A little story to illustrate the generalization that women internalize and men externalize. While the sexual revolution isn't over yet, at the end of the century the genders are still acculturated differently.
Depression affects twenty percent of the population, but it's much more commonly diagnosed in women.
D epression in men is much more likely to be expressed through action than feeling. In fact, a lot of male jerk-like behavior is a way of coping with the fears and insecurities that women experience as depression. Ghetto kids who are willing to throw their lives away if they feel disrespected aren't that different from the arrogant driver in the Lexus who acts like he owns the road. And of course, the boss who needs to exert power to make himself feel good. The rest of us would all be a lot better off if these guys would just feel their depression instead of making us feel it.