I've actually thought about this in regards to my own wife. She has a career whereby she would not have to depend on me for anything if something were to happen to us, two beautiful healthy boys, a husband that does quite a bit of work both inside and outside the house and yet she still finds something to complain about every single day.
Despite her professional career she has often stated she would be much happier if she could just stay home and have me bring in all the money. I've done the stay at home parent thing myself for a couple of years before I got back into school, and I can somewhat sympathize with what stay at home moms throughout history have had to deal with at home during the day. I have a high amount of admiration for what "career" stay at home moms have had to do, and I think that part of the reason for women breaking down the barriers to go out and work might have been due to the fact that many men didn't appreciate it the way they should have.
Most (if not all) people like to complain about something, even if their life is epically great.All I'm gonna say, that even if she were a stay at home mom, she would most likely find other things to complain about.
Not trying to be a dick but speaking from experience.
Most (if not all) people like to complain about something, even if their life is epically great.
So yeah, probably.
Having options does not always mean that those options are appealing. Further, the option to be a stay at home mom is less an option than it used to be, with many/most families requiring a second income.
Having options does not always mean that those options are appealing. Further, the option to be a stay at home mom is less an option than it used to be, with many/most families requiring a second income.
Rathi
Measuring "happiness" through a study is a joke. Other than "are you feeling happy at this particular moment", the data is probably random enough to be worthless. The most likely factor in answering the question is if anything positive or negative happened to them recently.
What is the deal? Women today are getting all of the choices that their mothers fought for...so why are women tending to be less happy and men are becoming happier?
It is sad. I am not sure why society feels that it has to "evolve" into something...does it? Where are we going? What are we leaving behind? Who benifits? Who is being hurt.
Yet the paradox: Two recent studies reveal that a majority of American women are finding the holy grail of happiness more elusive. Researchers were startled to find that women now report less happiness than in the early 1970s; and where they once indicated greater levels of happiness and life satisfaction than men, that's now reversed.
Read more: The Happiness Quotient / Do high expectations and a plethora of choices make modern women miserable?
Just a guess but women being encouraged to do things, that don't really appeal to their inner nature, is a possibility.
A lot of modern women are pulling double duty now. They didn't break free of the domestic role. Instead they are now the 9-5 workers plus the domestic caretakers while a lot of men continue to coast along. So yeah, makes sense that men would be more happy... not only do they have a maid at home, but she also nets half the income which makes his life easier.
I don't think people in general are happier now than they were 30 years ago. The demands of modern life are more stressful than ever and it's becoming cost prohibitive for many to have a healthy family setup.
Bottom line, I resent some stupid article telling me I'm not happy.
Give me a ****ing break. I know it gratifies you internally to say these things, but in my case, I feel like the work I do is the work I was born to do. Women aren't inherently less suited to working, internally. :roll:
Give me a ****ing break. I know it gratifies you internally to say these things, but in my case, I feel like the work I do is the work I was born to do. Women aren't inherently less suited to working, internally. :roll:
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