Word: divorcee
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Murphy Brown's saga reflects a growing trend in society away from married two-parent families. This trend, far from being thought of as harmful, is viewed as one of the signs of a very healthy larger movement away from old social taboos (divorce, step-families, unwed pregnancy, and sex...
One root of this value-neutrality might be society's unwillingness to admit that the trend toward single-parent and step-parent families is harmful. We tend to respect parents' free choice in decisions about marriage--decisions that, in many cases, benefit the parent. When people divorce, they gain expanded...
It's no mystery why the birthrate is dropping -- Japanese women marry at 26 on average, later than in any other country except Sweden. The mystery is why they wed at all. The young men who want to enjoy barbecues with their families are heavily outnumbered by the Fuyuhikos, named...
SITCOMS CAN SOMETIMES BE THE SADdest places on TV. Whenever you see a new one with a star who rarely does television, there's usually a tale about dried-up movie roles or a career on the downswing. The latest actress to come crawling back is Shelley Long, who left...
In 1991 his wife filed for divorce, charging in court documents that her husband was "verbally and emotionally abusive to both our minor daughters and myself." A year later the suit was withdrawn, and the couple reconciled. For a time the Griffins kept their children out of school and educated...