Women live longer if they throw away the ring

Sidney Morning Herald ^ | 1/10/05 | Adele Horin

[dirtboy]

"We know that single aged people are much more likely than the married to end up in aged-care facilities," Ms Hewitt said.

Gee, could it be because they did not have children and have no relatives to help care for them?

[Nataku X]

Well, they don't go through childbirth, and they can just dump Lean Cuisine in the shopping cart instead of cooking higher-fat meals for the rest of the families plus baking cookies and desserts. Seems pretty elementary.

[Hildy]

This goes against everything I've read over the years. Married men live much longer than unmarried men. Think about all them en who die within a year of when their wives die.

[TruthWillWin]

A man's health, however, appears to be unaffected by his marital status.

Adele Horin obviously did not know my exwife.

[cake_crumb]

I remember this from the beginning of gay pushing campaign. Under the guise of equal rights, advice telling women to get rid of their man and other, more graphic advice for women stupid enough to do it was being given every hour of every day for about two decades.

BTW, single motherhood is extremely stressful, lonely, VERY hard work. I did it for years with three kids. My mother did it for 12 years, also with three kids.

This article is BS. I have NO intention of getting rid of my man. He provided the father figure my kids needed, keeps me warm at night, takes out the trash and feeds the dogs....etc. Nope, he's staying right where he is.

[SteveMcKing]

Just think- while these panty-clad professors were conducting this research, you and me were WORKING for a living. Unreal.

[GVnana]

the research shows elderly divorced, widowed and never-married women generally lead involved and active lives that are good for their health.

This statement would seem to contradict the headline. For women, as far as health concerns go, it doesn't much matter if they've been married or not. Taking care of an aging spouse can be an onerous burden. Since most women outlive their spouses by several years, this phase passes.

[Old Professer]

This is not a study, it is a brass-balls claim on unappropriated state funds.

[cake_crumb]

Yep, several massive studies over the years have proven that married men live longer.

[OSHA]

WOW! Reckon if I print this out and leave it where she can see it she'll go away? Nahhhh. Never happen.

[Dark Knight]

Married men live much longer than unmarried men. <<

It just seems longer.

DK LOL

[tkathy]

The cranky old dorks are worth it.

[cake_crumb]

"This statement would seem to contradict the headline."

Well, if that statement WERE correct, all those unmarried women wouldn't be winding up in old age homes...they'd be healthier and therefore supposedly BETTER able to take care of themselves than us feeble, worn-out-from-childbearing, married types. Besides, the author is a moron. Married wimen with kids are constantly active, playing with them, cleaning up after them, cooking for them etc. And then there are clubs and church groups, patent teacher associations, bake sales, committees, etc., etc., etc....

And then you have grandkids and sometimes wind up doing the same things all over again, just not as often.

[Syncro]

Throwing away the ring or throwing away the man?

Well, same thing kinda.

I wonder, does doing it a couple of times cause a woman to live twice as longer?

Does that mean Liz Taylor will live to be 164 or so?

Does one of the rings coming back to her (Richard Burton's) take a few years off?

I have so many questions...

[winner3000]

"Maybe married women are worn out from looking after their husbands," said researcher Belinda Hewitt, of the school of social science at the University of Queensland.

Maybe she started with that hypothethis before doing her "research".

[Cogadh na Siths Girl]

And here i thought we were sick of men...not from them! *giggle*

[EternalVigilance]

Women live longer if they throw away the ring

Hey, it saved Frodo...