Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think similar patterns can be seen elsewhere in the West. Just for the heck of it, I looked up Danish data, and it shows that while approximately 40% of marriages end in divorce, this percentage is only slightly higher than 30 years ago, and it actually topped in the late 1980s at 45%. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ YNWA On May 31, 2012, at 6:26 AM, Tim Gray wrote: > On May 31, 2012 at 08:25 AM +0530, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: >> Same here. Neela and I are 33 years married. I think the younger >> generation in the West seems to be unable to work through problems >> inherent in a relationship, being brought up the last few decades with a >> very strong sense of entitlement, which percolates down to relationships >> as well. > > Many (most) of my friends are married. We are of the 'younger' generation > and live in the 'West'. They seem to have no problems working through > their problems, including the ones that arise in their relationships. > Many of them have been married for 5+ years. > > Divorce rates have certainly risen in the last couple of decades, but as I > read the data, it's not my generation who seems to have the problem. The > number of divorces sky rocketed in between 1970ish and 1980 [1] [2]. More > or less when the 'younger' generation was born. Marriage rates are seem > to be down in the last 15 years, making the rate rise, but that's no > surprise. After all, we are talking about people whose views are > influenced by being raised by the generation who was responsible for the > big rise in divorce, raised in non-nuclear families. I also know plenty > of people my age who are in long term, healthy relationships who see no > need to get married. > > This was true in 2007 in the US [1]: >> Despite the common notion that America remains plagued by a divorce >> epidemic, the national per capita divorce rate has declined steadily >> since its peak in 1981 and is now at its lowest level since 1970. > > Not too bad for the 'younger' generation. That article attributes the > rise in divorce rate in the 70's in the US to the adoption of no fault > divorce laws in most states. > > I get so sick of broad generalizations of my generation, particularly when > they aren't founded in data or reality, but prejudices of entitlement and > other bullshit. > > [1]: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/mvsr/supp/mv43_09s.pdf > > [2]: > http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/jan/28/divorce-rates-marriage-ons > > [3]: > http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18600304/ns/us_news-life/t/us-divorce-rate-falls-lowest-level > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >