“There is no going back to a time when most women will feel compelled to enter or stay in a bad marriage just for economic security or social respectability. So today, the best way to get women once more interested in getting married and having children is for men to accept women's new insistence on equality. This is, I think, why educated women in America, are now more pro - marriage and more disapproving of divorce than other groups of women who have less experience with egalitarian partners or less clout in getting their needs met in relationships.” ThinkingMenChildrenTodayAcceptingEconomicSecurityMarriedDivorceEducatedGetting MarriedHaving ChildrenInsistenceRespectabilityBad Marriage Author:Stephanie Coontz
“Increasingly, men are realizing exactly that - that having an educated, economically independent partner reduces the pressure on them to be the sole provider. Many men are also beginning to understand that participating in housework and childcare can be rewarding. Women with higher education and/or earnings are so much less likely than other women to divorce, that by age 40, they are more likely to be married than any other group of women.” MenAgeRealizingMarriedIndependentDivorceEducatedBeing MarriedHouseworkHigher Education Author:Stephanie Coontz
“When parents are educated about how not to involve children in their conflicts and co-parent amicably, a lot of the ill effects of divorce can be alleviated. Divorce is always painful. But kids in a high-conflict marriage or low-conflict but contemptuous ones are often better off in the long run when the parent can disengage.” ChildrenLongRunningKidsParentConflictIllPainfulDivorceEducated Author:Stephanie Coontz
