Divorce
This
may be one of the most controversial issues in the history of man-kind…
or human existence… to feminize it some. I would like to present my
ideas with the least amount of bias possible, so I believe I should
start this with a little information about myself.
I
may be somewhat biased, I admit this openly so that you can take that
in and make appropriate conclusions from my statements, however, know
that all of my facts are researched and accurate, no matter how much you
would love to disprove or play them down. First off, my relationship
with my mother has never been a good one, I could never erase her very
one-sided actions and words from my mind after my parents divorce. After
I say this I would like to confront one of women’s major issues in
modern times, the divorce rate.
After
divorce 80% of custodial mothers receive a support award, only 30% of
custodial fathers receive a support award. 47% of mothers totally
default on support, while only 27% of fathers default at all. The most
harrowing statistic of all is that two thirds (66%) of all divorces are
in fact filed and initiated by women. The question that begs to be asked
is why? At least that’s the question that one-third of men will ask at
some point throughout their lives. Do women have some unknown foresight?
Is their a universal law that exempts women from staying true to their
wedding oaths and vows? I think not.
I
find it hard to believe that what happened to my family is a wide
spread thing, something that almost seems to be a modern trend that,
where it a magazine article, would be entitled “The New Fad! Marry
someone then leave them as soon as you’re slightly displeased in an
average of eight years without trying to work on it! Learn How and
Why!”. It hurts me that America would be so accepting of such a
horrible, not totally one-sided problem. Soon sit-coms and TV shows will
tell the story of two siblings being ferried between their mom and
their dad. Shows will be renamed from American Family to American
Breakup.
I
don’t want to make this look like a totally one-sided thing, there
always is that 33% of guys that initiate divorces. My real drive for
writing this is to show that I think this is a huge problem, and that it
needs to be fixed. This can only happen if bad marriages and divorces
are looked down upon. It should be taught that you should be patient and
choosy in your spouse, not marry the first person you date for more
than a year. I also believe that a persons honor and word should mean
something, saying things like “oops, I lied” or promising things you
know aren’t true is atrocious. The children of tomorrow need to be shown
what is almost becoming history, a functional family. America is in
trouble, and this is one of the major problems that needs to be fixed.
