women are unhappy.

Maureen Dowd's article in the NYTimes about the happiness of women around the world gives us ladies some big time Debbie Downer news:

“Women have lives that become increasingly empty,” Buckingham said. “They’re doing more and feeling less.”

Cue wah wahhhh sound effect.

Dowd talks about how as the gender gap closed, women were given more and shit to do and think about. For instance, Dowd says, "if they once judged themselves on looks, kids, hubbies, gardens and dinner parties, now they judge themselves on looks, kids, hubbies, gardens, dinner parties — and grad school, work, office deadlines and meshing a two-career marriage."

That's a lot to think about. And great news for all the women in the world.

But there is a solution, perhaps... The article mentions:

“Across the happiness data, the one thing in life that will make you less happy is having children,” said Betsey Stevenson, an assistant professor at Wharton who co-wrote a paper called “The Paradox of Declining Female Happiness.” “It’s true whether you’re wealthy or poor, if you have kids late or kids early. Yet I know very few people who would tell me they wish they hadn’t had kids or who would tell me they feel their kids were the destroyer of their happiness.”

Kids really do ruin your life. It's been proven by research.

....sorry Mom.