2006-12-20 08:23:52 · 20 answers · asked by Can I Be Your Pet? 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Marriage is nolonger looked upon by many as a life long commitment and people get married knowing that if things dont work out its very quick and easy to get divorced. Also i dont think couples stand by each other in times of trouble as they did in the past, this in an age when so many things are thrown at people through all stages of life, again it is easier to divorce and get out than work through and make a relationship work. This leads me to my final belief which is that people think a relationship is easy, the hard work is when you are dating and then it just works...NO its not that easy you have to work and put effort into maintaining any relationship for it to be successful and last a lifetime!
2006-12-20 09:07:36 · answer #1 · answered by xray_daddy 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Society has become more lax and morals flushed down the toilet. In the olden days the divorcees were shunned from within the churches and communities, rated X so to say. As divorce grew more prevalent in the stage, screen and tabloids it became somewhat of a fashion trend in it's own rights.
There is non-chalence (sp?) regarding personal responsibility, a persons word doesn't carry the ties to dignity it once had. It's never anyones fault unless of course it's the other guy. The attitude is.. it's all about ME and if you don't like it then out the door with you.
It's appauling that we have become a 'disposable' society and unfortunety that applies to relationships as well as diapers.
2006-12-20 16:36:29 · answer #2 · answered by ? pita ? 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I have read all sorts of answers to this question, from ease of divorce to sleeping around. Answers have included lack of loyalty; lack of committment; selfishness, and even blamed a 'throw-away' society (hmm, because disposing of a marriage is as simple and unemotional as getting rid of a crisp bag?!). All anwers sound like they have come from people who have no experience of the matter, and are completely one-sided and ignorant.
Having been through it, I know that going through a divorce is one of the most major, heart-wrenching things you can experience in your life (and before anyone says it, as is marriage). Believe it or not, it IS possible to drift apart from someone that you have loved entirely and faithfully.
Divorce is NOT an easy way out - it is a most soul-destroying and negatively charged situation which shocks you to your very core.
2006-12-20 18:33:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
The fact that no longer does a woman have to be injured/die at the hands of a so-called spouse -- we have the ability to say "NO MORE" and walk away ... to make sure that we and our children LIVE another day ...
Unfortunately the ONLY thing that is not adequately provided for is to hold accountable the deadbeats in the truest sense of the word .. those who help to create the new live, then put on their running shoes and disappear ... leaving a single mom to struggle to make ends meet and provide for her children.
Then the laws also protect those who commit the crimes over the victims .. which means that the Abuser has access to his victims with the support of the Law ... and that is something that harms society as a whole ...
Sometimes everything is a quick grab for a buck .. the only reason some target a former spouse is for the balance in their bank accounts, the property that they own, the cars -- anything and everything they can grab and then they file for divorce ... (with aggressive attorneys who strip the other of everything), spend themselves into oblivion and go on to a new victim. (Gold-digging ex-es anyone?)
So much harm entering peoples' lives -- and so little out there to support the establishment of responsible parenthood, responsible marriage, and little in the way of helping to preserve unions.
2006-12-20 16:55:00 · answer #4 · answered by sglmom 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Are you a blerk ???(male) ?
Statistically you are said to be more likely to divorce if your parents did.
I think it might be something to do with high expectations,ease of divorce(comparitive) women's progress. ( You just couldn't leave your husband and look after the children before : you'd starve)
and we are surrounded by romanticised versions of marriage and relationships ,and I have not noticed any positive versions of the actual, long term reality and all the life changes that occur,in 50 -60 years with one other person, in the media.
Mariage worked when life expectancy was probably only 35 or 40.
Well, some quick ideas , good luck, Happy Christmas
M : )
2006-12-20 16:40:33 · answer #5 · answered by mesmerized 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
it is not so much the society that breeds so much divorce. divorce evolves from two people. it does take two to marry and live together....equally, it takes two to realise that marriage isn't good for them and they should divorce.....i really don't think society enters into that.
2006-12-20 17:23:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Lack of communication, selfishness and been too one sided, if a lot more couples actually sat down with the telly switched off and spoke to each other about their problems and found things out about each other they might last the course.
2006-12-20 16:53:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Peoples expectations are media led & the media has led them to expect the perfect marriage with perfect kids and a perfect home and life.
And when they discover life doesn't work like that, they don't have the integrity to work at it, its esier just to let it go & divorce.
2006-12-20 16:38:38 · answer #8 · answered by andylefty 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
we don't think before we have sex and wind up involved with people we shouldn't be with
we are putting off adulthood longer and longer
men and women no longer have any clearly defined roles/we are equals we(women esp) need to accept that while we are equal we are no the same
people are focusing on their careers which really is no kind of actual living and everyone is stressed beyond belief
there is no one around to take care of the family anymore
2006-12-20 16:29:56 · answer #9 · answered by kardea 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
greed, modern living, independance of women, better job prospects for women, grass is greener syndrome and last but not least i think women are doing what men have been doing for centuries... thinking of number 1......
selfishness and lack of give and take breeds divorce
2006-12-20 16:27:10 · answer #10 · answered by confused 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋