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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Arwa Mahdawi

A widening gender rage gap? No wonder: women have a lot to feel angry about

Woman at protest holding sign saying 'angry women will change the world'
The overturning of Roe v Wade and the election of Donald Trump in 2016 were major moments for female anger. Photograph: Gina M Randazzo/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock

Anger is all the rage

Women are getting angrier, according to a BBC analysis of 10 years of data from the Gallup World Poll. Over 120,000 people in more than 150 countries are surveyed by Gallup every year about their emotions and the results are not particularly cheery. Women consistently report feeling negative emotions more than men, and, since 2012, more women than men report feeling sad and worried. While men aren’t exactly doing great – both genders report feeling more worried than they did a decade ago – there’s a widening gender rage gap.

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