This could be a very similar effect. Marriage does lower men's testosterone levels, though hardly as dramatically as castration.
********************** Robin Pearce Abrahams Boston University [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 29 Oct 2002, Horton, Joseph J. wrote: > 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] > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
