How divorce backfired on women - thanks to feminists

DevilishRogue · 2017-03-04T10:45:07+00:00

Nice to see the issue getting recognition, even if it is only as a result of women finally facing what men have for decades.

eletheros · 2017-03-04T14:54:14+00:00

One thing I'd note is that a 40ish IT worker who hasn't worked for 5 years is probably not "clearly capable of a highly paid job".

They're going to need to train back to a useful level of knowledge at a minimum, and then they have to deal with the rapant age discrimination in the field.

feedmecarrots · 2017-03-04T13:10:05+00:00

London does have a reputation for being generous. Now, the saw cuts both ways.

Ultramegasaurus · 2017-03-04T15:28:59+00:00

File this under "it's only an injustice when women are negatively affected"

McFeely_Smackup · 2017-03-04T17:01:16+00:00

How divorce backfired on women

How Divorce Backfired on Very Very Few Women

IronJohnMRA · 2017-03-04T14:20:43+00:00

Women everywhere are rightly appalled...

I stopped reading right there. They have no right to be. Instead, they should be gratified. Gratified that the system applies equally to all, and operates without any discrimination based on gender. That is if they were true to their very own principles, rather than being nearsighted moral hypocrites.

Meyright · 2017-03-04T15:51:47+00:00

The moment these type of cases come up more often, the more you will see feminists opposing the current divorce laws.

This is not thanks to feminists, this is despite feminists.

The-Prim-Reaper · 2017-03-04T16:38:15+00:00

How many examples of feminists bitching at examples of equality between men and women do we need before we can all officially agree to drop the stupid pretense that "FEMINISM IS JUST ABOUT EQUALITY YOU GUYS!!1"?

soparamens · 2017-03-04T17:48:15+00:00

Getting a lot of money from your ex just because you divorced is something that i have always considered wrong and stupid, if you are a perfectly capable person. It doesn't matter if you are man or woman, it is a low and abusive act. I'm not going to fall in judging this on a sexist basis, it's just plaingly wrong.

kjvlv · 2017-03-04T16:48:54+00:00

I have told my son to avoid marriage at all cost. It is a horrible deal for the man.

kjvlv · 2017-03-04T16:31:25+00:00

Equal rights equal rights!!!

RevertToType · 2017-03-04T17:20:04+00:00

Aww come on guys. Dont make me agree with the daily mail.

TRPblues · 2017-03-04T19:14:37+00:00

True equality

thrway_1000 · 2017-03-04T11:24:56+00:00

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factspissyouoff · 2017-03-04T17:46:02+00:00

Her squealing warms my cold, black, dead heart. >:D

Maybe now that women are starting to AHEM! bleed over these laws they'll finally get changed, because nothing changes so long as it doesn't affect the cough! holy vagina.

kjvlv · 2017-03-04T16:53:17+00:00

increasingly to women like Mrs Sharp, too.

Being a man sucks. Nonstop kicks to the groin interrupted by an occasional good meal.

Welcome to equality. surprise!

2017-03-04T22:39:11+00:00

The real backfire is not being able to find a husband at all.

itsjosh18 · 2017-03-04T22:22:20+00:00

Wow something from the daily mail that doesn't make me want to gouge my eyes out

tio1w · 2017-03-04T20:13:43+00:00

The usual.

If a problem doesn't affect a woman, does it even exist at all?

yendorion · 2017-03-05T00:13:29+00:00

The only true backfire is less & less men opting for marriage seeing all the pitfalls, this is simply a case of equality being applied correctly.

expectantbamboo · 2017-03-05T05:06:23+00:00

Is no one else bugged that they use per cent instead of percent in the article?

MagicTampon · 2017-03-05T07:27:59+00:00

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arghvark · 2017-03-04T21:06:20+00:00

I don't agree with the sentiment of this article.

The typical case with sexes reversed is that he is the breadwinner and the cheater. I think fault should be considered here; in this case, the stay-at-home spouse was the cheater, and shouldn't unduly benefit from it. Whether the settlement proposed is fair or not, I don't know, but the situation is not the same as is typical for stay-at-home wives.

Also, I don't have as much problem with giving a portion of accumulated wealth, including future earnings of the higher-paying spouse, to the other spouse. It IS what women have been fighting for, and I think with reason. Both made a commitment to marry til death, now it's going to be broken up, unless their current earning potential is the same, then it is right that some of the used-to-be-family income be distributed.

It used to be that the higher-earning (almost exclusively male) spouse could just walk away and leave the other (almost certainly female) partner in much reduced financial circumstances, with any children to boot. Decades and decades of this went on, and yes it needed to be fought and yes it got better.

I don't have any problem with this man getting alimony from his former spouse, I would favor it being reduced since he can't seem to honor his commitments. But drawing on it as an example of how women got treated unfairly is just wrong. We'd have to compare it to stay-at-home women who cheated, and although I'm sure that happened sometimes, it wasn't typical, at least in the US.

seksismart · 2017-03-04T17:24:57+00:00

I would kill the cheating son of a bitch.

Title	How divorce backfired on women - thanks to feminists
Author	furchfur
Upvotes	838
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Date	March 4, 2017 10:38 AM UTC (9 years ago)
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