Posts Tagged ‘women as consumers’

Today this commentary was posted here on Truthout.

Last week there was a huge discussion about women and happiness that I thought missed the mark in two ways. First it misinterpred the data in so as to reinforce the preferred myth that equality makes women unhappy, and second it assumes happiness is about seeking it for it own sake. So here’s my take on the matter. What makes you happy? Inquiring minds (mine at least) want to know.

Please tell me below or/and on Truthout.

When my son David was a gangly 14-year-old with a class assignment to research his ancestral roots, we drove 360 flat miles from Odessa, Texas, to Dallas to visit my grandmother. After she’d hugged and pinched us to determine if we’d been eating properly, David pulled out his scribbled questions. “Bubba,” he asked, “What did you do for fun when you were a teenager?”

“Fun?” She looked perplexed.