Surely a woman may feel a sense of loss and pain after getting an abortion, but does the procedure actually boost a woman’s chances of suffering from mental illness? In 2009, Priscilla Coleman, of Bowling Green State University in Ohio, published a study saying that, yes, there is a link between abortion and mental illness. Using ...
More and more women are taking prescription medications to cope with depression, anxiety and a number of other mental illnesses. As the battle with maintaining a healthy and balanced brain rages on, we can’t help but wonder: why women? A new report tells us that 25 percent of women are currently taking medications for their ...
Get out of bed, lazy head! A new study has found that people who are more keen on jumping out of bed early in the morning are more likely to thrive in the workplace, get the kids off to school more efficiently and accomplish morning chores much easier than those who can’t fight off the ...
When students are filling out their admissions applications for college, I imagine one of their first thoughts is, “Will I get in?” But while some students dread the letter that tells them whether they will be accepted or not, others may feel anxious over whether or not they’ll be accepted by their peers based on ...
You’ve seen it on TV shows, in movies, and you may have heard it from your friends: the story of the emotionally troubled man who desperately wants to tell you his dark secrets and problems but does not know how. He is too afraid of becoming vulnerable. Oh, the angst! This man is a myth. ...
As this series has shown, when it comes to almost every common mental disorder or disease, women take the cake as most affected as a group. To recap the numbers, women suffer from clinical anxiety and depression almost twice as much as men do and also overpower in numbers when it comes to eating disorders, ...
It’s no secret that young girls feel the pressure to be thin every day. They receive mixed messages about accepting who they are and changing who they are to conform to an unattainable ideal. The heavy burden is weighing down on them and keeping them up at night, according to a revealing new study. Researchers ...
A panic attack feels as if the world is crashing down in slow motion. Palms sweaty, mouth dry, heart pounding — the mind races in every direction. Unlike depression, it pushes the world into terrifying hyper speed. Generalized Anxiety Disorder (or GAD) is not simply the usual test-taking anxiety or fear of going to a ...
Men are less willing to talk to a female therapist about “man things,” but have found that a good male therapist is somewhat hard to come by. Does the sex of the doctor matter? Many studies on the feminization of therapy have found that psychological professions have become more and more dominated by women, starting ...
An article was published examining why men use prostitutes based on a study of over 700 men in six countries. This article was sensationalist, citing worn out old stereotypes about how all men are potential rapists and how normal women won’t do the things they want them to do, and did nothing to answer the question ...
So, we’re having this baby. It’s due in a few weeks and we’re trying to get organized with all...
I recently heard about what is claimed to be the rising phenomenon of Japanese men remaining virgins for longer...
Ladders. Patriarchal conspiracy. I’ll explain… This week I climbed a ladder. I was trying to reach a loft space,...
Dear Madame X, My boyfriend needs to look at porn while we have sex. It bothers me because I...
Mrs. Dalloway is yet another feminist classic that I had to grow into. Wrapped up in Woolf’s instantly recognizable...
Last week saw a Big Thing come to our soggy little island. Well, it was a Big Thing for...
Last weekend I was entertaining a guest, you know, the sort I was planning to have lots and lots...
All little girls want to be princesses… right?! It’s bad enough that toy aisles are separated out by what...
