Gender differences observed in the prevalence of many personality disorders (i. e., borderline for women, antisocial for men) may be due to

Gender differences in the prevalence of many personality disorders (i. e., borderline for women, antisocial for men) may be due to established gender roles. Nowadays there is a growing awareness of the importance of gender in medical treatment and research. There are traits in personality disorders that can be associated with femininity/masculinity. It means that if you are born a woman you may be more predestined to develop the type of personality disorders that manifest themselves in women (borderline, dependent) versus being born a man and show traits of disorders associated to the masculine gender (antisocial, narcissistic).