In this paper consisting of five pages the issue of economic poverty seems to tie all these social aspects together and that oftentimes observers attempt to force a widely accepted formula to fit even if it does not adequately represent the criteria it describes. There are four bibliographic sources cited.
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It has been said that in order to attack a problem, it is first necessary to define that problem. This appears to be a stumbling block in overcoming
the negative effects of race, class and gender in society. Despite the fact that the accepted "formula" has not been made workable, observers continue to try to make it
fit. Poverty and Divorce Rubin (1994) tells the story of the Jenkins, a couple she met 20 years earlier when researching another book.
They "had to get married" in the early 1970s; today the grown daughter has made the same mistake as her mother and has chosen abortion instead.
Rubin (1994) aptly describes the plight of mothers who become single parents. Whether the father does or does not pay child support, the mother is
severely restricted in what she can and cannot do to increase the familys income. Rubin (1994) writes that these young couples finding themselves expecting a baby married because that
was the expected thing to do, and that the young mothers were not able to develop marketable skills because of having to uphold the responsibility of caring for young children.
Much of what Rubin (1994) says is true, of course, but there are also other perspectives available. The author seems to want
to relieve adults of the responsibility for their choices. The issue of consequences is a difficult one, for so many are adversely affected merely by circumstance. As example,
Marguerite Jenkins says that life events changed her thinking on several issues. "I used to think welfare people were freeloaders, you know, like they were lazy bums. Then