Aussie Women Very Stressed
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Rii
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^Look at the date. Given the prevalent attitudes in America at the time, I'd go with it being real.
Rii
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The general attitudes, yeah. It just seems ... too perfect; like finding a Nazi document conveniently summarizing the regime's evil.
Work-related stress is a common cause of suicide amongst men.
If we're being all "traditional", some men sit around sure. Some men also do all the maintenance on the house, the car, the garden, work full time instead of part time jobs (which is why the average male salary is higher than the average female salary) which are often far more dangerous and stressful than jobs taken by women. Traditionally, anyway.
Rii
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And of course suicide itself is an issue that disproportionately affects males; as is the case with most mental health issues. The stoicism and self-reliance that is revered (by men) and reinforced (by women) as eminently 'masculine' is certainly a key factor in the discrepancy between reported and evident problems, and is itself a contributing factor to them: men tend to bottle things up until they implode/explode. And of course a whole host of assorted issues - like homelessness, another disproportionately male problem - are bound up in such things also.
With women, domestic abuse is more mental than physical. As this is a Star Trek board, let's use a Star Trek quote to show you what I mean:
Quark: "You've… never coupled?"
Odo: "Choose not to. Too many compromises. You want to watch the karo-net tournament, she wants to listen to music – so you compromise: you listen to music. You like Earth Jazz, she prefers Klingon Opera – so you compromise: you listen to Klingon Opera. So here you were, ready to have a nice night watching the karo-net match and you wind up spending an agonizing evening listening to Klingon Opera."
There are a lot of Hyacinth Bucket's out there. They do all the cooking and cleaning as a point of pride but they also attempt to control every aspect of their husband's lives.
:SIGH: Simpler times....
I would have posted earlier, but I:
-- was bringing washing in
-- putting on another load and taking it out.
-- washing up
-- making dinner (spag with tomato and bacon sauce, yum!)
-- getting in the middle of a fight between my wife and kid as a peacemaker. This is also the son that was in a car accident on Friday night (passenger), necessitating staying with him in the hospital 'til early morning. Sleep cycle still settling back to normal. Fun. All fun.
So, sorry, what was the original point of the post about?
-- was bringing washing in
-- putting on another load and taking it out.
-- washing up
-- making dinner (spag with tomato and bacon sauce, yum!)
-- getting in the middle of a fight between my wife and kid as a peacemaker. This is also the son that was in a car accident on Friday night (passenger), necessitating staying with him in the hospital 'til early morning. Sleep cycle still settling back to normal. Fun. All fun.
So, sorry, what was the original point of the post about?
Plus, you don't see too many women dying in shootouts with police, or going on shooting rampages through town.
I doubt women are truly more stressed than men, they just admit it more readily--which is healthier in the long run, if their lower suicide rates and longer life expectancies are anything to go from.
Men are expected to be rocks and it's no wonder they're more likely to crack under the pressure.
Love the OP's implication that women are more stressed because they have to put up with men's shit, though.
Strangely, a lot of items listed in that article are exactly what I'm hoping to do once I'm done with this Bar Exam stuff.
I worked for 16 yrs; Hubby was in school for 7 of them. I've not been working these last 10 yrs, but have been in school of one kind or another for 8 of them.
All I want to do come August is CLEAN MY HOUSE! Clear stuff out and clean off the dust. And cook food that we both like--where we cook it together a lot of the time, since Hubby also enjoys cooking and we both enjoy eating.
If I'm not working at all and not in school, I see nothing wrong (and everything right) with my shouldering the majority of the housework. When Hubby was in school and I was working, he did the majority of it.
I worked for 16 yrs; Hubby was in school for 7 of them. I've not been working these last 10 yrs, but have been in school of one kind or another for 8 of them.
All I want to do come August is CLEAN MY HOUSE! Clear stuff out and clean off the dust. And cook food that we both like--where we cook it together a lot of the time, since Hubby also enjoys cooking and we both enjoy eating.
If I'm not working at all and not in school, I see nothing wrong (and everything right) with my shouldering the majority of the housework. When Hubby was in school and I was working, he did the majority of it.
The date doesn't mean anything. It could still be photoshopped.
I don't think that thing is real.
Hmmm, even Snopes is a bit stumped on this one:
http://www.snopes.com/language/document/goodwife.asp
It actually doesn't sound that far off from some of the old religious propaganda on women's submission in marraige (written in the 40s-50s) I was exposed to in my youth, so on my experience, if it is a fabrication, it is based off of something that quite possibly did exist.
I'm sure it's real. There was a ton of 'educational' stuff on marriage and dating etiquette and all that crap in the past. And it's still around. Just a couple of years ago there was a thing on TV about a slick magazine for young girls that attempted to look contemporary but gave out advice like, "Remember that god made men to be the boss."
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While I can't vouch if that particular article is real, my grandmother used to keep old magazines from the 40s and 50s, and this ad has the right tone for what those housekeeping magazines used to say.
Well, the 2007 American Time Use Survey, based on U.S. Census Bureau data, does show that:
In terms of childcare as a primary activity, among those with children, women spent an average of 2.14 hours per day vs. 1.71 for men.
Of course, it's more complex than that, because the same study shows that women on average only work 7.1 hours a day, vs. 8 for men.
go back a generation or so and the houses used to be bigger.
a lot of people take on the task of fixing up older american homes because many of them featured taller ceilings and bigger rooms.
i might be wrong but back in the 70's the real wage took a hit and people actually earn percentage wise far less then their parents and grand parents due to inflation and other factors.
You know, instead of eliminating punctuation and typing the word "smiles," you could actually put a period on the end of the sentence and make use of one of the 50 different emoticons you'll find when you hit "Preview Post."
Some of these might help:
A generation or so ago the houses of the more affluent tended to be bigger in that they had larger rooms and higher ceilings but they still tended to only have one bathroom and families were bigger.
I, myself, was bought up in a four bedroom home but there four children in my family and we were well off. A family with one, two or even three children do not need a four-bedroom, three bathroom home.
Also, even if the houses were bigger a couple of generations ago - there were least other things to buy. My family had one TV when I was growing up, no dishwasher, no dryer, one car, no video games etc. Now people, on top of their house, want many more gadgets and appliances to put inside of it.
I, myself, was bought up in a four bedroom home but there four children in my family and we were well off. A family with one, two or even three children do not need a four-bedroom, three bathroom home.
Also, even if the houses were bigger a couple of generations ago - there were least other things to buy. My family had one TV when I was growing up, no dishwasher, no dryer, one car, no video games etc. Now people, on top of their house, want many more gadgets and appliances to put inside of it.
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You know, instead of eliminating punctuation and typing the word "smiles," you could actually put a period on the end of the sentence and make use of one of the 50 different emoticons you'll find when you hit "Preview Post."
Some of these might help:
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