ROLE CHANGES CAN BE STRESSFUL.
THE ENTIRE WOMEN'S LIB MOVEMENT WAS GEARED TO THE REVERSAL OF THE TRADITIONAL ROLE OF WOMEN IN THE FAMILY, SOCIETY AND THE ECONOMY...
THE TRADITIONAL ROLE OF WIFE AND MOTHER WAS ABANDON...AS OPPRESSIVE AND OLD FASHION...
NOW... A GENERATION INTO THIS "SOCIAL EXPERIMENT"...WOMEN FROM LESS "LIBERATED" CULTURES...LIKE MUSLIMS, HISPANICS AND BORN-AGAIN CHRISTIANS AND MORMONS...SEEM HAPPIER IN THEIR TRADITIONAL ROLES.
THE TRUTH IS THAT WOMEN ALWAYS DID HAVE "POWER"...BUT IT WAS THE POWER OF BEING IN A CENTRAL ROLE IN SOCIETY...AS WIVES AND MOTHERS.
BY TRYING TO BE "LIKE MEN"...MANY WOMEN FOREFEITED THEIR TRADITIONAL "POWER BASE" IN THE FAMILY... AND NOW FIND THEMSELVES AS "NOT QUITE MEN"...AND "NOT QUITE TRADITIONAL WIVES AND MOTHERS."
IN OTHER WORDS...FAILURES.
THE DEMOGRAPHIC EFFECTS OF "LIBERATING" WOMEN HAS BEEN LOWER BIRTH RATES AMONG THE HIGHER IQ WOMEN...
CROWDING OUT OF MEN IN THE NEW OFFICE WORKPLACE...IE THE "MR MOM" PHENOMENON....
AND AN ENTIRE GENERATION OF BARREN "OLD MAIDS"...WHO ARE NOW QUESTIONING THE "SATISFACTION" OF CAREER VS. MORE TRADITIONAL WOMEN'S LIFESTYLE OPTIONS.
IF DEMOGRAPHICS IS DESTINY...THE AMERICAN POPULATION IS IN FOR A PERIOD OF DECLINE.
