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The term comes from the Greek γέρων – gerōn, "old man" [1] and φόβος – phobos, "fear". [2] Gerontophobia that stems from a fear of aging has been linked to thanatophobia, as fear of old age can be a precursor to fear of death. [3] Gerontophobia can be caused by stereotypes of older adults displayed in the media. [4]
Middle-aged or older women have been reported to be more likely to be diagnosed with hwabyeong than men. 87.5% of women and 12.5% of men experience hwabyeong in 1987 report by (Min, Lee, Kang, Lee, 1987). [7] The disparages for women can be pointed to gender roles in Korean culture, which adds considerable amount of stress.
Research has suggested that women express emotions more frequently than men on average. [3] Multiple researchers have found that women cry more frequently, and for longer durations than men at similar ages. [4] [5] The gender differences appear to peak in the most fertile years. [6]
A term with a similar but distinct meaning is androphobia, which describes a fear, but not necessarily hatred, of men. [20] [better source needed] Anthropologist David D. Gilmore coined the term "viriphobia" in line with his view that misandry typically targets machismo, "the obnoxious manly pose", along with the oppressive male roles of ...
Women and men are also different in how they neurologically process emotional prosody. In an fMRI study, men showed a stronger activation in more cortical areas than female subjects when processing the meaning or manner of an emotional phrase. In the manner task, men had more activation in the bilateral middle temporal gyri.
Gerascophobia is a clinical phobia generally classified under specific phobias.Gerascophobia may be based on a number of different anxieties related to the ageing process from the loss of physical youth and beauty, the loss of independence and mobility, to worry about the onset of sickness and the decline of physical and mental health.
Phyllis Smith returns as Sadness in "Inside Out 2." Sadness entered Riley's mind less than a minute after Joy. The embodiment of sorrow and pessimism, Sadness is Joy's polar opposite.
In a 2003 study of 167 women and 121 men, aged 65–87, low self-efficacy predicted fear of the unknown after death and fear of dying for women and men better than demographics, social support, and physical health. Fear of death was measured by a "Multidimensional Fear of Death Scale" which included the 8 subscales Fear of Dying, Fear of the ...