As stated by the famous comedian Kevin Hart, “There’s a positive to every negative. Even my divorce. If you go back and look at it, why it happened or how it happened, there’s something in there that’ll make you laugh” (Hart, Brainy Quotes). Although some who go through divorce can find some humor in the situation, the fact of the matter is that divorce is a serious issue that has become an epidemic. Research shows that about 50 percent of all marriages end in divorce (Baker). The purpose of this paper is to discuss the role of an individual in a divorce, the influence of society on marriage/divorce and the role we can play to improve the situation. When looking at the research, the success rates of marriage are declining as divorce rates continue
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The entertainment industry has glamorized early marriages. It is portrayed as fun and exciting without highlighting the realistic aspects of marriage. There seems to be an over emphasis of the positive while down-playing the negative. Knowing that the brain is not fully developed in younger adults, they fall victims to these false portrayals of marriage. Society also highlights the political and financial perks of marriage. The media emphasis on marrying rich. Therefore, individuals have enormous amounts of expectations and high standards. This leading to faulty marriages and ultimately divorce. This should be a great concern of society because, among other things, divorce increases vulnerability in women, men, and children, reducing many of them to poverty and utter deprivation. Societies overall population is affected by how children are raised and their journey to adulthood. According to The Impact of Divorce on Our Society, “Children living with a single mother are six times more likely to live in poverty as those who live with two biological parents.” These children are more likely to end up in jail or prison as an adult. Also with a large chance of continuing to live in poverty their entire lives. According to the text book Sociology in Our Times, “Single-parent families headed by women in 2011 had a 31.2 percent poverty rate as compared with a 16.1 percent rate for male-householder-with-no-wife-present families and a 6.2 percent rate for married-couple two-parent families” (Kendall, 244). This, leaves a large population far less likely to attend a college or university than children from non-divorced
The entertainment industry has glamorized early marriages. It is portrayed as fun and exciting without highlighting the realistic aspects of marriage. There seems to be an over emphasis of the positive while down-playing the negative. Knowing that the brain is not fully developed in younger adults, they fall victims to these false portrayals of marriage. Society also highlights the political and financial perks of marriage. The media emphasis on marrying rich. Therefore, individuals have enormous amounts of expectations and high standards. This leading to faulty marriages and ultimately divorce. This should be a great concern of society because, among other things, divorce increases vulnerability in women, men, and children, reducing many of them to poverty and utter deprivation. Societies overall population is affected by how children are raised and their journey to adulthood. According to The Impact of Divorce on Our Society, “Children living with a single mother are six times more likely to live in poverty as those who live with two biological parents.” These children are more likely to end up in jail or prison as an adult. Also with a large chance of continuing to live in poverty their entire lives. According to the text book Sociology in Our Times, “Single-parent families headed by women in 2011 had a 31.2 percent poverty rate as compared with a 16.1 percent rate for male-householder-with-no-wife-present families and a 6.2 percent rate for married-couple two-parent families” (Kendall, 244). This, leaves a large population far less likely to attend a college or university than children from non-divorced