If a woman was to have an intimate boyfriend after another or is sexually active in an open relationship, the society automatically make a bitter face and recognize the individual as dirty and the term, "slut". But, if a man was to do the same, although it is not socially accepted, it does not surprise people as much- rather, in some cases, sometime is respected or admired; "You are a pimp!".
To give a quick example, when Bill Clinton admitted to having sexual relationship with Monica Lewinski back in 1998, certain public somehow valued his honesty and ultimately "okayed" his sexual desired promiscuousness. Shockingly, a number of political analysts even stated that the event somehow helped his approval rating. This is because some of the public appreciated that Clinton is a "human" just like them, since and apparently, such scandal is common and understandable for married men in the midlife crisis. Now, imagine if Hillary Clinton, as a secretary of state, was involved in a similar scandal today. Public would not let her keep her position, without a doubt. Our country is way behind regards gender equality than we think.
In 2004, out of the whole population of married couples in U.S, 52.2% of men were remarried, while 43.5% of women were remarried. Please note that it is often the mothers who are raising the kids after divorce, but still, the numbers don't lie - it represents gender inequality as a whole.
Many Americans believe that our country relatively have the best equality regards to gender, but there are many loopholes that we don't see that need to be addressed. Such ethnocentrism that "we are the best", will only lag or hault the social progress. Just some woo for thought.
http://www.remarriage.com/Remarriage-Facts/remarriage-after-divorce.html
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