Men Need Women More Than Women Need Men: True? False? What Do You Think?

Author: Carole Di Tosti, Ph.D.
Published: January 23, 2012 at 7:41 pm
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Which gender feels loneliness around the holidays more? Single men or single women? That may be a clue to who needs a partner more.

Women believe that women can get along without partners especially if they (heterosexual couples) have been married and are divorced. Many are happier than their married counterparts. Conversely, more men commit suicide after a divorce.

Witness all the men who remarry after a wife dies or a significant other passes. Women can function in their daily lives without skipping a beat regarding cooking, laundry, etc. Can men as easily? Don't they need a significant other?

An article in the New York Times says that men need a partner more than women do. Rebecca Jarvis and Jeff Glor speak with relationship experts Cooper Lawrence and Ian Kerner.

Who wins this face-off? What do you think?


 
 

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