Re: Women end up with more sob stories than men - Study
- From: mg <mgkelson@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:39:32 -0700 (PDT)
On Jul 31, 8:34 am, Rita <R...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:45:27 -0700 (PDT), mg <mgkel...@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
On Jul 30, 11:30 am, jim <jim10...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Women end up with more sob stories than men - Studyhttp://www.healthjockey.com/2008/07/30/women-end-up-with-more-sob-sto...
Women have always leaned towards the mushy side of their emotions and
we often get to see them brooding over small matters in life. Although
women may have stepped into various fields of operation and they have
battled the male-dominant society and stood up on their feet proudly,
but they end up unhappier than men later in life, reveals new research
by Anke Plagnol of the University of Cambridge, and University of
Southern California economist Richard Easterlin.
As per the research, although women start off being happy and cheerful
but at the end they tend to be less happy in comparison to men.
Plagnol and Easterlin’s study, forthcoming in the Journal of Happiness
Studies happened to be the first to use nationally representative data
which covered several decades to examine the role of unfulfilled
desires in a person’s sense of well-being. Targets and measurement of
success may vary among those raised in different generations and data
sets from a range of time periods may also have varying demographic
compositions.
“Differences between men and women in aspirations for marriage and
children are fairly small,” commented Plagnol, who received her Ph.D..
from USC in 2007. “Gender differences in satisfaction depend largely
on attainment.”
The study also found that young men are also more dissatisfied than
young women due to the financial worries. But as the ages go up, the
worries for men die out and the emotions start playing up the other
way round and thus results into women being unhappy later in their
life. As the age increases, men are at peace with financial situations
and possess increased spending power as well.
These findings are consistent with an earlier study by Easterlin
showing that recent generations are less satisfied than previous
generations, despite having more.
The study also divided the phases in age milestones as follows:
41: Age at which men’s financial satisfaction exceeds women’s
financial satisfaction
48: Age at which men’s overall happiness exceeds women’s overall
happiness
64: Age at which men’s satisfaction with family life exceeds women’s
satisfaction
The female naturally become less attractive to the male as she gets
older. In addition, many women really let themselves go after they get
married. I wouldn't be surprised if those two facts aren't the real
reason for some of the problems.
I have always been amused by the notion women "let themselves go"
after marriage. Back in the 50's the Ladies Home Journal used to
run articles telling women to be sure to take time after a day
cooking and cleaning and tending the kids to change into something
attractive, put on a dab of perfume and be there at the door to
greet the Great Provider when he arrived home exhausted by a hard
day's work. If hubby lost interest, it was somehow the wife's
fault. Heaven help the wife if the baby burped up on her blouse
just before hubby showed up at the door:)
Nor have I ever read the reverse imperative: Men should keep
themselves in shape and not develop beer bellies and develop
slovenly habits that turned off their partner.
Why do you think that is?
Men can sometimes have a big advantage over women in the keeping fit
category, especially if they work on jobs requiring manual labor. I
remember about 35 years ago, for instance, a situation I encountered
when I was a railroad dispatcher for a steel plant. I ran into Rex, a
friend of mind at a grocery store. Rex was a conductor on a railroad
crew. He was about 60 years old at the time. For about 40 years, 40
hours a week, Rex had been hopping on and off of railroad cars and
running ahead of his train throwing switches. If you were to add all
that up, it probably comes to maybe 50,000 hours of exercise over the
years. That's a situation that's hard or impossible for a wife to
compete with in regards to her own level of physical conditioning.
Anyway, Rex's wife was with him when I ran into him in the store. I
was absolutely shocked at the contrast. In fact, I'll never forget it.
Rex looked like maybe he was in his late 40s. His wife looked like she
might have been in her 70s and she was about 40 pounds overweight. I
remember thinking she looked more like his mother than his wife.
Having said that I do agree that there is a gender bias against women
when it comes to gaining weight -- actually, I think it might be more
of a genetic bias where women might still be attracted to overweight
men, but not visa versa. In any case, as men have migrated away from
jobs involving physical labor to jobs where they sit in an office all
day, I think your point that the problem is just as prevalent in men
is well taken.
.
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