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Divorce by Deilis Martinez (FGCU Intro to Sociology)
In the 1950’s, in order to file for divorce, one needed to prove their mate adulterous. Now, there is what’s called a “no fault” divorce. The no fault makes it much easier to divorce; you don’t need to prove anything or show up for court- the decision to divorce is made by the individual. With this new, easier system, divorce rates have doubled from 50 years ago. It is now noted that statistically we are between a 40-50 percent divorce rate.
In recent years there is more of a tendency to marry younger or too soon, which then follows with an early divorce a few years later. This isn’t so much a problem, until children are involved. Then you have single parent homes, with the mother usually caring for the children. When there is an absence of a parent, children tend to develop differently mentally. They don’t have the moral support of both of their parents, and many times the mother is working to support the home, so there is a partial absence on her part. Which then leads the child to get into things that a child with both parents in the home might not, such as violence, or alcohol and drug abuse. These children search for that attention they’ve lacked, and they find it in all the wrong places. Along with that, children in divorced families are shown to have a poor learning capacity compared to those who live in two parent homes. They also have higher drop out rates.
So, what does that say about our future generations? Divorce has a major effect on society, because of the development in characters for the new growing generations. These children will grow and most likely follow in their parents footsteps. It is a dirty cycle. It is changing the norms of society as far as the sanctity of marriage goes, and will completely change the structure of family for years to come.