Feminists Believe Heterosexual Marriage Is Oppressive, Says Sociologist - And Surveys Prove It
Wednesday, August 26, 2015 - 12:10
in Psychology & Sociology
Women are more likely than men to initiate divorces, but not to end non-marital relationships, according to Michael Rosenfeld, an associate professor of sociology at Stanford University. Rosenfeld's analysis relies on survey data from the 2009-2015 waves of the nationally representative How Couples Meet and Stay Together survey. He considers 2,262 adults, ages 19 to 94, who had opposite sex partners in 2009. By 2015, 371 of these people had broken up or gotten divorced. read more