This means that female officials have higher stress issues than their male colleagues. A study on gender and police stress found that female officers have higher levels of somatization and depression than male officers in the same environment (Zhao, Archnold, He). Although female and male officers report having similar triggers for stress, women have higher stress levels, there are several reasons behind this. Much of the different levels of stress comes from the fact that because there are so many male officers, they are able to interact with each other about what is happening and relate to each other (Dowler and Arai). Female officers do not have this luxury, there are fewer female officers, only 35% of women work in the police force, so this can often make them feel more isolated regarding these issues (Canadian Policing Textbook or Dowler and