Women have it all but are less happy than 40 years ago

[newusername 10+ year member]

Note that this identifies a correlation, not a causation.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1189894/Women-happy-years-ago-.html

Women are less happy nowadays despite 40 years of feminism, a new study claims.
Despite having more opportunities than ever before, they have a lower sense of well-being and life satisfaction, it found.

The study, The Paradox of Declining Female Happiness, said the same was true for women of different ages and whether or not they were married or had children.

It said the results appeared surprising given that modern women had been liberated from their traditional 1950s role of housewife.

Instead, their earning power has soared, women are doing better than men in education and they are in control of decisions over whether to start a family.

The findings were released as Sir Stuart Rose, chairman of Marks & Spencer, claimed that women 'have never had it so good'.

Insisting neither gender nor motherhood is now a barrier to career to success, he said: 'You've got real democracy and there really are no glass ceilings, despite the fact that some of you moan about it all the time.

'Women can get to the top of any single job that they want to in the UK.

'You've got a woman fighter pilot who went on to join the Red Arrows.. Women astronauts. Women miners. Women dentists. Women doctors. Women managing directors. What is it you haven't got?'

Sir Stuart's comments in The Observer were contradicted by Dr Katherine Rake of The Fawcett Society, which campaigns for gender equality.

She said there was still 'no flexibility' for women at high levels of business.

'Women tend to have greater commitments at home and so need flexible working arrangements,' she said.

'While some organisations are prepared to enable this at less senior levels, many will not at the top.

'Second, there is no change at the top. Because the top of organisations are generally white and male, they stay white and male.'

The study by the US National Bureau of Economic Research found that while post-war era happiness surveys found women were noticeable happier than men, the difference had eroded to 'zero'.

Its authors, Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers of the University of Pennsylvania, found that in the U.S., women's happiness had fallen 'both absolutely and relatively to that of men'.

In Europe, they found people's sense of happiness has risen slightly, but less so for women than for men.

In 12 European countries, including Britain, the happiness of women has fallen relative to that of men.

The authors said there was a possibility women were more 'direct' about their levels of happiness than they used to be.

'Women may now feel more comfortable being honest about their true happiness and have thus deflated their previously inflated responses,' they said.

However, Siobhan Freegard, founder of the website Netmums, whose own survey found levels of 'baby blues' have risen sharply compared to 30 years ago, said: 'We pushed so hard for equal rights, for having the right to work, for having equal status, we pushed so hard to have choice.

'But what we hear from many mums is: I have no choice, I have to work, I don't love my career, my childminder is taking half my salary and I'd rather bring up my children myself but I can't afford to.

'If you enjoy your job and it's a fulfilling career, that is a positive choice.. but if it's not, it's almost in some ways that we got it all, then found that actually it wasn't quite what we wanted.'

Erin Pizzey, founder of the charity Refuge, added: 'The hard-won freedom of choice has imprisoned women. I just see an exhausted generation trying to do it all.'

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[atoz350 10+ year member]

Sounds about right.

 

[ArrizX 10+ year member]

****ing broads.

 

[timaishu 10+ year member]

( ) )lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllD

 

[denim 5,000+ posts]

Give them a foot, they want a mile.

 

[thegreatestpenn 5,000+ posts]

nothing in the world can keep anyone happy for long so this isn't surprising

 

[DePratt 10+ year member]

no matter what you give a bish, she will always want more and she wont ever be happy anyway

 

[thegreatestpenn 5,000+ posts]

no matter what you give a bish, she will always want more and she wont ever be happy anyway

the same can be said about men too //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif

 

[mrogowski 5,000+ posts]

'If you enjoy your job and it's a fulfilling career, that is a positive choice.. but if it's not, it's almost in some ways that we got it all, then found that actually it wasn't quite what we wanted.'

They wanted it, they got it. Just goes to prove that the grass is not greener on the other side.

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

Whelp... time to repeal womens' suffrage.

 

[Jmac 10+ year member]

She said there was still 'no flexibility' for women at high levels of business.
'Women tend to have greater commitments at home and so need flexible working arrangements,' she said.

Oh fvck right off ...
If you want to make it to the top of ANYTHING, you have to make PERSONAL sacrifices. If you're not willing to make those sacrifices, regardless of gender, then STFU and be content with where you are.

I love how she's "fighting for equality" yet stating that women > men when it comes to taking care of their family. Fvcking feminist hypocrites. I hope that b*tch dies.

 

[wu36ca 10+ year member]

I think most people are more unhappy now than 40 years ago. I don't think it is just women.

 

[duece212 5,000+ posts]

Oh fvck right off ...
If you want to make it to the top of ANYTHING, you have to make PERSONAL sacrifices. If you're not willing to make those sacrifices, regardless of gender, then STFU and be content with where you are.

I love how she's "fighting for equality" yet stating that women > men when it comes to taking care of their family. Fvcking feminist hypocrites. I hope that b*tch dies.

pretty much, you can't have your cake and eat it too...or something like that

 

[joeboxer5876 10+ year member]

great. you want equal rights like men! now you also get the add benefit of being miserable like men also //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

 

[MisterGrubbs 5,000+ posts]

It's not just women, it's human nature in general.

Back then, we had what we needed, and if we had more we were grateful.

Now, everyone does what they can to make sure we have what we need, we work to have what we want. Then we want more.

Human Kind is becoming more greedy.