For most of human history it has been the man who initiates the divorce. These days its the women. 70% iirc of all divorces are filed by the wife. In many of these she just wants a change of scenery with new boyfriend, new husband down the road. And why not if the hapless schmuck she married is going to be paying out for her new, fun “lifestyle” where she gets the house and primary custody of the children. Meaning the ex-husband will get a vastly inferior role in seeing his children grow up and participating in raising them.
Too many heartless conniving wives have opted for the above scam AKA taking the ex to the cleaners via our liberal-feminist dominated court system.
Young guys are wise to the racket so are not marrying as often plus they can usually find free uncommitted sex so that part gets taken care of at least.
“... liberal-feminist dominated court system.”
...combined with “no fault” divorce enable some of the “70%” unhappy women to walk out for those supposedly greener pa$ture$. The reality is that the perceived cash benefit of divorce is short lived, it typically decreases the initiating divorcee’s long term financial and emotional health.
If a marriage were built on mutual, unconditional love, it would seem any perceived financial incentive (albeit short term) for divorce would not be a consideration. Also, the impact of our declining culture, corrupted political institutions, our entitlement mentality, “right” to be happy and self-fulfilled, free sex, etc etc has reinforced the devaluation of marriage.
Dating used to be the process in part, to find and know the person to whom one might want to commit oneself because of shared core values. The current version of dating for some has evolved to entertaining oneself with another human being’s body, money and time. The show Two & A Half Men reinforces this false value through Sheen’s character.