Rather than fighting or fleeing, women may respond to stress by tending to themselves and their young and befriending others.

Eaker and her colleagues found that, over a 10-year period, the most striking finding was that women who self-silenced were four times more likely to die than women who expressed themselves freely during marital arguments.

A man who gets angry at work may well be admired for it but a woman who shows anger in the workplace is liable to be seen as "out of control" and incompetent, according to a new study

on domestic violence

And the women (like me) who try to ignore them. Or at least I did -- until the Kathy Sierra affair.

A study of 61 male university students found those who were hungry were attracted to heavier women than those who were satiated.