changing patterns + family diversity = divorce Flashcards
how many marriages now end in divorce?
40%
how much more are ppl getting divorced than 50 years ago?
six times
what are some reasons for higher divorce rates?
legal changes, less stigma, secularisation, higher expectations of marriage, women’s financial independence
what are some legal changes to divorce?
equalising ground between sexes (1923), widening the grounds - 1969 ‘irritable breakdown, and cheaper divorce (and new 2022 law)
in 1960s what rapdidly declined (esp in churches)
stigma towards divorce
according to WILSON what is loosing influence?
religious institutions and ideas
what does (functionalist) Fletcher say is the cause of higher divorce rates?
higher expectations
what is fletchers idea linked to ?
confluent love - relationships based purely on love - no longer any reasons to stay together
who’s says about confluent love?
giddens
why are functionalists optimistic?
high rate of re-marriage shows divorcees haven’t rejected marriage
what creates a new source of marital conflict?
women becoming wage earners
women are treated equally at work but what are they expected to do at home?
triple shift - awareness of patriarchal oppression at home
who petitions the most divorces and by what %?
women and 70%
what do Beck and Giddens argue happens in late modernity?
trad. norms ( monogamy) lose their hold - individuals become free to pursue their own self-interest
if a marriage fails to meet personal fulfilment whats likely to happen?
divorce
