by Cosmin Pascu

Created on: November 05, 2008   Last Updated: November 22, 2008

We live in a world where values and principles which once were the hallmark not only of a nation but a universal view. Divorce is not anymore headline news but an option to open sex for everyone who chose the object sacred marriage. Of course there are many complex issues which contributed to this terrible act. Some have been abused emotionally, relationally or even sexually. In either case, there is a real obsession when one talks about divorce. Others have done more harm (the fundamentalist and the liberals) by their stupidity and by with their hard cardboard made only of black and white. These mutilators have generated hatred or pleasure for those involved in this natural disaster for any family

Divorce, a factor of dysfunctional relations

David Popenoe regrettably has to affirm that `there can be no doubt that the institution of marriage has continued to weaken in recent years. Whereas marriage was once the dominant and single acceptable form of living arrangement for couples and children, it is no longer. Today, there is more "family diversity"`[1] and where this takes place there is also a great warning of multiplying the number of dysfunctional families. It used to be said that divorce only takes place among the poor. However, numerous studies have proven that this is not the case. David says that `Today, more children are born out-of-wedlock (now almost four out of ten), and more are living in stepfamilies, with cohabiting but unmarried adults, or with a single parent. This means that more children each year are not living in families that include their own married, biological parents, which by all available empirical evidence is the gold standard for insuring optimal outcomes in a child's development`[2].

While this is a real issue, a great premise is now being attributed to politics and mass media. We will focus first on the political game, where more political leaders become the campaigners for such matters.

Divorce, the political shame/game

It would be wrong to not think that politics affect lifestyle and even the values of a society, and in our case, a family affected by divorce and broken or distorted relationship. The `State Of Four Unions` magazine points out that `Less well known is the fact that the Red and Blue states also differ significantly in family terms, and this may help to explain their politics. The Red states typically have a more traditional family structure than the Blue States; people in the Red states marry younger and in larger

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