Ms. Hooks
English 101
November 7, 2013
Till Divorce Do Us Part
Abstract: In 1900 America, the divorce rate was only 7%. Today the United
States has one of the highest divorce rates in the Western World with 40-50%
or marriages ending in divorce. This will explore the factors in our country
today that have caused such a dramatic change in the past one hundred
years.
Divorce is a well-known concept to us today. It has become a regular
occurrence in our society. It is easy to forget that it was not always this way,
and that divorce has both affected and been affected by many different
love is often a disappointment to new couples and can even lead to divorce.
During the first stage of attraction between a couple, the brain produces
more adrenaline, causing a rise in energy and excitement and dopamine, the
testosterone, which causes a stronger sex drive. Within less than a year this
playfully named Honeymoon phase ends and the chemical serotonin kicks
in. The serotonin inhibits the extra production of adrenaline and dopamine.
Divorce is most common among new marriageswithin the first eight years
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of marriagenot long after the couples excess of adrenaline production has
stopped. This phenomenon supports the statistic that the United States has a
the John Hopkins University Press, At the beginning of the twentieth century,
one American child in ten lived in a single-parent home, giving the United
States the highest divorce rate in the Western world. This process of
chemical re-balance is often mistaken for a loss of love and is easily used as
Especially for the poor working class, women were pressured into marriage
on the basis of economic assurance for them and their families. Divorce was
only granted to men. Divorce then was rare, and even by 1900 the divorce
rate was only seven percent. Before the World War II era, women were not a
part of the workforce. Womens main, if not only role in society was to be
married young and begin having children and raise a family. But as we know,
because of the lack of manpower during World War II, women began
integrating into the workforce to eventually become the powerful force they
are in almost every industry today. This has caused the women of America to
gain well-deserved power in the workforce, but has made many women put
statistic that 59% of 18-29 year olds were married in 1960 in contrast to the
20% in 2010. But this rising marriage age doesnt help women who do
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eventually want children, seeing as women have a limited number of
childbearing years.
Many women who want families begin nearing the end of their
childbearing years without a serious partner. This can easily cause a couple
to rush into a marriage, sacrificing the crucial dating and engagement period
courtship period leads to a higher level of later marital satisfaction. The pre-
marriage stage of the relationship gives a couple time to figure out if they
truly do want to spend the rest of their life together and have the same
ideals about raising children. My parents were one of these couples that
rushed into a marriage wanting children. They were both already in their
thirties when they were married. Both knew they wanted children but neither
had a serious partner. They had four children, but by the time my youngest
brother Peter was born my mother was forty-one. Her doctors were very
nervous about her delivering a baby at such a late age, seeing as the risk for
the ideology that the family is the precious central unit of society and should
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be governed by religious morals. Christian denominations of churches have
my mother and father got divorced and my mother got remarried, she was
deal to my family and to our home church. There has been a significant
decline in regular church attendance in our country. Today only about twenty
any given weekend. This statistic put together with the correlation between
my parents ended up much happier apart than they did together. However,
the rapid increase of divorce in this country is cause for concern. People
the factor that changed. Because divorce no longer has the stigma it once
marital issues. People are not urged by a church official to avoid divorce. The
rush of our lives have caused us to stop taking the crucial time to get to
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