Posted on 06/27/2017 5:28:31 AM PDT by C19fan
It’s common knowledge that roughly half of marriages today end in divorce. This is up significantly from the 1960s, when about 30 percent of marriages ended in divorce within 15 years.
The underlying social and economic changes that have spurred this increase remain a bit of a mystery. But the topic was taken up in a massive 2016 study conducted by Harvard sociology professor Alexandra Killewald.
(Excerpt) Read more at intellectualtakeout.org ...
This is ridiculous! Everyone knows that divorce is caused by Russian interference.
Hey! You’re going against the grain on these type of threads! You’re supposed to admit that you are a frigid, spendaholic, lesbian wannabee and a bad cook, too. Get with the program, my friend, it’s YOU who are the problem, not the guy.
Sarcasm alert.
Yeh, women are such beotchs. That’s why most of them work a full-time job, pick the kids up from school, make dinner, do the laundry and keep the house clean. I don’t know one woman that has “cashed out”.
It isn’t money that makes good marriages.
Greed ends them
A part of this needs to be examined. If couples, or just men, have enough money so that they don’t need to work; or if the men leaving home to work every weekday that is the important part?
Yeah - but they still stink! (sarcasm alert.)
Isn’t there something in marriage vows about “richer or poorer”? Oh, I forgot, those are just oaths. They don’t mean anything.
“This is ridiculous! Everyone knows that divorce is caused by Russian interference.”
So that’s why I can’t get a date! Damn Russians...
It took a “massive” study by Harvard to figure this out?
Geez...
There are some women out there who are "high maintenance" and divorce a decent man who is not living up to her financial expectations. However, in a lot of cases, "not making money", means that the husband shows no real ambition, and is perfectly content to let his wife carry the load and keep things going while he hangs out with his buddies. I don't blame the woman for wanting out of a situation like that.
There are some women out there who are "high maintenance" and divorce a decent man who is not living up to her financial expectations. However, in a lot of cases, "not making money", means that the husband shows no real ambition, and is perfectly content to let his wife carry the load and keep things going while he hangs out with his buddies. I don't blame the woman for wanting out of a situation like that.
Yeh, women are such beotchs. That’s why most of them work a full-time job, pick the kids up from school, make dinner, do the laundry and keep the house clean. I don’t know one woman that has “cashed out”.
If women work then yes it is nice to have the additional money for the household, but there are other costs that are compromised.
Expectations on all sides have to be adjusted.
And I forgot one more; my doesn’t cook. That is my job.
In the situations I’ve seen up-close and personal, the husband is making a dollar and the wife is spending $1.10. So he busts his butt to get a raise to two dollars, and she immediately starts spending $2.20. It’s a no-win death spiral.
“That’s why most of them work a full-time job, pick the kids up from school, make dinner, do the laundry and keep the house clean”
I did all that and more and still got divorced.
From the article:
But according to the Times, the rise in divorce rates in the 1970s and 1980s was a historical anomaly. It occurred during the same time as a major feminist movement, which changed the way society thought about the role of women in life and in the economy. Women initiate about 70% of today’s divorces.
At the time, the high divorce rate signaled an upward trend that would lead to 50% of marriages ending up in divorce. But that statistic never substantiated itself. Divorce rates began declining in the mid-1980s and continue to do so.
Ah yes, the spendaholic woman cliche, lol! Those stay-at-home lazy broads who do nothing but spend, spend and spend while the man works his fingers to the bone. Meanwhile, I look around my neighborhood and it is as quiet as a mouse. All the women are at work as are their husbands.
It seems FR takes The Real Housewives shows VERY seriously.
Guess somebody forgot to tell me that’s what I was supposed to do. Hubby lost his job 3.5 years ago. Our income dropped almost 70%. We made a joint decision that he wasn’t going back into the workforce, that we could live off my income, and he would go Galt. We would starve the beast at least a little. We’ve been HAPPILY doing that ever since. I think I’ll keep him. I enjoy his company and love him more every day.
You won't get any bashing from me. Reading the article, I'm not sure the author quoting the study even understood it. Here's what passes for critical thought on his part ...
This includes two attorneys I knew in the Twin Cities a decade or so ago. They were beautiful, progressive, and quite successful. The man, whom I’ll call Dale, stayed home to raise their (adorable) little girl. They seemed perfectly happy, an all-American family. Then one day we found out our friends were getting divorced. (I never found out precisely why. But Dale, who is getting remarried in July, is practicing law again.)
In other words, "I have no idea what happened to my friends but it just HAS to be proof of what's in this study."
So, you're right ... the article is a blank screen for anyone with an axe to grind.
I think this article, and the comments here, really over simplify people’s lives. Divorce happens, but it seems very simplistic to sit here and blame women for divorce.
We can all cite examples from our circles of family and friends. But the experience of the couples we know don’t necessarily translate into larger societal trends.
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