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The cruelest promotion: you keep the title, lose the partner, and pay the taxes alone.
gender gapWomen outnumber widowers roughly three to one
widowhood effectSurviving spouse's death risk spikes soon after
royal traditionVictoria wore mourning black for forty years
sati bannedIndia outlawed widow self-immolation in 1829
language rootWord means split or separated in Sanskrit