PSY102 Chapter Notes -Solo Journey, Protective Factor
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Women who make the decision to leave their husbands or long-term partners have been branded walk-away wives in popular media and the complementary term for the spouse she"s leaving becomes the left behind. Breaking it down into these two halves may make logical sense when a relationship falls apart, someone has to be the one to metaphorically leave the relationship and literally leave the shared home. Regardless of who is left in the family home, research does show that women are more likely to initiate a divorce than their husbands (rosenfeld, 2017). In fact, some figures suggest that close to 70 percent of divorces are initiated by women. Feeling the urge to leave a marriage isn"t the same as actually deciding to walk away from the relationship (degraaf & kalmijn, 2006). Divorce rates have declined, and this might reflect the pattern of marrying at later ages than in previous decades.
