Women in Madagascar Women in Madagascar Women in Madagascar, also known as Malagasy women or Malgache women, generally live longer than men, whom they outnumber. Marrying young, they are traditionally subservient to their husbands. Roughly a third have their first child before the age of 19, and those who wish to delay having children may not have access to contraceptives. Abortion is common, with an estimated 24 percent of women having had one. Although they are constitutionally equal to men, they have unequal property rights and employment opportunities in certain areas. Malagasy women have a higher life expectancy than men, with an average
Men with Broken Hearts Men with Broken Hearts "Men with Broken Hearts" is a song written and recorded by Hank Williams under the pseudonym "Luke the Drifter." It was released on MGM Records in 1951. "Men with Broken Hearts" was a song of which its composer was extremely proud; in the liner notes to the 2001 Mercury album "Hank Williams as Luke the Drifter: Beyond the Sunset", he is quoted asking journalist Allen Rankin, "Ain't that the awfulest, morbidest song you ever heard in your life? Don't know how I happen to write that thing, except that somebody that fell, he's the same man