Why are breakups easier for guys than women?

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?

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.

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

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 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.

The question assumes a stereotypical view of men's behavior. I am not very sure that breakups are easier for men than women. A lot depends on the emotional makeup of the person and the circumstances. Men do have instinctual drives to mate with many women, but it is not clear that breakups are necessarily easier for men. It may even be harder for an emotional man to handle a breakup. So, in my view, the answer is, it depends on the specific person.

I find that gender doesn't necessarily determine how someone deals with a break up. It may appear that guys have a better coping reaction due to the fact that as a generality, guys are unfortunately socialised to refrain from expressing themselves emotionally. For women it is the opposite. What goes on internally is often much more complex than meets the eye.

I don't think break up are easy for anyone. I think it takes time to figure out how to get over someone. It have figure out who you are outside of that relationship. I think it's different for everyone and I don't believe that any gender struggles less than another.

I don't think they are; they often seem to be because women seem to be more in touch with their emotions and the like. Most of the time, it is simply because the woman was pursued by the guy and so she felt loved, she felt needed and worthy then suddenly everything is pulled from under her!

Are they easier for guys than women? Perhaps this is the common perception, but I've seen males equally distraught as females over failed relationships. It really depends on the person and how invested they were in the relationship.