Repsonse on Angier

In “Why Men Don’t Last: Self-Destruction as a Way of Life”, Natalie Angier talks about how men die at an earlier age than women do. She says that although men are healthier and take care of themselves more than women do, they still tend to die faster. Angier also says that men are less likely to develop chronic diseases, suffer from depression, or attempt suicide. However, men still die earlier than women, despite their fitness. After Reich read some research done by psychologists, she thought that the reason why men die earlier is because they are more of risk takers. Men have a reputation to uphold and if they don’t take those risks, they are seen as weak and prissy. They don’t want to be seen this way, they want to be seen as masculine, and therefore they tend to take more risks.
I enjoyed reading this article by Reich. I think it was very interesting and it kept my full attention the whole time. Being that I might want to go into psychology, these studies really caught my eye. I was amazed to find out that women live longer than men do. Although men may be healthier and fit compared to women, women go through a lot more then men. For example, women experience everything from giving child birth, to being a full time mom, and maintaining a career. I was under the assumption that women would die earlier because they experience a lot more than men. Society also makes women seem inferior to men, which would also convince me that women would die earlier. Men are supposed to be strong and healthy, which would make me think they would live longer.