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Who knew?
- Born again Christians are just as likely to divorce as their secular counterparts.
- Historically, polygamy has been the more approved form of marriage.
- There are more long-term marriages today in America than in the past.
- College educated women are more likely to marry and less likely to divorce than women with less education.
- In 1889, a girl could legally consent to sex at the age of ten years old in half of the states.
- Ancient Greeks believed the purest form of love was between two men.
- The divorce rate has fallen over twentyfive percent since 1981.
- Until 1754, when England began requiring marriage licenses, informal cohabitation was the norm.
- Family polygamy is the most mentioned form of marriage in the first five books of the bible.
- The region with the highest divorce rate is in the Bible Belt.
- The high number of prostitutes per capita in late Nineteenth Century America resulted in a high incidence of venereal disease in married women. (guess who gave it to them)
- Men rate youth and good looks higher than women do when seeking a spouse. (vacuous pricks)
- It was observed in early Nineteenth Centry America that at least one-third of all children were born to unmarried couples.
- A 2001 survey asked schoolgirls if they agreed that, “everyone needed to marry.” Seventyfive percent of American school girls agreed, while eightyeight percent of Japanese schoolgirls disagreed. (smart Japanese schoolgirls)
- When divorces occur after the age of forty, a recent study showed, wives initiate two-thirds of them. (you go, girl!)
