The Effects of Divorce in American Culture
Many of us can tell our own stories of divorce or broken relationships; we may have experienced this kind of disruption in our family of origin, broken up with a life partner ourselves, or begun to consider separation or divorce in our current relationship. Even more of us have watched friends, coworkers, or extended family members go through a divorce or the end of a holy union. And whether or not we are aware of it, we meet and interact with divorced, divorcing, or separated individuals in nearly every social circle in which we move.
Something harder to imagine is just how seriously divorce was taken at one time. In America's past it was once meant to symbolize failure, capriciousness, and immorality. People who got divorced were originally seen as social outcasts; those one shouldn't associate with. The more common divorce became, however, the less stigmatized it had also become. Divorce in American society transformed from a meaning of failure to one of opportunity and self-accomplishment. It was no longer a symbol of shame and thus divorce rates sprouted everywhere. Several functions of society can be viewed through the institution of divorce in America as it came to be a sign of personal change and development.

What I have learned in this class…
I learned a great deal about where people come from and how taking sociology would help me a great deal in my nursing career. Sociology takes cultures as a group instead of looking at an individual. As the saying goes; “It takes a village to raise a child.” We are who we are not only from the way we were raised but also by the environment and culture in which we are surrounded by. The medical field deals a lot with ethics and there are so many ethical questions that have to be answered, having knowledge of different cultures perspectives will allow me to handle each patient with the utmost respect. I have always loved learning what made people “tick” the way they do and I thought with all the courses I have taken with psychology that I had a really good grasp on it, sociology has opened my mind to understanding people more than I ever could have imagined. Nursing goes beyond just tending to a patients illness, it helps create a wider plan to ensure that patient illness and over all wellbeing is treated as well. Learning about different cultures and the way the viewed the world has made me a better-rounded individual. I want to go in to hospice care the ability to take of someone until their final day is something I find to be a greatest honor. I want to make sure that they are at peace and that they are comfortable. Because what I am choosing to do is something that most people would run from I had to understand what death meant to others and why most are afraid of it even though it is something that happens to us all. Sociology has enlightened me on cultures perception of death and what it means to them. Sociological inquiry can illuminate and help make sense of the relationship between private troubles like illness, premature death, and lung cancer and public issues. Sociology is a value to nurses to enable them to question the values and beliefs of their professional and the...

Divorce is becoming all too popular in this society. Some will say divorce is such a long, hurtful process that hurt the two adults involved, and affects the children tremendously. Others do not consider divorce to be that bad. Divorce is the lazy way out of a marriage; the cowardly thing to do when a problem presents itself. What people fail to see is that there is a stigma put on divorced people. Divorce is not the only answer to marital problems, in most cases. Every culture, past and present, has a different view of divorce and a different way of getting a divorce.
Most couples see marriage as a good experience for their emotional health. Couples might say that they get financial freedom, inner peace, consistency, and an outlook to what their future