Losing the couple is often a tragedy, but if the one who dies is the husband in a heterosexual marriage, the loss is even greater for the wife than in the opposite case, because widows get more harmed in terms of property when they are forced into that condition. More clearly, "widowhood increases wealth, but it benefits men disproportionately", because "they maintain or increase real and financial assets", while women in the same situation "rec…
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Losing the couple is often a tragedy, but if the one who dies is the husband in a heterosexual marriage, the loss is even greater for the wife than in the opposite case, because widows get more harmed in terms of property when they are forced into that condition. More clearly, "widowhood increases wealth, but it benefits men disproportionately", because "they maintain or increase real and financial assets", while women in the same situation "rec…