A terrible study from Wakefield purports to show high divorce rates and
other break-ups, caused by the election
of Donald Trump, particularly among the Millennial generation (11% versus 22% respectively). There is only so much time to review all the faulty
things about this slapdash survey results, of 1000 internet purveyors (and which
thankfully no one thoughtful took too seriously). Previous take-downs of inflammatory research
articles have led to redactions or editorially solicited/published critiques (here, here, here).
Let’s highlight some of the
many blunders here.
Married couples are always subject to divorce (just as one or both may anyway die in any given year and a typical cause then assigned), and this is particularly true in older generations. Nothing in this survey shows that this is occurring at a statistically higher rate in October 2016, as it was on November 2016 (and that this is secondly, sincerely due only because one of them favored President Trump). Divorce causes are often multi-fold and difficult to blame on any one rationale (excluding extremely abusive actions by one of the people in the marriage.) It’s demented to consider President Trump as creating death blows in otherwise idyllic marriages (or that Hillary Clinton would have somehow and suddenly rehabilitated an injured relationship). We are also looking at a very fresh generation among Millennials, too complex to take and conclude from a small sample of these highly commitment-wary and physically less secure folks, who were already marrying at the lowest rate ever during the President Obama years. It’s impossible therefore that they are divorcing at twice the rate of everyone else, and that this the sole result of the November election results. Last, looking at exit polls across the nation it is quite dubious that 22% of married couples are even in a position where they voted for opposite candidates, and such news being a surprise.
Having said all of this, it is quite a comment to feel that people’s political attitudes may have caused stress in current relationships (and what it suggests about how we need to care for one another better!) Your true character is illuminated by how you love one another, particularly when the other person does something you might disagree with. If you feel glum, know that everything will come to pass, including such trivial research that attempts to undermine the country’s social fabric. We also have an inordinate opportunity now to have more discourse with one another, something lacking in the smart-phone age, particularly about the issues we feel are important to strengthen our country, and the globe.
Married couples are always subject to divorce (just as one or both may anyway die in any given year and a typical cause then assigned), and this is particularly true in older generations. Nothing in this survey shows that this is occurring at a statistically higher rate in October 2016, as it was on November 2016 (and that this is secondly, sincerely due only because one of them favored President Trump). Divorce causes are often multi-fold and difficult to blame on any one rationale (excluding extremely abusive actions by one of the people in the marriage.) It’s demented to consider President Trump as creating death blows in otherwise idyllic marriages (or that Hillary Clinton would have somehow and suddenly rehabilitated an injured relationship). We are also looking at a very fresh generation among Millennials, too complex to take and conclude from a small sample of these highly commitment-wary and physically less secure folks, who were already marrying at the lowest rate ever during the President Obama years. It’s impossible therefore that they are divorcing at twice the rate of everyone else, and that this the sole result of the November election results. Last, looking at exit polls across the nation it is quite dubious that 22% of married couples are even in a position where they voted for opposite candidates, and such news being a surprise.
Having said all of this, it is quite a comment to feel that people’s political attitudes may have caused stress in current relationships (and what it suggests about how we need to care for one another better!) Your true character is illuminated by how you love one another, particularly when the other person does something you might disagree with. If you feel glum, know that everything will come to pass, including such trivial research that attempts to undermine the country’s social fabric. We also have an inordinate opportunity now to have more discourse with one another, something lacking in the smart-phone age, particularly about the issues we feel are important to strengthen our country, and the globe.
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