Berdasarkan penelitian, perempuan menangis 30 hingga 64 kali per tahun dan, sementara pria menangis 6 hingga 17 kali per tahun. <ref name=TG>{{en}}{{cite news |title=Women cry more than men, and for longer, study finds |url=[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/6334107/Women-cry-more-than-men-and-for-longer-study-finds.html |work=[[The Daily Telegraph|The: Women cry more than men, Telegraph]and for longer, study finds] |date=<small>15 October 2009 |location=London}}</small></ref> Pria menangis antara dua hingga empat menit, sementara wanita rata-rata enam menit, dimana menangis menjadi terisak-isak untuk wanita dalam 65 persen kasus, namun untuk pria dalam 6 persen kasus. <ref name=TG/>{{citenewsAnehnya |title=Womenpada crywaktu moreanak-anak thanlelaki men,ataupun andperempuan formemiliki longer,frekuensi studymenangis findsyang |url=http://wwwsama.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/6334107/Women-cry-more-than-men-and-for-longer-study-finds.html<ref |workname=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] |date=15 October 2009 |location=London}}<TG/ref>
Men tend to cry for between two and four minutes, and women cry for about six minutes. Crying turns into sobbing for women in 65% of cases, compared to just 6% for men. Until adolescence, however, no difference between the sexes was found.<ref>{{cite news |title=Women cry more than men, and for longer, study finds |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/6334107/Women-cry-more-than-men-and-for-longer-study-finds.html |work=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] |date=15 October 2009 |location=London}}</ref>
