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Workplace Buzz on October 10, 2007 7:16 AM

The Effects of Societal Changes
When it comes to happiness, women seem to be losing the battle of the sexes. A Wharton study released last month shows that women have become less happy relative to men, a turnaround from thirty years ago when women were the more satisfied sex.Business and Public Policy professor Betsey Stevenson, who, along with professor Justin Wolfers, authored the study, said the results "raise provocative questions about whether women have been made worse off by societal changes." Daily Pennsylvanian

Good News for Some Female Employees
Female employees of real estate brokerage CB Richard Ellis Group Inc. may recover as much as $150,000 in damages each under terms of a class-action sexual harassment lawsuit settlement reached this week.The total cost of the settlement is unclear, but women who worked for the Los Angeles-based company in the last eight years may pursue claims, according to papers filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Chicago. Los Angeles Times

Be a Risk Taker!
A leading advocate for building a truly representative democracy where women lead alongside men told a UCF audience Thursday that in order for women to succeed, they must advance new ideas along with those of their male counterparts. “The American public is comfortable with having women in top government roles,” but oftentimes women need more encouragement to enter other fields, added Marie Wilson, the founder and president of The White House Project and a former president of the Ms. Foundation for Women. UCF.edu

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