Low Income Mothers Don’t Trust Men
… or so says a recently released study shared in the Journal of Marriage and Family, as reported by Science News. Almost all of the participants in the study (96%!) were found to have “strong distrust” of the opposite sex, yet when asked about their current relationship, they stated it was of a “trusting” nature. As well, the distrust of said men didn’t stop these low income women from entering into romantic, long term relationships.
I have to say that reading this study made me pause, as did the friends I shared it with. The actual information didn’t surprise any of us. Rather, the percentage of women is what was frightening. Do virtually all lower income women find men untrustworthy? And if so, why are they entering into relationships with essentially the same gender they have obvious unresolved issues with?
The study went on to say that because of this mismatched trust (feeling distrustful of men in general but stating that their current relationship was trustworthy) put the women who were a part of the study at further risk for unhealthy relationships, basically doing whatever they had to to give their partner the benefit of the doubt.
What do you think about the findings of this study? What would you suggest to low income moms, or the men who date them, in response to this study?
Related: When Not To Date
Low Income Mothers Don’t Trust Men originally appeared on About.com Dating on Tuesday, January 5th, 2010 at 02:33:44.
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