A study by Wharton School’s Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers, called “The Paradox of Declining Female Happiness” that I first wrote about in July got a lot of attention this week. First, from self-helpuru Marcus Buckingham on the Huffington Post, in a piece trumpeted as the beginning of a series, and which benefitted from some […]
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Women’s Declining Happiness: The Paradox That Isn’t
Posted in being judged, feminism, Paradox of Women's Declining Happiness, why women?, worklife balance on September 21, 2009 | 16 Comments »
Happy’s Last Stand. And Aprons, Too.
Posted in being judged, culture, feminism, life choices, Paradox of Women's Declining Happiness on May 13, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Let’s just agree for one last time that all this happiness business in the wake of the “Paradox of Women’s Declining Happiness” study has a very unhappy subtext: Blame the victim. The victim being us. You’re not happy? The horror! There must be something wrong with you. Blame yourself! Blame feminism! Blame your choices! Whatever […]
Want Happy? Try Sad!
Posted in life choices, Paradox of Women's Declining Happiness, purpose, Uncategorized, tagged Allan Horwitz, Carlin flora, Eric Wilson, happiness, Jerome Wakefield, Marcus Buckingham, Psychology today, Russ Harris, the paradox of declining female happiness on January 27, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Frankly, all this hype about happy is making me sad. It’s not enough we have folks like Marcus Buckingham telling us how to be happy — and making us feel guilty because we are not. Or the incessant volleys about the paradox of women’s declining happiness. But, frankly, despite the wealth of books, blogs, life […]
Feminism 2.0: Enough?
Posted in feminism, identity, Paradox of Women's Declining Happiness, purpose, why women?, tagged Naomi Wolf, settling, The Beauty Myth, the paradox of declining female happiness on December 7, 2009 | 7 Comments »
When everything is on the menu, it takes an awful lot of willpower to say, you know, I’m not really that hungry. Even if you’re really not that hungry. Even if, in fact, you’re stuffed. This being the season of the cocktail party, I’m unable to think in anything other than food metaphors, but, in […]
Zeitgeist: Singing Our Song
Posted in Uncategorized on September 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The past couple weeks’ worth of posts have certainly resonated. And your comments continue to make us think–and to make us think that we are not alone. None of us are. Here’s some of what’s been going on: Are You Undecided, Too? had Samantha doing a little soul-searching: I have briefly read some of the […]
More Opportunity=Less Happiness. Wait. Really?
Posted in feminism, Paradox of Women's Declining Happiness, Uncategorized, tagged Betsey Stevenson, Business Week, Justin Wolfers, Marcus Buckingham, Marta Mossburg, more opportunities for women, Sunday London Times, the paradox of declining female happiness, The Washington Examiner, too many choices, Wharton School on July 3, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Wharton School’s Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers published a study in May that’s been dubbed “The Paradox of Declining Female Happiness.” The title kinda says it all, but the gist is that, while, 35 years ago or so, women reported being happier than men, today women–regardless of marital or employment status or whether or not […]
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