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From: jailbird@ihu1h.UUCP (R. D. Harvey)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: divorce rates
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Date: Wed, 26-Feb-86 19:51:21 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb 26 19:51:21 1986
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> There are two major reasons for *high* American divorce
> rates that come to mind:
> 1) There is less willingness to put up with bad marriages
> than in, say, Europe;
> 2) Americans are less willing to stay celibate to satisfy
> social conventions.
> Thank goodness.
> 
> Peter Ladkin

What follows from this? What are the sources of this "information"?
Don't misunderstand me; I think Peter has the right idea (i.e. our
social conventions are becoming more tolerent of divorce). However, 
do Europeans have a higher tolerence for bad marrages than we do?
Is it because they drink more wine and beer than we do? :-)

I do not think that there are only two major reasons for the high US
divorce rate, and I don't agree with the second reason listed.
Being celebate usually refers to priests, nuns, and people BEFORE 
they get married, not after. I can understand a high divorce rate
among celebate MARRIED couples ( I'll resist the temptation of an
obvious joke). Also, a recent TV news program cited a study that
stated that Europeans have just as much premarital sex as Americans
(however, they have far fewer unwed pregnancies). I think that we
are simply being more tolerent of a once socially undesireable
practice. I wonder why. Any ideas?

Why does a dog lick its balls?

Because it CAN.

				Peace.
					Ron