Relationship of Divorce, Death, and Women's Rights?
Are marriage and family relationships really worse now than in previous generations?
I have been wondering about the rates of divorce and broken homes in current times compared to past centuries.
Divorce or changing spouses was present in previous generations, or family members did not have as long of life expectancies, leading to shorter durations of marriage.
Women also did not have the same rights as they do today.
Is there any link to expanded rights for women causing increased divorce, or are there other factors fueling the problem?
Considering the numbers of families in the past, who experienced the loss of a parent... through death or some other means... is there really a difference in today's single parent families as far as the outcome for the children? Are the numbers all that different other than the cause being divorce or death of one of the parents?