I see that this has turned into a male bashing thread, so I’ll give the other side of the argument here. I’m also not sure why your question was attacked, when the info you’ve posted seems pretty accurate to me. Also, from doing some searching on this topic prior to posting here, what you’ve posted does seem true to me about the divorce stats.
Here is a more accurate description on why women initiate the majority of divorces, and from knowing many married couples over the years I tend to agree with this article and their findings. Not so pretty now, eh?
I can’t recall how many men as well get burned here, men that were very decent husbands and fathers. They simply got dumped because they couldn’t ‘satisfy’ their wives sexually and/or emotionally anymore (for whatever reasons). These guys worked very hard for what they had, and got burnt there too when divorce time came. I’m not even going to bring up the custody issue here.
Many men too fall into a male role during any types of relationships, not just marriage, so this isn’t just about female roles. I’ve known guys who played the male role when it came to more hands on work, and did the typical house chores as well. As long as both men and women play into any types of gender roles for whatever reason, such as initiating a relationship, who pays for a date, etc then expect this trend to continue later during the relationship. I write this because I’m always hearing about women falling into traditional gender roles, well you can’t have your cake and eat it here.
I’m sure that there are legitimate reasons why many women initiate divorce, and I’ve personally seen this with my aunt/uncle’s marriage. However, according to the statistics, the reasons for women initiating the majority of these divorces seems less than decent.