Also, a major contributor to the link between marriage and male longevity is the additional social support he gets, not just for daily events, but also for getting medical attention earlier, thus increasing survival rates. The social support factor plays a role in recovery, too -- there are many studies demonstrating its effects for CHD and breast cancer.
Vivian Hamilton Portland Community College At 12:51 PM 10/29/02 -0500, Robin Pearce wrote: > >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] Vivian M. Hamilton Instructor of Psychology Portland Community College 12000 SW 49th Avenue Portland, Oregon 97219 (503) 977-4296 FAX (503) 977-4959 --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
