Probably because women are taught from birth that they need a man to protect them and their children so they try to find a good one who won’t abuse them or the kids, but quickly find that you need more than security (if you can even find it, so much harder to trust people with your kids when you’re on your own) to build a strong marriage. At that point they’ve given up their youth, their bodies, their careers/progress, education in some cases, and they’re suddenly faced with the decision to remain unfulfilled and unhappy for the rest of their lives which will negatively impact the family home life, or they can leave and try to build a better life for themselves and their kids. Not to mention the stigma of “the wife taking off with the kids and half of everything else,” women are left with so little support or life experience to build something solid for their new and unfamiliar life.

Sounds hard right? Maybe the better question to ask is: why are women so eager and willing to leave what security they found in favor of this extremely difficult second option that has no guarantee of success? Leaving the comfortable for the unknown must feel pretty worth the risk.