The art of the misleading headline
AP story's headline: Study: U.S. Divorce Rate Falls as Cohabitation Climbs
The headline should read: Study: U.S. Marriage Rate Falls as Cohabitation Climbs
The thing is, the divorce rate is falling because people are shacking up instead of getting married, not before!
In fact, three seperate studies in three different countries have shown- as the story acknowledges in its last paragraph- that couples who live together before marriage are much more likely to divorce than couples who don't. In fact, divorce for such couples seems to be nearly twice as likely. But the same studies show something else: couples who live together are much less likely to get married at all.
For men, it's the old question, "Why buy the cow when you're getting the milk for free?" For women, it's a failure to confront the fact that their men are asking that question- and that it's a rather obvious question for men in their position to ask.
So women continue to let themselves be used, and they never do make that trip down the aisle. Which does, after all, lower the divorce rate, doesn't it?
Hat tip: Matt Margolis
The headline should read: Study: U.S. Marriage Rate Falls as Cohabitation Climbs
The thing is, the divorce rate is falling because people are shacking up instead of getting married, not before!
In fact, three seperate studies in three different countries have shown- as the story acknowledges in its last paragraph- that couples who live together before marriage are much more likely to divorce than couples who don't. In fact, divorce for such couples seems to be nearly twice as likely. But the same studies show something else: couples who live together are much less likely to get married at all.
For men, it's the old question, "Why buy the cow when you're getting the milk for free?" For women, it's a failure to confront the fact that their men are asking that question- and that it's a rather obvious question for men in their position to ask.
So women continue to let themselves be used, and they never do make that trip down the aisle. Which does, after all, lower the divorce rate, doesn't it?
Hat tip: Matt Margolis
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