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05 July 2005

Divorce Makes Women Happier

According to report published today, not only do women handle divorce better than men, it actually makes them happier!

“Recent splits had left 23% of men devastated, whereas with women the figure was lower at 20%. Of recently divorced women, 46% said they felt "liberated" at being single; only 37% of the men concurred.”

“Among the recent divorcees, 7% of men said they were "suicidal", as opposed to just 3% of women.”

“Despite going through greater inner turmoil as the result of a divorce, men are actually more likely than women to remarry first. None of the women respondents had remarried within the first 2 years of a break-up, but 4% of the men had.”

“Two or more years later, 15% of the men had remarried; for women the figure was just 5%. More of the women were just not interested in a new relationship, preferring to cohabit or just date instead.”

I think it’s finally time to admit the painfully obvious: we’re better.

Comments on "Divorce Makes Women Happier"

 

Anonymous Anonymous said ... (5/7/05 12:59 PM) : 

This connects directly to research on single v. married men's health (check out http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/1820483.stm for one example). Basically, studies have shown that married men live longer, healthier lives -- makes sense that the women who support these dudes are a bit happier once they're only looking after themselves...

 

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