Women & Friendships
My friend Hailey sent a link to an article about a UCLA study on Women and Friendships.
Apparently, stress tests have traditionally been performed on men, who typically respond to stress with a fight-or-flight mechanism. But at UCLA researchers found women are different. Women respond to stress by "tending or befriending," or in other words, mothering and talking with friends.
You can find the (pretty short) article here. I thought it was interesting. As if I needed more reason to be on the phone all day. . .
Image from Getty.
posted by Gabrielle of Design Mom at Wednesday, January 03, 2007
3 Comments:
I love this. And this is why I love your blog.
I get this. That is why I have not yet left my family and moved to Mexico. I don't konw how I could have done this whole parent thing w/out my friends. I feel blessed to count among 10-20 women as my "face friends". They are articulate, intelligent, funny, kind, talented, etc. You name it. They are special people and I am lucky to know them. The fact that they happen to be mom's in the same phase of life as I am right now (well, most of them anyway) is a bonus.
Glad to see it backed up by science. :-)
What a lovely thing to start the new year with. As a girl who comes from a family of all girls, I am so fascinated by women and their relationships. Very interesting!
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