WHY DIVORCE IS SO PREVALENT: The #1 Answer To Society's #1 Problem

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[Justa]

"I think the reason the divorce rate is so high is because people are so self-absorbed. It's "me", "me". That doesn't work in marriage."

True. The big picture is even worse though imo. With women given preference in hiring they not only are discouraged from having children but displace a man who could use the same job to marry and support a family. Of course immigrant women, being "traditional" place a higher value on raising a family than a career. The implication is in the demographics, native-born women are "advancing" their genes straight into extinction.

[Dr. Octagon]

Which bio? Actually, FREEP-mail me on that. You haven't discovered that I'm actually a nationally famous personality, have you?

[Dr. Octagon]

Into extinction. Heck yes.

[Dr. Octagon]

This comment, written by Jerry Falwell, a/k/a "Dr. Octagon", has been removed by the system administrator for fear that it might encourage men to fight for fatherhood.

[Dr. Octagon]

Excuse me, my agent's on the line, back in a sec.

[Buckeroo]

The largest single contributor to post-WW2 increasing divorce rates is that federal and state taxation requirements are proportional to the divorce rates; that is, the American government has over-taxed the American family not just into slavery but into family fragmentation.

The increasing appetite of the Government taxation spirit will not stop until all citizens go to work paying the government not just 55% of their gross earnings in the form of taxes (as of today) but when all citizens pay about 90%.

The last 10% can be used to pay your legal expenses over your family breakup or perhaps to pay your legal expenses fighting for your constitutional rights. The government could care less.

[Dr. Octagon]

That too.

[joathome]

"Well this is just more evidence that women are the cause of our social ills :)"

Or perhaps my neighbor got tired of coming home from work (and he wanted her to work), doing 90% of the childcare, 90% of the housework, and 100% of the yardwork. (Hey, he was allergic to grass.) LOL

Ok, ok, you men have some horror stories, too. Just pointing out that statistics don't tell much.

[Don Myers]

My logic teacher in college would have a good time with your equation, not that you are necessarily wrong, of course. That equation may well be right for many of the women of our brave new world.

[goodieD]

Thanks for the compliment and the link. I have seen many a good man get screwed over in divorce proceedings. Before I get jumped by someone, I"m not claiming all men are perfect..but they are more likely than not to get shafted in divorce and custody.

[Don Myers]

"It's not that complicated. I think feminism and acceptance of divorce are the biggest true causes."

Lack of commitment in a makeshift legal arrangement is not conducive to a long-life marriage. And that is how many men and women see marriage today.

[Don Myers]

"There are predominating sociocultural factors which engender an antipathy toward the maintenance of marital commitment. One such factor is the concrete expectation of custody-advantage in divorce."

Another is a complete lack of a morality system in the makeup of the marriage partners.

[joathome]

No fault divorce is much more likely to blame. We had little divorce before WWII, and women most likely got custody back then, too.

In fact, I think our present dating and premarital sex model is to blame. Cultures that practice some type of courtship (no shopping for a wife until ready to commit to marriage), have lower divorce rates. We certainly did until the advent of the car and the social dating scene. Sounds terribly old-fashioned, but it's true.

[Dr. Octagon]

All are factors. I offer that child-custody advantage is one of the top ones.

[Dr. Octagon]

See 57.

[gwmoore]

Thank You very much for posting this.

Mrsgwmoore and I married June 21, 1969. We didn't have an expensive wedding or reception (Beer at the Overbrook Italian-American Club in Philly). Several months later, I left on deployment to Vietnam.

When I returned, we neither had expensive tastes, nor ever developed same. We will celibrate #33 in June. We have been in the same house for 30 years. I can state, without caveats, that we have a happy, successful and stable marriage.

I think today's couples have far too many expectations of what they "have to live up to" (money, power, possessions, top of separate careers) to also have what would be called a "happy" marriage.

Keep the Faith for Freedom

MAY GOD BLESS AND PROTECT THIS HONORABLE REPUBLIC

[Dr. Octagon]

Thank you back...sometimes people do bring up the bad men, who exist, even though I don't make a federal case of the bad women, who exist no less....

In any case, it is the good men, and their children, for whom I battle. :o)