Bad news in the media affects women more than men

Tragic news promotes the release of more stress hormone to women because they are more empathetic and analyze the danger that can threaten their family too

The pages of black chronics, sad human fates, and stories about the disruptions of great love affect more members of the softest sex, have shown research by Canadian University Montreal.

Besides more emotionally responding to such news, women are better at keeping in mind the details of bad news, such as the number of victims, circumstances of calamity and similar information, writes the Daily Mail.

Scientists in the study of volunteers have given newspaper reports to read, while in the experiment, they have measured the level of the so - called stress hormone cortisol in their saliva samples.

Females have evidently had greater value in reading bad news than men, researchers have explained.

The greater impact of bad news on women is explained by evolutionary development by which women are accustomed to studying and analyzing the dangers that might threaten their families as well as by the fact that females are far more empathetic than males.

The women's nervous system produces and regulates stress in order to ensure its survival as well as the survival of their offspring. Bad news thus serves as preparation for their reaction in similar situations”, the head of the study, Marie-French Marin, has clarified.