The United States does not have the highest nonmaritial birthrate of any country in the world. The United States has 4 in 10 births in 2009 were to unmarried women. However, compared to some countries. the united states has a low proportion of birtyhs outside of marriage. Two-thirds of births in Iceland and more than half of births in France, Sovenia, Mexico, Estonia, Norway, and Sweden are out of wed lock(138).
Two perspective on the state of marriage in the United States are the martial decline perspective and the martial resiliency perspective. Martial decline perspective is a pessimistic view of the current state of marriage that includes ther beliefs that (1) persona; happiness has become more important than martial commitment and family obligations and (2) the decline in lifelong marriage and the increase in single-parent families have contributed to a variety of social problems. Martial resiliency perspective is a view olf the current state of marriage that includes the beliefs that (1) poverty, unemployment, poorly funded school, discrimination, and the …show more content…
Intimate partner violence is a actual or threatened violent crimes committed against individuals by their current or former spouses, cohabiting pasrtners, boyfriends, or girlfriends. In the United States, women are more than four times more likety to be victims of IPV than are men (Bureau of Justice Statistics 2011). When women assault their male partners, the assaults tend to be acts of retaliation or self-defense (Johnson 2001 ; Swan et al. 2008). Intimate partner abuse also takes tyher form of sexual aggression, which refers to sexual intyeraction that occurs against one's will through the use4 of physical force, threat of force, pressure, use of alcohol ro drugs, or use of position of authority
Two perspective on the state of marriage in the United States are the martial decline perspective and the martial resiliency perspective. Martial decline perspective is a pessimistic view of the current state of marriage that includes ther beliefs that (1) persona; happiness has become more important than martial commitment and family obligations and (2) the decline in lifelong marriage and the increase in single-parent families have contributed to a variety of social problems. Martial resiliency perspective is a view olf the current state of marriage that includes the beliefs that (1) poverty, unemployment, poorly funded school, discrimination, and the …show more content…
Intimate partner violence is a actual or threatened violent crimes committed against individuals by their current or former spouses, cohabiting pasrtners, boyfriends, or girlfriends. In the United States, women are more than four times more likety to be victims of IPV than are men (Bureau of Justice Statistics 2011). When women assault their male partners, the assaults tend to be acts of retaliation or self-defense (Johnson 2001 ; Swan et al. 2008). Intimate partner abuse also takes tyher form of sexual aggression, which refers to sexual intyeraction that occurs against one's will through the use4 of physical force, threat of force, pressure, use of alcohol ro drugs, or use of position of authority