All this surprised me - I would have expected that there wouldn't be much difference in google results for either terms. Kathy's son's reactions got me to thinking , though. Why did he react that way?
So could it be other factors as well as those that have been raised in the previous posts?
Historically woman tended to be known in their communities by their marital status - widow, wife of , spinster - whereas men tended to be known by their occupation.
Today that's less so (although not entirely
). But women have a life-span of about 7 years longer than men, so , simply put, there are more widows around.
As well, our culture is okay with men marrying younger but less so with women marrying younger - hence a widower is more likely to remarry than a widow.
probably totally off base with these observations.
c.
