How about a simple economic explanation for these graphs? If you look at them, you'll notice inflection points during the recession of the 70s and early 90s.

How about a simple economic explanation for these graphs? If you look at them, you'll notice inflection points during the recession of the 70s and early 90s. The overall downward trend probably reflects well-known rising economic inequality of the past 30 years. Meanwhile, the accelerating decline in female happiness probably reflects the fact that economically, women are still not equal, as evidenced by the persistent wage-gap. So their experience with rising economic inequality has been even worse than that of men. So, rather than indicating that feminism has been a failure for women, it reflects the fact that feminism has yet to completely succeed.