Who do you think is happier - men or women?

Question

Who do you think is generally happier in life, women or men and why?

GlitterFairy16 · Accepted Answer

Id probably say 50/50. Man and women bouth have things in their life that could bring them down.

I think women are lot better at masking when were depressed as we've grew up being told to smile all the time and that no one likes a sad girl. We have so much pressure on us to be prefect and to put other happiness before are own and to just ignore are sadness because we want people to think we are always happy and have a great life and if we do cry were called over emotional, miserable bitch etc or were just on are periods and that we shouldn't be sad because we have it easy being a girl and all we need to do is smile and look pretty and everything will be fine even if being pretty means we get sexually harassed and that we should be flattered men find us attractive.

Obviously i can't speak for a man but i feel they also have issues with depression that's only just getting talked about because men have the pressure of coming off as if they are in control in hard times and if they show emotions they are a pussy or weak. If men fail they can sometimes feel lost and as if they have nothing else to live for. They need to be confident, successful, attractive, rich etc to meet up with societies standards on what they define a real man to be.

Even though men have only recently started speaking out about male depression, i feel no matter how hard the media tries to spout out body positively towards women woman will always be deeply better life and judged on their looks no matter and i can also see a reverse towards what happened to men being told they have to be strong, confident, successful etc is known being pushed on young women too.

CubsterShura · Accepted Answer

Women. We never had more bullshit to deal with now than ever before in the history. No matter who you are and what you do and like... Everything from your mannerisms and style to political beliefs, people have a problem with everything. Go get a higher education and become a badass boss babe, people will tell you that you are not womanly enough and too hard-headed. Go get a husband and become a SAHM of your lovely kids, people will tell you how backdated and useless you are for sitting at home and not contributing to the economy. Wear casual clothes and be more relaxed in your speech and mannerisms, people will tell you that you're unladylike and uncouth. Dress in feminine preppy dresses and follow all the rules and etiquette, now you're too stiff and pretentious. Have right-wing political beliefs and you're now stereotyped as some uneducated trad thot, be left-wing and now you're the pink-haired raging feminist SJW of the Alphabet community. Where the fuck will women go then?

Not to mention the heavy objectifying of women all over the media which has been linked to women having a bunch of issues like sexual dysfunction, depression, anxiety, eating disorders etc.

jsincal · Accepted Answer

It’s hard to tell, and here’s why:

1.) depressed people can display smiles normal and can hide their real inner emotions.

2.) glasses covering the eyes, as well as the potential crowd feet, and other facial features aren’t really fully given, so its hard to determine if the smile is fake or real.

3.) most communication is non-verbal, so it’s hard to determine their body language since Is just the image of the face.

4.) if this was a pose, then we know the body language and emotions are an act. Which tells you a lie. It’s bette to get an image when couples are off guard, which also requires a baseline of what is normal in their body language, to determine what isn’t normal (good or bad)

blank_expression · Accepted Answer

Not sure but women said they were miserable under the “patriarchy” dictatorship, but now that they are free and independent working their asses off to burn the candle now at both ends. According to studies their happiness has dropped relative to men’s that has stayed flat. Apparently, women’s happiness is lower now than it was in the oppressing 50s homemaker enslavement. But they are slamming down more booze to compensate according to more studies to stay happy. One woman that they were citing was slamming down a bottle of wine a night. However, of course according to you, feminism is the Holy Grail even though it is a homosexual movement. Did I just walk into the vagina monologues Mz. Rod Serling?

SheHulk420 · Answer

Men, because of the stigma. They can't be openly emotional without judgement like women can, they are deemed as weak if they ask for help we aren't, your girl friend comes to you crying and upset, you help them and support them, a lot of guys just get told to man up and get on with it which is why suicide rates are so high. It's getting better as time goes on, but not enough. Guys have emotions exactly the same as girls, they have just been made to think it's not ok to show them. And that's why it's harder to be a man.

rjroy3 · Answer

Depends how we're defining happiness. I know women live longer on average and part of that is associated to longterm happiness/friendships. Women tend to have more friends so you could argue for that reason women are happier, due to the larger emotional support system.

In terms of life fulfillment due to accomplishment i would say men tend to rank higher there, because we're more likely to sacrifice other areas of our lives to get there, including social.

Don't really see a fair way to assess one way or the other on this one.

Apope16 · Answer

As a man i get cat called snd sexually harrased. I've had female coworkers slap my butt snd humiliate me. Its not just women. And just think of catholic boys abused. They dont have a solidarity if metoo. Men suffer alone.

Thats the whole crux. Men in society are not allowes to cry. even women disrespect guys who cry. We as men face the stress of making money or our love leaving us. Women cone for the spoils, dont care for the suffered journey.

nella965 · Answer

I don’t think either gender are happier in life. But I think life is easier as a man than a woman.

Less pressure to look good, more respected at work, easier to join the corporate boys club, you can have kids longer so less pressure to settle in your 30s, men even make more money than women. No need to care for babies or do housework while juggling full time jobs. And of course pads / tampons / skincare is expensive.

Anonymous · Answer

Men have learnt to repress emotions more than women. It means that they've learned not to feel, which is good to a certain extent, but they can be more frustrated and depressed when they feel and don't express. If women express their emotions more, they might enter an uncontrollable loop of emotions. In that case, they would enjoy life less. But if they relieve their emotions more, they would enjoy life more. I guess that in general women enjoy life more, but suffer more intensely than men. Men don't enjoy life as much, but they don't suffer at such a high intensity. It's more like a quiet suffering.

Catlover1999 · Answer

The suicide rate among men is much higher than women, there’s more homeless men than women, more men in prison, etc.

Hepy82 · Answer

Male suicide rates in the UK are higher than females in almost all age ranges by at least 30%. With 45-49 year olds, being most at risk.  On that logic, women are happier.

Bluemax · Answer

If we were to go on depression diagnoses and antidepressant prescription stats, then women by almost a factor of two.

However, this doesn't reflect that men generally don't seek help for depression with as much frequency as women.

So I don't know. Of the people i know, it seems split evenly.

Anonymous · Answer

I worked with women in the office and have women in the family and I'm sorry but y'all knit pick over the smallest and dumbest shit, y'all gossip about others and those girls or women who broke up with a guy or divorced a man or a guy are fairly bitter to. I'm not saying all women and girls are like this but even with professors or teachers that I've had for some reason female educational instructors were way more uptight then male teachers or professors, I don't get why. For me, I like to joke around, watch comedy movies, play basketball, worry about real things like religion and politics. I don't want to mope around. I know girls and women who have a "girls night" only to talk shit about them the same night or the next day. I mean have girls/women seen feminists today or even LGBTQ female supporters, like geez they are some of the most hard headed people I have encountered and I don't even say anything I just listen to their tone of voice and its annoying.

Unit1 · Answer

Women are happier in general. I need only one thing to prove it. Check the suicide rates between men and women. Men commit suicide  4 times  as often as women:

Sir_Diamond_Nipples · Answer

It's interesting and predictable to see that each gender thinks that the other is happier. The grass is always greener on the other side. But I voted men as a man because I think a lot of guys are more relaxed and careless than girls. A lot of females have a very strong motherly sense and care a lot about others which can be quite hard similar to how doctors have such high suicide rates. Although some men too like myself have a strong motherly nature.

FatherJack · Answer

Depends on where you live too , in 1st world Western countries , women are held in far higher regard than men & have greater support networks , also the suicide rates for each gender are quite telling too , males being several times higher , so in the 1st World , women happier overall , my own teen daughter exclaimed..." Even with period pains & cramps , I am still glad I was not born a boy !! "

genericname85 · Answer

Your question just tickeled my curious, so i quickly ran a mean calculation for the data of the european social survey from 2019

the mean reported life satisfaction is as followed:
men: 6,87
women: 6,76

so men at least in Europe are ever so slightly more happy. i don't have access to global survey data right now though.

either way. live satisfaction usually correlates very strongly with measures of happyness, so i would say that's a fair assessment.

loveslongnails · Answer

I think men are - they compartmentalize more easily, can rationalize and justify ANYTHING, and have no trouble being willfully ignorant. LOL Women don't seem to compartmentalize well, but they can certainly do the rest. I just think men do it more often and with zero guilt, unlike women.

Dali-chan · Answer

Men. Imagine not worrying about being sexually harassed or catcalled, being payed more, and being easily able to date someone better looking than you? The paradise lol. ( we all know that you see more pretty women with average men than the opposite)

captain_voidwalker · Answer

I'd say the order of happiness goes like this
1 single men
2 married women
3 divorced women
4 single women
5 men in short term or casual relationships
6 women in short term or casual relationships
7 single women
8 older single women
9 nickels
And dead last for happiness is married men

1Anon · Answer

I guess generally speaking, men would most likely be happier than women but only marginally. Both have their insecurities at times but I think that as women are more prone to negativity via media etc, they’re more likely to be less happy.

Rei02 · Answer

Men because they don't complicate themselves too much like women. Women complain about almost everything, even when things go as they plan and/or want.

sensible27 · Answer

Woman are more emotional and that sometimes means being on both extremes. The saddest people I know might be girls and the happiest too, some men/boys do outdo it sometimes but that seems more like a exception vs the rules type scenario...

BlueScorpio · Answer

Just happy in general or in different areas of life such as finances, romance, mental health etc?

That's hard to tell these day and it's an individual thing. There's plenty of people who are happy and there's plenty of people who aren't.

Ibeji · Answer

Both have shitty things they have to deal with, and both have benefits the other doesn’t. I think it balances out eventually. We all evenly suck and we’re all evenly miserable in a wide spectrum of ways.

aWes0MeNeSs · Answer

I honestly don't think it has anything to do with gender, but instead how they perceive life and handle their own lives. Typically, people with negative mindsets who make no effort to improve their lives are not going to be happy, for example.

wankiam · Answer

here in the uk the highest suicide rate is men under 45 but thats only one indicator and im sure there are plenty of unhappy people in all walks of life

Anonymous · Answer

Women because less expectation in life in general.
We are more free to do what we want with our lives.
We are allowed to have hobbies and activities more than men.
All of those answers are based off of how men are looked at as the workers in society and how women are looked at as the care givers, men have less time and more is expected from them.
Stay at home husbands/fathers are looked at as dead beats.

Anonymous · Answer

I think this has gotten a fairly rigorous amount of study and in general it's the case that men are because women are more sensitive to negative emotion and anxiety. There are good evolutionary hypotheses as to why this might be the case. So there's a pretty big genetic component to it all.

Anonymous · Answer

Men are.

Anonymous · Answer

Despite the fact that women habe their ego's stroked daily by guys just trying to get a taste. Women are always so in their head about something 24/7. They's constantly competing with eachother. They're constantly nagging the guy they're with to do the impossible.
If you're lucky enough to be born a white male you can just bask in it.

Anonymous · Answer

Men have more societal pressure to be macho, tall, strong, rich, socially respected, long c**k etc - at the same time, they are poor at honest communication about their problems and insecurities with higher suicide rates.

drearyknight187 · Answer

Women are too hard on themselves. I've seen beautiful women say they're hideous focusing on their worst qualities, and ugly men (myself) look in the mirror and overestimate themselves.

WildButterflyKiss · Answer

Just look at suicide rates... Men are in way worse shape.

Konabeana · Answer

I think happiness is what you make of it. From a societal perspective, this is a messy question. I think happiness is too broad of a term to choose an answer that qualifies your question.

Devilofangel · Answer

Life is what you make it, regardless of who or what you are. If you choose to be happy and find the best even in a negative event... you'll make yourself happy.

Nalix · Answer

Generally speaking, men tend to be happy with a lot less than women are. Empty apartment with a playstation, food, and a mattress? That'll do it for a lot of guys. If it weren't for women, men would show off a lot less.

Anonymous · Answer

Men are generally happier. Men create their own happiness, women are emotionally parasitic and are expecting others will make them happy. Amount of women who consume antidepressants is twice as high that of men. It's approx. 100 girls per 1000. (10%). Suicide rates of men is higher 24 men per 100000 (0,00024%).
Comparing 10% of female population who need psychotropic medication with 0,00025% of men who ended their miserable lives is like comparing a lake with glass of water.

Ninjazzed · Answer

Men, they’re generally less judged and usually live life with no strings attached.  They also don’t have to deal with the stress of having periods or childbirth.

elisa_0 · Answer

I don’t think it depends on their sex/gender. It’s more about their lifestyle, their socioeconomic status, the support they get from family and friends, their physical environment etc.

EABsTUQ · Answer

If I had to say based on the whole WORLD. MEN have got to be happier. They have more reasons to be in my opinion... If we isolate certain locations then that narrative can be thrown out.

MissDawn7961 · Answer

I think us single women are for we do not have to look at these men with their ugly magnifying size penises if we do not want to ! thanks

supercutebutt · Answer

Probably dudes because they can be both pitchers and catchers when it cums to butt stuff. Girls can only be catchers :(

Hunter7754 · Answer

Hard to say. I've heard statistics say that women's happiness over the years has gone down compared to 30-40+ years ago. However, I'm hesitant to say men are happier seeing as the male suicide rate is pretty high.

Kezzz · Answer

Probably men. We take most things lightly and have a funny and jestful viewpoint, most of the time. We can be strict, but we don't really like to be that way. Taking all this account, I guess we men enjoy a lot (:

Prof_Don · Answer

I say overall men are slightly happier. It seems like more women than men seem to be “never satisfied”. Most men seem happy with basic stuff.

SphynxUK · Answer

Men have it easier. No periods, no childbirth, no menopause. Simple!

Shiome223 · Answer

None of the above. Happiness is not decided by gender.

ultimega · Answer

That is dependent on their own personal situation and personality. Some people are better at hiding their feelings than others and give the illusion they're fine when the aren't

ohshee · Answer

Depends on the time the date min ,, hr. I hope it's a tie. We are all different

hellionthesagereborn · Answer

Both are miserable but women more so based upon statistical data.

David92506 · Answer

Happiness, goodness, kindness, etc., doesn't differentiate between genders. It's all in the mind.

Anonymous · Answer

Women get more leeway to show their vulnerabilities and negative emotions. Men have to hold it in or they lose face.

Women are more likely to be voluntarily single. This is a much greater struggle for average looking guys.

Jaximus-Lion · Answer

I have seen men whom are happy, and I have seen women whom are happy. BOTH.

Nik1hil · Answer

Men are happier because.  They are ignorant, careless and also care less. And also because men are the cause for women being unhappy..

AmeerX · Answer

Men because they have to work for survival of their family. As the head of family and bread winner they have a major responsibility to children and wife.

just_a_potato · Answer

They are both equally disappointed and deprived of happiness

hellacray · Answer

Hard to say. I'm just going to assume men.  Cause men in general aren't as emotional or have mood swings.

ThisIsMyOpinion · Answer

I think men are happier. We don't need as much as women do to be happy.  Little things mean more to them.

Jennifer_18 · Answer

Men = Single+Porn+Cheese burgers+Beer = Happy as fuck Women = High paying job+tons of clothing+hot boyfriend+nice house+good friends = Still sad as fuck.

naiomii · Answer

It's hard to answer because each gender has problems to deal with and being happy is a mindset

Noodle_fan · Answer

it is all about mindset , nobody have perfect life , if someone is always focus on bad things that happened to them , they will never happy

Lonen · Answer

I think men because they don't have as much emotional instability ad women. It also depends on the person themself

JhonParker · Answer

The study, which analyzed data from 47,000 people, considered the happiness levels of men and women. It was found in their 20s, women are happier than men.

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