...According to Susan L. Brown and I-Fen Lin, The divorce rate for Americans over the age of fifty has doubled, and more than doubled for those over the age of sixty-five. According to Sirs.com the At Issue, from the Sirs data base, Divorce is the legal and final dissolution of a marriage. The divorce rates goes back all the way to the seventh century, when The Puritans decided that marriage was a contract that could be broken under certain circumstances. This paper will examine the Pro, Con, and my viewpoint on should laws be enacted that makes divorce harder to obtain. First, the pro viewpoint is society would benefit if families stayed together. Firstly, a divorce reform would benefit marriages. For example, Beverley Willett, a journalist for the Desert News states that, the goal of a divorce reform is to educate couples of divorce and provide skills to help them improve their relationship (Willett). Thus, the divorce reform can help improve marriages. Secondly, Willett points out, “that divorce has become too easy because of...
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...you will build a family and within which the true values of our western society will reflect. But notice that this approach is soly a western approach based on the views and teaching of the Christian religion which our eastern counterparts will found for a lack of better term “too liberal”, where we have to chose our partners based on interests ,culture similarities,intellectual,political and social and religious views and or affiliations. Our western society comes to understand that arranged marriage does not have good outcomes and that most of the time the woman fell victim of pressure imposed on her to bore children and force to adhere to the principles and religions of her husband. That said there’s pros and cons in both sides of the aisles and Arranged Marriages Pros: In arranged marriages, the decision whether to get married with a particular individual is taken with the involvement of many people. The biggest benefit is that there is a conscious attempt to match the two families as well as the bride and groom on the parameters of social status,...
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...Pros & Cons of Annulment Vs. Divorce Last Updated: Aug 16, 2013 | By Mike Broemmel Reaching a juncture in your marital relationship at which you desire to dissolve the union with your spouse, you are likely to find yourself contemplating your options. Divorce certainly is an option available to you. In some states, you can obtain a legal separation. In all U.S. jurisdictions, annulment laws exist, as well. If you end up focusing on a divorce or an annulment, you need to weigh and balance the pros and cons of both proceedings. Function The primary function of a divorce is to terminate a valid marriage, according to "Nolo's Essential Guide to Divorce" by Emily Doskow. The basic function of an annulment is to obtain a declaration that no valid marriage existed in the first place. Judges in both cases issue other orders to deal with issues like property division and custody of children. Benefits The benefits of both types of proceedings include leaving the parties free to remarry. Divorce and annulment also structure the legal relationship between the parties at the conclusion of the actual judicial proceedings, according to the American Bar Association Section of Family Law. Disadvantages A disadvantage of divorce is that obtaining this type of legal remedy may violate the tenants of your religion. Some religions significantly restrict an adherent's ability to continue involvement in formal activities. A disadvantage of annulment in many jurisdictions is that you cannot...
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...Effects of Divorce for Children Linda G. Chelette Riverside City College Ear 20 Tuesday (6:00pm-9:10pm) Tanya Gonzalez September 30, 2014 Research has shown effects on divorce for children have many pros and cons. Some cons are psychological problems, anxiety, lower self-esteem, and depression. Academic performance is also an aspect that affects a child as well as having a healthy relationship. Children from divorced parents also develop conduct problems as well as conflict in sexual activity. Pros would be controlling hostile conflict, improving child and parent relationship as well as improving the quality of parenting. Many experts may agree to disagree on the effects of divorce for children. Studies have shown children with divorce parents have higher anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem. This effect’s more females with divorced parents compared to females with intact families. As for male’s it affects them in different ways they become hopeless and discouraged. The depression carries on to adulthood effecting children with low self-esteem, this effect’s personal relationships with friendship as well as the opposite sex. (Portnoy, 2008) Academic performance also affects children with divorced parents; lower test scores will also exhibit lower educational aspirations. Children are likely to drop out of school and achieve lower levels of education. Which eventually effects lower adult occupational status in the long run can lead to school dropouts. Children...
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...the merits (PROS) and the drawbacks or costs (CONS) of alternatives. More then a simple pros/cons evaluation, this tool forces you to look at ways of ''FIXING” the CONS - resulting in a final 'picture' of the merits and costs (costs = the fixes, along with the cons you can't fix) for a particular alternative. This is a good technique to use when you have only a couple of alternatives to consider. This tool is also good to use when you have identified one or two remaining alternatives after using other tools (eg. Simple Ranking or SMART) to do a 'reality check' and cost/benefit analysis. I have also seen students use it effectively for indentifying linked decision to a particular alternative and implementation planning. 1. Write down the alternative you plan to evaluate 2. List up all the benefits you can. Use a white board for this, or post-it notes. Then consolidate these by combining and organizing them. (eg. combine those that are similar or redundant by expressing it as one Pro, and eliminate any frivolers PROS that are not important). Write down the consolidated PROS in the template PROS box. 3. Now list up all the Cons (using white board, or post-it notes). Organize and consolidate as you did with the PROS. Write down the consolidated CONS in the box. 4. Now get creative and look at how you can eliminate a each CON by ‘FIXING IT’. For example, say you were assessing the alternative ‘To Get Married’, and a CON listed was ‘May Divorce and lose everything...
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...Michael Crockett PA 250 Family Law Prof: Jessica Gauvin June 22, 2013 Unit 3 Assignment The Uniform Premarital Agreement Act is the regulation that allows the parties of a premarital contract to choose the state's jurisdiction under which their contract will fall. A couple can decide on any state in which one of the parties lives or plans to live or the state in which the couple will be married. Because this act has not been passed in all states, parties to a prenuptial contract are also limited to choosing only the states that have passed the Uniform Premarital Agreement Act. It was drafted by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws in 1983. The state of Texas is one of 27 states that adopted the Uniform Premarital Agreement Act (UPAA) Texas Family Code, Chapter 4: Premarital and Marital Property Agreements govern Texas prenuptial agreements. There are obligations that the couple must meet and some circumstances that might render the agreement void. Prenuptial agreements need to be in writing. Some states require a notarized agreement, but Texas does not. Both partners must fully disclose their assets and liabilities. This includes getting appraisals done for things that might be difficult to value. The partners need to understand each other’s situation fully before they can agree to anything in a prenuptial agreement. A court will void an agreement that involves less than full disclosure on the part of one of the partners. Each partner must...
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...“Social Networking Sites – A Critical Analysis of Its Impact on Personal and Social Life”. The reason I choose this topic is because I feel it has such an impact, some may be good some may be bad but let’s explore many of the pro’s and con’s in the coming paragraphs and make an assumption for ourselves. One of the first media sites to come out with was My Space didn’t have too much dealings with this except I accepted a lot of friends that I knew, in passing, acquaintances or my close friends. This was neat to get in touch with someone you haven’t seen in a while. That’s about all though. Once specific that I can tell you negative was a friend of mine got a divorce over this website social media type, his wife was talking to old boy friend’s and then later meeting them physically and would not stop so they unfortunately got a divorce and separated this was very sad to see personally. Let’s look at some of the statistics involved with these sites especially of the impact on the person and social life of people and businesses. Let’s take a look below and look at the visitors alone monthly, not annually this is monthly wow this was staggering to me. Face book at the moment holds a slot of no other. With just the sheer numbers you can imagine how much this can impact people’s lives in general even if you do not even have an account with these sites it could be a spouse, children, business, etc. Fig 1: Top 10 social networking sites in the world Rank Sites Estimated Unique Monthly...
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...Kaelan Bush English 50 Sarah Faulkner 30 January 2014 Marriage in Today’s Society In the essay “For Better, For Worse: Marriage Means Something Different Now” Coontz describes on how she played a character on a show that abandoned the values of a traditional family and encouraged young Americans to abandon marriage (Avins 171). She also begins to talk about the pros and cons of marriage. Also, by giving data “As late as the 1960’s, two-thirds of college women in the United States said they would marry a man they didn’t fall in live if he met all their other, often economic, criteria” (Avins 172). In most cases being married is a personal goal, but it can also affect families. Americans have their own opinions about marriage. It all comes down to the individual and how they look at the aspect of marriage. Some people like idea of being single and live their life by the way they think life should be lived. Then there is the other idea of the traditional marriage, which is being married to a partner that you would want to live the rest of your life with. There are pros and cons for each way and how they affect society. Living the single life has its ups and downs. Men and women tend to fine on their own and are able to find a stable job. Single women tend to marry a man they do not love even though they fit into their criteria economically. Men are also the same way and feel obligated to marry if the woman fits his criteria just because. Single mothers have played...
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...run by one person only. Even though he can employ people, he is still the sole proprietor of the business. These businesses are so common since there are so little legal requirements to set up: • The owner must register with and send annual accounts to the government Tax Office. • They must register their business names with the Registrar of Business Names. • They must obey all basic laws for trading and commerce. • There are advantages and disadvantages to everything, and here are ones for sold traders: Pros: • There are so few legal formalities are required to operate the business. • The owner is his own boss, and has total control over the business. • The owner gets 100% of profits. • Motivation because he gets all the profits. • The owner has freedom to change working hours or whom to employ, etc. • He has personal contact with customers. • He does not have to share information with anyone but the tax office, thus he enjoys complete secrecy. Cons: • Nobody to discuss problems with. • Unlimited liability. •...
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...Canada: A People’s History, Episode 17 | K/U | T | C | A | Student Mark | | | | | Possible Mark | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | Hard Times 1. What difficulties did the people face with the recession of the 1980s? List at least five. (A: /5) * Inflation rates increased, which caused prices to increase a lot * Unemployment rates increased * Mortgage rate increased (causing people to move out of their houses) * Industrialized world is in recession * Managements became more aggressive which lead the unions to become more intimidated and offensive than before. Solidarity 1. Inflation caused governments to cut back on social programs and civil service jobs. What did the workers call for and why? (K: /1) The workers felt outraged and then decided on a movement. People in the movement protest for democracy and wanting it now. A rapidly organized collation, known as solidarity, the movement calls for a general strike. It is the biggest social protest in British Columbia. 2. Who supported the government and why? (K: /1) Many people from the private sector support the government, like business men. 3. Who was watching the action in British Columbia and why? (K: /1) The other government watched the action in British Columbia because people will start rioting if Bill Bennet wins. The Night of Long Knives 1. What was Trudeau's goal regarding the Constitution? (K: /1) Trudeau’s goal regarding the constitution was to bring home the Canadian Constitution...
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...Nicole Yazzie September 19, 2012 PSY 240 Remarriage Introduction • % of how many people in U.S. remarry Statistical study of how many marriages and divorces happen in the U.S. % of people that remarry right after divorce or stay divorced? • Why people remarry? To explore other relationships and their interests Change in gender choice Death of spouse • What are consequences to a remarriage? Children have difficulty adjusting to new accustoms (new mom or dad, house, new family, new location) Financial problems with ex-spouse Trust issues due to previous marriage When remarrying another person it might be twice as hard to fall back in love with another person or easier than your first marriage. Paragraph 1 • 85% of U.S. population marry • 75% divorce after marrying • 60% of those divorced will most likely remarry • 35 million Americans are remarried in U.S. • additional 36 million who are divorced or widowed Paragraph 2 Reasons to why people remarry? • Unhappy with who they were recently with • Wanting to explore other options with other people • Change in gender choice • Death of spouse, in need for another lover • Different choice or racial outlook Paragraph 3 Consequences to a remarriage • If previous marriage had children, than...
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...Introduction Comparison Pros and Cons Case Study Conclusion Online conferencing replace traditional communication method Introduction Traditional communication method, history. Online conferencing today Roles in different stage to society, organization, personal and business. Comparison Traditional communication method Online Conferencing product, function, application. Changing to society and organization Online conferencing replace traditional communication method Pro and Cons Analysis pros and cons between traditional communication method and new online conferencing New technology to market Benefits Advantage & disadvantage Case Study Skype Go-to-meeting Conclusion Life behavior changing by new technology New technology and service expecting to market! Introduction Traditional communication method Face to face Tele-audio Simplest way - Telephone, 2 parties only Conference call – One way + multiple parties Three-way calling Tele-video Mobile links to satellites using specially equipped trucks Online conference What is online conference? Online means “Connected to a computer and internet, we called this as “Web Conference” History 1980 Online chat service by CompuServe Early 1980s Electronic Meeting System as university and research projects Late 1980s Ancestor of modern Electronic Meeting System “Group System” at 1989. 1992 Popular online video-conferencing tool CU-SeeMe first...
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...Some of these cons consist of: • Most conservatives would argue that because the Bible states that same sex marriage is an abomination, the state shouldn’t legalize it. (However, in opposition of this point of view, not everyone shares a perspective from the Christian Bible and some people would end up dismissing this claim since it’s biased and has no real authority to it due to it being a religious context). • Tradition in the United States says that a man and a woman are supposed to marry instead of a woman and a woman or a man and a man. (Again, in opposition of this, we live in an era where cultural and traditional views are constantly evolving and changing and it is now almost a completely accepted idea that same sex marriage is a possibility throughout...
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...Social Problems Presentation Review Racial and Ethnic Inequality Chapter 3 Summary: Racial and ethnic inequality is a social problem because it affects such a large number of people around the world. One way this can be seen is through prejudice which categories people based on age, sex, and social class. These can be good and bad. Institutional racism is a big deal today. Some companies will not hire a person simply because of their color or their sex. Another way to say this is racial discrimination which lets race or color impact a person’s ability to get a job. People like to think this doesn’t really happen when the harsh reality is that it happens all the time. Laws have been made to try and prevent this from happening but companies still practice it. Groups like the EEOC (equal employment opportunity commission) were created to enforce laws against discrimination in the work place. Some things we can do to change this is to look at person for their work ethic and quality and ignore the color of their skin or whether they are male or female. Through history we have tried to make everyone have the same standing in society which is called pluralism. We would take groups and “Americanize” them; you can see this in what we did to the Native Americans. Also we have segregated groups some by force, like the Jim Crow laws in the south, but others are by choice like the groups of the Amish. Reaction: In my life I have seen this happen on the news and in newspapers multiple...
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...Your Husband? There are significant pros and cons to hiring your husband to work in your business. If it’s you and him against the world, and your success is his success and you are working toward common goals, share challenges, triumphs and the revenues and grow as a couple as you grow the business then it is a plus side. On a very practical level, having your husband in your employ can make managing household considerations more flexible. You may be able to schedule one of you to work from home. You’ll be able to allow each other extra work time on weekends, or extra home time on weekdays, with mutual and greater understanding of the need for it. When your husband works for you, you don’t have to worry about whether his boss will understand a family commitment, or whether his wife will understand a professional one. Over the years, this kind of flexibility can really add to your quality of life. On other hand, If your marriage breaks up, he could take a lot of the business in a divorce. If your husband was employed by you or your company, or contributed in any way to its success, he’ll be entitled to a significant percentage. The greater his involvement in your business, the bigger that percentage will be. Hiring your husband gives him access to important company information, such as trade secrets, costs, suppliers, customers, etc. Naturally, no one blinks an eye about this kind of information sharing while you’re allies. But if you divorce, look out. Your ex could open a competing...
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