Women's Rights = Divorce Rate, New Debate Topic Options

[Uronacid]

The Debate:

The divorce rate has been on a major rise over the past few decades. Women's rights have escalated throughout the course of the previous century and continue the rise in rise in this one. Humankind is searching for sexual equality, but is "equality" really the answer? Scientifically we excel in different areas. Is there a connection between the divorce rate and women's rights?

[Spirited Away]

^ Oh, you clever thing.
I think you could assume that, yes.

I think that it's possible. If women begin to see the "career woman" as a role model I think it will definitely cause problems. They may struggle with the idea of what role they think they are supposed to play and what they actually are playing. This will definitely cause problems. People become stress and irritable when they aren't achieving their "goals". Even if they don't realize that they are their goals.

My mother for example doesn't know how to be anything but a house wife, but her sisters are career women and she's always trying to be one. My mother however cannot be one, and it frustrates her deeply. I believe that she takes it out on everyone else without realizing what her real problem is. She flips out when someone tells her she's not the type to have a job, she goes out and gets a job, and she quits the job within a month. It's pathetic... she was born a house wife. xD

In the end, it's still only one factor leading to and from another factor that = the divorce rate. But even though arguing that women's rights is the root of the problem is a stretch, considering that feminism heavily influenced our current social structure, it definitely is a big part of this. I like to see how people will debate because there are so many ways to counter either opposition. If anyone's up to it, that is.

And at least your mom is good at one of the two, whereas I'm not sure I can do either. Haha. I can't really cook, damn it. I can't even bake cookies right.

This post has been edited by Spirited Away: Dec 4 2007, 10:06 PM

[Uronacid]

In the end, it's still only one factor leading to and from another factor that = the divorce rate. But even though arguing that women's rights is the root of the problem is a stretch, considering that feminism heavily influenced our current social structure, it definitely is a big part of this. I like to see how people will debate because there are so many ways to counter either opposition. If anyone's up to it, that is.

And at least your mom is good at one of the two, whereas I'm not sure I can do either. Haha. I can't really cook, damn it. I can't even bake cookies right.

I also think that feminism heavily influenced the divorce rate, but I can't quite find the right angle to support my point of view so I haven't really said a lot about it. I think it's ironic how Nate jumps in and apposes the idea, yet all the women after him took the side to support the idea that feminism heavily influenced the divorce rate.

Oh my God, my mother is great at cooking, interior design, sewing, and painting. She also loves children, but yet she still seems to fight herself over not having a job.