I´m about to finish my bachelor as a nurse. I´m writing about mens health, specifically the problems we seem to have compared to women.

One of the theories I´m using is Antonovsky´s idear on SOC, sence of coherence, wich talks about peoples abillity to cope with stressfull experiences. In his book he compares the traditional western male with a molecule in a closed system, indifferent to input/impulses in his environment. This, according to Antonovsky, leads to entropy resulting in problems dealing with health-issues.

Physics is a long way away for me, but isn´t he talking about thermo dynamics? What do you guys think of his use of such a picture? If I get his idear right, I´m not sure I agree.