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THE CULTURE OF FEAR OF DIVORCE<\/span> is the subject of my article in the current American Conservative<\/span>. It\u2019s subscribers-only, at least for now, but here is the opening:<\/p>\n

If America has endured a \u201cdivorce revolution\u201d since California passed no-fault divorce in 1969, we\u2019ve now entered the counterrevolutionary phase. Divorce rates have fallen from their peak in the early \u201980s, the deep pain often felt by children of divorce is openly acknowledged and respected, and young Americans typically express both fear and a kind of moral horror at the thought of divorce. They are determined not to repeat the mistakes of previous generations; avoiding divorce is a constant anxiety and even obsession.<\/p>\n

But as with most purely reactionary cultural movements, the revolt against divorce has been much better at targeting what it rejects than figuring out what it\u2019s for. In a strange, sad twist, the divorce counterrevolution has only weakened our marriage culture more.<\/p>\n

Here are three things we\u2019ve ignored as we make divorce (and divorced people) the scapegoat for broader problems of family breakdown.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

more<\/a> (pdf). I think this piece is pretty good. There are some things I would change, but overall I think I did what I intended. Plus I may<\/span> be the first AmCon writer to praise Cracked.com. (This article<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

THE CULTURE OF FEAR OF DIVORCE is the subject of my article in the current American Conservative. It\u2019s subscribers-only, at least for now, but here is the opening: If America has endured a \u201cdivorce revolution\u201d since California passed no-fault divorce in 1969, we\u2019ve now entered the counterrevolutionary phase. Divorce rates have fallen from their peak […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1071,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nEve Tushnet<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"THE CULTURE OF FEAR OF DIVORCE is the subject of my article in the current American Conservative. 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