Psychology

Differences in the life structure for men and women
Life is a series of the various identity accommodations that change with the different experiences. It is through a sequence of various distinct stages that one evolves in the life structure that also determines the capacity to make the different decisions. This theory of adult development was developed by Daniel Levinson with the reference to the various stages of life. The theory rotates around an individual life structure at a given time.

In most cases, a persons life rotates around the family and the occupation. This is dependent also on the religion, the social economic status and the race. But the life structure is different for men and the women regardless of the career or family status. At the ages twenty seven to thirty, the women experience the most dramatic changes and the making of difficult choices. (Hersen et al 2006).

The women start embarking on the personal development, where they set their personal goals at this level. It is also the level with the highest divorce cases for women as opposed to the men that occur at the mid forties. Lastly, the women are self confident and more satisfied in life at the age of thirty to thirty five and as for men this occurs at forty five, whereas the crisis age is forty for men and age thirty for women. (Hersen et al 2006).

This knowledge is applicable in education since it exposes the values that weigh in life and the various tasks. This includes those of importance and the miscellaneous ones. In the society, it helps one to evaluate himself at the different ages as he engage in career advancement. The balancing between family affairs and occupation is easily achieved where in most cases women are more closely tied to family issues than men.