Divorce
- Created by: ecotts
- Created on: 13-05-17 16:30
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- Divorce
- The legal termination of a marriage
- Divorce rate= the number of divorces per 1,000 married per year
- Leads to the increase in serial monogamy
- Having several marriages/ partners long term relationships over the course of ones lives
- Increase in Divorce
- Changes in Law
- Laws have made divorce easier
- Women have gained the same rights as men= gender equality
- Divorce is cheaper than ever
- Laws have made divorce easier
- Rising exceptions of marriage
- Couples expect/ demand more from marriage
- Influence and image of marriage portrayed by the media
- Couples expect/ demand more from marriage
- Change attitudes
- Removal of stigma of getting divorce
- Its has now been normalised
- Gain sympathy rather than judgement
- Removal of stigma of getting divorce
- Secularisation
- Religion is losing influence in society
- Less influenced by religious teachings
- Churched have softened stance on divorce
- Religion is losing influence in society
- Changing position of women
- Women no longer dependant of a male
- Women now feel valued and have more rights
- Other reasons
- safer to have sex outside of marriage
- Families have lost functions from other institutions in society
- Less bonds holding the marriage together
- Changes in Law
- The legal termination of a marriage
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