Studies: Men Happy, Confident; Women, Not So Much A Princeton study reports that men enjoy hanging out with their parents more than women do.

This intriguing — if unsettling — finding is part of a larger story: there appears to be a growing happiness gap between men and women.

...Since the 1960s, men have gradually cut back on activities they find unpleasant. They now work less and relax more. Over the same span, women have replaced housework with paid work — and, as a result, are spending almost as much time doing things they don’t enjoy as in the past. Forty years ago, a typical woman spent about 23 hours a week in an activity considered unpleasant, or 40 more minutes than a typical man. Today, with men working less, the gap is 90 minutes.

The article suggests that it's because women are now working both in and outside the home; I have another theory, which I will keep to myself for the time being.

Meanwhile, Australia's News.com reports on a study suggesting that women feel threatened among men but men like being in large crowds of women.

Women feel threatened when outnumbered by the opposite sex, such as in maths, science and engineering classrooms, while men enjoy being in a roomful of women, a US study has shown.

...the study monitored the reactions of a group of advanced students in traditionally male-dominated fields while they watched videos depicting a conference. In one of the videos, men outnumbered women, while in the other the sexes were equally represented. The women's heart rates accelerated and perspiration increased when they watched the video in which their gender was outnumbered....

Well—not exactly conclusive. Interesting, though.  ¶ 7:11 AM