The Male Perspective On Divorce

By Stella Gay


When a couple would file for a divorce, there are times when the men are not at fault but the woman is. So the question that would be raised would be how come most laws that would have to do with divorce are gender biased toward the females. It is because of this that the male perspective on divorce is very negative because these gender biased laws are actually designed for the wife to almost always win.

Now to begin, it is common knowledge that when it comes to who will take care of the children, the court would most likely favor the mother. The reason for this is simply because the mother is the one that is in direct contact with the children and is assumed to know how to take care of them. This usually applies even though the mother is at fault for the divorce.

If that is not enough, men would have to deal with the children thinking that their daddies are the bad guys. This can simply be from the fact that in general, the mothers would be the ones that would spend most of the time with the children while the father is working. This in turn would make the children think that their mommies can do no wrong.

Another thing that happens during this case is that a man might risk losing most of his assets if his wife would file for a divorce. The problem here is that when a couple get married, the wife would have access to the assets of the husband which means that in court, she may fight for it. Sometimes the wife is able to claim some of those assets during the court case.

Now the most common example would of course be the rights to the car and the house. Since both the husband and the wife are owners of the house, then the wife may actually claim ownership even if the husband paid for them. This is simply because most laws would state that a marriage is a partnership wherein both parties will share their assets.

Now another very disadvantageous thing to men that would happen during a case like this would of course be alimony. Now alimony is paid by the husband to the ex wife as his support to her and their children after marriage. The bad part here is that even if the ex wife is already stable and has another man, the ex husband must still give her money.

Of course not all states would have the same laws. There are some states that would have a really thorough procedural investigation before the ex wife gets any alimony. At the same time, there are also some states that would have laws that are clearly for the advantage of the ex wife.

Now by taking a look at all of these instances, it can clearly be seen that the laws would definitely favor the women in this type of situation. However, there are actually a lot of men who are trying to fight for their rights against some of these laws. Luckily some states or countries have already amended some of the laws.




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