Dr. Sandra Glahn

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Why Are Women Less Happy?

Did you see this CNN clip reporting a study that concludes women are less happy than they were thirty years ago, while men's levels of satisfaction remained the same?

The study didn't consider why women are less happy. We're not told how large the study is. And the news report raised the question of whether progress for women has been such a great thing. While nobody who knows me would lump me in with the fans of radical feminism, I'm also a little concerned when we jump on stuff like this without taking a closer look at the data.

Is there an agenda here?

Here's one woman's response, which I found interesting. She at least gave me more to think about...