Interesting that relationship breakdowns is the most common reason. Little Miss Independent is the new woman. She does not feel the desire to enter into long term relationships and would tend to have a lot more casual relationships than her mothers generation. Many young men still tend to want long term relationships. If a marriage breaks down, most women tend to bounce back and carry on with their lives, where a lot of men tend to live in a one room flat and drift through life. We all know them.