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I see marriage failures or catastrophic divorce rates bandied about a lot in these types of societal decay rants, and it bothers me. The divorce rate has been d
by cwal37 11y ago
I see marriage failures or catastrophic divorce rates bandied about a lot in these types of societal decay rants, and it bothers me. The divorce rate has been dropping for decades[1]. A proposed reason for that actually has to do with more equitable opportunities in career, in that women are more free to pursue a career of their choice, and so value systems have realigned to where marriages could be based more on couples being partners, with similar interests and ambitions.
[1] http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/04/upshot/how-we-know-the-divorce-rate-is-falling.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/04/upshot/how-we-know-the-div...
- alexashka 11y agoYou must be confusing me with somebody else - I'm not pointing out decay so much as abysmal state of affairs. Whether things are decaying or not - you can look up how much the prices for the basic human necessities like housing and food have gone up in relation to wages. From what I recall there's no question the middle and lower classes are getting screwed right? Anyhow one can be wrong with 1 instance out of 10, the overall picture remains the same. What you're doing is referred to as nitpicking :)