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TheMrCul
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Isn't the divorce rate in Korea worse than in the US and Australia at the moment?
I think that in almost every case - everyone loses in a divorce situation. |
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Gollum
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Figure in the high number of couples who choose to live together and not divorce even though they hate each other, and you'll have a MUCH higher number than what is recorded.
Total guess -- I'd say that perhaps 25 to 30 percent of Korean couples are actually married and happy about their spouse. It could be even lower. |
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The Bobster
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| Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 8:09 am Post subject: |
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| TheMrCul wrote: |
| I think that in almost every case - everyone loses in a divorce situation. |
It's a widely held belief but not supported by evidence. Divorce is usually better than sticking together in the midst of animosity - better for the kids especially, and they are the usual excuse people give for that kind of thing. |
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tommynomad
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| Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 5:02 pm Post subject: |
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| The Bobster wrote: |
| TheMrCul wrote: |
| I think that in almost every case - everyone loses in a divorce situation. |
It's a widely held belief but not supported by evidence. Divorce is usually better than sticking together in the midst of animosity - better for the kids especially, and they are the usual excuse people give for that kind of thing. |
Unfortunately, we still live in a world (not only Korea) where divorce exacts a punishing toll on women. The silver lining is that it may not be as bad as marriage is.
I went to a conference last year and had a great discussion with the panelists in one session about the marriage 'institution.' Around the world and across cultural lines, marriage is almost universally bad for women. As a result of getting married, their mortality increases, their earning power goes down, their education declines, and their rates of physical, sexual, and emotional abuse suffered go up. The few cultures immune to this phenomenon are those in which marriage is an anomaly (Iceland is the only example I can remember offhand), and not a 'revered pillar of our society.' |
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bucheon bum
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| Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 6:14 pm Post subject: |
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| TheMrCul wrote: |
Isn't the divorce rate in Korea worse than in the US and Australia at the moment?
I think that in almost every case - everyone loses in a divorce situation. |
you're half right. It is higher than Australia, but lower than the US and the UK (#3 in the world). |
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Gollum
Joined: 04 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 6:24 pm Post subject: |
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| bucheon bum wrote: |
| TheMrCul wrote: |
Isn't the divorce rate in Korea worse than in the US and Australia at the moment?
I think that in almost every case - everyone loses in a divorce situation. |
you're half right. It is higher than Australia, but lower than the US and the UK (#3 in the world). |
It might have changed by now. Will be interesting to see recent stats. Let's not forget that the divorce rate in Korea has mushroomed by 50% more in less than 5 years. It's crazy to think it would just stop and level off right below the US stats. I'm sure Korea would try as hard as possible to keep stats showing Korea as the worst from ever coming to light.
Again, we don't count for the number of Koreans still married who won't divorce because of social stigma. In the West, there isn't so much stigma, and people just divorce. If it were different in Korea, I'm sure the numbers would skyrocket past 70%!
With that said, I think the trends here will eventually mirror those in the states. Many there are scared of divorce, so they wait, wait, wait until they are older. I see Koreans doing this, too. Also, they will have fewer kids.
I am very curious about stats showing the divorce rate of Koreans living in rural areas. Are they lower? I bet they are. Korea is mostly one big city or three, and I believe divorce rates are higher in urban areas no matter what country you are from. |
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