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March 12, 2007
The Implosion of the Nuclear Family in America
51% of Women Are Now Living Without Spouse
For what experts say is probably the first time, more American women are living without a husband than with one, according to a New York Times analysis of census results.
In 2005, 51 percent of women said they were living without a spouse, up from 35 percent in 1950 and 49 percent in 2000.
In the unlikely event that the parents don't get divorced, new houses in the United States are now increasingly being built with two master bedrooms so that the husband and wife won't have to actually sleep together.
Couples that do stay together aren't having sex because the wife doesn't feel obligated.
Coupled with the fact that in 2005 married couples became a minority of all American households for the first time, the trend could ultimately shape social and workplace policies, including the ways government and employers distribute benefits.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-07-18-cohabit-divorce_x.htm
Divorce is on the decline in the USA, but a report to be released today suggests that may be due more to an increase in people living together than to more lasting marriages.
Couples who once might have wed and then divorced now are not marrying at all...
This site makes some compelling arguments, though I'm not sure I agree with them. There is definitely a correlation between women entering the workforce and the divorce rate skyrocketing. However, just because there's a correlation, does not necessarily imply causation.
I personally think it has more to do with the no-fault divorces which went into effect in this country, anhilating the american nuclear family.
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Posted by Peenie Wallie on March 12, 2007 at 01:04 PM
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