Woman Between Islam and Western Society
2. Woman in Society
~ 98 ~
are single, married, divorcees, or widowed. In
this connection it is interesting to note that the
Great Depression the 1930s stopped the rise in
the number of divorces in the United States
for a time.
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In some western countries the divorce rates have
increased to an alarming degree. In France half the
number of marriages end in divorce, while in
Canada the divorce rate is about 40 percent. In the
U.S. the divorce rate is as high as the marriage rate.
Ten percent of American women have gone
through the experience of divorce.
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JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
Modern times have seen women coming out of
their homes to enter every department of life. But
they have not benefitted by being accorded equal
status with men in life outside the home. What
this new departure has done is leave insoluble
problems in its wake, one of them being illegal
sexual relationships. For the free mixing of men
and women can seldom culminate in any other
way.
