FL House Votes Alimony Reform - Fathers and Families' Robert Franklin, "...if women want to be treated as the equals of men, the many privileges of being a woman must go the way of the whalebone corset and the fainting couch."

nepidae · 2012-02-28T09:34:13+00:00

"Alimony is mostly about protecting the ability of more affluent women to maintain their standard of living."

This is the most interesting point I think.

TracyMorganFreeman · 2012-02-28T06:48:09+00:00

Some divorce lawyers, as well as the National Organization for Women, have expressed opposition to the bill. NOW said wives who stay home, raise children and then see their husbands leave them when they get older must be protected, according to the Capitol News Service.

I believe they were before the introduction of no fault divorces. This just might be a case of "you made your bed, you lie in it".

kragmoor · 2012-02-28T05:58:04+00:00

as someone born in the late twentieth century what the hell is a fainting couch

2012-02-28T15:46:07+00:00

Why are fainting couches such a bad thing? They are convenient to have.

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