Lets learning something about tears and crying!
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- Boys Do Cry - We all know that men cry less than women, but men are actually more prone to tears as they age. A Dutch researcher said that it may be due to "altruism, camaraderie, and issues of morality".
- Key Ingredients of Tears - Have you ever wondered what tears are made of besides water? There are three layers to the tear film coating the eye that creates tears -- the lipid layer (oils), the aqueous layer (water), and the mucous layer (mucin).
- the Origin of Tears - Our tears come from a specific place -- the lacrimal glads. These peanut-shell-shaped glands on the outer portion of our eyes create and secrete tears, allowing us to shed a few when we get emotional.
- Cultural Crying - Research shows that newborns around the globe come into the world crying in the same manner, but just as there are linguistic differences in different cultures, babies learn to cry differently in different cultures.
- No Love For the Girls - If you're boyfriend was turned off by your crying, don't feel bad -- there's a scientific reason for this. When women cry from sadness, men detect a unique chemical component that discourages them from feeling sexually aroused.
- Tears and Money - A Dutch researcher discovered that women in wealthier, Western economies cry much more than women in poorer countries where they have fewer rights. Talk about shifting perspectives!
- Three kinds - There are actually three kinds of tears -- basal tears, which clean and lubricate your eyes; reflex tears, which drain when your eyes are irritated by things like onions or pollen; and emotional tears, the ones we all know best.
- Crybabies - Research shows that some people are indeed more prone to crying than others! For example, those with the empathy gene are more likely to detect and relate to the suffering of others and cry more frequently.
- Evolutionary Tears - Some researchers believe that humans may have evolved tears to do more than just protect our eyes. Evolution may have given us tears as a tool to protect us from predators by making it harder for them to tell where we were gazing.
- A Good Cry - There is such a thing as a good cry. Depending on where you do it, when you do it, and with whom you do it, you can feel much better after crying. It's not always a bad thing.