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In 1991, a study comparing depression in men and women claimed that men predominantly sought relief in distractions, and so appeared to suffer less, while women favored rumination, turning their troubles over endlessly in their minds, making themselves more miserable as a result. The supposedly emotional sex was found to give more time to thinking than the supposedly rational one. The contribution of women to the limitation of fear has only begun, for rumination does not necessarily lead to gloom, nor to panic, where thoughts go round in circles, stirring up dangers into imminent catastrophes and terror at the prospect of being afraid. Rumination can also hold fear at a distance, and choose what it ruminates about.