Women around the world report higher levels of life satisfaction than men, but at the same time report more daily stress. And while this finding holds across countries on average, it does not hold in countries where gender rights are compromised, as in much of the Middle East and sub-Saharan Africa.
Despite more happiness in females, depression and anxiety also had a higher average than males. It was also explained that women experience both more negative and positive emotions (Diener & Biswas-Diener, 2002) and report more negative emotions and depression.
In short, the happiest men are those who derive pleasure from their work. This point is spot on across all aspects of wellbeing, such as emotional, physical and mental satisfaction. And, it doesn't all come down to dollars and cents.
Apparently, men do not get meaner, irritable and more sarcastic as they get older. In fact, among the men participating in The Study of Adult Development - the longest longitudinal study of adult life ever conducted - men seem to get happier as they get older.
Many biological markers indicate faster aging in almost all of the tissues in male bodies, Kerr said. Women get heart disease later. Their vascular health is generally better than men's, although they have more disease in small blood vessels in late life, Mielke said.
While men seem to be genetically predisposed to be attracted to women in their mid-to-late-20s, women tend to be attracted to men around their ages, if not older; this means men in their 30s have the best of both worlds. Men in their 30s are attractive to a wide range of women, from 20-somethings to women in their 40s.
It turns out married men are actually happier after marriage than they would be if they stayed single, according to researchers at Michigan State University. The study looked at 1,366 people who weren't married before participating in the survey, got married at some point during, and stayed married.
According to a new study reported by ScienceDaily — “Happy Guys Finish Last, Says New Study on Sexual Attractiveness” — you're far from alone. Find yourself attracted to brooding, melancholy, Ethan-Hawke-in-Reality-Bites types?
Male Happiness Is Not Very Attractive
Somewhat surprisingly, we found that happiness was consistently rated as the least sexually attractive male emotion expression.
According to a study published in the Social Indicators Research journal, we're the happiest between the ages of 30-34, and midlife (our 40s and 50s) is not perceived as the least happy period in life.
And yes, we are mentally stronger too
Gallen, and NYU Shanghai–women tend to cope with pressure better than men, who tend to buckle during tense moments. This is due to the fact that cortisol, the stress hormone, tends to increase more rapidly in men than in women.
Among humans, women's life span is almost 8% on average longer than men's life span. But among wild mammals, females in 60% of the studied species have, on average, 18.6% longer lifespans.
Research has suggested that women express emotions more frequently than men on average. Multiple researchers have found that women cry more frequently, and for longer durations than men at similar ages. The gender differences appear to peak in the most fertile years.
What do men prefer, beauty or brains? According to a British evolutionary biologist, men prefer intelligence over big breasts and long legs when it comes to choosing a life partner. This is because intelligence offers a glimpse of how responsible a parent she will become.
But men who are looking for lasting love should ditch the scowl - and smile more instead. Researchers discovered that women who wanted a long-term relationship found men who smiled more attractive. The women also rated the men more trustworthy when they smiled than when they had a neutral expression.
Long-term loneliness also has negative physical health implications, such as cardiovascular disease. Single men are also more likely to be depressed than married men. Married men are more likely to be satisfied with their life in retirement and are more likely to live longer.
As men age, their health declines and the risk of mortality increases. Not surprisingly, however, the level of risk is tied to marital status: married men in their 50s, 60s, and 70s have lower mortality rates than those who are unmarried (never married, divorced, or widowed).
Researchers there screened 3.5 million adults for cardiovascular problems and found that those who were married had less heart disease and healthier blood vessels throughout the body than people who were single, divorced or widowed.
Men may want younger women to make them feel good about themselves and to stave off existential loneliness. In some settings, Hollywood, for example, there's also excessive pressure to be young and beautiful. In those cases, older men might subconsciously hope that their partner's youth will rub onto them.
Heightened expectations.
Even though it's naturally expected of men to deal with the hardest part of meeting someone which is initiating contacts, we men are also saddled with even more difficult and anxiety-inducing expectations when it comes to dating and relationships.
The simple answer, says Dr. Frishman, is that our bodies peak in our 20s and 30s. The more nuanced response, however, is shaped by how we deal with reduced vigor and energy as we age, as well as the depression that can set in as we realize we're not as invincible as we once were. “Yes, the body ages and slows down.