Cheatography
https://cheatography.com
sociology a level
about divorce and how children are effected
some interesting facts about divorce
divorce rates have increased over the last 40-50 years |
divorces in 2012 were 6 times higher than 1961 |
42% of marriages end in divorce |
serial monogamy is now taking place at a higher rate - divorcing and remarrying different partners |
more couples are choosing to cohabit rather than marry |
65% of divorce applications comes from women - most common reason is the uncommon behaviour of her husband |
couples who are more likely to divorce - those who marry young, have a child before marriage, those who cohabit before marriage, when one or both people have been married before |
key words
divorce - legal ending of a marriage gone through court |
Personal life perspective
Divorce can cause many difficulties such as financial problems ( especially for women) |
Smart - divorce has become ’normalised’ |
We now see divorce as being positive ’one transition amongst others in the life source’ |
Marxist
Disrupts society and family structure |
Has a negative impact on males as being breadwinners |
Wouldn’t take into account the female perspective |
|
|
5 non-theoretical reasons for divorce
changes in law |
in 2022 the law changed so couples can get married without giving a reason making it easier to divorce |
| |
equalising the ground - women can also file for divorce 62% of divorces were filed by women |
| |
making divorce cheaper so everyone can afford it but it still costs to try and discourage divorce |
decline stigma and changing attitudes |
becoming more common - around 50% of couples in Western culture have gotten divorced |
| |
more socially acceptable - people aren't looked down upon making people less anxious about getting a divorce |
secularisation (society turns away from religious values) |
religion is losing its power and influence over people as modern society is becoming less religious |
rising expectations of marriage |
people expectations of marriage being really romantic is the leading cause of divorce |
| |
social media has set unrealist expectations of a happy perfect marriage making people comare their lives to social media and therefore become unhappy and get a divorce in hope of getting happier |
woman's increased financial independence |
women working in 1971 - 53% |
| |
women working in 2013 - 67% |
| |
girls normally do better in school than boys meaning girls leave school with higher grades giving them access to higher paying jobs |
| |
the idea of men going to work and women being house wives is disappearing as women are able to earn equal to or more than men making them financially stable on their own and not need a man for support |
|
|
1950s marriages
some people had little choice over who they married |
marriages were often based around econimic factors |
romance was a 'bonus' not an exception. it was not something marriages should be based upon |
high divorce
The meaning of high divorce |
The new right - undesireable |
| |
Undermines the traditional nuclear family |
| |
Creates an underclass of welfare dependant female lone parents |
| |
Leaves young boys without a male role model |
Feminists - high divorce |
High divorce - desirable |
| |
Women’s liberation |
| |
Women are breaking free of the oppression of the patriarchal nuclear family |
Postmodernists - high divorce |
Gives people freedom to choose what they want |
| |
Creates greater family diversity |
Functionalists - high divorce |
High divorce rate does not prove that marriage as a social institution is under threat |
| |
Just shows people high expectations |
| |
High remarriages show a commitment to marriage |
Interactionists |
You need to understand what divorce means to every couple |
| |
You can not generalise about the meaning divorce |
| |
Everybody has different experiences |
Impact of the rise in divorce on children
Roger and Pryor (1998) |
The divorce is only one factor in causing problems in children |
Hetherington (2002) |
For 75% of children divorce has few negative effects |
Jon Bernardo’s (1997) |
Divorce is less damaging than a negative marriage |
New right |
Divorce is eroding the very fabric of society |
Feminists |
Divorce laws have helped women to gain freedom, independence and social equality |
| |
Rising divorce doesn’t mean people are becoming anti-marriage |
| |
40% of marriages are remarriages |
|
Created By
Metadata
Comments
No comments yet. Add yours below!
Add a Comment
More Cheat Sheets by sams sub