Use the sites listed below to answer the prompt.

• Publications and links from the National Marriage Project at Rutgers University: http://nationalmarriageproject.org/wordpress/
• Links to an external site.
  • Links to an external site.
  • Hint: Start by reviewing their ‘mission’ statement and subsequent articles.
• The site offers publications and links to information the thesis strengthen families and increase the well-being of children: https://www.childtrends.org/
• Links to an external site.
  • Hint: Search for ‘divorce’ and/or ‘economic instability.’
• This site offers news, information, and links about all aspects of divorce: https://www.divorcemag.com/
• Links to an external site.
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  • Hint: Consider reviewing the ‘articles’ section.
• Journal of Marriage and Family: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/17413737
• Journal fo Family Relationships and Societies: https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/tpp/frs
• Links to an external site.
  • Hint: Review recent publications by year/date.
• Marriage and Divorce Rates, Global: https://worldinfigures.com/rankings/index/217
• Links to an external site.
  • Extensive Marriage and Divorce data, Global: https://www.oecd.org/social/family/SF_3_1_Marriage…
  • Links to an external site.
• Pateman (1988) and the Sexual Contract, ‘The Prostitution Contract’: http://www.feministes-radicales.org/wp-content/upl…
• Links to an external site.
  • Links to an external site.

  • The Sexual Contract 30 Years on A Conversation with Carole Pateman: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323900285…

  • Links to an external site.

  • Hint: Review the article and its subsequent (updated) review

**Prompt**

i.) Choose one or more nations other than the United States, and find information about divorce laws and/or divorce statistics.

• How do your findings compare with the information in this chapter on divorce in the United States?
• How would you explain any differences and similarities between nations?
  • Expand on your answer(s) and properly cite sources.
• Regarding The Marriage Contract: Is marriage an outdated and/or necessary institution? Expand on your answers a bit and support your claim.