In his essay Kramer equates elevated divorce rates with social progress lending credence to the narcissistic perspective of "me" not "we" thereby trivializing the institution marriage. ... " In her article she addresses the divorce rate of 40% to 50% (O'Shea). ... Though Kramer is correct in his assumption that the women of the 1970's no longer required a man to support them, the increase in divorce rates did not signal social progress, it signaled the beginning of the "me" era. ... Sauter, and Melly Alazraki of NBC News wrote "Oklahoma T...

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In this world, where the divorce rate is higher than the marriage success rate, it easier to give a reason why we should not get married than it is to give a reason why we should marry. As a person who got married over one year ago last Saturday I can say that when I announced to my friends that I was getting married a majority of the people I spoke to asked me one of two questions. ... I found a person who I could talk to about my hopes and dreams, a person I could laugh with, a person I could confide in when things weren't going the way I would like, and someone who was there for me i...

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Divorce is an ever growing problem in the United States, and according to statistical figures, the rate will soon climb to a 50 percent divorce rate, and the rate of divorces couples with children is around 28-32 percent (Debrod). ... Although the relationship has tremendously deteriorated since he left, I still worry that he will leave me, and no longer care about me. ... Hearing them yelling at each other only made matters worse, and made me more frightened. ... Who would take me to live with them? ... And sometimes I felt as though their anger was directed at me. ...

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It is to me. ... The divorce rate in this country is around 50% (or so last I heard). ... Marriage is a sacred institution to me. ... To me marriage will always be sacred, and always be between a man and a woman. No law or person can convince me otherwise. ...

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This is a problem that society is trying is to fix but it is not working because rates are continuing to go up. ... (The Cause of High Birth Rate p.87) Pregnancy at a young age destroys the life of the baby's parents, especially the mother. ... (The Cause of High Birth Rate" p.88) Many teenagers engage in the sex for all the wrong reasons. ... (The Cause of High Birth Rate p.89) Many teenagers don't even consider using contercepatives so they do get pregnant. ... But every teenage has it in their head that "It won't happen to me" But it will if they are not pregnant. ...

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This appears to me to show that our government is rewarding those who are married, because less taxes are taken from a married adult than that from a single, but a married couple is able to claim more of a tax break on there taxes. ... Although many of these single adults are raising children, they still are forced to pay higher taxes, unemployment rates, receive fewer job benefits, and receive fewer discounts. ... This to me seems to be a Catch 22. If they remarry after their spouse passes on they will loose benefits that have been left to them from their spouse but if they do not re...

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Divorce rates have gone up consistently throughout the decades. ... It was very amusing for me, but it wasn't as entertaining for her. ... Divorce rates have gone up consistently during the last three decades of the 20th century, but is still considered an improper act. Actually, Raanana holds the record for the highest divorce rates in Israel. ... The whole marriage procedure reminds me of the orthodox "Shiduch". ...

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Reality Is Immorality "Uh, Mom and Dad, would you maybe like to pick out a set of gorgeous twins for me to date? ... Sounds more like a sexual fantasy to me. ... Call me conservative, but I don't want America's children thinking it is acceptable behavior to get engaged to someone because they"re rich. ... Maybe, but with the divorce rate higher than ever and still rising, American television does not need to endorse marriage in this context, and call it reality on top of it. ... Consequently, fewer people will be getting married; therefore the divorce rate goes down. ...

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The divorce rate has risen since the 1950's. ... The rates have really risen since then because it is felt that if a person is not happy in a relationship that this person should end it. ... Because of these high rate before couples marry they go through a certain amount of hours of marriage counseling. This is supposed to decrease the rate of divorce. ... There were no guidelines for me when I walked out the door. ...

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Some may say it's a learning process and others will say it's a teaching process, but to me it is both learning and a teaching process. ... Two individuals get together and form a family and through faith they try to hard to make it work but continually the divorce rate grows. ... To me I feel that the substance of a relationship is no different after you get married. ...

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Until that time, Canada had one of the lowest divorce rates in the Western World, this is because opinions by social and religious leaders condemned divorce as a threat to the family. ... The cycle continued while the divorce rate soared. ... The lessening of religious and social sanctions against divorce and also the movement towards a more ""me""-oriented ethnic which stresses self-actualization over maintenance of the family unit. All of these factors suggest that an increased divorce rate may be an indication that expectations about the quality of marriage have risen and that many people p...

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The highest divorce rates ever recorded were in the 1970s and early 1980s. Since then the divorce rate actually has decreased a little, but it still remains at a historically high rate.... As a friend, there was only so much I could do, especially since I did not know the pain they were feeling, which made it hard for me to relate to them. ... It was a long and difficult journey, but through the help of me and the counselor, my friend understands that it was none of their own fault. ...

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It shocks me that there are unplanned pregnancies at all in this age of advanced birth control technologies not to mention abstinence. ... There have been a lot of studies released in recent years talking about how the fact that when a couple lives together before marriage their marital success rate drops significantly. ... This perspective is coming from someone who can't imagine having sex with someone that I don't like so bear with me. ... Marriage to me means so much more than a piece of paper. ...

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"Daddy left because I didn't clean up my room like he told me to last week." ... Length of courtship: Divorce rates are higher for those having a brief dating period. ... Education: Divorce rates are higher for those with fewer years of schooling. ... Residence: Divorce rates are higher in urban areas than in rural areas. ... Divorce rates are higher for Protestants than for Catholics or Jews. ...

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It's bad enough to me if same-sex marriages were to be legalized, but some children these days are being raised by homosexual parents. ... People might state that the divorce rate is high enough so what would be the harm of allowing same-sex marriages. I don't see how this would bring the divorce rate down. Just because they are the same sex, does not mean that the divorce rate will remain steady or drop. ...

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Our society should take the blame for the high divorce rate in this country. ... The easy access of divorce in our country results in a higher rate of broken homes. ... My experience gave me structure in life that changed my outlook and belief that my children will not go through the same situation that my step kids had to experience. ... Banning divorces in this country could minimize the rate of broken homes, unless there's a valid reason for getting a divorce, such as family abandonment, alcoholism, and abusive relationships. ...

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Pledgers have rates of sexually transmitted diseases similar to other teens, and are less likely to use contraception in the event that they do engage in sexual intercourse.... Contraceptive effectiveness, abortion rates, and many scientific facts are included in their lectures. ... Between 1991 and 2004, the teen birth rate dropped from 6.2% to 4.1%. ... A recent Colombia University study found that "virginity pledge" programs still had an 88% rate of premarital sex. ... I had to depend on the Internet, friends, and parents to relay the real information to me, which may not have bee...

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It was found that drug and alcohol abuse are the third most common reason for divorce, which clearly made sense of why the rates of separation are higher among alcoholics, than the general population. ... This section convinced me that this is a meaningful subject. ... The author thoroughly describes how he did the study and everything made sense to me. ...

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Children are born into this world totally depended on their parents for their survival. Parents are expected to provide unlimited care, protection, and emotional support to their children. Although there are numerous awards naturally in parenting; a child can never be expected to fulfill their paren...

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So how anyone believes someone does not have the right to make a decision about his or her own body is beyond me and it strikes a very personal chord. ... Unfortunately something changes with a binding document, and it ruins a lot of things, maybe it's something on a subconscious level that no psychiatrist has diagnosed yet, I think as a society we over rate things and when we experience them for ourselves we are disappointed. ... I do not ever want to let myself be in the position where I have to rely on someone else to take care of me again, physically or...

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I often here the saying sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me. ... I want them to feel my power over them, but I do not want them to fear me. The last thing I want in my life is for my kids to fear me, it would make me feel like I failed as a parent. ... Did you know the divorce rate of married couples is now fifty percent? ...

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However, the author claims that this was not a good idea because it increased the rate of maternal and infant mortality in the region. ... Reading the book enabled me to realize that even though there are different human cultures around the globe in the ways people deal and adopt to the man-made and natural environment surrounding them, there is one aspect that affects every human being. ... This resulted into incompatibility and unhappiness among the married partners, which she claimed was the major causes of most divorce in America even though the rate of divorce in Mali were low since women...

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This could be due to an increasingly high divorce rate, currently standing at one in every three marriages in the UK. ... This leads to single parent families and a growth in divorce rates. ... The use of cheap labour and dangerous environments led to an increase in the infant mortality rate, therefore dismissing the quality of life in childhood. ...

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These vaccinations have also brought a significant decrease in infant mortality rates. ... This means the death rates of Shuar warriors has drastically fallen, leading to more reproduction. ... In past generations of Shuar, it was typical for a man to marry two or more wives; this was due to the fact that there were more women compared to men due to the death rates in the headhunting wars. ... Finally the father of the boy would ask with great sincerity, "Will you give me your daughter to join my family as though she were my own? ...

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The divorce rate has quadrupled form 4.3 million in 1970 to 18.3 million in 1996 (quoted form census bureau's release about its marital status and living arrangements). ... "Since the introduction of "no-fault divorce" in Canada 30 years ago, the rate of marital break-up has soared 600%. ... Children, in the mist of all of their confusion, usually turn to God to ask Him the one question that remains on their minds, and that is, "why me?" ...

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