Explore the world beyond headlines with amazing videos. Wed, 12 Apr 2017 13:53:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.5 https://documentary.net/wp-content/themes/documentary/img/documentary-logo.png 337 17 Explore the world beyond headlines with amazing videos. https://documentary.net/video/inside-americas-billion-dollar-divorce-industry/ https://documentary.net/video/inside-americas-billion-dollar-divorce-industry/#respond Wed, 03 Jun 2015 20:29:15 +0000 http://documentary.net/?post_type=assets&p=12165

There are one million divorces in the United States every year—that's one every 36 seconds, nearly 2,400 per day, and 16,800 per week. It's hardly surprising, then, that the divorce industry is worth a whopping $50 billion annually—that's a hell of lot of heartbreak. We delve into the growing industry offering people alternative ways to split. In the divorce capital of the world, New York City, we explore the industries making heartbreak bearable and learn that—whether it's divorce merchandise, "conscious uncoupling," or "reverse-wedding" planning—people's attitudes toward the sanctity of marriage are changing, while Americans in particular are adopting new-age rituals as a way to call time on their relationships.  ]]>

There are one million divorces in the United States every year—that's one every 36 seconds, nearly 2,400 per day, and 16,800 per week. It's hardly surprising, then, that the divorce industry is worth a whopping $50 billion annually—that's a hell of lot of heartbreak. We delve into the growing industry offering people alternative ways to split. In the divorce capital of the world, New York City, we explore the industries making heartbreak bearable and learn that—whether it's divorce merchandise, "conscious uncoupling," or "reverse-wedding" planning—people's attitudes toward the sanctity of marriage are changing, while Americans in particular are adopting new-age rituals as a way to call time on their relationships.  ]]> https://documentary.net/video/inside-americas-billion-dollar-divorce-industry/feed/ 0 https://documentary.net/video/till-death-do-us-part-divorce-still-banned-in-the-philippines/ https://documentary.net/video/till-death-do-us-part-divorce-still-banned-in-the-philippines/#respond Sat, 05 Nov 2011 15:40:01 +0000 http://documentary.net/?p=3660

The Philippines is the last country in the world, along with the Vatican City, where divorce is banned, but the revival of a long dormant bill may change that. The Gabriela Women's Party recently raised the divorce bill in the Philippines House of Representatives, much to the strong opposition of the conservative Roman Catholic Church, which argues that it will lead to an erosion of the traditional family structure. But supporters of the bill disagree, saying couples need a way out of unhappy and abusive marriages without circumventing the law.]]>

The Philippines is the last country in the world, along with the Vatican City, where divorce is banned, but the revival of a long dormant bill may change that. The Gabriela Women's Party recently raised the divorce bill in the Philippines House of Representatives, much to the strong opposition of the conservative Roman Catholic Church, which argues that it will lead to an erosion of the traditional family structure. But supporters of the bill disagree, saying couples need a way out of unhappy and abusive marriages without circumventing the law.]]> https://documentary.net/video/till-death-do-us-part-divorce-still-banned-in-the-philippines/feed/ 0