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Frank's avatar

Thanks for the post, but we are a long way from 50-50 parenting. Men still get routinely trashed in divorce court. Augustine Kposawa found that the male suicide risk increases 8 times after divorce, but remains unchanged for women.

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Emma Johnson's avatar

Thanks for commenting.

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Emma Johnson's avatar

That is what social media tells us but we have no data to support your thesis, so cannot claim that definitively.

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Frank's avatar

Please check with James L. Nuzzo here on Substack. He may have more research on that.

As for Augustine Kposawa’s findings: he originally found that divorce doubles a man’s risk of suicide, and after taking a second look, he upped the male risk to eight times.

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Emma Johnson's avatar

Frank, Kposawa’s is from more than 20 years ago - in that time our culture has changed DRAMATICALLY, including that marriage rates are lower, in part because divorce were so hard on men (my theory). However, that is no longer true.

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Frank's avatar

Thank you, Emma, I will check with James to see if he has research in this area.

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