Is the high divorce rate in the U.S. due to the fact that most wives aren't obedient to their husbands?

Question

I have witnessed quite a few divorces in my life and in each one of them, the wives were not obedient and submissive to their husbands. Nor did they treat their husbands as head of the house.

Answer 1

You were born about 150 years to late. Live in todays world and accept that women have equal rights.

The divorce rate is due to lack of commitment.

Answer 2

No, I think most divorces come from people getting together for the wrong reasons (like getting pregnant, or because they don't want to be alone). Too few couples are actually built on common ground. As long as both parties going into the marriage know each other well, and understand that both the husband and wife need respect, it should not make a difference. The only time it will cause problems is when the couple has not communicated early on. If a husband assumes his wife will take a submissive role, or a wife purposely hides her independence to please him, their relationship will fall apart because they didn't get to know each other well enough before. This has nothing to do with a wife's obedience, and everything to do with being truthful about who you are while the relationship is developing.

Answer 3

I think that the high divorce rate is because men and women these days only think about themselves and not what would be good for the marriage or the relationship. Couples do not work together like they did in my parents day. Sex and money are the two big issues. Women use sex and it makes men feel resentful so they get back at the wife by getting sex some place else. Then she gets mad because he cheated. Neither strategy solves anything and then they get a divorce. Money is another way the that both sexes behave irrationally. One will buy something they know they should not and then to get even the other partner will buy something just as expensive to show the other partner which is stupid because it just puts them deeper in the hole and solves nothing and creates more problems in the marriage that leads to divorce.

Answer 4

Well if you are asking this as a real question....which I find hard to believe that anyone would really think this way..then I would say no this is not the reason for a high divorce rate. Having said that if YOU do truly feel this way then I think you should reexamine your thoughts on marriage. It is a partnership...not one person being in charge of the other. Perhaps there are many men and women who do think as you...Hmmmm.....then I guess it could be the reason....after all who would stay in a relationship where you are TOLD what to do and when to do it. I guess the only person who would is one with very low self esteem and no respect for themselves or others....curious what category do you fit into?

Answer 5

The high divorce rate is due to a variety of reasons. Number 1 (not most important just first in this list) is that no fault divorce makes it easy to make a mistake and get a divorce. Far too many people go into divorce in anger, hurt or rejection and find out later that they are miserable and it wasn't worth the pain it caused.
Number 2, most people today are conditioned to believe that they have to find happiness all the time. They are too impatient to work for the real joy that comes with time in a marriage.

Want happiness? Want great sex? Want a great friend?
Stay married. Married couples have it all over any other relationship known to exist but, it takes time.

We just don't want to wait today.

Number 3. They want what they want in disobedience to G-d's command to stay married, one man to one woman for life. They want to have their own selfish desires and don't care who it hurts.

It isn't just women, it is both men and women.

Answer 6

So you know, Not only did I work full time 40+ hours a week, I paid more than 80% of the bills out of my paycheck, took care of two children and managed all the house work w/o the useless husband's help at all. He was more interested in going out with his friends and getting drunk. A marriage takes equal work, not just the wife being obedient and fulfilling her husbands needs. A real woman knows what it takes to keep her family together and when enough is enough.

Answer 7

where the hell are you from? With having an attitude about that with women dont ever think you are going to get married, i sure as hell wouldnt want to marry you. The divorce rate in the united states is high because of many reasons, not as of the wife being "not submissive." Never seen that as a divorce statistic. Get a life

Answer 8

Please lock yourself in a room and find a clue. I hate to be mean, but this isn't the 1950's. Perhaps husbands should make a greater effort to be a team mate in the relationship and not just along for the ride thinking that a new 'mommy' will take care of them. All of the marriages that I have seen that HAVE worked are ones where the husband is a progressive thinker. Or is at least capable of washing his own socks.

Answer 9

No. I think the high divorce rate is due to people getting married before even really knowing the person they are marrying. For example, a woman with her own mind who would marry you would likely divorce you due to your insecurity and need to have your wife be submissive to you.

Answer 10

Do you mean to say that you think the high divorce rate is because it turns out women didn't like being told what to do or where to go or who to talk to? They didn't like getting their faces bashed in, or being told they were stupid and worthless and unloved? And they realized, heck, they could be doctors and lawyers and politicians instead of using the lemon Pledge on the lamp tables every Wednesday afternoon? Is that what you're talking about? That high divorce rate doesn't surprise me at all...