are all women depressed?

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I don't know if this is really a "haven" post but I don't know where else to put it.

Do all / most women feel a little stifled by the female role, or a little lost? Are all women prone to depression?

Yeah I have depression but I'm hardly the victim type chick you are thinking of. Why? What's it to you?

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What's it to me? I'm a woman.

I'm not proposing women (or depressed women) are victims. I'm proposing women not on the autistic spectrum might have a similar experience to women on the autistic spectrum, in a way, maybe.

Anyone can be depressed, not just women. However it's easy to understand why one would think that only women get depressed.

The popular media tends to paint depression as a "female-centric" problem, but there are tons of males who are depressed as well. Males are far less likely to seek therapy though, as many therapists seem to embrace the "female-centric" and work in ways that are not conducive with the male mind. Also males are less likely to seek therapy because it is a perceived weakness in the male. It may seem petty, but one must understand that males are forever locked in an endless pissing contest with each other for superiority and a perceived weakness invites vicious attacks that tear down one's supposed manliness.

But as to the point of your question, anyone can seem prone to bouts of sadness or morose, it's more acceptable for women to admit to it and seek help then it is for males. I doubt anyone could say for certain if most women get depressed, but I think it's fairly safe to say that most people go through small periods of depression at some point in their lives.

The problem is when the depression gets bigger than you and becomes a crippling aspect of your life, that I don't believe happens to most people. Male or Female.

I am female and have depression, but its not really about the 'female role' I don't really pay much mind to that even if I could fit that sterotype I don't think I would want to. It is possible the ostracism I experienced from other girls at school when I was a kid due to not fitting them or really understanding them...but that is kind of a round about way of the female role depressing me since it was really just I did not seem like a typical girl to other girls so they thought I was weird and didn't want much to do with me.

I don't feel like I exist in a "female role" particularly, and I certainly don't feel either stifled by it or lost due to the absence of it... it's just something that isn't a factor for me. However, to answer the other part of your question, without getting into the details I am by definition sometimes depressed and sometimes very, very not depressed.

Most women I've known have struggled with depression at some point, but I would say that in the majority of these cases it's been situational and for a limited time; I would not say most of them would fit the criteria for a depressive disorder. And I would say exactly the same of most men I've known. Many men just seem to express it in quite different ways, but because of my long experience with mood stuff I feel like I can tell from a variety of types of signs.

Both men and women get depressed, but probably women are more prone to speak about it and recognize they are depressed. Some depressed men try to hide their issues because you know, "depression means weakness and affectation".

The same stereotype that says women are more prone to depression (so women are weaker) says men are more "immune" to depression (so men are stronger).

We have inherited this "belief" from the societies that preceded us (the 19th century was, in my opinion, the moment when women and depression were definitely bonded, with all the “female hysteria” BS).

I have very chronic clinical depression and take meds. I don't like being a woman a lot of the time. That's just my experience, though.