This may be true of younger women, to some extent. Have you ever read The Cinderella Complex? It’s a good read, especially for a man. It’s based upon the premise that all girls want to be rescued, that being rescued is the ultimate solution to their problems. Indeed, one can see that here reflected in some Fluther questions being asked.
Marriage, for some women, alludes to being rescued, that there will always be someone there who will love and cherish, through good times and bad, the language is certainly there that could have one believing that a person could dump all over another in various ways and then not be dumped upon by their ever-forgiving partner. Anyone who has been married or been in a serious relationship knows this is isn’t true and that everyone has their limits.
It may in fact be those limits that leaves women thinking that they want to divorce quickly as well; namely, that her man isn’t man enough to protect or shield her in some way, to fight her battles for her, or that he’s too wimpy and that he dotes on everything she does. It seems that men are sometimes cursed just for being men, sadly.
All this aside, it may be something as simple as how men and women deal with problems differently. Men tend to deal with problems by distractions, getting busy with other things (sometimes including having affairs), and women will tend to think about and articulate their problems with friends, sometimes even making them larger than they need be.
So what do I think? I think there may be some truth in it, but I think the answers supporting the truth in it are essentially varied.
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| asked April 12th, 2008
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