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Yes Chris, your view is flexible because it recognizes indivudal differences. Humans are quite complex & have their own temperaments.

I am not denying that hormones do influence cognitions, as stated by Dhammad, but it's not all. If women are asked to think for themselves and do not for example place their worth on relationship/children, they'll deal with it better. Nurture also effects nature

Antidepressants, in conjunction with a form of cognitive behavioural therapy can work wonders. It's not "bad". Again, a lot of people "become" depressed because they lack in cognitve & behavioural coping skills and hence they grab to pills or alcohol etc.

Both links provided in the post by Dhamma do not support necessarily support his thesis that antidepressants are being used by women due to promiscuity or broken marriage. Also, in the second link there was an amelioration after the person took the antidepressants.

The Buddha for example never explicitly said to lay people to view women as mothers, sisters etc. It was addressed to monks. Surely and undoubtly the Buddha was against promiscuity and in favor of all the important "enhancing" mental qualities, e.g., compassion, trust, kindness, same wisdom, same interests, same life aspirations (although this too might be at times difficult).

By the way, you have not responded to my arguments above, instead you just gave me an ad hominem argument. In the quote you mentioned above, the reason why there is an increase of antidepressants is not because of broken marriage, instead it's probably due to a loss of stigma around mental health & social media. Again, we better be careful of confirmation bias.

"Harmful"? As stated above, I am not for promiscous sex, although I don't see it as a catastrophy as perhaps you do, but just as a slip that humans are prone to do, due to love for pleasant things. Suffering exists on a continuum and there is at times even huge suffering in some individuals, but most people get through live just fine, with or without Buddhism.

Yes agree, no place for psycho-analysis, but then we also better be careful not to superimpose our views and mix it with Buddha's teaching, or interpret a quote in a way that fits with one's attitudes. This is always the problem with religious text, however. It also seems passive-aggressive by Dhammadhatu whenever someone disagrees with his views. If you do, you'll suffer with sense-desire & hell for eternity, & just live a miserable putthujana life (this is not kind & compassionate articulated). Somewhere I know where this thinking belongs to (I am looking at you Christianity & Islam)

The cited quote by WebMD above doesn't show that the increase in antidepressants is due to promiscuity or broken marriage. I am not saying it cannot completely, it definitely can, but, in the article there were other reasons, namely: 1) lesser health-stigma; 2) social media. As the article mentions, these are possible theories. I am not even denying that women, due to societal conditioning, to lesser mental & behavioural skills (such as assetiveness etc.) to change their adversities, hence the antidepressant use. But the quote does not fully support DD's view, at least not according to article

In fact, I could even assert that some women like to be dominated. It's all someehat relative and depends on the individual. We are more than just this or that. Human beings are highly complex, with a lot of facettes. Even the Buddha said this, that there are different people with different inclinations. A statement which is difficult to dispute. We better abandon the idea that it's only men that do sexual misconduct. I personally know some women who cheated on their boyfriend (even one muslim woman). Calling yourself this or that doesn't eliminate your FALLIBILITY or sense desire altogether.

you better acknowledge that you processed the two relationships with your women in an inadequeate way. I don't know. Maybe they felt hurt because of the break-up & now you judge women as being too fragile. Further you pointed our radical feminism & "when seriously blamed". But all these are extremes and it follows from extreme situations/attitudes follow extreme emotional reactione (as you mentioned upsetness etc.) There are women who like sex & try out a lot of sexual things. You take Buddha's quote (about dominance) & seek for evidence in the real world but a relationship had better be equal

Evidence wise, DD provided mostly, but not completely, a good answer. Nevertheless, your statistics/numbers & links you posted can be subject to subjective bias and confirmation bias, where you draw only data that fits with your experiences & attitudes. You said: "Women use antidepressants", but this statement does not say the immediate cause of their use. It's not particularly events OR OUR gender that CAUSES our emotions, but our thinking. Refer to Dhp 3-5. Gender/biology, personal history, environment are just strong influences but not the immediate cause. I AM NOT FOR PROMISCUITY but