14 DAY TRIAL // They don’t call women crybabies for no reason, or at least, they don’t do so unjustly. A new survey has revealed that, ever since they are born and until their final days, women cry for about one year and four months without stopping, which amounts to 12,000 hours in tears for reasons that can range from being told off or injuring themselves, to tiredness or a romantic film, the Daily Mail reports.
The survey was conducted by The Baby Website and it aimed to show that, in terms of crying, women come full circle in their life, in the sense that some of the reasons that would make a baby girl turn on the waterworks are also to be found among the causes that make her cry later on in life. Tiredness, for instance, is one of them, as also is feeling ill or raging hormones.
“During their first year, [women] will shed tears for three hours a day when they need changing, feeding or entertaining. Between the ages of one and three, a girl will cry for up to two hours and five minutes a day, with the main reasons including falls, tiredness and being told off. As teenagers, they will wail for an average of two hours and 13 minutes a week, due mainly to hormones, arguing with friends, being dumped and being grounded.” the Mail says of the findings of the survey.
The 3,000 women who took part in the survey also admitted that, after the age of 19, they wept for an average of two hours and 14 minutes a week. The figure remained almost unchanged for the 19-25 age interval, where a good movie, indecision about a relationship or losing a loved one are enough to make most women reach into their purse for a handkerchief. After the age of 25, what brings on the tears includes fighting with someone (a life partner perhaps), feeling tired and hearing something bad happened to someone else, the findings indicate.
“It is unsurprising that young children cry as a direct result of having accidents. But this research shows that we go full circle when we become adults, as feeling tired is one of the most common reasons adults and babies cry. But other more serious issues affect women in adulthood, as we’re more likely to cry about things which affect other people as well as those things which affect us, such as bad news, our parents and worrying news reports.” Kathryn Crawford of The Baby Website says for the Mail as to the findings of the survey.