Is divorce a woman? The fault of a gene
The study, conducted on a sample of more than 1,800 couples together for at least 5 years, found that women with an "important variation of the oxytocin receptor gene" were likely to talk about marital crisis and divorce with a 50% higher percentage. compared to women with normal receptors. This propensity to separate would derive from a lack of oxytocin, a fundamental hormone in the moments of labor and delivery, which seems to have relevance also in the phase of the organism, with a consequent lower satisfaction in the man. According to the research, in fact, even the companions women with oxytocin deficiencies would be more unhappy and frustrated than men than women with normal receptors.
Even the male genetic heritage has "faults" however, when it comes to farewells and separations. In fact, a few years ago a hormone was discovered that makes men more inclined to loyalty, vasopressin, in the absence of which it is easy to understand the consequences.
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