The divorce rate over time does not support this argument. https://cdn.carrot.com/uploads/sites/24362/2021/03/Divorce-Rate-1950-Present-Divorce-Rate-In-US-Divor

The divorce rate over time does not support this argument. https://cdn.carrot.com/uploads/sites/24362/2021/03/Divorce-Rate-1950-Present-Divorce-Rate-In-US-Divorce-Rate-In-America-2.jpg https://cdn.carrot.com/uploads/sites/24362/2021/03/Divorce-R... Divorce rates spiked after it became easier to get one through no-fault divorce, and slowly reduced from there. Now, we need to consider the difference between that and cohabiting couples, but the other piece is that there were a lot of unhappy marriages that had no escape until no-fault divorce. They weren't better about talking about everything, but they were even worse at bucking societal expectation.