Why are breakups easier for guys than women?

Breakups are hard. Hard is hard. When it comes to emotions, trying to compare or to quantify is irrelevant. Everybody copes with hard situation differently and it has nothing to do with gender.

Breakups can be hard for anyone, not harder on women or the other way around. It might be easier for guys because males try to 'hide' their emotions. Where as women are more 'emotionally driven' and prefer to show how they feel (by talking about their emotions, etc.).

Breakups are no easier for guys than they are than women. They affect people differently. Gender makes no difference in how people will respond.

It seems that way, but the reality is that guys just hide it more than women. They want to seem strong, like men should be, as they are portrayed that way.

I don't think breakups are easier for guys than women. From the outside, men might do a better job of hiding how they are feeling than women, but I wouldn't necessarily trust this. What makes you think breakups are easier for guys?

Break ups can be difficult for both guys and women. Some people show it more, some people don't and this is why people believe that one person is struggling more than the other, but it isn't always the case.

I truly feel that is a misconception. I have seen male friends of mine suffer through break ups. I have seen my own ex put up a jovial face on the outside and move on (which hurt a lotttt), but then when i met him a year later, he told me he still liked me and had never moved on. They dont show it to the rest of the world. They definitely dont show it to their exes. But if a friend were to talk to them when they are fairly drunk and honest, thats when you'd see how truly hurt they are. Women tend to take the initial few weeks to get all their emotions sorted - cry it out, shout it out.. and then start healing. Men tend to zone out and dont confront their emotions- and hence usually take longer to heal.

I doubt that. Anybody who has truly invested in the relationship will feel the pain, it is possible that men process through hurt in a different manner than women