General Social Survey: American Women Are Getting Sadder

NY Times Op-Ed Column: Blue Is the New Black, by Maureen Dowd:

...According to the General Social Survey, which has tracked Americans’ mood since 1972, and five other major studies around the world, women are getting gloomier and men are getting happier.

Before the ’70s, there was a gender gap in America in which women felt greater well-being. Now there’s a gender gap in which men feel better about their lives....

See also: Huffington Post: What's Happening To Women's Happiness?, by Marcus Buckingham.