Divorce Cause and Effect
Essay by Marry • April 18, 2011 • Essay • 1,017 Words (5 Pages) • 5,314 Views
From the past to the present, couples everywhere have in some time both determined to "live the rest of their lives together" or in other words get married. But in all the happiness, and marriages; there is always some couples that aren't able to maintain their relationship; Thus causing them to get a divorce, causing them to think its solution to deal with problems between each other. A lot of people (couples) think carefully before they get married. Nowadays however, it seems that the divorce rates are drastically increasing; making it seem as though divorces are easier to happen now than in the past. There are three common causes that lead to divorce: changing woman's roles, stress in modern living and lack of communication.
The first cause of divorce is when women completely change their roles. In the past, it was supposed to be the man works, earning money that the woman lives off of, and that he supports the family, and home with. Him doing this while the woman stayed home and only did housework. When this was the case, it was too difficult for most women to separate from their husbands who supported them. While in modern day, these situations have entirely changed. There is an equality between the roles that both the men and women in relationships play. Now women work outside to earn money, while men share the household tasks such as cooking, cleaning, and washing as well as caring for children. It is clearly portrayed that women are now independent for working and making money. Rather then resting and relying on the man to earn money support their living cost, when they can do the same on their own. This being one of the reasons as to why the divorce rates have rose.
Another reason that divorce has become to common is stress in modern living. Many people, who live in today's modern world have certain pressures for them to earn money. These circumstances not only put people under stress but it causes them to do poorly in many things such as work. This causing Some people to be laid off from their companies; consequently the thought of losing their job causes stress to even come back home to their family, which leads to arguments, and disputes that eventually can lead to divorce. Some families earn money, but it's not enough to cover their living expenses, therefore it makes them think about divorce. Nevertheless, unemployment rates are rising right beside divorce rates. It is no doubt that the stress in modern living can lead to couples getting a divorce.
The third cause of most people getting a divorce is the lack of communication between the couple. Tending to the financial status in each family, with both the man and the woman working, most people are fairly busy. With this reason being, the couples have hardly any time to talk to their partners about problems they have, which sometimes angers the other, which causes fights and arguments, leading further to divorce. Some couples are quiet about problems that they have dealing with each
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