Perhaps Big P. But not because people acting in equality is bad. I'd say in the past many women were taught to just grin and bear it. Sure- it kept the relationship together- but was there any happiness involved? I think the big problem nowadays is that people's lives are accellerating and changing at a dramatic rate. People used to be farmers for life, as were their fathers, but now we have multiple careers, and our lives take many new paths, sort of like living multiple lives in a lifetime. People change, and they either grow together, or grow apart. The stress on families from this fast paced environment, and all of the screwing over that goes on in todays world is often enough to pull people apart... Plus, as divorce is acceptable now, people are happy to easily call it quits when stuff just isn't working out. On the other hand though, relationships are never easy, and I think people are in search of the path of least resistance, we live in a throw away society and apparently that attitude also overflows into our relationships, which is not exactly right either.