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Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Divorce and Middle Aged Women
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Date: Thu, 30-Jun-83 17:09:05 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 30 17:09:05 1983
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Pat Fargo presented some interesting ideas as to why a few
"middle-age" couples he knows are getting divorced.
Let me add a speculation or two from a few divorces I've
been witnessing.  It seems that these women and men
were married when the old value system was in force -- i.e.
men, get a job, make lots of money, climb the corporate ladder,
and expect your loving wife to stay home keeping up your
house and raising your kids.  Women -- make a good home
for your husband and raise your kids.

Now we have a new set of values -- women, excel to your
potential, consider the entire workplace fair game,
take on that corporate ladder.  Men -- take a *real*
share in keeping up the home and raising the kids.

Now -- among the age 40 - 50 couples I've seen,
the women are buying in to the new values, but their
husbands aren't.  Result -- friction.
Older couples are still doing fine with the old values.
Both partners among younger couples are buying in to
the new values together.  But that middle-aged group,
. . .?

Again -- just speculation, not documented fact . . .
				Carl Blesch
				Bell Labs - Naperville, Ill.
				IH 2A-159, (312) 979-3360
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