6 Reasons Why Women are More Likely to File for Divorce Than Men. 1. Most women no longer dream of being housewives; they want satisfying careers and marriages. Since World War II, women are increasingly less satisfied with the institution of marriage and the stereotypes associated with them.
Decades after the Women’s Liberation movement, women still feel oppressed, marginalized, and undervalued – and as the recent Women’s Marches have shown, they are no longer willing to put up with the status quo. 2. Women look forward to true equality of the sexes, men look backward to the “Golden Age” of marriage.
In the 1950s, Madison Avenue portrayed wives vacuuming or doing other household chores in cocktail dresses and high heels; women were expected to be housewives, the primary caregiver for the children, and still look fantastic (and have dinner ready to serve) when they men arrived home from work.
Women are quicker to consult a lawyer than men. Quite frankly, there is an advantage to be the plaintiff in court, in the sense that you get to go first and argue last. I would much rather represent a plaintiff than a defendant.
The stereotypes of men as breadwinners and women as caregivers have changed, but men still believe that they have more to lose than women in a divorce.
I focused on guiding them through hell. Divorce doesn't have to be the worst event of your life – it can be the most empowering event of your life. Rather than getting revenge, it is much more important to find security and happiness. That is the focus and goal of my articles.