It probably doesn’t come as a
shock, but women are more
likely than men to be super
tired.
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey
released on April 12th
indicated that 15 percent of
women compared to 10
percent men reported feeling
“very tired or exhausted.” And that gap widens when
you look at men and women
between the ages of 18 and 44
(only 9 percent of men vs. 16
percent of women). Here are seven (not totally
scientific) reasons we think
this may be the case: 1. You might be doubling
up on the work you do. Although we’ve made strides
toward a more equitable
division of labor, women still
tend to do more hours of
housework and child-rearing
than men do. So women who work outside of the house as
well essentially have two
jobs. 2. You have too many
weeknight plans. Women are overwhelmingly guilty of
trying to be everything to
everyone. We often expend
all of our energy trying to
meet every social obligation.
It’s probably time to stop doing that. 3. You’re probably
chronically stressed out. There’s nothing like a stress-
filled week to seriously
deplete all of your energy. 4. Babies! According to NPR, 25 is still the average age of
first birth. This might
contribute to the larger
exhaustion gap we see
between men and women in
the 18-44 range. Raising small children is pretty damn
exhausting. 5. You can’t shut off your
thoughts. Women may have a harder time letting go of
things that happened during
that day when it’s time to go
to sleep. 6. You might be dealing
with greater financial
burdens than the dudes
around you. Seeing as almost all women in the U.S.
are working in jobs which
typically pay men more, it
wouldn’t be surprising if some
women feel dead on their feet
from trying to make ends meet. 7. If you’re depressed,
that can impact your
sleep. Women are more likely than men to suffer
from depression and
depressed people are four
times as likely to be tired.
Culled out from The
Huffington Post.
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