No couple does this when they decide to get married, thinking that they will one day get divorced. But despite this, divorces continue to happen every day. Examining the numbers and statistics provided by England and Wales since 1971, researchers at the University of Oxford came to a not-so-surprising conclusion: Many couples decide to divorce on the grounds of “irreasonable behaviour.”
We can easily say that the definition of “unreasonable behavior” includes many different things. These include verbal abuse, lack of emotional support, drug/alcohol use, hidden financial debt creation, violence and/or physical abuse, and more. These are things that any sane person would most politely describe as “unreasonable.”
The research revealed that half of the divorce cases filed by women in the last 30 years were due to the unreasonable behavior of their husbands.
On the other hand, information provided by divorced husbands to support the divorce includes unreasonable behavior and two years of separation. What is interesting is that the main reason given by husbands as the reason for divorce in the previous period was “cheating”. So cheating is no longer presented as the number one reason for divorce.
Between 1971 and 1991, the use of the “no issues” reason, which was one of the legal grounds for divorce, declined. In this divorce, neither spouse has to prove the other’s fault or marital abuse. However, its use has increased since 1991 and is now at roughly the same level as recorded in 1973. In this justification, no humiliating testimony is required and the woman, who is legally seen as a relatively innocent party, is not disproportionately given property.
John Haskey, a lecturer in demographics at the University of Oxford, who leads data analysis, mentions other interesting facts. Divorces due to adultery peaked at 25 percent in 1987. In 2016, this justification decreased to around 11 percent on both sides.
In short, the research says that the most notable reason for divorce in the recent period is “irrational behavior”. As “no problem” follows him, the share of cheating in the pie is gradually decreasing.
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