Making Mawwiage (no, not mine) Last
From Wendy Shalit's Modesty Zone blog...
Bradford Wilcox, Professor of Sociology at the University of Virginia had a "friendly giant" presence and an ability to make logic and scientific inquiry human. His presentation on the negative impact of pre-marital sex and cohabitation on marriages was fantastic. I was surprised to learn that cohabitation before marriage can increase chances of divorce by 33-151 percent. I had never heard these statistics before. Maybe that is why we are living in times of Fragile Families (a must read study). Perhaps the greatest insight from Wilcox was this: cohabitation is not a clear, public commitment (like marriage), which means less trust in the relationship which means that when marriage happens; it is more likely to fail.
I'm not sure what causes the range in divorce percentages,
but even at 33%, it's still depressing.
Bradford Wilcox, Professor of Sociology at the University of Virginia had a "friendly giant" presence and an ability to make logic and scientific inquiry human. His presentation on the negative impact of pre-marital sex and cohabitation on marriages was fantastic. I was surprised to learn that cohabitation before marriage can increase chances of divorce by 33-151 percent. I had never heard these statistics before. Maybe that is why we are living in times of Fragile Families (a must read study). Perhaps the greatest insight from Wilcox was this: cohabitation is not a clear, public commitment (like marriage), which means less trust in the relationship which means that when marriage happens; it is more likely to fail.
I'm not sure what causes the range in divorce percentages,
but even at 33%, it's still depressing.