Margaret Mead Quotes about Divorce

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No matter how free divorce, how frequently marriages break up, in most societies there is the assumption of permanent mating, of the idea that the marriage should last as long as both live. . . . No known society has

No matter how free divorce, how frequently marriages break up, in most societies there is the assumption of permanent mating, of the idea that the marriage should last as long as both live. . . . No known society has ever invented a form of marriage strong enough to stick that did not contain the 'till death us do part' assumption.

Margaret Mead

Marriage, Strong, Divorce

Margaret Mead (1975). “Male and female: a study of the sexes in a changing world”, William Morrow & Co

I don't consider my marriages as failures! It's idiotic to assume that because a marriage ends, it's failed.

Margaret Mead

Divorce, Assuming, Ends

People are still encouraged to marry as if they could count on marriage being for life, and at the same time they are absorbing a knowledge of the great frequency of divorce.

Margaret Mead

Divorce, People, Stills

"Male and Female". Book by Margaret Mead, 1949.