I just ran across a mainstream media article that actually promotes a characteristic of men as more healthy than a characteristic of women. This is so unusual as our current social climate promotes the feminization of men.
Anyway, the article talks about the dangers of complaining too much and says that women tend to vent their frustrations more as a way to connect (i.e., build relationships with) other women. However, it is a misconception that people will feel better about a problem after the venting.
The researchers discovered that instead of "getting the issue off my chest" so I can feel better, the venting causes us to focus on the problem and exacerbate it, actually causing us to feel worse instead of better.
The researchers discovered that women do this more and actually encouraged women to be more like men in this case.
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