Women are moody. By God’s design, they are hard-wired to be sensitive to their environments, empathic to their children’s needs and intuitive of their partners’ intentions. This is basic to their survival and that of their offspring.

These are observations rooted in biology, not intended to mesh with any kind of pro- or anti-feminist ideology. Nevertheless, they do have social implications. Women’s emotionality is a sign of health, not disease; it is a source of power. However, they are under constant pressure to restrain their emotional lives. They have been taught to apologize for their tears, to suppress their anger and to fear being called hysterical.

The pharmaceutical industry plays on that fear, targeting women in a barrage of advertising on daytime talk shows and in magazines. Sales of anti-depressants and anti-anxiety meds have been booming in the past two decades, and they’ve recently been outpaced by an antipsychotic, Abilify, that is the No. 1 seller among all drugs in the United States. That is both immoral and insane.

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/01/op...ings.html?_r=1