It is commonly stated that 50% of all marriages end in divorce. PRO contends that the actual number is less than 10%.
The debate is finished. The distribution of the voting points and the winner are presented below.
After 1 vote and with 3 points ahead, the winner is...
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The divorce rate in the USA is NOT 50%. It is actually much much lower.
It's a topic that relates to many people in life,
Worth considering,
But setup of debate could use improvement.
Short reason, Arguments,
less that 10% 'just wasn't managed by Pro,
Con managed more than 10%.
Sources,
Both sides sources backed their claims.
Legibility,
Both sides understandable.
Conduct,
Both were polite and finished debate.
Long reason, Arguments,
As Nyxified says,
"The actual percentage of marriages that end in divorce is irrelevant so long as I can prove that it is above 10%,"
Title and description 'can be important in a debate,
As the opponent can intentionally or unintentionally have a 'different debate, than the instigator intended.
Half of all marriages end in divorce,
Might have been a better title,
With the description describing how this is a popular saying or view by people,
Pro argues that it is more or less true,
Con argues that it is more or less false.
Is how I might have done this debate,
Not that I'm a great debater, just my thought.
'Maybe have limited divorce rate to specific region or country, if such was intention.
Round 1
prefix,
prefix' questions add to the vagueness of the debate,
Implying that Con could at the 3rd question say 11%,
And the debate go on fine from there.
Nyxified,
Notes flaws in debate structure and makes arguments placing divorce rate worldwide above 10%.
Use though, depends on the 'use I think,
Even if socially separated, people might still like to cherish 'being married,
Or appreciate financial benefits from such,
Legal divorce rate might matter if people want to believe they can always reconcile in life,
Or avoid poverty from divorce.
Round 2,
Not much to say,
prefix realizes error,
Nyxified notes that the debate setup is just difficult to change from.
Round 3,
prefix arguments are decent 'if they are arguing divorce 'need not be so high,
But when debate is claiming overall percent for 'all marriages. . .
And the percent 'required for Con is vague between 11% and 50%,
Another title might have been,
You have an automatic 50% chance of divorce when getting married.
This allowing arguments that the choices one makes, lifestyle led, leading, expecting to lead, can be influenced, can be influencing on marriage stress.
Round 4,
prefix makes an effort that 2/3 is not bad, for Pro and the three points laid out in round 1,
But,
It's a bit like getting two thirds of the way to the goal,
'Need the goal,
'Unless it was clear laid out in title and description, that voters would vote based on who verified the most of those three points.
. .
This 'can be stated in round 1,
But is 'better stated in title and description,
And as Nyxified notes throughout debate, setup 'just wasn't favorable to Pro.
Future argument is interesting,
But requires a 'will be in debate/title.
Last thoughts,
I didn't mention Nyxified Round 3, or Round 5 for either,
As it's the issue noted at the start,
Debate setup resulted in equal or greater than 11% divorce rate.
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How are you sure that the all married individuals are known within the human society?
The domain of a normal distribution(and therefore the student t-distribution, all of them) is infinite, BTW.
Is this about the annual divorce rate or the percentage of marriages that end in divorce? Because those are two very different numbers.
Debate has been edited based on comments.
You're the instigator.
Then let us come to an agreeable debate title, and have at it.
That still doesn’t really solve the problem about the debate question, all of pros and cons will just be survey results thrown at each other with little actual reasoning and interpretation, which isn’t really a “debate”
Would you like to suggest a better title? Perhaps "The divorce rate in the USA is actually less than 5%"?
It’s not exactly something that can be arguable… just some surveys can spit facts and tip the entire table
Even if I think it is >= 50%, I’ll still have to prove that. Given that basically every study is saying it is less than 50%, pro would be at a loss of argument here.
What do YOU think the actual rate is?
assuming a shared BOP, pro could win easily by citing some report that says divorce rate is <50%??