The Unhappiness of the Liberal Woman, By Mrs Vera West
Here we are in 2025, and the data keeps piling up like dirty laundry: liberal women are miserable, and it's not even close. The American Family Survey's latest numbers are brutal—only 12 percent of liberal women aged 18 to 40 say they're "completely satisfied" with their lives, while 37 percent of conservative women in the same bracket are practically glowing with contentment. That's a gap you could drive a truck through, and it's been consistent for years. Back in 2022, the same survey showed liberal women trailing their conservative sisters by 15 points in life satisfaction and mental health, with just 15 percent feeling fully happy compared to 31 percent of conservative women. Fast forward to now, and the trend's only gotten worse. So what's the deal? From a conservative vantage point, it's clear as day: liberal women are unhappy because they've swallowed a toxic cocktail of ideology that's ripped them away from the very things that make life worth living—family, faith, and a sense of purpose rooted in reality.
Start with the obvious: marriage and kids. Conservative women get married at rates that leave liberals far behind—51 percent of them are married versus just 31 percent of liberal women, according to the 2024 survey. And it's not just a numbers game; it's a happiness game. Study after study, from the Institute for Family Studies to the National Marriage Project, shows marriage is a bedrock of fulfillment for most people. Conservative women embrace it, building lives around husbands and children, while liberal women are more likely to stay single—40 percent of them are flying solo—or delay family for careers and "freedom." The Spectator piece nails it: liberalism's sold them a bill of goods that independence is the golden ticket, but the data says otherwise. Married women, especially conservative ones, report higher satisfaction across the board. Liberal women, meanwhile, are out there chasing a feminist mirage that leaves them lonely—nearly one in three say they feel isolated a few times a week, triple the rate of their conservative counterparts.
Then there's religion. Over half of conservative women aged 18 to 40 go to church weekly, compared to a measly 12 percent of liberal women. Faith isn't just a Sunday ritual; it's a lifeline—community, meaning, a framework that says you're not the centre of the universe. Liberalism, with its secular bent, has yanked that away from its followers. The American Enterprise Institute's been hammering this for years: religious folks are happier, period. Conservative women lean into it, finding peace in pews and prayer, while liberal women are left clutching at vague spirituality or nothing at all. The Spectator argues this disconnect from tradition is a slow poison—liberal women are adrift in a sea of self, and it's sinking them.
But it's not just what they're missing; it's what they're drowning in. Liberal ideology feeds a victimhood complex that's pure misery fuel. Posts on X echo what researchers like Brad Wilcox have found: conservative women see themselves as agents of their own fate, not pawns of some oppressive system. Liberal women, though? They're steeped in a worldview that screams "everything's stacked against you—patriarchy, climate doom, systemic whatever." The 2024 survey backs this up—liberal women are more likely to "catastrophise," as the experts call it, turning every headline into a personal crisis. Social media amplifies it; they're glued to X and TikTok, soaking in negativity, while conservative women are too busy living to doomscroll. It's no wonder their mental health is on the rocks—over 50 percent of white liberal women under 30 reported a mental health diagnosis in a 2020 Pew study, dwarfing conservative rates.
Conservative women tend to accept that men and women are different—and build lives around that truth. Liberal women, fed decades of feminist dogma, fight it tooth and nail, chasing some genderless utopia where they're supposed to be just as happy alone or in a boardroom as raising a family. Women were happier under the "patriarchy" because it aligned with roles they're wired for. Liberalism's deconstructed that, leaving women unmoored. This is tied to a rejection of nature—liberal women are taught their instincts are shackles, not strengths, and the result is a life that feels like a bad fit.
Liberalism promised liberation—careers over cribs, self over sacrifice—and delivered a generation of women who are lonelier, sadder, and more medicated than ever. Conservative women, sticking to the old playbook of faith, family, and fortitude, are out here thriving. The numbers don't lie, and neither does common sense: when you toss out what's worked for centuries for some progressive experiment, don't be shocked when there is chaos. Liberal women aren't unhappy because the world's against them—they're unhappy because they've bought into a lie that's against them. Meanwhile, their conservative sisters are over here, married, praying, and proving that sometimes the simplest path is the one that actually works.
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