I think Woman in general no matter what age go through more "change of life" periods simply due to their biological makeup.

I believe their hormones are more active and their levels of testosterone and estrogen change dramatically during certain periods of their physical and mental development.

In many respects, they are slaves to these changes because it affects their emotions and sometimes they make poor judgements based on those emotions. Their emotions sometimes win out over rational thought. I think the Woman who understand these changes of their body, mind and emotions are better able to minimize their negative effects and enhance their positive ones.

I think Men that go through this same process whether it's midlife crisis or whatever are influenced by what they perceive in their mind as something wrong with their life. I don't think it's emotional/biological as much as mental with Men. I would almost categorize it as a mental breakdown with Men and a emotional/biological malfunction with Woman.


"It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare."
-Mark Twain