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.