Being a Hindu, I already knew that we practice marriage as a sacred act, so no surprise that we have the lowest divorce rates but when I look at other religions and regions, I must say, I'm shocked.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 12 May
I don't know about Buddhism, but in the Abrahamic faiths marriage is supposed to be sacred, too. Those high divorce rates are a sign that those faith communities have decayed in their devotion.
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95 sats \ 1 reply \ @TheBTCManual 12 May
I think this looks high because the rates of people getting married are lowering, the barrier to save up to get married and get that starter home creeps higher and higher so household formation is put off.
I think divorce rates are also higher in countries where the state provides support or the father still contributes to the household
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter OP 12 May
Sounds about right. I think stress of finances and where both man and woman are working.
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84 sats \ 14 replies \ @Satosora 12 May
Morals have gone down.
Americans cant keep a marriage, especially in this generation.
Covid really did a number on marriages!
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115 sats \ 13 replies \ @Coinsreporter OP 12 May
Yes, it might be due to covid as well.
There's a respect issue as well. Men and women have to to equally respect each other. Look, we have traditions which aren't found elsewhere. Women, worship their husbands as their lord's and men worship women as the lord of the house and prosperity. We call women 'Aadishakti' meaning Half power of man. A man as I said can only complete when he respects and worships women. It's same for women. So, yes, it's kinda V4V for us.
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11 sats \ 12 replies \ @Satosora 12 May
Yes, that respect is gone.
Feminism has taken charge, everyone needs to be equal.
Not saying that things dont need to change, I just dont think they changed in a way to help society.
I do believe in respecting women and treating them with respect.
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10 sats \ 11 replies \ @Coinsreporter OP 12 May
We need to correct ourselves, just can't celebrate and Mother's day and women's day for just nothing. We need to respect women unconditionally. They are after all the medium of our existence.
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11 sats \ 10 replies \ @Satosora 12 May
Isnt it celebrated just for nothing?
Women need a holiday, thats why they have this?
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10 sats \ 9 replies \ @Coinsreporter OP 12 May
No, I don't think so. Ihe never asked for the reason. For me these days have been serving as reminder about that I never dip the level of my love for my mother, sister, my Niece, my wife.
And, I believe and I demand a Men's Day with all my might.
If you support me, we can form a fed for it and other stackers can also join. What do you say? Don't you want holiday or the same gifts, love, respect etc. that women get. (I'm not against but I have right to demand so you do.)
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11 sats \ 8 replies \ @Satosora 12 May
No, I dont need that shit.
Im not a frail man that needs his ego boosted.
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10 sats \ 7 replies \ @Coinsreporter OP 12 May
So, you wanna sack all these 'Women Days'?
Listen to it and think again.
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53 sats \ 8 replies \ @riberet19 12 May
85% in my country, something doesn't work...
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10 sats \ 7 replies \ @Coinsreporter OP 12 May
Sad but true...
https://m.stacker.news/30555
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11 sats \ 6 replies \ @riberet19 12 May
I guess the world has changed very fast.
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0 sats \ 5 replies \ @Coinsreporter OP 12 May
I guess it's not. Do you have any back up data to prove your point.
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0 sats \ 4 replies \ @Carresan 12 May
I think that 2020 is not a good year to consider. There were very few weddings that year because of restrictions. But divorces were still happening. Perhaps we should look to figures in recent years.
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10 sats \ 2 replies \ @riberet19 12 May
You might be right, I'm going to look up recent data to see if I'm able to find anything.
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20 sats \ 1 reply \ @Coinsreporter OP 12 May
If you're from Spain, I can say that for recently, for 2023, you can find data where they claim it to be as high as 65% to 70%. My data is for 2021. So I agree for it being a little higher. However 70% is still higher.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @riberet19 12 May
I think talking about divorces, anything above 40-50% is too high, we're talking about almost 8/10 couples getting divorced, something is very wrong.
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @riberet19 12 May freebie
https://m.stacker.news/30558
21 sats \ 4 replies \ @Carresan 12 May
GM. Just trying to share some info in your discussion. Regarding Spain , figures are too high and far from real numbers.
https://m.stacker.news/30550
85% percent could be in keeping with 2020 figures. Due to COVID restrictions there were low numbers of wedding but divorces were still happening. After 2020 numbers are returning to average around 60%
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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @Coinsreporter OP 12 May
These are real numbers for sure. And can be proved here.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/612207/divorce-rates-in-european-countries-per-100-marriages/
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11 sats \ 2 replies \ @Carresan 12 May
Find real figures for Spain here https://cefas.ceu.es/wp-content/uploads/Divorcio-Espana-Informe-Observatorio-Demografico-CEFAS.pdf
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @Coinsreporter OP 12 May
Okay, so even if I agree to this, the rates are still higher. Aren't they?
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11 sats \ 0 replies \ @Carresan 12 May
Yes, they are. Perhaps people prefer to stop a relationship if things are not working well , rather than keep trying.
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11 sats \ 1 reply \ @Hamstr 12 May
Looks like the less traditional a country is, the higher the divorce. Just by glancing on your second image. Except Spain.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter OP 13 May
Yes, you're right.
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11 sats \ 1 reply \ @Fabs 12 May
That's properly fucked-up for most countries.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter OP 12 May
Really, it is! What I see that there's a particular booming market of divorce for lawyers and psychiatrists in the countries which are having higher rates.
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11 sats \ 2 replies \ @OT 12 May
Is it just too much shame on the family? It is interesting as I’d imagine most are arranged marriages too
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Coinsreporter OP 12 May
No, not really. Yes most are arranged marriages though!
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Satosora 12 May
I feel like arranged marriages seem to last longer.
Both in the relationship know what they are getting into.
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11 sats \ 2 replies \ @BenAllenG 12 May
94%?? That seems pretty high...
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter OP 12 May
Yes, it is!
1% in my country is so low!
Should be in between somewhere? Lol.
Jokes apart, western countries need to learn a lot from Indian Culture if they ever want to save marriage institution.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BenAllenG 12 May
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1409160/portugal-divorce-marriage-ratio/
This site suggests that there weren't many marriages formalized in 2020 so the divorces nearly outweighed marriages that year.
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11 sats \ 0 replies \ @030e0dca83 12 May
It's really great infographic. I'm shocked about statistics of my country
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11 sats \ 0 replies \ @BitcoinAbhi 12 May
You are right. India has lowest divorce rate in the world. Because of their culture. In their belief once a marriage done. It's for seven reincarnations.
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11 sats \ 5 replies \ @kingzing131 12 May
Nothing wrong with divorce.
You are different than when you were 8, do you spend money the same way?
Two adults getting to know each other and knowing it wouldn’t work out should be able to get a divorce and not praised for suffering together for the sake of “religion “ or “culture”.
What a depressing world that would be
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11 sats \ 3 replies \ @freetx 12 May
I think it opens the bigger question of: whats the point of marriage?
Historically, thru all cultures, Marriage was effectively a "kid contract". For that reason it makes lots of sense for society (at the insistence of women themselves) to have prohibitions against breaking the contract.
The decoupling of marriage from having kids is a relatively new invention.
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter OP 12 May
So, true!
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11 sats \ 1 reply \ @kingzing131 12 May
Personally I don’t think marriage is even necessary, other than some clear implication in law.
Historically, marriage in many societies aren’t even between a couple, it’s a man with couple of women. We moved on from arranged marriage at birth, political marriage etc.
What more proof for true union is needed if two adults willingly to stay together, with minimum barrier to exit?
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28 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter OP 12 May
Amazing! I'm getting so many interesting and philosophical answers to this.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter OP 12 May freebie
Don't judge any religion or culture based on what you actually see from outside. You mean that living together is a suffering while it's not. I'm living here and it's not depressing at all.
Secondly, IMO it's more depressing and a bigger suffering that two people who once loved each other and pledged a lifelong relationship, suddenly when their lust is over or may be because someone more attractive enters in their life, they get seperated.
Now say what a depressing world that would be? Living together is a suffering then divorcing can't be a boon, my friend!