For a female they will go through menopause while a male's repoductive system occurs more gradually and over a longer period of time. Menopause is caused by a change in the balance of the body's sex hormones and when a female’s ovaries stop releasing eggs and menstrual periods stop. This usually occurs when a women is around the age 50 although it can occur earlier or later. The physical effects of menopause are that as their skin is becoming more elastic their breasts are becoming more elongated and flaccid. Female’s ovaries also stop
When going through ageing, peripheral vision is decreased as the person may need to turn their head to see to the sides. The flexibility of the eye reduces and elderly people take more time to accommodate to changes in light. An elder person may have to give up on driving at nights and may have to place lights evenly around the room. When going through ageing the eye muscles and clouding of the lens degenerate. There are serious cases of vision impairments such as cataracts, glaucoma and blindness between 7% and 15% of older adults.
Menopause typically happens progressively. Periods tend to become irregular and more infrequent till it stops completely. Depending on the woman symptoms may be different; some of these symptoms can begin six years before her final menstrual period or continue on for several more years. Menopause occurs to women aged 51 but women also aged in their 30s or 40s may experience it. It’s known as post menopause.
As childhood progresses, the need for sleep decreases, but in adolescence it increases slightly, to around 9 or 10 hours a night. Circadian rhythms are also known to change which cause teenagers to feel naturally more awake later at night and have more difficulty getting up early (phase delay). A distinguishing feature of adolescent REM sleep is that in males it is sometimes accompanied by orgasm or ejaculation, which is significantly less likely at other ages.
Bone density begins to decrease after age 30 for both men and women, but the effects are more severe in women, especially after they have gone through menopause. Once estrogen production is halted, the osteoblasts are no longer excited by the hormone and therefore production of new bone slows down considerably. Of course, this slowing is not only contributed to menopause, but to age as Case Study 6 -
While many parents claim that they know there children’s sleeping patterns and make sure they get enough sleep, more than one half (56%) of adolescents say they get less sleep than recommended. Many teens claim they get to bed on time but the quality of sleep is horrible. Many factors contribute to this weather
Women, however, have a rate of developing schizophrenia almost twice that of men for people over the age of 45 years. Again, a protective effect of estrogen may be involved here, researchers suggest. Following are some stories and resources on the differences of schizophrenia's impact in men and women. As this is a relatively new area of research, we'll be adding more information here in the
Those who lack education will be ignorant to the ramifcations related to prenatal care. Majority of the time minority women have less formal education as compared to their white counterparts. The lack in education results in a domino like effect in relation to prenatal care. They will be inexperienced about pregnany as a whole including prenatal care and will lack good parenting techniques. The lack in education and experice results in lower levels of trust in medical care.
In typical cases, the most frequently used form of aggression is physical aggression, such as hitting or any kind of physical harm. Homosexual domestic violence does not happen as frequently as it would in a heterosexual case. In the article “Invisible Victims: Same Sex Intimate Partner Violence in the National Violence Against Women Survey”, Messinger (2011) developed an experiment, consisting of 14,182 participants, both heterosexual and homosexual, that were either abused by their partner, or were the abuser themselves. In this survey the participants were asked to fill out a survey that consisted of questions relating to four specific types of intimate violence; verbal, sexual, physical, and controlling. The results of the survey showed that the overwhelming majority of abusers and victims who were involved in verbal and controlling form of domestic violence were homosexual partners.
The female reproductive system undergoes some changes called menopause in which the levels of female hormone start to decline. (Sigelman & Rider, 2012) The reason I am optimistic about this part of aging is that woman are now living longer, and able to experience a longer postmenopausal life. Many people also see menopausal women as irritable and depressed. One study even showed that women entering menopause did experience some physical symptoms, and mild depression. However, only about 10% said they became severely depressed about the menopause.