please help! school project!?

Question

ok i need to have 10 adults (5 men, 5 women) to each give me 3 reasons they think the divorce rate is so high...please leave ur age and marital status with the reasons

Answer 1

female, 35, committed relationship

1> More people are moving away from old traditional ideas and the irrational shackles they impose on relationship conduct.

2> More people are moving toward logic and away from mindlessly believing in something simply because someone ELSE was brainwashed and perpetuated the Myth of the modern idea of a deity by trying to impose those illogical proofs on their children. In other words, more people are willing to face the truth, arrived at through considerable bravery and the power of deduction, that there is no God. There have always been Atheists(and the names of some Atheists of History's past would surprise you); but the number is growing. Thank you Darwin, and all those who contributed to reason and the scientific method.

3> Fewer people are willing to live their brief life, tied to a relationship that makes them miserable and/ or alone. We recognize that we can make mistakes of judgment, that to do so is inevitable and clinging to what has since been revealed to us to be a mismatch is foolhardy. We live in a society that has been said to be one of "serial monogamy". Meaning we move from one monogamous relationship to another.

Answer 2

1) Society no longer considers marriage necessary for sexual intimacy. The divorce rate for couples living together before marriage is 50% higher than otherwise. This contributes to the high rate.
2) Hollywood and hence the grocery check out line Tabloids etc. dote on celebrities as they play mix and match. If they believe it is the happy thing to do...then why shouldn't I. We live in an entertainment as example culture. Lousy role models.
3) Commonality holds marriages together. Beauty fades, sex slows, the kids grow...a solid shared commitment has to have some basis. In the past, this has often been either survival or faith. Neither is an issue in many homes.
M 59 & a former marriage counselor

Answer 3

I was divorced and am remarried again. Female 33 years old from California.
I think divorce is so high because it is more accepted than it used to be back in the 50-60's. Back then people were ashamed. Now days people don't care. It is also pretty easy to get a divorce. Just fill out some papers and wait 6 months and you are done.

Answer 4

What I'm telling you is what we discussed in my college Sociology of Family course as the real reasons...

The divorce rate began to skyrocket in the early 1970s. What could have possobily occured to all of a sudden cause such a rise in the divorce rate? The answer is simply this... the US economy went sour. (Remember the gas shortages?)

So here are my three answers...
1) High Inflation
which led to
2) Lower Real Income
which led to
3) The End of the Golden Age of the Family

I'm 20, single gay male

Answer 5

To begin, I'm a woman.
Age 28
Married

1. Societal Pressures - I think that men and women and our entire society in general has become more sexualized over the past twenty years. We wear clothing that is provocative, we run ads in magazines and on T.V. that promote sex. How are we to fight off the sexual urges if we are constantly being slapped in the face with them?

2. Laziness in Relationships - I think people view marriage as too hard. If it isn't working perfectly, then it must be disposed of. I don't feel like people who have troubled marriages are willing to really work hard at fixing it. Marriage is not a picnic, it is something that needs to be nurtured over time.

3. Selfishness - We are a terribly conceited culture who mostly thinks only of ourselves. Other people's thoughts and feelings matter not. It's every person for themselves, and it doesn't matter who gets hurt in the mean time.

Hope this helps!

Answer 6

I think the divorce rate is so high because couples would
rather just walk away instead of working it out. Seems people
rush into marriage before they are really sure about the relationship. More like impulse marriage. I am female, age 50
and have been married for 21 years. Good luck with your project.

Answer 7

30 years old. Married twice. Divorced twice.

Our society has led us to desire instant satisfaction, become completely self absorbed and has degraded with each generation of divorces leaving the sanctity of marriage nearly meaningless.

People are lacking simple traits such as honor, courage, commitment these days. In addition, traditional roles of family have changed so much there ARE no roles. In otherwords, the general perception in a lot of cases is that the man was probably to blame. Perception is NOT reality. The genders SHARE the blame these days.

side note: if a man steals your wife.. the best revenge is to let him keep her.

Answer 8

43 female single

1) divorce rate is only high in countries with a european background (Europe, USA and Australia). Economic status raised individualism. In most other cultures, family ties (controll) is still strong. However, that does not automatically mean married couples there live happily.

2) consumer mentality (lots of choice, so why stick to one product only) promoted by growing commercialisation.

3) improved rights for women. why stick to the guy if he ain't what makes you happy? Or: why give in to all his personal needs if you have your own choices to make?

Answer 9

I'm 19. I'm not married but i have been in a relationship for 2 and 1/2 years I think divorce rate is so high because Ppl marry to young, they have children and think they have to get married, money separates ppl, career, lust instead of love,

Answer 10

M 57 Single, never married. Not enough people live together few years with effective birth control. All other reasons have been given.