Does having sisters make you happier?Interesting. It's the talking. And the listening.But is it just sisters? Why wouldn't wives, daughters, and female friends do too? They're all women too. Don't they talka and listen in the same way that sisters do? Why isn't a man with a wife and two daughters in the same position as a man with a wife and two sisters?

Cathleen Kaveny is the Darald and Juliet Libby Professor in the Theology Department and Law School at Boston College.

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