Women work harder in relationships: Meryl Streep

London, Sep 8 (IANS) Actress Meryl Streep believes women work more to keep relationships happy than men because they "want them to work".

The 63-year-old insists ladies invest time and effort into their marriages and romances because they don't want their relationships to fail, whereas guys tend to go with the flow when it comes to their love lives.

"Women have their antennae up more. It is all self-preservation, they want the relationship to work," femalefirst.co.uk quoted Streep as saying.

"Women make a religion of relationships. They study how to make them work, while men do not, as a generalisation," she added.