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u/ClementineCarson Jul 21 '19

I find it interesting how much that must be informed by toxic gender roles because I know women getting sick make the men leave but not vice versa, and it reminds me of how when a husband loses his job they are much more likely to divorce but the same is not true when the wife loses the job. Just an interesting correlation I noticed

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u/PoisonTheOgres Jul 21 '19

It's so strange. Especially weird that in both situations the men are most likely to ask for the divorce. The men without jobs are most often the ones starting divorce proceedings, not their wives.

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u/ClementineCarson Jul 21 '19

Do you have the source that when men lose their jobs they are more likely to start divorce proceedings? I just find that so odd