Human Growth and Development / Unit 16 HGD 2275 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Remarriage in Late Life
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The idea
Older heterosexual women more often oppose remarriage and men are more eager, explained less by partner scarcity than by gendered household and social labour.
In practice
A widower seeking a new partner within two years, while his widowed sister prefers her independence.
Where people slip
Cultural norms differ, and older lesbian women remarried nearly twice as often as older gay men in one Australian study.
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