18/09/2025
According to the National Library of Medicine, women are more affected by divorce negatively than men.
The study centred on the medium-term consequences of divorce on economic well-being; mental health, physical health, and psychological well-being; residential moves, homeownership, and satisfaction with housework; and chances of re partnering, social integration with friends and relatives, and feelings of loneliness.
In all these parameters, statistics show that women fare worse after marriage than their ex partners.
Yet, it is the women that want to leave marriage, even as 70% of divorce cases are initiated by women.
An Igbo adage says, ' You don't leave the venue of coronation for the venue of voodoo'.
But it appears this is what modern day African women want to do. So sad!!
I RISE!! Men's Affair NG