fawcett discuss some of the theoes about psychological,iologil, anenronmtal faors that may ctribute to thidifference. in addion to wen living inong-standing that may ctribute social disadvanted role in our sty, to thidifference. we know, and research h shown, that for women, relationships armore significant than for men. nostore significant-- and i'm not sang that for men relationships aren't signicant-- but that women are more affected by relatnships, by the fate of their reliohips. they define themselves very much according to the relationships that they're in. carol gian, a researer from harvard, has demonstrated that femininitd through relatedness, while masculinity is largely defined through separateness. so if we take this logic further, will be experienced more... in a relationship more seriously by a woman than by a man-- more depressing. the woman will tend to be more depressed by a loss or a major change in a relationship than a man will be because she defines herself and her success in life through her relationships. i was a failure, i felt, because i couldn't have my own ch