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The best thing modern feminists could do for women is tell them to reject feminism.
The Institute for Family Studies recently analyzed findings from the annual American Family Survey. It found 37% of conservative women ages 18-40 said they were completely satisfied with life. But only 12% of liberal women that age were. That’s a shocking disparity, but it’s not an outlier finding.
In2021,ColumbiaUniversityprofessorsputoutastudyondepressionamong12thgraders,lookingatdatafrom2005to2018.Theyfound“femaleliberalsreportedworseinternalizingsymptomscoresoverthestudyperiodthanallothergroups.”
A2017studybyaPennStateUniversityprofessornoted“politicallyconservativeparticipantsweresignificantlymoreoptimisticandsatisfiedwithlifethantheirliberalcounterparts.”
A2008studyinPsychologicalScienceasked,“Whyareconservativeshappierthanliberals?”Itciteda2006Pewsurveyshowing47%ofconservativeRepublicanscalledthemselves“veryhappy,”whileonly28%ofliberalDemocratsdidthesame.
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