When a divorced woman received £120 million from her millionaire husband, it was fine. But when that happens to a man, we need to abolish these archaic laws!

Cassius999 · 2015-02-01T21:52:17+00:00

I am all for changing the divorce laws where appropriate, but in the meantime the law should be applied equally.

scroogesscrotum · 2015-02-01T22:27:53+00:00

Was wondering when this story was going to pop up here.

I saw it in the Metro free newspaper Thursday, they don't seem to have to article online but it was some read. It repeated referred to the man as "Just a house husband", belittled his attempt to be an artist (even though he actually brought home money with it), and acted like giving the kids a stable home and perform those duties where nothing, all the while measuring his worth as nothing for not earning as much as his Wife in her well above average job.

Just imagine if a wife who brought home money from a hobby while raising a family and looking after a home was referred to as "Just a house wife" and her value was seen as naught for not raking in millions in a high paid career...Wait you don't even need to imagine, people have made that mistake and others went nuts on them for it.

cyber_rigger · 2015-02-02T00:50:52+00:00

did not reflect the ‘standard of living enjoyed during the marriage'

The biggest flaw in the argument either way (man or woman) is that you can't have the same standard of living.

Your cost of living doubles.

babno · 2015-02-01T23:24:28+00:00

It is always a mystery to me why ex-wives — and husbands! — feel entitled to be provided with the grand lifestyle they once enjoyed and live high on the hog for ever more. All of it funded by their former spouse. Why?

ThePigmanAgain · 2015-02-01T21:43:52+00:00

Seems to me she's arguing in a pretty gender-neutral way.

2015-02-02T00:24:04+00:00

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antarel · 2015-02-02T00:28:48+00:00

This could also be said for every alimony: "A woman still sponging off her ex husband? How pathetic!"

shazbottled · 2015-02-02T02:06:49+00:00

It is always a mystery to me why ex-wives — and husbands! — feel entitled to be provided with the grand lifestyle they once enjoyed and live high on the hog for ever more. All of it funded by their former spouse. Why?

What is the problem? She is absolutely right, providing an ex spouse the standard of living they are "accustomed" to is a joke.

Edit: In fact, scroll down and see more logic

Esther McVey’s big plan this week? To get more women into the construction industry.

Only 272,000 women work in construction in the UK, compared with two million men.

Esther, this may come as a shock, but there is a good reason for this.

Some jobs are just better suited to men — and it is not sexist to say so.

Labouring on a building site is dirty, heavy and dangerous work.

Yes, some women may yearn to be a hod carrier or to drive a crane.

Yet a far greater number would rather be tucked indoors, teaching eight-year-olds how to do sums and make rabbits out of cotton wool.

Looked at another way, there is a huge gender imbalance in the number of men entering teaching, social work and nursing.

I like Esther, but this is just PC nonsense.

IlleFacitFinem · 2015-02-01T21:15:46+00:00

I was initially kinda pissed that you literally took this from Sargon's new video... but, this hasn't been posted yet, and is an excellent argument against gender double standards and alimony system.

jasmineearlgrey · 2015-02-02T00:35:06+00:00

The Daily Mail is not a proper newspaper. Don't assume that its stories are factual.

2015-02-02T14:54:23+00:00

this

During their seven-year marriage, wife used her whopping £420,000-a-year salary as a partner at an accountancy firm to act as the family breadwinner.

Her husband ‘earned little’ while pursuing his artistic ambitions in the ‘niche’ world of fine art photography and acting, while looking after their daughter and home.

It was a perfect scenario.

is , somehow , not same as this

During their seven-year marriage, husband used his whopping £420,000-a-year salary as a partner at an accountancy firm to act as the family breadwinner.

His wife ‘earned little’ while pursuing her artistic ambitions in the ‘niche’ world of fine art photography and acting, while looking after their daughter and home.

It was a perfect scenario.

kragshot · 2015-02-02T03:26:59+00:00

Ah yeah...this article made it into "This Week in Stupid."

DickDickVanDik · 2015-02-02T09:51:31+00:00

Feminazis want the money.

Phantomsurfr · 2015-02-02T10:20:26+00:00

It is always a mystery to me why ex-wives — and husbands! — feel entitled to be provided with the grand lifestyle they once enjoyed and live high on the hog for ever more. All of it funded by their former spouse. Why?

Totally sexist...

2015-02-02T02:34:53+00:00

Honest question, is it ever in the news when a woman does this? And by in the news, I mean is it ever an "alimony is dumb" story rather than a "you go gurrrl" story. Only seems to come to light how dumb of a concept it is when men are getting the benefit.

-er · 2015-02-02T02:44:14+00:00

Hopefully as more men request alimony from women governments and societies will realize how idiotic and unfair such a policy is and ban it. I would not argue with assets gained during a marriage be split evenly regardless of who earned it, but certainly any income gained before or after a marriage should only belong to who earned it.

namae_nanka · 2015-02-02T04:23:36+00:00

Reminds me of the german heiress case, it was a historical ruling where a prenup held up in UK courts. Amusingly, I was told that it wasn't setting up a precedent to be used further down the road for presumably, mostly men.

heliox · 2015-02-02T05:22:48+00:00

Shhhh! Don't point that out!

daqua99 · 2015-02-02T09:23:14+00:00

I actually didn't think the article was too bad. Sure it might be considered anti-male, but it wasn't as blatant as some and actually pointed out flaws in the system regardless of gender. Plus the following article (Bring chocs to prove your innocence) was really, really good

yendorion · 2015-02-02T11:51:15+00:00

The dailymail... 'nuff said.

innocently_standing · 2015-02-02T12:51:08+00:00

Opened article. Saw Jan Moir. Closed it before I got angry. Vile 'human'.

2007drh · 2015-02-02T06:05:05+00:00

Wow. At this moment its mensrights 30 or so vs feminazis 3 or so when comparing the likes/dislikes to the comments.

Could the tides be turning?

LOLunlucky · 2015-02-02T02:20:42+00:00

More clickbait trash designed to spark emotions and generate cash for dailymail.

DJAids · 2015-02-02T15:45:01+00:00

Lol grow a pair and stop crying. If she was recieving all that money he must have done something wrong. A recent study found that in 94% of divorce cases the man is at fault. Men have oppressed women. They can handle to lose some divorce cases. Women need to raise a child more than a man does

Title	When a divorced woman received £120 million from her millionaire husband, it was fine. But when that happens to a man, we need to abolish these archaic laws!
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Date	February 1, 2015 8:43 PM UTC (11 years ago)
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