tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5555262952678781728.post8418194855349387503..comments2023-05-08T06:05:25.638-07:00Comments on Evils Of Parental Alienation: Father’s Rights and Child CustodyJust A Dadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08231549265498550760noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5555262952678781728.post-73740735422980711822013-12-28T15:39:44.639-08:002013-12-28T15:39:44.639-08:00The Feminist Case against No-Fault Divorce
It’s tr...The Feminist Case against No-Fault Divorce<br />It’s true that we can thank women for no-fault divorce laws. They fought hard in the 1960s and 1970s for the right to be freed from that terrible, hierarchical construct that is marriage. In 1970, California was the first state to fall, triggering a nationwide no-fault domino wave. Feminists like Betty Friedan, who once called marriage a “comfortable concentration camp” from which women should be freed, were jubilant. And they got their wish. Each state that subsequently enacted no-fault divorce laws saw immediate spikes in divorce rates. Surprise!<br /><br />Yet twenty-seven years later, even Friedan admitted, “I think we made a mistake with no fault divorce,” recognizing that no-fault divorce had led to “unintended consequences” that adversely affected women. That same year, the president of the New York chapter of the National Organization for Women, founded by Friedan, made the case against no-fault divorce in the pages of the New York Times. New York was the last state where it had not been legalized. New York fell four years later, making our country a fully no-fault nation.<br /><br />The reason for feminists’ about-face on no-fault divorce has largely to do with the reality that no-fault divorce, especially unilateral no-fault divorce, has a disproportionately negative economic impact on women.<br /><br />One study found that only 37 percent of women retained ownership of the family home under no-fault divorce, versus 82 percent under fault divorce. Another study, conducted by Professor Betsey Stevenson of the Wharton School of Business, found that in states that allow unilateral no-fault divorce, spouses tend to show a lower level of willingness to make financial sacrifices that invest in the future of the other spouse, such as helping to put that spouse through school for a higher degree.<br /><br />So if you’re a married women, under unilateral no-fault laws your husband is statistically less likely to support your decision to go to law school or get your masters degree. Another study at the University of Michigan found that divorced women are more likely than men to lose their health insurance after a divorce, and to live in poverty more generally, with 22 percent of post-divorce women falling into poverty versus just 11 percent of men.<br /><br />Perhaps most significantly, no-fault divorce laws reduce female choice when it comes to work-life balance. Women are far and away more likely to be second-earners, and women overwhelmingly want to be second-earners, especially when children come. Yet under no-fault divorce, a woman can find herself essentially a single mom, drained of family resources by court costs and lawyer fees, and suddenly required to work against her will and sacrifice time with her children. <br /><br />Her former spouse can direct money that used to be hers, even if she did not work outside the home full-time or at all, toward a new wife and her children.<br /><br />By making it harder for a woman to file for divorce against her husband and children, eliminating no-fault divorce lowers a woman’s odds of winding up alone and poor, fighting for the right to tuck her children into bed each night. <br />But it also increases the odds that her husband will invest in her passions and interests outside the home, even as children make pursuing those passions more challenging.<br /><br />Eliminating no-fault divorce laws increases women's well being as well their spectrum of choices. It is the feminist thing to do.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16546362713583783118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5555262952678781728.post-58106666303296485372012-05-22T07:09:19.325-07:002012-05-22T07:09:19.325-07:00Wow, awesome weblog structure! How lengthy have yo...Wow, awesome weblog structure! How lengthy have you ever been running a blog for?<br /><br />you make running a blog look easy. The full look of your site is <br />great, as neatly as the content!<br /><i>Also see my webpage</i> - <b><a href="http://www.myindustrialinjuryclaims.com/asbestosis" rel="nofollow">Posted by My Industrial Injury Claims.com</a></b>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5555262952678781728.post-73778318585844367242010-03-27T07:03:50.981-07:002010-03-27T07:03:50.981-07:00Your ex is crazy and I feel sorry for you and your...Your ex is crazy and I feel sorry for you and your sons! In law enforcement we see this much too often. As officers, our hands are tied by the Courts and Lawyers. Being involved with both, I can tell you that the system is not only unjust but also corrupt. I hope you and others will pursue the legal end of your ordeal because as I have said, the family court system in this country is destroying children by taking away kids and most especially boys from their fathers. I see the end result when the kids are in their teens and in trouble. Our kids need a strong father and discipline, those who lack this, end up in my car.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5555262952678781728.post-63081515718872881252010-03-25T07:43:29.279-07:002010-03-25T07:43:29.279-07:00I've been living a similar hell for close to a...I've been living a similar hell for close to a decade. <br /><br />Every night I go to sleep hoping for death, and hoping maybe the downstairs neighbors will leave their stove on or something, so that I can die, and yet my kids won't have had a parent who committed suicide.<br /><br />I sincerely wish you all the best.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com