According to a new study, men and women perceive romantic breakups differently. Women see the whole thing as traumatic regardless of whether she’s dumping him or he’s dumping her. For men, being the dumper is relatively straightforward, but being the dumpee seems to come out of the blue, no doubt due to her scheming about it for some time.
(Via Blather)
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hoo boy, is this ever true.
This is why the email breakup, or text message, is such a beautiful thing!!
Just kidding.
From the article:
“Jordan and his team asked 28 male and 90 female undergraduate college students to report on their lastrelationship that ended before it lasted 6 months.”
I don’t know that this can be considered a fair sample! They asked more than double the number of femal students the question.
Not that I disagree with it, mind you, but come on, folks! Equal sample bases, please!
Lacking a copy of the paper, it’s hard to say. There may be sampling problems (more women than men may have been willing to be questioned), which may or may not invalidate the results.
Heck, it’s questionable whether 90 female undergrads at a single college are a “fair” sample of womanhood, either.