are especially prone to psychological problems such as depression, which almost always precede suicide. In western societies, overall rates of mental health disorders tend to be around 20-40% higher for women than for men.
Nope! Based on the research I just read and observation females are mostly tension than men
The ‘do it all’ generation of females is feeling the strain, with working women far more stressed than men.
Those between 35-54 – and likely to be juggling many roles including mother, carer for elderly parents, homemaker and sometimes breadwinner - experience “significantly higher” stress than men, according to latest Health and Safety Executive statistics.
Hormones may play a role in women having more pain sensitivity. In addition, women have greater nerve density (more nerves in a given area of the body)—which may cause women to feel pain more severely than men
We are equal, so we must burden either's responsibilities and upsets. Every coin has two sides and a sword is usually double-edged. Sometimes, the passive aspects of either gender could convert into positive one. Vice versa.
It has to say humans are versatile, but sometimes they are so week that they lose the ability to manage themselves and compel themselves to follow an unpleasant fact and decision, even if you may silently say for so-called God's sake. But actually it is caused by ... If he/she didn't re-create Eve after creating Adam early, the human might be more powerful and less anxieties.
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