... on males to remain in one family unit. Sociologist Margaret Mead once said "There is not society in the world where men will stay married for very long unless culturally required to do so" (Popenoe 1996: 323). Although marriage is often viewed as something a woman is more enthusiastic ... about than a man, studies have shown that "married women have poorer mental health, less happiness, and more passive attitudes toward life than single women do" (Macionis 2002: 346). This perceived unhappiness is ... on a whim" (1996: 323). Today, the divorce rate is around 50 percent, and in some sur...

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... also worry more about future relationships than children of parents who stayed married (Sumner, 2013). These feelings may lead to the child living a life of singlehood (Sumner, 2013). Also, according to Kozuch and Cooney, adult children with divorced parents are more likely to move in someone before getting married (Sumner, 2013), which can lead to many other problems. Children ... of divorced parents tend to have significantly worse mental health than children of married parents. "Marital conflict is associated with increased anxiety and depression, and poorer overall social and ... c...

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... people. The narrator then goes on to say when Pranab followed them in the park he knew she was a Bengali because she was wearing the traditional red and white bangles married Bengai women normally wore and because she has a "thick stem of vermillion powder"(622) in the center parting of her hair. These things clearly show how she has ... way of living rather than that of Bengalis. He cuts off the Indian culture by not really speaking to his parents and farther goes on to marry an American girl, getting away from the arrange marriage his parents had for him. Usha doesn't understand why h...

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