50/50

I was listening to the radio the other day and it seems that....
Many research studies show that the success rate of marriages in today's society is a little more than 50%...
i think the rate was something along the lines of 60% compared to 40% ending in divorce....
with such a high rate in divorce nowadays, i cant help but wonder why it is like this....
many people of the older generation often comment that our generation is different...
its sad that we all hold this belief that marriage is forever, but when reality almost half of those walking down the aisle end up in divorce...
these studies totally ruin our idealistic image of marriage and what it signifies....
but what makes our generation different when many of us still continue to hold this idealistic image of marriage....
i mean i doubt anyone walks down the aisle thinking in the back of their mind that they might end up divorced some day....
it makes me wonder if it is just how our society has evolved that so many of us will end up divorced....or are there other factors that leads to such high rates of divorce...
perhaps divorce rates were lower back in the day because it just wasnt feasible.....
it was socially unacceptable to talk about divorce and many women were not financially able to even think about the concept..
many women in the past were unable to support themselves financially, so the thought of divorce would be absurd ..
however, with the times changing and the status of women and men becoming more equal...women nowadays dont have to be trapped in a relationship that doesnt work....we're more financially independent in today's society...

i wonder how it would have been if women in the past were as financially independent as women are in today's society....
how would that affect their divorce rates??
perhaps its not our generation thats so different, maybe the older generation just wasnt given the means to have the option to choose like we do now...
and really...a divorce doenst necessarily signify failure...not everything works out...sometimes things are meant to happen a certain way.....certain things just arent meant to be....