THE WHISPERS: Why are women more likely to initiate divorce than men?
The key bits: our expectations for marriage, or, more specifically, women’s expectations, have grown dramatically — men are no longer simply supposed to be good providers, but to provide emotional support, to be fun to be with, to meet a long wish list of traits. . . .
Whenever there’s a difference identified between men and women, it’s always interpreted, in the media, as reflecting favorably upon women, or explained by an injustice perpetrated against them – because in this article we’re meant to understand that when a woman divorces a man, it’s always to be understood as the man’s fault for being a bad husband, leaving all the housework to her, for instance. Reverse the situation, of course, and it’s also the man’s fault, for failing to stay true to his commitment.
Here’s the paper itself [PDF].