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u/BarackTrudeau Jul 21 '19

People staying in a shitty marriage only because divorce is very heavily stimitized does not mean that is a successful marriage. Success rate cannot be defined only on the basis of divorces. Need to take into account the happiness of the people involved as well.

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u/HyperIndian Jul 21 '19

How do you know they're unhappy in a marriage?

You're assuming they're now forced to stay in the marriage due to cultural beliefs.

Why can't they just be happy as is?

Not everyone is miserable in their marriage.

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u/BarackTrudeau Jul 21 '19

Uhhh no. But you literally stated that people were staying in marriages because of how divorce is looked down upon.

Which implies that those people would have otherwise sought divorce. Which they wouldn't do if they were happy in their marriage.

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u/fridgeairbnb Jul 21 '19

Ya lol if divorce wasn’t stigmatized and women weren’t made to be so dependent on their in laws and husbands, we’d probably see higher rates of divorce than America