Phone data shows romance 'driven by women'

[Tank]

Phone data shows romance 'driven by women'

A study of mobile phone calls suggests that women call their spouse more than any other person.

That changes as their daughters become old enough to have children, after which they become the most important person in their lives.

The study has been published in the journal Scientific Reports.

It also shows that men call their spouse most often for the first seven years of their relationship. They then shift their focus to other friends.

The results come from an analysis of the texts of mobile phone calls of three million people...

So there is something to the 'seven year itch'. I'll be darned.

[DeterminedJuliet]

Hmmm. I found the last few paragraphs to be especially interesting.

I have heard women referred to as the "culture carriers" before. As in, it's usually the women in any given society who form the closet bonds and perpetuate the "culture" more-so than men.  Interesting.

[Tank]

Hmmm. I found the last few paragraphs to be especially interesting.

I have heard women referred to as the "culture carriers" before. As in, it's usually the women in any given society who form the closet bonds and perpetuate the "culture" more-so than men.  Interesting.

If true this is rather counter-intuitive in Isalmic cultures. Unless the women simply are so brainwashed they perpetuate the culture even though it's fundamentally biased against them?

[Hector Valdez]

If true this is rather counter-intuitive in Isalmic cultures. Unless the women simply are so brainwashed they perpetuate the culture even though it's fundamentally biased

This.

[DeterminedJuliet]

Hmmm. I found the last few paragraphs to be especially interesting.

I have heard women referred to as the "culture carriers" before. As in, it's usually the women in any given society who form the closet bonds and perpetuate the "culture" more-so than men.  Interesting.

If true this is rather counter-intuitive in Isalmic cultures. Unless the women simply are so brainwashed they perpetuate the culture even though it's fundamentally biased against them?

I think there's a lot to go into it. I have more political and legal rights than some Islamic women, but I'm also probably more "alienated" than they are. I'm certainly not raising my son in the religious traditions that I was raised in and, even though I think that's the right decision, a strong communal sense of religion does give one a sense of security. Especially when it comes to a sense of identity (which could be hard to come by for a woman in a very patriarchal system).  

And, if you think about it, it would make sense that women would be the "culture carriers" in societies where they are compelled to being more sheltered then the men. If you don't ever get the chance at being exposed to feminist/humanist ideas, what's the likelihood that you'll think they're good ideas?

EDIT: Just on an anecdotal level. There are a lot of Muslim families in my apartment building, and I've noticed that the women ALL do their laundry together. I don't know anything about their home/personal lives, but I see about a dozen of them together and they're all laughing and chatting and hugging each other. Meanwhile, I'm by myself and part of me is like "awww. It'd be nice to have a group like that."  Now, would I ACTUALLY want to switch lives with them? Probably not. I like that my husband and I take turns doing the laundry and it isn't left to me every time because it's "woman's work" (or whatever).

But part of me "gets it", I think.

[Jimmy]

Phone data shows romance 'driven by women'

A study of mobile phone calls suggests that women call their spouse more than any other person.

That's certainly true for me....lol.... My wife texts and calls me all the time, but we work opposite shifts, so it is an important part of our relationship. Of course I call/text her too, but not nearly as often as she does to me. I most often get a call/text within the first hour of her leaving for work and I'm always thinking, in a loving way, I just saw you....?....lol, it's the little things in life that matter......