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...drives them to perform this elaborate daily ritual, the answer is telling. As the women in the many time allocation surveys agreed, this is an activity that makes them happy. On a happiness scale from 1 to 6, “wash, dress, personal care” scores a solid 4.31, above cooking, “voluntary activities” (whatever those entail) and watching television, and just behind reading. As this suggests, and as numerous Cosmo articles proclaim, we are “doing this...
...look beautiful “for ourselves.” But this enjoyment has an unpleasant corollary. Bad hair or a flawed outfit can poison our delight at any given moment in a way that our male friends never have to fear. Perhaps it is not, in fact, a solid hour and a half of displeasure, but 90 individual minutes of self-doubt that prevent us from enjoying ourselves fully...
...were required. In such a world, senseless purchases weren’t about ordering bagged lunches and checking up on nutrition facts; they were about proving how much better and more elegant we were than everyone else. Whither went our intricately carved wooden chairs? Our tables crafted from aged, solid oak covered in soft, silken tablecloths? Our bow-tied and jacketed service staff? The degrading and dishonorable concept of self-service—requesting our own meals on high-tech kiosks, for example—had as large a place in this elegant world of silk and mahogany as women...
...Everyone had a solid day—that’s what I was most pleased with,” Holmquest said. “There’s a good vibe overall right...
...fumble once, while sophomore Cheng Ho ran the ball seven times for 34 yards.“Running wasn’t easy today, but we’re improving,” Murphy said. “We’re going to be a very solid running team or better down the stretch. I really believe that.”—Staff writer Malcom A. Glenn can be reached at mglenn@fas.harvard.edu...