Women Depression higher then its been in decades

[memorygurl]

So the other day I was reading the “ELLE” magazine and I came across this article it was entitled “No Way Out”. It talks about a new study that shows women are unhappier then they’ve been in decades.
So I’m posing a question to all women why do you think this is and researcher Rachael Combe says it’s not because of the unemployment rate. The article goes on to say that the research done shot down a lot of the old escape goats; like working mothers, single mothers and divorce. It doesn’t matter if the woman is married, single, teenaged, elderly, rich or poor, American or European, a single mother or a child free career girl. If you are woman you are, statistically speaking, probably less happy than the dudes you know. I wondered, Could it be the work place and their environment? But as I keep reading there was no real explanation for the unhappiness, she just gave ways of fixing the problem. But can you fix a problem, if you don’t know what’s causing it?
So I pose 2 questions to everybody:
1) What do you think is causing the unhappiness in women today?
2) How do you pose we fix it?

[The Big PINK One♥]

Honestly, I don't get how the author could associate unhappiness with depression.
The two aren't the same. To be happy (or sad in this case) are NOT the same! Secondly, I personally can't see why those factors (single parent, etc) couldn't be a causing factor or have anything to do with the overall scope of depression in women today. These are life changing decisions & stages that will most certainly chabge ANYONE!!

[memorygurl]

I guess you would have to read the article for yourself to understand

[ayliana]

Another theory is that while the women’s movement opened up possibilities, it also opened our eyes to new ways we might fail. Liberation is like original sin you realize you’re powerful but also naked and vulnerable, and that snake in the next cubicle isn’t as nice as you thought he was. “It’s the paradox of choice,” says Sonja Lyubomirsky, professor of psychology at the University of California and author of The How of Happiness. “It increases your chances for happiness but also regret.”