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97. Are Women Really Less Happy Than Men?

No Stupid Questions

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The Male Female Happiness Gap

A survey from the pew research centre asked participants to name traits they believe society values most in men and women. Here are the five most common traits that are thought to be valuable for men. Number one, honesty and morality was number one on the male list. That's what we think is valuable in a woman. The evolutionary argument goes like, whell you want a protector. You want someone who's going to beat the alpha. Is this the source of the male female happiness gap? I suppose one could ainly point to the enormous unhappiness that many women have about how they look. There's some evidence that social media, which everyone is worried about right now, that its influence

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