Negativity In 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.

Now not only will this affect the relationship of the children with the father but it will also make the father be put it a bad light. Since the influence of the mother is usually stronger than the dad, then the children may actually antagonize their father. It is because of this that a lot of children who come from broken families are not that close to their fathers.

Now if that is still not bad enough, then one should know that in a divorce case, a man may risk losing some of his assets. Now when a couple would get married, the courts would usually grant the partners access to each others assets. So if an ex wife may want to, she can actually fight for the ownership or just co ownership of some assets that belongs to the man.

Such an example would be the house and the car. Even if the man did pay for the house and the car, the wife may have a fighting chance of getting the house and car from the husband in court. This is simply because most laws would state that the assets of a married couple are to be split between the couple.

Now another thing about this type of situation is that the men would have to support their ex wives through alimony. Now even if the wife has already moved on, married another man, and had children with that other man, the ex husband must still pay alimony. This is definitely a big obstacle if he is to have his own financial stability.

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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