Divorce

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  • Created by: rallan15
  • Created on: 11-06-20 17:32
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  • Divorce
    • Changes in the law
      • Divorce used to be extremely difficult to obtain in 19th Cent. Britain
      • Gradual changes in the law made divorce easier
        • Equalising grounds of divorce between the sexes
        • Widening the grounds of divorce
        • Making divorce cheaper
    • Declining stigma
      • Divorce has been stigmatised in the past
      • Divorce has now been 'normalised'
      • This stigma has declined and divorce is normalised
    • Secularisation
      • Many churches have now softened their views on divorce
      • The traditional religion inspired belief of opposition now carries less weight
      • The decline of religious influence in society

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