Facts of Life
Traditional Families
Marriages in which couples share a traditional interpretation of gender roles are the least likely to end in divorce, according to one of the most comprehensive divorce studies ever conducted. The highest-risk marriages were those categorized as “Pursuer-Distancer,” in which the wife raises problems that the husband dismisses. “Operatic” marriages, characterized by alternating cycles of fighting and sex, rated “high” on the risk scale.
Source: For Better or for Worse: Divorce Reconsidered (W.W. Norton & Co., 2002)
