Age Gap Between Depression In Men And Women

From the beginning of childhood through adulthood, women are more likely to experience depression than men. Women change more due to the changing of hormone levels when going through puberty, labor, and menopause, which cause an increase in depression. Women tend to think about relationship problems more compared to men, which means they’re more likely to develop depression. Compared to men, women stress a lot more because they have a variety of roles to fulfill, such as being a wife, mother, caretaker, and worker. Women from ages 25 through 40 have become three times more likely to get depressed because of these problems. Psychology Today writes, “Women are more likely to seek out a diagnosis of depression. They are more likely to consult

According to the author, John Mirowsky writes, “The age associated with the lowest average depression is younger for women than for men--in moving from younger to older ages the mean in depression drops faster and longer for men than for women before turning back up again. (Mirowsky 362-380)” The author says that girls from 12 began to experience depression because of social media and peer pressure. I agree with this because 12 is the age where children begin to find themselves, begin to use social media, and began to date. When dating, women tend to have a more personal bond in a relationship compared to men. Another common reason that younger girls are more common to being depressed is that they have a lot of emotional and physical change within their bodies from puberty. When girls go through change they begin to gain weight, have acne, and their brain development begins to change. Although boys go through puberty just like girls, it seems to not have such a significant impact on them. For girls, puberty has such a huge impact on them, which makes them feel ashamed of their bodies and could result in becoming depressed. Both males and females experience deprivation that can generate problems such as drug abuse, addiction, dependency, and becoming anti

A controversial issue has been whether it’s because of hormones or just because women are more sensitive than men. On the one hand, some argue that women are more depressed because women don’t know how to control their feelings. My own view is that women are more depressed because of the change when going through puberty. Though I admit that women tend to have mood changes frequently, that doesn’t mean their depressed. Although some might object that statement, I would reply that not all mood swings mean depression. This issue is important because we want women to be able to show their emotions without being seen as