ExiledInIllinois Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 Divorce 2. If you live in a red state, you're 27 percent more likely to get divorced than if you live in a blue state. Maybe that's because red-state couples traditionally marry younger—and the younger the partners, the riskier the marriage. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the states with the lowest median age at marriage are Utah, Arkansas, Kentucky, and Oklahoma. (Source: National Vital Statistics Report, 2003; cited in The Compassionate Community: Ten Values to Unite America, by Jonathan Miller and Al Gore) :w00t: 11. If you're of "below average" intelligence, you're 50 percent more likely to be divorced than those of "above average" intelligence. Presented by University of Delaware education professor Linda Gottfredson, codirector of the Delaware-Johns Hopkins Project for the Study of Intelligence and Society, this figure joins assertions in Richard Herrnstein and Charles Murray's controversial 1994 bestseller The Bell Curve that those with IQs of 100 face a 28 percent probability of divorce in the first five years of marriage, compared to just a 9 percent probability for those with IQs of 130. (Source: Linda S. Gottfredson, "The General Intelligence Factor," Scientific American, Winter 1998, and Richard J. Herrnstein and Charles A. Murray, The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life, Simon & Schuster, 1994, page 176) See number 2, "Blue State." 15. IIf you're in a male same-sex marriage, it's 50 percent more likely to end in divorce than a heterosexual marriage. If you're in a female same-sex marriage, this figure soars to 167 percent. A research team led by Stockholm University demography professor Gunnar Anderson based their calculations on legal partnerships in Norway and Sweden, where five out of every 1,000 new couples are same-sex. (Source: Gunnar Andersson, "Divorce-Risk Patterns in Same-Sex Marriages in Norway and Sweden," Institute for Marriage and Public Policy, 2004) 167%! Wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary M Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 (edited) Divorce See number 2, "Blue State." 15. IIf you're in a male same-sex marriage, it's 50 percent more likely to end in divorce than a heterosexual marriage. If you're in a female same-sex marriage, this figure soars to 167 percent. A research team led by Stockholm University demography professor Gunnar Anderson based their calculations on legal partnerships in Norway and Sweden, where five out of every 1,000 new couples are same-sex. (Source: Gunnar Andersson, "Divorce-Risk Patterns in Same-Sex Marriages in Norway and Sweden," Institute for Marriage and Public Policy, 2004) 167%! Wow! Women are always looking for a new carpet. Edited October 4, 2010 by Gary M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted October 4, 2010 Author Share Posted October 4, 2010 Women are always looking for a new carpet. Where do hardwood floors fit into this equation?... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quester74 Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 Where do hardwood floors fit into this equation?... Down the "hallway", if it's a heterosexual marriage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Christ Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 Women are always looking for a new carpet. disagree think about it.......they just couldn't agree on anything.....so its that time of the month at the same time every month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaGimp Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 Women are insane, irrational and rely mostly on emotion. Two women in a house is a train wreck waiting to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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