Very sad that the divorce rate is as high as it is.
One reason is that women can now take care of themselves if necessary. When my Mom was being abused , beaten, stalked etc.. she had no options . 6 kids and no women's shelters etc. No job to support herself as women stayed home and raised the kids back then.
"Two-thirds of all divorces are initiated by women. One recent study found that many of the reasons for this have to do with the nature of our divorce laws. For example, in most states women have a good chance of receiving custody of their children. Because women more strongly want to keep their children with them, in states where there is a presumption of shared custody with the husband the percentage of women who initiate divorces is much lower. Also, the higher rate of women initiators is probably due to the fact that men are more likely to be "badly behaved." Husbands, for example, are more likely than wives to have problems with drinking, drug abuse, gambling , and infidelity."
"More likely " meaning NOT only men have those problems.
We are also living in a post Christian time period. When I got married , divorce was not considered acceptable . You were to work it out . Not so anymore.
Men initiate divorce less often as they are often the higher earners, and fear the crippling costs of a split , and the likely possibility of not seeing their children as often as they want. Also sad to me that women are more likely to have custody. Usually no reason for that and I feel badly for men in that regard.
https://www.google.ca/search?sourcei...+more+than+men
