The United States Census Bureau reported that thirty percent of Americans have never been married. In the South 11.1 % of women has the highest percentage rate for divorce. Next in the South men have the highest rate of 10.2%. The second highest divorce rate location is in the West. Women still have a higher divorce rate, then men. In the West women divorces rate are 9.8% and men have a rate of 9.2%. The Northeast has the fewest number of divorce rates compared to the South and the West. Women in the Northeast still have a higher percentage of divorce rates than men. When comparing the two, women have a percentage of 7.5% and men have a percentage of 7.2% in the Northeast.
David Blankenhorn is an founder at the institute for Americans. David believes that first we need to accept that we live in a new time era. In this new time era that we live in now marriage has shifted then what it used to be. He explains this by breaking down the era of when our grandparents got married. During our grandparents generation it was forced upon. You didn’t marry a person based on just what satisfied you when you got married you joined a commitment that had authority and you had to act upon any rules given to you. Your freedom was limited and being a woman didn’t make things any easier. Today David Blackenhorn believes before vows were the only meaning that …show more content…
Elaine Taylor May has a similar but yet an different approach of why the statics of divorce are what they are. Elaine believes that now Americans are simply just marrying for love. People now have a more need for commitment and they want to express themselves as a couple through love. Now people don’t need to marry for the same reasons that they needed to back in the past. Elaine also tells us that the decrease and increase is not anything new that we been aware of this back in the past when the birth rate went down and people choose to be
David Blankenhorn is an founder at the institute for Americans. David believes that first we need to accept that we live in a new time era. In this new time era that we live in now marriage has shifted then what it used to be. He explains this by breaking down the era of when our grandparents got married. During our grandparents generation it was forced upon. You didn’t marry a person based on just what satisfied you when you got married you joined a commitment that had authority and you had to act upon any rules given to you. Your freedom was limited and being a woman didn’t make things any easier. Today David Blackenhorn believes before vows were the only meaning that …show more content…
Elaine Taylor May has a similar but yet an different approach of why the statics of divorce are what they are. Elaine believes that now Americans are simply just marrying for love. People now have a more need for commitment and they want to express themselves as a couple through love. Now people don’t need to marry for the same reasons that they needed to back in the past. Elaine also tells us that the decrease and increase is not anything new that we been aware of this back in the past when the birth rate went down and people choose to be