It is correlational data . . . but it appears that married men live longer than single men. I have seen it estimated that marriage adds perhaps six years to men's' lives. Some might disagree, but I find marriage a better alternative to the other options for increasing longevity. Joe
Joseph J. Horton Ph. D. Faculty Box 2694 Grove City College Grove City, PA 16127 (724) 458-2004 In God we trust, all others must bring data. -----Original Message----- From: Stephen Black [mailto:sblack@;ubishops.ca] Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 12:14 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences Subject: Good news for guys Two depressing facts seem so well-known that I won't bother digging up references for them. 1) Men die younger than women. 2) The only method that is generally known to increase longevity in various species is long-term maintenance on a severely low-calorie diet, i.e. to live in a state of semi-starvation. Not an attractive option, is it? But I've just been led to an old paper which convincingly reports a different effective method for increasing the longevity of men, and only men. The method leads to an increase in the median age of dying by an impressive 13.5 years. Who wouldn't want to increase their lifespan by that much! Moreover, the technique resulted in the men who received it outliving women. So there's hope for us feeble guys after all. And what is this remarkable technique? Castration. Now, who's first? -Stephen Hamilton, J., & Mestler, G. (1969). Mortality and survival: comparison of eunuchs with intact men and women in a mentally retarded population. Journal of Gerontology, 24, 395-411 ______________________________________________________________ Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 Bishop's University e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lennoxville, QC J1M 1Z7 Canada Dept web page at http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy TIPS discussion list for psychology teachers at http://www.frostburg.edu/dept/psyc/southerly/tips _________________________________________________________ --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
