News about irritable male syndrome

Women get PMS and men get IMS.

If irritable male syndrome does affect men, diagnosing it won’t be easy.

The newly recognised condition of irritable male syndrome plays havoc with male animals, temporarily turning confident, chest-beating Tarzans into withdrawn, grumpy wimps.

Scientists may have come up with an explanation for why men become grumpy and irritable. Irritable male syndrome can be defined as a state of hypersensitivity, frustration, anxiety, and anger that occurs in males and is associated with biochemical changes, hormonal fluctuations, stress, and loss of male identity.

Although offering insightful tidbits throughout regarding male dysfunctionality, the book suffers from an overabundance of understanding and rationalizing on behalf of the man who perpetually acts like a jerk.

Dr Lincoln told BBC News Online: “We’re trying to redress the balance.

Experts are divided over Dr Lincoln’s theory.

The name for the result of a drop in testosterone levels in male mammals may interfere extensively with a man’s daily life causing everything from depression and anxiety to hypersensitivity and anger.

When a bloke gets grumpy and irritable, try and explain it only in terms of cortisol levels and depression.

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I think you’re just looking at it from the wounded ego of a male offended by any criticism of manhood.

Long-outmoded ideas like a social constructionist theoretical framework that has no empirical or theoretical warrant will continue to fade away.

For the record: - 48 percent of female voters voted for “the leading male in America” in 200

Sounds like “PMS syndrome” that people liked to throw at women all the time.