Why Are Woman So Sad in 2009?

Today I read an article on the Huffington Post that struck accord with me. The title of it is "What's Happening to Woman's Happiness." This article deeply sadden me. Woman have risen from the back of the bus, to flying high like Amelia, Into the voting booth, and finally into the white house. Marcus Buckingham a best selling author featured on Oprah writes,

"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."

Woman have more sucess, more money and more power than ever before so why are they so unhappy? Statistics prove the obvious answers are not correct. If it is not work, or education perhaps it is the heavy workload that women endure by working their forty hours a week and taking care of the home also? Buckingham states that is not the case.

"Women don't do more cooking, cleaning and child-caring than men; they still do. It falls because when it comes to the sharing of 'home' duties, the trend lines are all moving in the direction you would predict would lead to greater happiness and less stress for women: namely toward greater parity. For example, between 1975 and today women's housework hours declined from twenty-one per week to seventeen, while men's jumped from six to thirteen"

The article left me scratching my head. I thought about myself and the women in my life. What would be a reason they might be sad? Relationships maybe? No, I'm sure there are plenty of happy healthy ones out there.  As I scrolled down a mental list of all the women I know I couldn't name one that had a functional relationship. A relationship that hadn't had some kind of abuse or infedelity, or other destructive issue. Not one. America's divorce rate is almost 50%. I read a quote that stated ," For a man love is just a chapter in his life for a woman it is the entire story." Click below to read the article.