Quote of the Day

While young men are more affected emotionally by the quality of their current relationships, young women are more emotionally affected by whether they are in a relationship or not. - Wake Forest Professor of Sociology Robin Simon

from Science News. Curious. This might explain why a woman will stay in a bad, even abusive, relationship. Doesn't explain why a man would stay in a bad relationship though.

I originally read this story a couple of weeks ago, and didn't think much about it, but this one line stuck with me and so I finally went back and tracked it down.