I see marriage failures or catastrophic divorce rates bandied about a lot in these types of societal decay rants, and it bothers me. The divorce rate has been dropping for decades[1]. A proposed reason for that actually has to do with more equitable opportunities in career, in that women are more free to pursue a career of their choice, and so value systems have realigned to where marriages could be based more on couples being partners, with similar interests and ambitions.<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;12&#x2F;04&#x2F;upshot&#x2F;how-we-know-the-divorce-rate-is-falling.html?_r=0" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;12&#x2F;04&#x2F;upshot&#x2F;how-we-know-the-div...</a>