Half of women in the US are on antidepressants.
Considering antidepressants should really only be given to those beyond the 3rd Standard Deviation in depressive behaviors, perhaps the Mean of that model is badly skewed.
What I'm getting at, with tongue firmly in cheek, is that women are crazy by nature. The way men are narcissistic is the way women have borderline personalities, except they are also solipsistic - and have dual (competing) mating strategies.
So if they seem like they're always a hot mess - it's because they are. No it's not their fault.
What about older generations?
I'm thinking because the norm was pair up, get married , have kids and stay married that provided stability for both men and women.
I'm talking about a time when marriage really meant until death do us part and there was so much stigma where you were really judged for being divorced.
It kept women's hypergamy in check.
I think the stability served both men and women. Men were forced to step up and be men, be accountable, a protector, provider, head of the household , a dependable rock.
Women could comfortably fall into their gender role, she got security, someone she could depend on, her rock. She could be a mum, nurture her family, focus on raising future generations, of mentally stable, well adjusted and children.
I think for the most part it just worked.
Now this is mostly a relic from.thw past. Without the need to step up as a men, Men are becsicaly becoming stuck in a childlike state. Not really developing into real men , as their is no real need for them to be head of the household.
Women are have become mentally broken without the stability of marriage and a man.
Also each generation is becoming more and more messed up, due to kids being brough up in broken homes, never seeing a solid family unit.
That's my personal take on what's happened to society.