What do you think are the major causes of the high divorce rate in America?

Answer 1

adultery?

Answer 2

Lower Standards=Higher Divorce Rate

Answer 3

I think that the stresses of everday life such as work, children, school, financial problems are the major causes of the high divorce rate in America. The high cost of living makes both the wife and husband work and have less time to take care of home.

Answer 4

We have been raised in the christian ethic which says you do this and you do not think about anything else. People in this day and age are thinking and acting upon those thoughts. It is the last thing that religion can handle. You do not think in religion. You only exist. Dicorece is 50% across the US and 60% in southern CA and in the bible belt. If people thought before marriage rather than just accepting what they have been TOLD they are supposed to do then they would approach it with much more realistic minds.

Answer 5

The ability to run away from your problems by simply signing a paper. Divorce has become socially acceptable, as stated above- maybe even more so than marriage. People no longer want to sort things out, nor do many want to compromise their lifestyle, for someone they originally decided to marry. It actually comes down to one single word - EGO's - that is why, I feel, divorce rates are so high.

Answer 6

selfishness......and getting married to the wrong person at the wrong time for the wrong reasons....if that is the case well the marriage started out bad and will probably get worse but the thing about the us is that no a days people believe in the 50 - 50 rule giving only as much as you get but there are sometimes in a marriage when your partner can't give all of their percent thats why i believe that it should be 100 - 100 percent on both sides cause if its only 50-50 to start with then if a person can't contribute as much then the total is nocked down but if both contribute 100-100 then if one person isn't up to par for a bit there is still the compensation of their mate.....besides people in this country believe divorce is the easy quick fix it for a bad or rough period in a marriage cause they are too selfish to stick it out and try to work things out.......the way they were meant to be worked out..

Answer 7

I think it has to do with technology. You see all kinds of things on tv and other places. Women trying to look like a PERFECT size 2. Men thinking that all real women should look like and act like. Porn that is readily available. Fantasys are brought to life. Which should never happen, fantasies need to stay in your head. Bringing them out only causes problems. There is too much exposure of everything. Out of both men and women there is a maybe 1% of people that look like something out of tv. I would definetly say over exposure to things not real that is #1 cause of divorce.

Answer 8

good question. i don't think you can pinpoint just one cause of high divorce rates in America. here are three reasons that i think are at the top of the list.
#1 sad to say, but i don't think people today take their mariage vows as seriously as they once did. people may think "if it doesn't work out, i can just get a divorce."
#2 people are confused about what their role in the marriage actually is. lack of a good role model and moral instruction as a child makes adjusting to married life take longer. feminism is also confusing to both men and women.
#3 IT'S EASY. if things "just aren't working', divorce is an easy alternative to "for better or for worse, in sickness or in health..."

Answer 9

Poeple are lazier now and don't want to work as hard at it. Also there are less taboos (i.e. a woman will have a man arrested now for beating her whereas in the 50's she would keep her mouth shut). Also society moves much quicker now and the additional demands creates more stress, thus making marriage and life in general harder. There is also less of a stigma with divorce now, it is commonplace, not frowned on.

Answer 10

Dedication and morals. How did our grandparents manage to remain married? They withheld from temptation, remained honest, treated one another with respect, knew right from wrong, and believed in the vows they made to one another. They never thought well we'll just get divorced if...
People these days going into a marriage thinking oh well we can always get divorced, and constantly threaten each other with the D word.

Answer 11

I think part of it has to do with how socially acceptable it is. Back in the olden days when it was absolutely shameful to be divorced you didn't see many divorces. It's just like how many people live together before marriage now versus the olden days when it was not cool.