Lydia that’s a very good point. Well said.

As a woman, I’m happy (and grateful) that other women fought so that I could have opportunities that women back then didn’t have. I’m happy that I have the right to experience the full spectrum of emotions that come through all of life’s experiences even though that means being unhappy sometimes.

I watch Mad Men and feel the severe ennui that afflict women who are encouraged to live their lives through others.  You can see why women would go crazy.

Women (and some men) have not fought for equality because they thought they would achieve happiness.  To have rights in the workplace does not mean that you have the right to unlimited happiness.  Don Draper had power at Sterling Cooper.  Is he a happy man?

We fought for the right to experience the full spectrum of emotions through colorful life experiences.  Unhappiness is included.
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Rachel, we definitely watch the same Mad Men. I think you misunderstood. I said that from the show I would say women are much happier now than they were at that time. I feel sorry for them, especially Peggy because of the limitations placed on her.

You must watch a different Mad Men to me. Peggy, Betty and Joan strike me as bored, frustrated and fairly unhappy, each in their different ways, in their different roles, and for different reasons.