Women of which religious affiliations are more likely to remarry following divorce? Why do Brown and Porter think this trend exists? What else do you think might contribute to this pattern?
What will be an ideal response?
May include the following:
a. Women of Christian denominations are more likely to remarry following divorce than none religious women. Brown and Porter suggest that this is because the denomination places a greater emphasis on marriage and the status of being married. Religious groups appear to see remarriage as “Redemptive” rather than “adulterous.”
b. Shame of being unmarried, especially with children; expectations that women are wives first, thus a women without a husband will lose status in the church.
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