MSN finally buys into the radical notion that women are people.
Published by Kyso Kisaen January 10th, 2008 in For the ladiesComing home to a loving spouse and a good marriage helps working women shake off the stress of the day, new research confirms.
Slightly less duh, but still kind of duh.
Men, on the other hand, often drop their stress at the door when they come home, regardless of the state of their union, reported psychology researchers.
What a strange and mystifying difference. Why could this be? Where does it come from?
The researchers suggested that people in happy marriages may have a more even balance of household responsibilities and may generally welcome an evening retreat from the world more than women in unhappy marriages.
Hmm, Ok. But wait…something about that paragraph is odd. I can’t put my finger on it, but it seems like…
Coming home to a loving spouse and a good marriage helps working women shake off the stress of the day…
Men, on the other hand, often drop their stress at the door when they come home…
At least as far as women are concerned, being happily married appears to bolster physiological recovery from work…
Less happily married women also showed a flatter daily pattern of cortisol release…
The researchers found that women in marriages who felt they were happily married saw a greater reduction in cortisol levels when they came home at the end of the work day than women who were less happily married. Cortisol levels in men dropped at the end of the day regardless of their satisfaction with their marriage…
The researchers suggested that people in happy marriages may have a more even balance of household responsibilities and may generally welcome an evening retreat from the world more than women in unhappy marriages.
Just fucking say it, MSN. It’s right there. Don’t be so dodgy.
They wouldn’t dare speak the truth right out there in front of God and everybody. It would change the world. Besides, someone would accuse them of being shrill.
You got my hopes up with the title! Ugh, that paragraph and supposed contrast is disgusting.
Hoh-lee Shiiiiiiit MSN. Hoh-leeeee SHIIIIIIT.