Divorce Flashcards
What are the 7 parts for divorce?
Changes in law, Declining stigma, Secularisation, Rising expectations of marriage, CPOW, Feminists arguments, STRETCH: modernity and individualisation
What is the matrimonial causes act and what year?
1857 - men could divorce unfaithful wives
What year was the equalised divorce? What year was legal aid? What was the act in 1984?
1923, 1949, legislation reduced the amount of time to be married before getting a divorce
What year is divorce reform act? When was the family law act and what is it? What happened in 2007? What year is the same sex marriage?
1969, 1996 and mediation before divorce, appeal court ruling (50-50 split), 2014
EVALUATION: what has changed towards divorce now?
Public attitudes towards divorce
What did Juliet Mitchel and Jack Goody (1997) say about stigma?
There has been a rapid decline since the 1960s
What has divorce become more off these days?
More socially acceptable and more common so it begins to get normalised
Which 3 family patterns tend to be fairly traditional?
- most children are brought up by couples
- couples marry
- couples re - marry
How do churches view divorce now and do people care about religious views?
Churches have softened their views on divorce and divorcees and people don’t care about religious views when it comes to divorce.
EVALUATION: do Church of England people allow divorces? is there still a demand for religious weddings?
Yes they allow people to even get remarried. Yes
What does Ronald Fletcher (1966) say about marriage today?
There is higher expectations if it and couples nowadays are less willing to tolerate in an unhappy marriage.
What is romantic love based on and how is today’s marriage viewed?
It is based on mutual love rather than economic reasons or duty and marriage today is viewed as where individuals seek personal fulfilment and not a binding contract.
EVALUATION: what does fletcher (functionalist) say? what do feminists say?
They have an optimistic view so they fail to explain why women are more likely to seek divorce. Oppression of women
How does women’s economic position affect divorce?
Their economic position will make them less financially dependent on their husbands and so it will be freer to end an unsatisfactory marriage rather than tolerating the conflict.
Do men get paid more than women?
Yes they get paid more but there is a narrowed paid gap
How does education and welfare benefits help women?
Girls greater success in education helps them achieve better jobs and the welfare benefits will make them be less dependent on their husbands.
EVALUATION: What are women now which creates conflict between husband and wives? What do feminists say about patriarchy?
Women now are earners and homemakers which creates conflict. Marriage remains patriarchal as it benefits men with the triple shift
What do feminists say about the dual burden?
It will lead to conflict which will then lead to divorce.
What is public and private sphere?
Public sphere is legal changes so real progress and private sphere is changes remain slow so marriage will remain patriarchal
What does Hochschild (1997) say?
Women are more values at work than at home as men will resist housework.
What does Sigle Rushton (2007) say about women?
Women are less likely to get a divorce when they have an active role in housework
What does Bernaid say about women and patriarchy?
Women are dissatisfied with patriarchal marriage and will reject it
EVALUATION: what does cooke and gash (2010) say about working women? What does the new right say?
There is no evidence of working women are more likely to divorce. They say the nuclear family is essential.
What do Beck (1992) and Giddens (1992) say about modern society and what will this result in?
That traditional norms are disappearing and this will result in individuals pursuing their one self interst
