Men Are More Likely to Struggle After a Divorce - Why? Can't We Look After Ourselves?

A recent survey has revealed that whilst many women are able to reinvent themselves and thrive following a divorce, men are far more likely to experience loneliness and flounder following their marriages having come to an end, but why?The articles written as a result of the aforementioned study pointed to additional financial burden that divorce men tend to experience as one possible explanation as to why this is, but it is the other potential reasons that some have put forward that are most intriguing.
Other experts have claimed, for example, that women are better equipped to cope with the emotional pain of divorce as they tend to have a larger network of friends and are better at discussing their situations. Others have argued that men encounter domestic difficulties following a divorce and struggle with tasks such as cooking and cleaning. Both, to an extent, have valid points.
The report - featured in British newspaper the Daily Mail - refers solely to middle-aged men. These individuals, whilst not relics by any stretch of the imagination, are certainly products of another era, a time when men did not discuss their feelings and seldom pick up a saucepan or turn on a washing machine; men who would understandably find it difficult to maintain the lifestyle to which they were accustomed whilst married. But is the same true of younger.
Unfortunately, the Daily Mail and all other news sources that have reported on this survey have failed to mention from where it originated and whilst I have therefore been unable to obtain a copy of it and pass comment, I am certain that there would be disparities if the younger and older generations ability to cope following divorce were compared to one another. Traditional gender roles have, thank goodness, become blurred in recent times and men are now far more capable of looking after themselves. The same, unfortunately, cannot be said of the older generations.
Additionally, whilst the majority of the articles refer to the fact that women were the petitioners in 68% of all divorces filed in the UK in 2009, it fails to note that this could have contributed to the survey's overall findings. This is surprising as the rejected party in any divorce is likely to suffer a more significant emotional detriment than the individual that files for divorce and take longer to recover from divorce as a result.
All in all then - although I cannot say this for certain without having seen the report associated with this study - these findings seem flawed.
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