“Older men are far more likely to be married than older women” ( Span, Paula) Throughout the article “The Gray Gender Gap: Older Women Are Likelier to Go It Alone” written by Paula Span. While reading this article, one is able to understand the many difficulties that females undergo as they age if they decide to start a relationship or remarry. Span also highlights the drastic statistics that show the percentage of men married at a specific age in comparison to female at the same age. Overall Span states the difficulties that are faced along with different factors that contribute to these statistics. Every few years, federal agencies publish data on older individuals in regards to their housing, employment, and leisure. While Paula Span was
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The second factor that is stated is that “men are likely to remarry than women” (Dr. Carr). Many believe that this is because women do not live well alone as “they need someone to nurture and take care of them while women on the other hand tend to thrive, as they live their life by traveling, going for shows and they play cards” ( Kaden, Frieda). As according the week 8 lecture slide, slide 2 “A majority of adult’s desire to get married, the desire slightly less in women than men”. Throughout week 8 lecture we learned that men and women have similar yet very different characteristics, wants and desires in a relationship, this is known as the demand/withdraw pattern. It is shown that in 60% of couples the wife tends to demand which leads the husband to withdraws this is due to the fact that women want closeness unlike men who want their independence. As many men want to avoid physiological arousal due to the fact that being angry causes their blood pressure and heart rate to rise, many men may want to stay away from the women that has great demands. As the age of the women goes up, many men may believe this pattern also goes up which causes them to remarry younger women. As we learned through the article the factors that may contribute to the higher martial rates in men compared to women I believe that the evolutionary theory plays a large role in this, as this theory maximizes survival of genes. The evolutionary theory states that women seek men with resources, due to this many women see older men which are already settled down and succeeded in their future able to provide for them and their possible offspring. On the other
The second factor that is stated is that “men are likely to remarry than women” (Dr. Carr). Many believe that this is because women do not live well alone as “they need someone to nurture and take care of them while women on the other hand tend to thrive, as they live their life by traveling, going for shows and they play cards” ( Kaden, Frieda). As according the week 8 lecture slide, slide 2 “A majority of adult’s desire to get married, the desire slightly less in women than men”. Throughout week 8 lecture we learned that men and women have similar yet very different characteristics, wants and desires in a relationship, this is known as the demand/withdraw pattern. It is shown that in 60% of couples the wife tends to demand which leads the husband to withdraws this is due to the fact that women want closeness unlike men who want their independence. As many men want to avoid physiological arousal due to the fact that being angry causes their blood pressure and heart rate to rise, many men may want to stay away from the women that has great demands. As the age of the women goes up, many men may believe this pattern also goes up which causes them to remarry younger women. As we learned through the article the factors that may contribute to the higher martial rates in men compared to women I believe that the evolutionary theory plays a large role in this, as this theory maximizes survival of genes. The evolutionary theory states that women seek men with resources, due to this many women see older men which are already settled down and succeeded in their future able to provide for them and their possible offspring. On the other