Why men are getting happier (and women more miserable) Part V

While women work their brains out, men get more and more 'neutral downtime.' Does this make them the real beneficiaries of the women's movement?

The beneficiaries, of course, are the men lucky enough to have such women in their lives. They are gaining downtime by having a breadwinner. They get joy from their wives' accomplishments. They are fulfilled by the presence of physical beauty. If they are family-oriented, they may even get to become stay-at-home dads. For the few men who understand the price their spouses pay for happiness, it may inspire the sort of emotional generosity we tend to associate with females. But it's a safe bet for now that a good many won't. And if you told feminists 30 years ago that a generation of Tobys and Pauls would be the ones enjoying the fruits of women's efforts today, more than a few might have put down their placards and gone home.

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by Charlie Gillis & Barbara Righton With Nancy Macdonald, Lianne George and John Intini Source: http://www.macleans.ca

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