The male-female life expectancy gap has grown almost 400 percent. - Warren Farrell

Men may be way behind in creating choices for themselves, but have actually been quiet supporters of the choices women want for themselves.

A man cannot tell whether a woman is in love with him or his security blanket until she is financially and psychologically independent enough to leave. Until a woman has learned how to leave, even she cannot be sure she has learned to love.

Divorces led to bodies of men (called legislatures) protecting women collectively as other men (called husbands) failed to protect women individually.