>>786791those odds even out when there are children in the picture dumbass
its called hedging your bets
if i were to go for a low hanging fruit in this argument i'd attribute the disparity to mothers failing to raise proper men but thats no fun
but for a more concise breakdown i'd like to remind you *on average* a man is the provider while a woman is a home-maker/child bearer
a terminal illness deosn't necessarily stop a man from leaving behind or providing an income thus almost invariably upholding their end of the social contract
meanwhile a terminal illness for a woman absolutely gaurantees that they won't be able to uphold their end of the biological contract (giving birth to healthy children)
Thus it is completely legible why there is a percieved disparity in this scenarios, the caveat being that the men and women are not symmetrical neither in their form nor function
now i don't expect you to see the basic logic, you are sure to appeal to emotion "but muh whabout loyalty"
so before you do i'd like to remind you that its a miracle that dispite all that some men still bother to stick around with a genetic deadend of a partner
the studies are an exoneration of the male sex despite what the author desperately wants to frame it as