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?

[Insurmountable]

^I agree.

Also I can't really connect how women's rights and the divorce rate is connected..I think their just two individual cases. I think if couples discussed more about women's rights and came to an agreement then that would lower the divorce rate...if that was the factor.

[Uronacid]

^I agree.

Also I can't really connect how women's rights and the divorce rate is connected..I think their just two individual cases. I think if couples discussed more about women's rights and came to an agreement then that would lower the divorce rate...if that was the factor.

I think I am one of those girls that is meant to be a housewife. When John gets home from work it really pleases me to have dinner ready and the house tidied. I get a feeling of satisfaction from doing things at my pace in my home that a job could never give me.
I know I have to work though, and that makes me sad.

I don't know how I feel about the correlation between the two. I had never really thought about it before. I will think it over and deduce an opinion.

It's possible you two never thought about this because you never questioned whether your rights were at stake or not. Before you think about something, you have to have a reason to do it. You enjoy doing what you do. There is no reason for you to think about it. You're both happy with that idea.

Many women rebel against the idea of being a "house wife" as if it's something negative. I feel as if housewives have lost a lot of respect in the past couple of decades. However, I have a lot of respect for someone who gets things like that done because I have such a hard time doing them.

Quite frankly I just don't feel like I'm good at it. I feel inadequate when I do those things. I feel the same way a large percentage of women feel when installing a video card on their home computer or changing the oil in your car. It's not out of reach. You can do it, but you just don't feel confident when you're doing it. I personally feel like I'm lost or something. Like I'm not doing it right.

[MissFits]

Quite frankly I just don't feel like I'm good at it. I feel inadequate when I do those things. I feel the same way a large percentage of women feel when installing a video card on their home computer or changing the oil in your car. It's not out of reach. You can do it, but you just don't feel confident when you're doing it. I personally feel like I'm lost or something. Like I'm not doing it right.

That's almost EXACTLY how John described his feelings about housework to me. I also change the oil and fix the computers, though.

My mom once worked at a place where she made a dollar less an hour than a man that had been hired after her doing the same thing. Women were treated terribly there, even though they were the most efficient workers. I know that there are injustices like that out there, but I don't see how that strains a relationship as long as women leave their work related stress at the door.