What makes a man sad? ( Archived) (97)

I believe Men are genuinely less prone to sadness as Women are more emotionally perceptive and receptive than Men. In a scientific study of the descendants of holocaust survivors it was shown that Women can become so traumatised that a Mother can pass the "trauma gene" on to her own children, even in cases where that child was adopted and had not contact with its birth Mother it was found that adopted descendants of female holocaust survivors often show many of the signs of severe trauma themselves, such as sleep deprivation and night terrors, the trauma link between male surivors and their descendants was far less prevalent.

This, along with personal experience, tells me that Women certainly are more sensitive in general and the stereotype is mostly true. Not that this is necessarily a bad thing, empathy makes Women all the better nurturers and Im not so insecure as to have qualms in accepting that Women have more superior qualities to myself in certain respects. Modern Men often try to emulate being womanlike in terms of emotions but if I was a Woman I'd regard this as rather lacklustre and false.

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Thank you for your opinion very nice

I have a job I love and good family and friends. Obviously, my answer is very unique to me. What makes me sad is losing my wife fairly recently, the loneliness associated with it. I cope with the sadness by spending times with things that are physical manifestations of things we enjoyed, the memories I have, and talking to people when the need arises. I amalso sad that my older brother is terminally ill. My coping technique there is to spend as much time as I can with him.

thank you for your post I am deeply sorry for your loss and I hope you can spend as much time you can with your brother and cherish every single second of it