http://dalrock.wordpress.com/2011/09/23/evidently-ive-hit-a-nerve/

Something worth reiterating from that AARP study:

Divorced men and women are split equally: 51% men, 49% women. The majority are in their 50s and 60s.

The majority, about 73 percent, divorced in their 40s. About one in five (22%) divorced in their 50s, while 4 percent divorced in their 60s or older.

The majority of divorced people are in their 50s and 60s, having divorced in their 40s. That means 10-20 years in the dating market for those who failed to remarry. So what's the risk? That's right, the large majority are those who divorced in their 40s! Women, if you divorce at 40+ those figures above DO apply to you. In case you missed the part I'm referring to, here it is again:

Many women, especially those who have not remarried (69%), do not touch or hug at all sexually. An even larger majority of women who have not remarried do not engage in sexual intercourse (77% saying not at all), in comparison with about half of men (49%) who have not remarried. (Page 6)

If you divorce and don't remarry, which the odds are against you--only 41% of women over 40 remarry--then there's a 77% chance you'll won't get laid again!

Once again on the subject of Sexual Market Value (SMV):

The majority of men remarried, but fewer women risked marriage again. Those in their 40s, especially women, were more likely to date than those in their 50s or older.

So what we're seeing here is women gambling and losing big in the dating game as they age post divorce. Women are more likely to date in their 40s than later on, but this shouldn't really surprise anyone. As women age their attractiveness falls and there are just less men to go around. This isn't rocket science. Plus in their 40s women generally have SOME SMV left in them. What I suspect is happening though is that women who are divorcing later in life are grossly overestimating their SMV and over the first 10 years post-divorce they find they cannot remarry, and then the attention nosedives leaving them alone and without someone to even hug them on occasion. That's the reality this all adds up to.

Men of /MR, if you're facing divorce don't fret, the odds are you'll fare much better than your ex. Take solace in the fact the odds are on your side.