Life After Divorce...Men vs. Women...

Is life after divorce easier on men or women? Honestly, it depends on the people but after doing some research it appears that more studies show that women are far less saddened or devastated by their divorce than men. (Image Source ) According to an article in the NZHerald "women are far more likely than men to come out of divorce feeling liberated, relieved and happy". A survey was conducted with two groups, those who had divorced in the past two years and those who had been divorced for longer. According to their survey, more than half (53 %) the women who divorced in the past two years said they were relieved after their divorce, compared with only 46 % of men and one in three women said the divorce had made happier but only one in five men said they were more content. Lastly, the survey reported that men had double the level of suicidal feelings, with 7 per cent saying they had considered taking their own lives. After reading those statistics, I came across an article in Psych Central that stated men are nearly twice as likely to experience depression after a divorce or breakup than women.

Men there is some hope out there, an article in the Observer states that recent research shows that divorce makes men "particularly fathers" significantly richer. According to this research (done by Professor Stephen Jenkins, a director of the Institute for Social and Economic Research and chair of the Council of the International Association for Research on Income and Wealth) "when a father separates from the mother of his children, his available income increases by around one third. Women, in contrast, suffer severe financial penalties. Regardless of whether she has children, the average woman's income falls by more than a fifth and remains low for many years". He found that, when a man leaves a childless marriage, his income immediately rises by 25%. Women, however, suffer a sharp fall in income. (Image Source)

As I have stated before divorce is not an easy thing to go through, although research studies show that women can bounce back quicker than men this is not the case for everyone. If you have gone through a divorce and feel liberated, more power to you!!! If you have gone through a divorce and are making more money than ever, more power to you!!!