MMFBD #8 Why Such Changes?
- Created by: shanbrookes8742
- Created on: 06-05-15 21:12
View mindmap
- Why Such Changes?
- Fear of divorce:
- With rising divorce rates, some may be put off marrying as they see the increased likelihood of marriage ending in divorce.
- Changing attitudes to marriage:
- There is less pressure to marry and more freedom for individuals to choose the type of relationship they want
- Changes in the position of women:
- With better educational and career prospects, many women are now less economically dependant on men
- The growing impact of the feminist view that marriage is an oppressive patriarchal institution may also prevent women from marrying.
- Seculari-sation:
- The churches are in favour of marriage, but as their influences decline, people feel freer to choose not to marry.
- For example, only 3% of young people with no religion were married, as against up to 17% of those with a religion
- Declining stigma attached to alternatives to marriage:
- Cohabitation, remaining single, and having children outside of marriage are now widely regarded as acceptable, so that pregnancy would no longer lead to a "shotgun weddings"
- Wilkinson (1994)
- This means that many young people are postponing marriage and family life until after their careers are established.
- She argues the young females no longer priorities marriage and children, as their mothers and grandmothers did.
- This is supported by the supported by the statistics which shows that births of women ages between 35-39 have dramatically decreased in the last 20 years.
- Notes that female attitudes towards marriage and family life have undergone a radical change or "gender quake".
- Other feminists are sceptical about the value of marriage.
- Smith (2001)
- Argues that marriage creates unrealistic expectations about monogamy and faithfulness in a world characterised bisexual freedom. She argues that at different points in peoples life cycles, people need different things that often can only be gained from a new partner.
- Smith (2001)
- Fear of divorce:
Comments
No comments have yet been made