Comments on: Feminism Causes Depression: Dennis Prager http://thethinpinkline.com/2008/04/08/feminism-causes-depression-dennis-prager/ Four Women For Women Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:09:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Jack Smith http://thethinpinkline.com/2008/04/08/feminism-causes-depression-dennis-prager/#comment-121 Jack Smith Wed, 07 May 2008 17:02:13 +0000 http://thethinpinkline.com/?p=154#comment-121 Come on! Nobody knows what "causes" depression, and the fact that cause is a social judgment is just one reason. Women generally show up considerably higher in ALL psych dx, and that's a cultural pattern - women will go to the dr when men will go throw a ball instead. Women spend way more time agonizing about what's going on, while men either just do it or suck it up - and no study is needed or useful, because none of these phenomena are susceptible to any kind of measurement. Come on! Nobody knows what “causes” depression, and the fact that cause is a social judgment is just one reason.

Women generally show up considerably higher in ALL psych dx, and that’s a cultural pattern - women will go to the dr when men will go throw a ball instead.

Women spend way more time agonizing about what’s going on, while men either just do it or suck it up - and no study is needed or useful, because none of these phenomena are susceptible to any kind of measurement.

]]> By: Dr. Lois Frankel http://thethinpinkline.com/2008/04/08/feminism-causes-depression-dennis-prager/#comment-88 Dr. Lois Frankel Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:48:23 +0000 http://thethinpinkline.com/?p=154#comment-88 Well put, Carol. It's all about choices, not about someone or something making us happy. We weave the fabric of our lives through each choice we make. Well put, Carol. It’s all about choices, not about someone or something making us happy. We weave the fabric of our lives through each choice we make.

]]> By: Carol Frohlinger, JD http://thethinpinkline.com/2008/04/08/feminism-causes-depression-dennis-prager/#comment-86 Carol Frohlinger, JD Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:42:43 +0000 http://thethinpinkline.com/?p=154#comment-86 Lois - Wow! What a thought piece Prager has written...what I think is most interesting is the idea that feminism promised that women can "marry a good man and make a happy family" and that "they could also expect to have a fulfilling, financially rewarding, society-honoring career." I don't remember feminism promising all that to me; rather, I recall feminism taught me that I had choices. And, I have to say that had I not been aware of those choices, I certainly would be depressed. Lois - Wow! What a thought piece Prager has written…what I think is most interesting is the idea that feminism promised that women can “marry a good man and make a happy family” and that “they could also expect to have a fulfilling, financially rewarding, society-honoring career.”

I don’t remember feminism promising all that to me; rather, I recall feminism taught me that I had choices. And, I have to say that had I not been aware of those choices, I certainly would be depressed.

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