tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3072659511077322900.post8056590298834312645..comments2024-02-27T05:05:30.036-07:00Comments on making owls cool (since 1986): Homesick Yankee Rambling Part 2 - Worcester State HospitalErichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13529938685381736513noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3072659511077322900.post-48307145708941705142010-02-22T21:06:48.043-07:002010-02-22T21:06:48.043-07:00That's very interesting. I know that working c...That's very interesting. I know that working class women were less likely to institutionalized because their families couldn't afford treatment. Also, the standards for institutionalizing women were lower - if a daughter was strong willed or sexually promiscuous, that was grounds for sending her to the asylum. Not so for boys. <br /><br />I'll have to check that link out. It sounds really interesting.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13529938685381736513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3072659511077322900.post-69138089489325106712010-02-21T22:50:50.629-07:002010-02-21T22:50:50.629-07:00In that last post, I ment Google, not good. A cle...In that last post, I ment Google, not good. A clear sign that I should get off the internet and go to bed.Seannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3072659511077322900.post-29522175517779675912010-02-21T22:48:45.702-07:002010-02-21T22:48:45.702-07:00Since the link didn't work in my last post, ju...Since the link didn't work in my last post, just good "Gender and women's mental health"Seannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3072659511077322900.post-39234986414025263652010-02-21T22:46:51.429-07:002010-02-21T22:46:51.429-07:00Awsome postcard.
I'm actually not surprised t...Awsome postcard.<br /><br />I'm actually not surprised that women were mistaken for having greater rates of mental illness, but I don't think it was a matter of understimulation. The types of mills and factories that most men worked in during the 19th century wouldn't have served as protective factors. Actually, the early 20th century working conditions portrayed in The Jungle would have served as risk factors for mental illness. I think that a reason that women appeared to have more mental illness had to do with presentation. Even today, women are more likely to be diagnosed with depression and anxiety where as men are more likely to be diagnosed with alcoholism and antisocial disorders. Although the exact cause is unknown, its likely due to the fact that how a person responds to stress and negative emotions is, in part, due to gender stereotypes. Think of which gender would be more "allowed" to cry and be worried and which gender would be more "allowed" to get drunk and fight. Since drinking and rule breaking behavior has been traditionally considered criminal in nature, it gives the appearance that certain types of mental illness is the domain of women. There is an article by the World Health Organization on gender and mental illness at <br /><br />http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=1&ved=0CAsQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.who.int%2Fmental_health%2Fprevention%2Fgenderwomen%2Fen%2F&rct=j&q=gender+and+mental+illness&ei=WBOCS770F8mklAfL-LWaBw&usg=AFQjCNHMp472F4_1gB-mAMSRJwomECI_Ug<br /><br />Sorry if that was long, but you hit upon my area of study.Seannoreply@blogger.com