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Winston asked in Social ScienceGender Studies · 7 years ago

Why are 80% of divorces initiated by women?

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  • Anonymous
    7 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    because of current misandric laws like only the men have the obligation to pay maintenance to women but women dont have to pay men. simple, she divorces him and gets his $, that's why women marry to begin with. men can not see that is how their love works against them. a sane man will never involve with a woman, with the current misandric laws like that.

  • 7 years ago

    In these days of no-fault divorces, it's hard to judge. But I divorced my husband because of his adultery, my mother divorced my father because of his adultery. Sometimes people are unhappy and they do things to end a marriage - like have an affair.

    This pushes the other partner into having to take action. It takes two to make a marriage work.

  • Lotus
    Lv 4
    7 years ago

    Many reasons. Since no-fault divorces were legalized, it is hard to tell for what reason.

    @Sam I: Depends from place to place but it is pretty easy to find statistics showing that if you search which is pretty easy to do.

  • Women never wanted a longterm relationship.

    The number one goal is to not work. EVERYTHING IS GEARED TO NOT WORK. THAT IS THE NUMBER ONE MOTIVATION FOR EVERYTHING, AND IT TRANSCENDS LOVE.

    They marry a rich man using their "charms", so to speak. They do not want a pre-nup. They always suggest they should be the ones to stay at home, and they play on the computer and develop talking points to defend their laziness and sloth, enabled by the other sloths who band together to shape a perception.

    Then they file for divorce. They always choose alimony.

    Then they get a free paycheck for a VERY LONG TIME, as if they won a kind of lottery, or scratch ticket where it's $1000 a week for life.

    EVERYTHING IS GEARED TO NOT WORK AND AVOID EMPLOYMENT. There is a deep philosophical reason about living, they don't want ot spend their ONE LIFE ON EARTH WORKING.

    Enter a man who wants sex.

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  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    Because Men are 'politicians', they won't be outspoken, unless they absolutely have to.

    From kindergarten, to our jobs, men are conditioned to 'maneuvre', being outspoken gets you in trouble, every step of the way, and unfortunately that translates into our personal lives.

    Most men already gave up, when they start sabotaging the marriage, but like your stat shows they will never be the first to say, it isn't working.

  • The court favors them.

    Edit: actually infidelity is even, you're bsing. I notice you only pop oup once in a while, it's probably some feminist sock account.Nice try feminists do lobby laws for alimony, child custody and women incentives in case of divorce

    http://hellobeautiful.com/2013/09/27/study-shows-w...

    Women actually cheat more.

  • 7 years ago

    I can't tell you why all 80% of them are initiated by women, but I can tell you why my mom divorced my dad and tried to divorce my step dad. My dad used to hit us when my siblings and I were bad. My mom gave him many warnings to stop and eventually divorced him because he wasn't listening to her. My mom tried to divorce my step dad because he was an abusive alcoholic.

    Edit: My mom tried marriage counseling with my step dad and he was told to stop drinking, but he decided to continue with his addiction.

    Edit: Amy the Black Sheep, I forgot to mention my mom never got alimony. My dad did though.

    Edit: Goon, yeah, 'cause my mom totally married rich guys and never worked a day in her life. Yeah. Keep telling yourself that.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    7 years ago

    The overpowering reason is they don't know what marriage is; they believe commitment is nothing but a game.

  • Sam I
    Lv 6
    7 years ago

    Show your source or admit that you're using a false premise.

  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    Because that 80% are selfish and greedy for money.

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