Question

How have changes in societal roles for men and women changed life stresses in young and middle adults?

Answer 1

Societal roles are mainly focused on masculinity and femininity. Nowaadays there has been a shift in gender roles due to multiple factors like new family strcturees,eeducaion, media and others.Most of the young adults face the stress as it is the period where they face the realities of life and should take important decisions.women likely to report money and economy as the sources of stress while men consider work as the most likely source of stress.therefore, many studies shows that stress related disorders are most common in women than men.

The most prominent resaon for stress in young and middle agedpeople is because,young adults are confused about their roles in the society whereas, middle age people gets into new roles such as getting married and become self reliant through getting a job. This confusion resluts in the stress.Nowdasays , eventhough there is equlaity the confusion of self -clarity is still tere and thus it affect the life of the young and middle aged adulthoods.

Since they are not clear about the roles, they soetiems lack confidence to engage in the socital actions too.They also experiences certain physical chagesin this perid which in turn can be considered as another factor of the stress.For example a woem of late middle age experiencethe decline in fertlityculminating in menopause. makesthem feel that they get older and noew not fruitful for the society.

The socio-econoimc status and health related limitation aslo affect the emotional bamaknce and can lead to stress.