The Divorce Rate Of Women

There is a staggeringly large amount of divorces in the United States (US). In total, the US had a recorded total of 2,140,272 marriages in the year 2014 alone, and of those marriages, 813,862 ended up in divorce or annulment (Center for Disease Control). This means that as recently as 2014, there was a divorce rate of approximately 40%. This supports the statistics that the divorce rate for the US has stayed within 40-50% since the 1970’s (Austin Institute, 2014). While the numbers themselves are important, it is also important that the causes for the high divorce rate be explored, so that it can be known what pitfalls to avoid when participating in such an important union as marriage. There are many causes of divorce in the US such as conflicting gender roles, socioeconomic status, religious conflicts, physical abuse, emotional abuse, alcohol addictions, and many more (Amato & Previti, 2003). This paper will look at many of these reasons, but it will also focus on the differing reasons reported by men and women.

Long before 1970, divorce was relatively uncommon. Getting a divorce was very tedious. At that time, you could only get a divorce under grounds of adultery, abandonment, cruelty, intoxication or any other serious reason to no longer be together. What has changed and why has the divorce rate raised to 50% of all marriages? Divorce rates has raised to 50% because of society changes, view of monogamy, and young marriages.

Throughout time, practices that were once never used, become more common. In the 1600s divorce was a forbidden practice or a last resort. Since then, laws have changed, and so hasn’t the stigma related with divorce. The guilt and fault that divorce once carried has vanished. According to the book Should I Keep Trying to Work it out, “In the United States, researchers estimate that 40%–50% of all first marriages will end in divorce or permanent separation. The risk of divorce is even higher for second marriages, about 60%.” (Hawkins 42). As it became more common for couples in America to separate, divorce gradually became a normal part of so many lives. Why are so many couples separating now? Through research on EBSCO, and other findings, I will attempt to explain this question that so many people ask in today’s world. The divorce rate in America is drastically increasing over time due to new laws, certain generations, and relationship issues.

According to cook and Cusack (2010), Gender stereotypes are concerned with social and cultural construction of man and women, due to their physical, biological, sexual and social functions, structured set of beliefs about the personal attributes of man and women. Childhood is a fundamental and significant period in forming an impression of an individual boy or girl, and man or women finally. Subsequent researchers Ania and Cameron(2011) hold an accordant opinion with Cook and Cusack(2010) that gender stereotyping is problematic only when it operates to ignore personal characteristics, abilities, needs, wishes, and circumstances (Cook & Cusack, 2010). In fact, during children’s learning process of gender stereotypes, most of them are under gigantic pressure of the society they belong to and formed a problematic view through normally ignored. One obvious phenomenon is about the toys. Toys are designed and retailed separately for boys and girls with different colours, styles and functions by toy manufacturers. When acquiring a toy, gender will normally be the first issue to consider instead of children’s inherent preferences. It will highly possible to limit children’s personal experiences and future development for both gender groups (Martin, Eisenbud & Rose, 1995). This article will analyse the role of toy manufacturers in gender development in order to decide whether they are responsible to

Why did divorce rates raise concistently in the late 1960s and the 1970s and then stabilize at relatively high ranks in the 1980s? There is no simple explanation for high divorce rates, but several contributing factors stand out (Cherlin, 1992; L, K, White, 1990). One was chances in the divorce laws; no-fault divorce made it easier and faster to end a marriage. The movement of women into the labor force was another factor – in part because jobs made women feel freer to divorce and in part because two-worker families may experience more role conflicts than breadwinner-housewife families. At the same time, men’s position in the labor force was impaired; middle-class men wrestled to keep the relatively high standard of living their parents enjoyed;

In the chart about the figure of marriages and divorces in the USA, the number of divorces increased sharply from 1 million people to approximately 1,5 in 1980. However, The number fall to over 1 in 1990 and continued to decreased to the same number with 1970 in 2000 ( 1 million people). in stark contrast, however, the proportion of people getting married remained at 2,5 in 1980 but this number fall to around 2,25 in 1990 and decreased slightly to 2 in 2000. nevertheless, the percentage of people getting married still made up more people than people in divorce in the period from 1970 to 2000.

In the twenty first century, nursing homes have become a standard form of care for most aging adults. However, most care institutions have not always existed. Before the nineteenth century, there were no age restricted institutions and instead, elderly individuals who needed

Millions of people wish there was a magic pill to stay young and healthy forever, but we all know that’s just an illusion. Many people are being compelled to depend on others for twenty four hour care as their health fails them. Taking care of people should be a privilege to caregivers and they should show the utmost respect to whom they are caring for at the time. Family members may have a hard time placing their love ones in a nursing home due to the fact that they may not receive the proper care they are entitled to. Among different people they have experienced personal problems while staying in different nursing homes. Neglect and abuse are the top problems, some residents face when they have to reside in a nursing home. There

Elders go through a lot during their aging process from the beginning of sore muscles to increasing health issues, and sometimes have an incident to where they are put into a facility temporarily. When an older adult is almost ready to leave a rehabilitation center, from their traumatic experience, they might require a great deal of assistance from a caretaker, depending on how much they have been hurt by a stroke or another serious issue, nevertheless the care-taker must be willing to take care of the elder at all cost, most commonly a family member such as an aunt or a child, who is willing to devote their time and effort to the elder. However, when the older American does go home after being away for a while, the caregiver's true intentions are never really known until after a few months. One may think that the family member is going to be supportive and help the elderly as much as possible

Family members are faced with many situational factors causing them the difficult decision of placing their elder in a nursing home. They may be experiencing financial, emotional, and mental problems of their own, and all of this can become compounded when caring for their elder. They begin to experience bigger financial problems due to missing work to care for them or providing the material needs of their older relative. Any financial issue that caregiver may have already had is now compounded with that of caring

According to the Sociology text, over four thousand persons aged 15 and over were reported a century ago where many had regarded divorce as a mark of personal failure. Also, the marks on the chart are determined by the divorce rate rose during World War II, when many couples were separated for long periods of time. By the 1950s rates had dropped below three thousand divorces and rose by 1985. These rates are notified to be tripled over the past century.

In the blog post Gender Bias in the Toy Aisles, the author discusses the issue of big-box stores’ gender gap in the toys they market to children, and the difficulty she encounters when trying to find toys for her sons that do not enforce gender bias. Her main point emphasizes the gender gap by pointing to the stylistic choices made by toy companies – girls’ toys are laden with pink and incite feelings of innocence, while boys’ toys are highly ruggedized, typically bearing camouflage or other male stereotypes such as flames. Finally, the author expresses her wish for the toy companies to stop enforcing gender biases to better equip children for their future. The author’s statement on the bias of toys is clearly well-supported.

Since the late 50’s, the divorce rate in America continues to increase. The actual divorce rate in America is approximately between 38% – 40%. There are many causes of divorce in the United States but the most popular causes are financial problems, infidelity, loss of communication, and abuse.

The sanctity of marriage has seemed to have disappeared with the arrival of the 21st century. Though marriage rates have always fluctuated in the past, current events have caused divorce rates to increase. According to recent statistics made by the census bureau, the divorce rate in America is roughly 50 percent. There are a myriad of speculations as to why more people are not staying together. One reason is that people are getting married for the wrong reasons, such as unplanned pregnancies. Another reason is that women have become more independent so that they are not forced in to being in a marriage where they are not happy. Last, lenient divorce laws make it much easier for many couples to get divorced. Combined, these three

In the last 25 years, divorce has become a major issue in American society. Since the turn of the century, the divorce rate has held steady between 4.0-3.2 divorces per 1000 people per year (National Vital Statistics System, 2015). With this rising divorce rate, more children are living between parents, or in single family homes, and many of these children have been exposed to altercations between parents, as well as rough custody battles and divorce settlements. Traumatic experiences like these are highly likely to stick with children of divorce throughout their life, especially if the child is older at the time of the divorce.