And yet, I just saw middle-aged, divorced (childless) female friends last month for a weekend, and they thought this was EXACTLY what would make them happy (both work for corporations). And they easily make $50k more than I do (married, with a child, working for a non-profit). It's a pervasive thought with feminist liberal women.
Money doesn't make men happy. Well, I can only speak for myself. I don't have much power, but I do have some money - and could be making a lot more if I worked more instead of being on TFP making comments - and I'm fairly miserable.
Money as a measure of success is largely a new thing in civilization -- even 100 years ago, when most people were still farming or doing factory work, your success would be measured by your family, and wealth was a means to grow your family's value and pass that wealth to the next generation. Sometime around the 1950s, that idea started to shift towards wealth as a means to achieve luxury - which used to be only available to the few. Fancy cars, vacations, etc.
What self-respecting man wants to subject himself to a university that resembles a totalitarian knitting circle where regurgitating nonsense is rewarded and independent thought viewed with horror and disdain?
“Women’s self-reported happiness has plummeted. While today both men and women are less happy, men report higher well-being than women.
How can this be, when women now make up 59.5 percent of college students and earn the majority of bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees?“
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How can this be? Ummmm…..because conservatives were right and feminism is terrible.
You mean money and power don't make women happy?
Who would have thought??
And yet, I just saw middle-aged, divorced (childless) female friends last month for a weekend, and they thought this was EXACTLY what would make them happy (both work for corporations). And they easily make $50k more than I do (married, with a child, working for a non-profit). It's a pervasive thought with feminist liberal women.
Money doesn't make men happy. Well, I can only speak for myself. I don't have much power, but I do have some money - and could be making a lot more if I worked more instead of being on TFP making comments - and I'm fairly miserable.
Money as a measure of success is largely a new thing in civilization -- even 100 years ago, when most people were still farming or doing factory work, your success would be measured by your family, and wealth was a means to grow your family's value and pass that wealth to the next generation. Sometime around the 1950s, that idea started to shift towards wealth as a means to achieve luxury - which used to be only available to the few. Fancy cars, vacations, etc.
What self-respecting man wants to subject himself to a university that resembles a totalitarian knitting circle where regurgitating nonsense is rewarded and independent thought viewed with horror and disdain?