Feminism Is Causing The Depression Epidemic

lordofthejelly · 2013-09-15T21:56:25+00:00

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marcus-buckingham/whats-happening-to-womens_b_289511.html[1]

Each year since 1972, the United States General Social Survey has asked men and women: "How happy are you, on a scale of 1 to 3, with 3 being very happy, and 1 being not too happy?" This survey includes a representative sample of men and women of all ages, education levels, income levels, and marital status--1,500 per year for a total of almost 50,000 individuals thus far--and so it gives us a most reliable picture of what's happened to men's and women's happiness over the last few decades. As you can imagine, a survey this massive generates a multitude of findings, (see the full report by Wharton Professors Betsy Stevenson and Justin Wolfers) but here are the two most important discoveries. First, since 1972, women's overall level of happiness has dropped, both relative to where they were forty years ago, and relative to men. You find this drop in happiness in women regardless of whether they have kids, how many kids they have, how much money they make, how healthy they are, what job they hold, whether they are married, single or divorced, how old they are, or what race they are. (The one and only exception: African-American women are now slightly happier than they were back in 1972, although they remain less happy than African American men.)

Science at its best. As feminism has risen over the past 4 decades, female happiness has dropped.

lordofthejelly · 2013-09-15T23:50:53+00:00

This is because no matter whether or not women admit it, they need us. The more they push us away the less happy they are. We'll be fine. They'll just get more unhappy.

lifesbrink · 2013-09-15T22:28:58+00:00

This was an excellent article. Too bad hardcore feminists will simply fight it

VZPurp · 2013-09-15T22:02:18+00:00

Thankfully we have a super effective class of medications called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. Just take one daily and shut the fuck up already.

(TODAY'S brand-only SSRI is LEXAPRO! Get your prescription RIGHT NOW before it's too late! $_$ )

veggie_girl · 2013-09-16T05:30:51+00:00

Sleep deprivation is the number 1 cause of depression and mental illness in women and men. Other factors pale in comparison but are mostly thought to be related to diet and exercise.

The average American is getting less and less sleep than ever before in history. Last I read the current average is about 6 hours a night but our body generally needs 8. Its not a wonder everyone is fat and depressed here, it all stems from insufficient sleep.

I'm sure feminism doesn't help, but whatever effect it is having on mental health is too minor to consider. We have a bigger problem to deal with.

Now if you want to remove depression from the discussion and instead focus on women's overall feeling of happiness and fulfillment, yes feminism is an inhibitor.

VZPurp · 2013-09-16T02:40:29+00:00

This is pseudo science bullshit.

Oh of course depression is caused by being beta or out of your social element! How convenient for the red pill world. Of course, that does not jive with even the most cursory arm chair observations. Tell me why so many leaders and high powered individuals throughout history have been prone to depression?

This is an article about someone who got overly excited by an idea they had and is arrogant enough to shove it out there like it has some backing. People have been trying to explain away depression as a philosophical issue for ever. It is not. It never was nor will it be. And suggesting that depression is their fault--that it is their mistaken choice that makes them this way--is so harmful to their healing process that I know this was vetted by no one who has taken the real, neccessary, adult steps to handle their depression.

Title	Feminism Is Causing The Depression Epidemic
Author	JonFrost25
Upvotes	16
Comments	22
Date	September 15, 2013 8:37 PM UTC (12 years ago)
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