changing patterns of divorce
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- Created on: 08-01-20 09:52
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- changing patterns of divorce
- Divorce has decreased because marriage has decreased
- divorce stats lack validity because it only records legal acts of divorce. doesn't include couples that have seperated
- as marriage decreases, divorce increases
- pre 1857 - divorce was non existent
- Matrimonial Causes Act 1857 - men could divorce unfaithful wives
- Divorce Reform Act 1969
- Matrimonial Causes Act 1857 - men could divorce unfaithful wives
- Declining Stigma & Changing Attitudes
- Mitchell & Goody
- an important change since the 1960s has been the rapid decline in the stigma attached to divorce
- Mitchell & Goody
- Women's increased financial independence
- improvements in their economic position have made them less financially dependent on their husband
- women today are more likely to be in paid work
- equal pay and anti-discrimination laws have helped to narrow the pay gap
- girls achieve greater success in education, this helps them get better paid jobs
- availability of welfare benefits mean that women dont have to be financially dependent on husband
- Rising expectations of marriage
- Ronald Fletcher - higher expectations of marriage make couples less willing to tolerate unhappy marriage
- Allan & Crow - marriage is increasingly viewed as a relationship in which individuals seek personal fulfilment
- this encourages couples to divorce if they do not find it
- Feminist Explanations
- Dual Burden & Triple Shift
- this has created a new source of conflict between husband and wives, and this is leading to a higher divorce rate
- Hoschild - women feel valued at work. At home, housework is a source of frustration that makes marriage less stable
- Rushton - mothers who have a dual burden\ triple are shift are more likely to divorce than non working mothers
- Bernard - many women grow a dissatisfaction with patriarchal marriage
- Dual Burden & Triple Shift
- Modernity & Individualisation
- in modern society, traditional norms, such as the duty to remain with the same partner for life, lose their hold over individuals
- Giddens - the Pure Reationship - a relationship that exists solely to satisfy each partners needs
- this results in higher divorce rates
- Beck & Beck-Gernsheim - individualisation - women are now expected to work and are encouraged to pursue their own individual career ambitions
- this c an cause a conflict of interest between spouses and contribute to marital breakdown
- Postmodern - positive - gives people the freedom to choose what they want. Negative - becoming selfish in a relationship and other areas of life
- Functionalist - negative for society however increased remarriage shows a commitment to maintaining a traditional family
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