Name 3 changes in the law that has caused an increase in divorce?
1923 Equal grounds between the sexes for divorce, 1949 law made divorce cheaper and 1969 Divorce Reform Act
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Who argues there has been a decline in stigma and changes attitudes to divorce leading to increased amount?
Mitchell and Goody (1997)
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Who argues that divorce rates are higher than in the past because of rising expenctations of marriage so are no loner willing to tolerate unhappy marriages?
Fletcher (1966)
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Why has secularisation caused higher rates of divorce?
People ares less likely to be influcenced by religious teachings when making decsions about marriage. Cohabitation no longer living in sin.
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Why has womens increased finacial inderpendence caused an increase in divorce
No longer have to stay in unhappy marriage for fiancial sercuirty, also no rush to get married to live outside the family home as can achive this on their own
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What is RF explanation for the increase in divorce?
Bernard (1976) Many women still feel there is an oppressive nature to marriage, no longer have to stay because they are not dependent on their husbands. Also, duel burden has created conflict leading to more divorces
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What is the modernity explantion for the increase of divorce?
Giddens(1995) freer to pursue self-interest so will spend more time delaying marriage to find the right person and, put an end to unhappy marriages. Also women may want to put career first causing marital breakdown or delaying marriage.
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Name one Stat on the reduction of Marriage
9.5 marriages per thousand women
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What's the average age for marriage for men and women?
Men - 32, Women - 30
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explain changing attitudes to marriage
More freedom and individual choice to pick what type of relationship they want. Belief quality time between the couple is more important then its legal status
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Why secularisation caused marriage rates too decreased ?
religions influence has declined so people are freer to choose not to marry
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Provide a stat to prove secularisation has affected the decline of marriage rates
only 3% of young people with no realign are married in comparison to 17% who are religous
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There has been a decline in stigma attached to alternatives of marriages, give examples
Cohabitation, same sex, one person households, LATs
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Why has changes in the position of women caused the decline in marriage rates
Women no longer have to get married for finical independence and, have more career and educational prospects
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Provide the general trends of parents and children
- more children now being born outside of marriage
- Women are having fewer children
-Lone parent and reconstituted families are increasing
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Provide 2 stats on childbearing
47% children being born outside of marriage which is double since 1986, More women remain childless and women having kids later (28.1)
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Provide reasons for the changes in childbearing
- Women protein have changed to personal success
- Couples choosing not to marry (attitudes changing, secularisation
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What do RF think on the changes in childbearing?
Women no longer need to be heterosexual to have kids(IVF), believe its liberating for women to be free of man and can have a child out of wedlock to avoid Patriarchy
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What do NR think of changes to childbearing?
Against- out of wedlock more likely to commit anti-social behaviour
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What do postmodernists think of changes to childbearing?
People pick and choose to get pregnant do way of doing it anymore
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Provide stats on the increase in Lone parent families
LPF 22% all families with children, 1 in 4 children live in LPF
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Reasons for patterns in LPF
- greater number of divorces
-reduction of stigma attached to births outside of marriage
- LPF more likely to be female headed
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Give stat for increase in reconstituted families (step)
Reconstituted families make up 10% of families with dependent families
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Provide reasons for increase in reconstituted families (step)
- Divorce and separatism
- children more likely to come from women relationship because children are more likely to stay with mum
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
What has happened since the 1960's
Back
An increase in divorce
Card 3
Front
How many divorce applications are from women?
Back
Card 4
Front
Name 3 changes in the law that has caused an increase in divorce?
Back
Card 5
Front
Who argues there has been a decline in stigma and changes attitudes to divorce leading to increased amount?
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