From time to time the question is raised what are the consequences of remaining married solely as a moral obligation, regardless of quality of marriage....research such as this gives people information relevant to making those kinds of decisions.

http://my.webmd.com/content/article/73/88984.htm

<small>[ September 27, 2003, 09:41 AM: Message edited by: sufdb ]</small>

Interesting article, thanks for posting it. I thought these 2 statements were interesting:

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Even though her study showed that happily married women are healthier than unmarried women, Gallo doesn't think all women must marry or suffer ill health. </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">I do believe that married women in general are much better off in other areas too, such as economic security and physical security. I saw one study that showed that single women were at the greatest risk of being the victims of violence,

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">"Women who aren't in happy marriages are at most risk," she says. "So just getting married isn't as important as getting a quality partner." </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Equally important is BEING a quality partner and productive contributor to the marriage. Maybe I am reading more into this sentence, but it takes two to tango and I know many women who are the cause of their own unhappiness.

I don't think the study is about why a marriage is unhappy...it is just about the consequences if it is unhappy. Certainly "repairing" the marriage is just as valid as leaveing the marriage. What one actually does is situational...but the point is, if you do nothing, you don't escape very real consequences...that is a profound truth for women who remain in unhappy marriage cause of religious beliefs alone. It is also IMO the reason why leaveing an unhappy marriage is a legitimate choice, it is no different than leaveing a marriage where you are beaten everyday, in either case ones life is at stake.

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