Slog - Comments on Spit It Out, Ladies http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/spit_it_out_ladies Your lives and bowels depend upon it. Reuters reports on the results of new study, which found that women who force themselves to stay quiet during marital arguments have a higher risk of death, depression, and irritable bowel syndrome. [O]ver a 10-year period, the most striking finding was that women who self-silenced were four times more likely to die than women who expressed themselves freely during marital arguments. No word yet on how expressive women fare in other arenas (are non-silenced women four times more likely to get punched, or remain single?), but today's full story can be found... Copyright 2008 Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:34:35 -0800 Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:04:27 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by bwojob May we switch the terms? like 'marital debates' and 'presidential arguments".

]]> bwojob http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/spit_it_out_ladies#c787512 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/spit_it_out_ladies#c787512 Life Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:50:20 -0800 Comment by maxsolomon i have never met a woman who 'self-silenced', in an argument or elsewhere.

it sounds refreshing. can anyone introduce me to one?

]]> maxsolomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/spit_it_out_ladies#c787515 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/spit_it_out_ladies#c787515 Life Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:54:28 -0800 Comment by mj I´m going to live for a very long time!

]]> mj http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/spit_it_out_ladies#c787518 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/spit_it_out_ladies#c787518 Life Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:57:15 -0800 Comment by yappin' bitch @2:
WOCKA WOCKA!

]]> yappin' bitch http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/spit_it_out_ladies#c787530 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/spit_it_out_ladies#c787530 Life Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:05:03 -0800 Comment by infrequent i wonder if this holds true for men who self-silence as well...

]]> infrequent http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/spit_it_out_ladies#c787533 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/spit_it_out_ladies#c787533 Life Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:06:14 -0800 Comment by Gitai This means my mother will live forever.

]]> Gitai http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/spit_it_out_ladies#c787547 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/spit_it_out_ladies#c787547 Life Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:21:12 -0800 Comment by woman I self-silence all the time. I don't like arguing with my spouse.

]]> woman http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/spit_it_out_ladies#c787556 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/spit_it_out_ladies#c787556 Life Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:36:54 -0800 Comment by also I don't understand the study. Aren't we ALL going to die? And usually from heart disease? I don't understand these conclusions.

]]> also http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/spit_it_out_ladies#c787559 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/spit_it_out_ladies#c787559 Life Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:37:56 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle This is good advice.

And, yes, heart disease and stroke are your major risk factors for women.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/spit_it_out_ladies#c787568 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/spit_it_out_ladies#c787568 Life Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:47:25 -0800 Comment by ProxyMoxie the copyright watermarks are pretty tacky, yo.

]]> ProxyMoxie http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/spit_it_out_ladies#c787571 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/spit_it_out_ladies#c787571 Life Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:50:55 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi Yeah, that phrasing is stupid. Perhaps they meant those women are four times more likely to die prematurely?

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/spit_it_out_ladies#c787587 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/spit_it_out_ladies#c787587 Life Tue, 21 Aug 2007 15:00:01 -0800 Comment by haha Ha Ha you said prematurely.

]]> haha http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/spit_it_out_ladies#c787616 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/spit_it_out_ladies#c787616 Life Tue, 21 Aug 2007 15:28:30 -0800 Comment by Kiru Banzai Sounds very much like an odds ratio, but I can't find the original study to confirm it.

http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/004767.html

]]> Kiru Banzai http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/spit_it_out_ladies#c787670 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/spit_it_out_ladies#c787670 Life Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:19:42 -0800 Comment by Gloria The title "Spit it out" made me so sure the post was warning against newly discovered detrimental health effects of swallowing cum.

*Whew.*

]]> Gloria http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/spit_it_out_ladies#c787674 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/spit_it_out_ladies#c787674 Life Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:23:04 -0800 Comment by BrandonH Does this apply to overbearing mothers and their gay sons?

]]> BrandonH http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/spit_it_out_ladies#c787805 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/spit_it_out_ladies#c787805 Life Tue, 21 Aug 2007 21:06:24 -0800 Comment by Donovan What absolute twaddle. They're really scraping the bottom of the "Studies" barrel now.

]]> Donovan http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/spit_it_out_ladies#c787851 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/spit_it_out_ladies#c787851 Life Wed, 22 Aug 2007 03:24:20 -0800 Comment by eriz cgfxjqp ymidn vrqzugpa txcvdel fnygta drtbujl zljfioesu yokzlepd

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