[Stoat]

I wish that more information had been included in this article. For example, did the studies compare lifespans of women who had not had children?

I have also read numerous reports on the declining of womens' longevity in recent decades, and this was tied to their more commonplace entry into the labor force and away from the role of the traditional "stay at home" wife of times past, suggesting that women were now being "worked to death" just as men always have been.

[k2blader]

Good points.

[grellis]

...and away from the role of the traditional "stay at home" wife of times past, suggesting that women were now being "worked to death" just as men always have been.

I'm sure you weren't suggesting that us stay at home moms don't work as hard as our go out and work hubbies :-)