Husbands Are More Likely To Leave When Wife Is Seriously Ill

Today’s Lady News: Men Are More Likely To Leave When A Partner Is Seriously Ill

Posted by: Jessica Wakeman Filed in: news
5:45PM, Wednesday October 14th 2009

A study in the medical journal Cancer found that a man is seven times more likely to leave his partner if she is seriously ill than if the tables are turned. This might be due to the conditioning of women to be caretakers of their loved ones. [Times of London]—Insert tasteless John Edwards joke here.

Nan Robertson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for The New York Times, passed away last night. Robertson wrote The Girls In The Balcony about the fight for workplace equality among women employed by the Times and won the Prize for an article about her bout with toxic shock syndrome. Although Robertson’s TSS was not caused by a tampon, her experience helped raise awareness about the connection between tampons and TSS. [New York Times]

Op-ed columnist Kathleen Parker says women, such as Meghan McCain, Liz Cheney (Dick Cheney’s daughter), Meg Whitman (former head of eBay) and Carly Fiornia (former head of Hewlett-Packard), can offer fresh new ideas for the future for the Republican Party. [Washington Post]

A judge in California refused to dismiss a challenge to Proposition 8, which banned gay marriage in the state. Prop 8 is being challenged on 1st Amendment grounds by gay rights supporters and Prop 8’s supporters wanted that challenge dismissed because they don’t consider it a legitimate complaint. [L.A. Times]

Jessica Valenti, co-founder of the blog Feministing, recently got married to her hubby, Andrew Golis. Even though her husband applied for credit cards to their joint accounts in each of their names, she received a new credit card in the mail for “Jessica Golis.” [Twitpic]

comments

Ms. Magnificent
wrote on October 14 2009 @ 04:55 pm: [report]

I recently went through a really terrible illness that seemed fatal to begin with but turned out only to be permanently injuring, and my husband really resents it when people treat him like he’s charitable for staying with me. It was miserable for both of us, and I really appreciate what he’s done for me, but come on, he’s my husband - of course he’s going to take care of me. If I’d died, people would be offended if he’d left me before that, but now that I’m damaged goods, he’s supposed to treat me like chopped liver?

lea322
wrote on October 14 2009 @ 04:59 pm: [report]

Carly Fiornia ruined Hewlett-Packard…or at least helped ruin it in a big way. My mom works for them, and it’s been all downhill since that woman was in charge. I mean, most employees understand that they won’t be getting a raise because their CEO needs another new jet. The working class obviously gets that kind of thing.

retro chic
wrote on October 14 2009 @ 07:24 pm: [report]

The constitutional challenge to Proposition 8:
It’s going to trial!
This is a good day towards equal justice for us all!

___________________________________________________________________

“U.S. District Judge Vaughn R. Walker refused today to dismiss
a constitutional challenge to Proposition 8, ruling

the voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage raised legal and

factual issues that required a trial.”

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sammyisadog
wrote on October 14 2009 @ 11:33 pm: [report]

I’m pretty bitter right now, being newly single, so I must say that I completely believe the Cancer bit up there. Men are really not equipped to deal with that sort of hardship.

ChocoBoo
wrote on October 15 2009 @ 03:00 am: [report]

Just read the London article..crying. I began my career as a radiation therapist and I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen a cancer diagnosis send partners running the other way. Granted, a patient’s reaction to their diagnosis & treatment puts extra emotional/logistical wear and tear on the family> but I’ve actually heard husbands ask the oncologist to “break things off” with their wives FOR them. Then they were free to go on with their newer, healthier girlfriends.
I’m not saying all men do this, but when you see it happen.. it’s crushing.

Not being able to deal with your partner’s traumatic news @ such a quick pace, I understand. Deciding to bail because: “she’s always tired, she’s in remission but doesn’t cater to me like she used to, her hair grew back funny after chemo(yes, someone actually gave that as a reason)”...
It’s the hardest thing in the world to watch a woman try to battle a situation like that after battling cancer..

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