The concept that married people live longer is interesting. I'm sure there is some merit to the idea that if you're married there is someone there to nag you about going to the doctor, but I think much larger factors are having the finances of dual incomes and access to an immediate support person.

Here’s the thing. Married MEN live longer. The statistics for married women are less clear, perhaps because one of the things that causes premature death for married women is getting murdered by their husbands. It’s good to have someone around to drive you home after your surgery, to nag you to go to the doctor, to take you to the ER if you need it, and it’s usually wives that are taking on that care role for husbands, but it’s often sisters and mothers who are doing it for other women.

okay so i reblogged this but i am reblogging again to issue a correction on a thing i think is important: while obviously intimate partner homicide is obviously the most likely murder to experience as a woman, murder is just not a very likely way to die, and men are much more likely to be murdered, in general, than women both globally and in almost every individual country.