Causes of High Divorce Rates for Generation Y

By: Isabelle Lee

Even though it is still debatable, most people agree that Generation Y consists of individuals born between 1980 and the late 1990s. This generation exhibits major enhancements in technology and education. Despite these accomplishments, Generation Y faces several ongoing challenges, like substance abuse, crime, overpopulation, pollution, and divorce. Divorce is one of the major continuing phenomena among generation Y marriages. Most marriages do not last very long among couples in this generation .It is no longer shocking to see a happily married couple end their marriage because divorce continues to be part of Generation Y's culture.

Most people in Generation Y cannot explain why their commitment to remain married does not last long. The authors of "A Theory of Rational Marriage" acknowledge that even though most young people try their best to ensure that their marriages are successful, most of these marriages break up eventually (Barharm, et al). Two of the major causes of divorce for Generation Y are domestic violence and lack of maturity among married couples.

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Building a Network of Gen Y Entrepreneurs: A Story of Optimism : Marketing :: American Express OPEN Forum

"Spend a few minutes with Elliott Bisnow, the 24-year-old founder of the Summit Series, and you’ll immediately have a sense of how optimistic Gen Y entrepreneurs can be. According to the American Express OPEN Small Business Monitor (Fall 2009), more than three-quarters (80%) of Gen Y entrepreneurs have a significantly more positive outlook on business prospects versus business owners overall (55%). And, before you accredit youthful optimism to a lack of experience, you should know Elliott founded and failed at two previous companies before co-founding Bisnow, an e-newsletter company that should earn $2 million to $3 million in revenue this year, and Summit Series, a fast-growing networking and conference organization of young entrepreneurs.

The story of Summit Series is an interesting one: Elliott only started it to help him learn how to run Bisnow. After his two prior business attempts, he was all the more driven to succeed with his third, and decided he needed to connect with other young entrepreneurs who could offer their insights. Unable to find the right networking opportunities or resources, he decided to create his own."

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Does Your Office Need an Intervention? - Conversation Starter - HarvardBusiness.org

'If there's one thing the winners of the Boston Globe's 100 Top Places to Work have in common, it's this: They all believe it's good business to keep employees satisfied, motivated, and working hard. Show them respect,' says Shirley Leung, assistant managing editor of business news for the Globe.

But not every company is so lucky. In fact, many organizations are bastions of dysfunction, where overwork and stress fuel negative and aggressive behaviors. For example, take bullying — one of those behaviors which tends to spike up during stressful times. One recent study states, '37% of the U.S. workforce (an est. 54 million Americans) report being bullied at work; an additional 12% witness it. 49% of workers. Simultaneously 45% report neither experiencing nor witnessing bullying. Hence, a silent epidemic.'

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Some say dysfunctional workplace behaviors, such as bullying and aggression, are just part of work, that they don't affect the bottom line, and that people should just 'knock it off,' and get back to business. But the results of this thinking deeply negatively impact business. 'The threat response is both mentally taxing and deadly to the productivity of a person — or of an organization. It impairs analytical thinking, creative insight, and problem solving,' says David Rock of Strategy+Business.

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