Female Breadwinner Couples Sign 40% More Divorce Papers

docsquidly · 2013-06-01T13:49:26+00:00

Of course, the article ends by blaming it on testosterone. ಠ_ಠ

springy · 2013-06-01T19:13:54+00:00

I remember reading the book Stiffed, which was full of stories of high-paid shipyard workers who lost their jobs, and their wives kicked them out for "not being good providers" and saying "no man is going to live off me". Real equality at play the!

MRMRising · 2013-06-01T18:18:25+00:00

Here at Surge Desk, we'd also like to offer a third, corollary explanation: testosterone.

This is so typical, with no evidence to back it up.

TracyMorganFreeman · 2013-06-01T16:46:59+00:00

And yet 97% of alimony payers are men.

Of course the article makes no distinction of the presence or absence of children, or whether the lower earning partner worked at all and was a SAHP or worked but earned less.

Just more cherry picking and reaching, as usual.

5HydroxymethylC · 2013-06-01T16:27:03+00:00

Researchers were "surprised about the strength of the effect," Teachman said, also noting that some of the study's participants -- married between 1979 and 2002 -- may be of "a different generation" with outdated marital expectations. ... Teachman speculates that male egos might also contribute to the increased split rate. Here at Surge Desk, we'd also like to offer a third, corollary explanation: testosterone.

Hahahahaha, let's find any explanation except the obvious one that makes women look less than purely angelic.

babycancer · 2013-06-01T14:09:48+00:00

There's a difference between correlation and causation...

Chicago-JSO · 2013-06-02T13:42:23+00:00

Hypergamy at work anyone?

2013-06-02T05:20:46+00:00

Anyone think this may begin a shift in the dynamics of marriage? Similar to how wealthier men have a higher rate of infidelity, does anyone think that more successful women may have a higher rate of divorce? I wish the article detailed the reason for the divorce or how quickly the woman remarried. This is an interesting phenomena.

dungone · 2013-06-02T14:29:10+00:00

I love the multiple layers of cognitive dissonance of this article. It's well known that women initiate the vast majority of divorces; the author implicitly acknowledges this by mocking men about what they should be worried about when a woman earns more. "Breakfast for one, dude."

Yet, even though she just got done mocking men for having wealthier women initiate divorce, she blames it on men because testosterone supposedly makes them sign bad contracts. Even though she says right there that it's not actually testosterone, but the lack thereof, when aging men don't produce as much as they once did. But yes - Testosterone! That explains everything. "Breakfast for one, dude!"

The gender-flipped version of this would have someone saying, "Breakfast for two, skank." in reference to single motherhood.

Title	Female Breadwinner Couples Sign 40% More Divorce Papers
Author	Dexter77
Upvotes	66
Comments	33
Date	June 1, 2013 10:05 AM UTC (13 years ago)
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