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4.4 Marraige, Divorce and family diversity - Coggle Diagram

- - - - since then this number has declined
      - despite some small booms, the marriage rate has not come close to this again
      - marriage rate for men falling steeper than marriage rate for women
  - - - Agree with question that marriage is important institution
      - Patricia morgan marriage remain a pillarstone in british society.
      - Morgan argues that marriage is centrally important to society,morality and social order as it involves unique attachments ,obligations and mutual expectations.
      - Marriage important for social stability
      - Blame government policy and secularisation for decline in marriage
    - - Feminists argue that the 1970s saw a cultural attitude shift towards the idea of marriage as a personal and intimate relationship that needs to be achieved and sustained
      - Feminists claim that this led to changes in the nature of marriage
      - askham(1984)research showed how both spouses saw compromise and negotiation as essential.see marriage as a significant practical and emotion effort
      - People are marrying later rather than not marrying at a
- - - - Divorce leads to single parent households.
      - Divorce can have a negative effect on mental health
      - Marriage makes people healthier
      - Children from divorce more likely to not perform in school
      - Children from divorce more likely to engage in anti social behaviour
      - Divorce is a serious financial burden on individuals
      - Effect of individuals leads to a effect on society as these children grow up to not be part of society and become detrimental to the economy as the government have to support them
    - - Empty shell marriages are more damaging to children than divorce.
      - Women now economically strong enough to support and raise a child on there own,
      - Marriage inherently patriarchal and divorce is freeing for women with the majority of divorces being instigated by women.
      - Triple shift arguments as well as Women tend to take the primary role in raising a child anyway.
      - Increasing divorce rate shows a shift in attitudes and does not necessarily can be linked to a detrimental effect on society rather simply showing women have more freedom
    - - Empty shell marriages are more damaging to children than divorce.
      - Women now economically strong enough to support and raise a child on there own,
      - Marriage inherently patriarchal and divorce is freeing for women with the majority of divorces being instigated by women.
      - Triple shift arguments as well as Women tend to take the primary role in raising a child anyway.
      - Increasing divorce rate shows a shift in attitudes and does not necessarily can be linked to a detrimental effect on society rather simply showing women have more freedom
- - - - Patrica morgan(2000) mockingly refers to cohabitation as marriage lite as it does not have the same responsibility
      - Argue that it is replacing firing
      - Argues cohabiting couples are less happy and successful than marriage
    - - See cohabitation as better for women than marriage as it is easy to get out of if it becomes abusive or no longer works
      - Cohabitation is also a good trial for marriage to see if it works.
      - Do not blame cohabitation for decline of marriage as 80% of cohabiting couples still marry eventually