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The fact that this occurs in Sweden, provider of generous social welfare benefits for parents, suggests that this isn't fixable by more government policy.

Alternate question: what's the "gender gap" in overall happiness and life satisfaction?

Overall happiness and life satisfaction are such subjective variables. Notwithstanding, the findings would be very interesting.

See, that's the thing. I had a male co-worker who earned a healthy sum of money and bought lots of toys, but enjoyed spending his time at the casinos, which didn't really suggest that he was getting a lot of quality of life from his earnings, however high they were.

you mean by parenthood? interesting. if I remember findings in Israel: Men earn more than women, even before parenthood. men gain even more by becoming married (not sure abt parents), women "lose" either way, married/parent/unmarried.

With that reply I can see you are the type of person that would point to a single country like Sweden and opine for us to model our health system after theirs. Blatant disregard for the data stating you in the face. Find the one that bucks the trend. #putdownthecoolaid

Wow, by 1 tweet you can already see what type of person i am? Cool

Sometimes one tweet is good enough. Like in your case where you basically did what he said in one tweet.

BOOM! Double drop... @nunShodim

all this for me? I'm glad I could make you guys excited. cheers

Why is this a surprise? If you grow a person, you can't work as much! Men can't take time off as they are able to earn and keep everything going. Stop trying to make things what they are NOT. Women have always been they primary care giver, and men have always been the labourer.

What about business women/ single mothers? We are loosing so much money during childcare, that our children litteraly are gold!!!

Why does someone have to explain this? If you want to pirotise work and money, then either don't have kids or get grandparents to mind them.

The fact is men just don't have to think about all this at all. You are free and that's the difference.

If you think men are free, you are very much mistaken! The fact is woman have a choice to work or not after having kids, men HAVE to work for 50 years, great freedom that is.

I don't have a choice. I have to pay everything myself, house, bills, everything. I have to work and rase my kids in the same time. It's absolutely strange why every men thinks that every women belong to some man who pais for everything!!!

You very much had a choice. Your personal life decisions lead to your situation. You choose to be your current situation. Some women can choose to marry not have kids and not work, women HAVE options, men WHATEVER their choices always ends up in a life of work.

You suggest that women has 2 choices : to give herself to a man (no matter which man, just the one who pay) or shut up and don't Complain about how difficult it is. You men have options such as, living on expense of a women, being single, being husband or not, father or not.