SOC 1010 UMCP Marriage and Divorce Discussion

“About 57 percent of those who divorce will eventually marry other people (Livingston 2014). There is a gender gap in remarriage patterns, with 64 percent of previously married men having remarried compared to 52 percent of previously married women. This gender gap may be explained by the fact that married women are less happy than single women and their married male husbands. According to sociologist Lisa Wade (2017), women are more likely to file for divorce, and when they do, they are happier as divorcees than they were when married (while the opposite is true for men).” (Ferris and Stein, 2020)

• Personally, how do you feel about this passage?
• Sociologically (intellectually), what are some factors that may lead to women being less satisfied in marriage than men?
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• CHAPTER 12. LIFE AT HOME: FAMILIES AND RELATIONSHIPS

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  Slide Show – Chapter 12: Life at Home: Families and Relationships

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  Theories About Family & Marriage: Crash Course Sociology #37

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  Stages of Family Life: Crash Course Sociology #38

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