Millennials are on a killing spree.
Plastic straws, mayonnaise, Hooters restaurants, fabric softener, the existence of middle children...if previous generations held it near and dear to their hearts, we've made sure it's almost ceased to exist. And not to toot our own horns or anything, but our latest victim may be our most impressive yet. According to recent research, millennials have officially decimated the divorce rate.
While exact numbers are weirdly hard to come by, experts estimate that the rate has fallen roughly 24 percent from its peak in 1981—and millennials are a huge reason why. (As for that old "50 percent of married couples get divorced" stat you grew up hearing and fearing: "It's unclear if it was ever true, and it's certainly not true now," says Justin Wolfers, a professor of public policy and economics at the University of Michigan and a leading authority on divorce in America.)
Stop your eye roll—this isn't just a side effect of fewer young people getting married. No matter how you slice it, the numbers that do exist all reach the same conclusion: Hookup-loving, debt-ridden, career-obsessed millennials are responsible for bringing down divorce.
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