An Insight On The Male Perspective On Divorce

By Stella Gay


Divorce laws are gender biased wherein the favor would belong to the woman and the man would almost always lose. Since the women are the ones that would take care of the house, the laws were made so that they can get benefits on the expense of their ex husbands. Now the reason as to why the male perspective on divorce is so negative is simply because even if the woman is at fault, the man may still lose.

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.

Of course this will create a rift between the father and the children because the children will think of him as a villain. Since the mothers are usually the ones that would spend time with the children often, then their influence is definitely stronger. Of course it is because of this that most children would side with their mothers.

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.

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.

Another disadvantage for men is that they also have to pay their ex wives alimony for as long as they live. This is assumed to be for the children but even if the children are already grown up, the husband still has to give the ex wife the alimony. Even if the man is struggling with his own finances, his ex wife is still there to bother him.

Now the good thing here is that not all states or countries are extreme when it comes to the laws regarding alimony. Most states would go through the proper court procedures before the ex wife can be able to claim any support money. On the other hand, there are actually some states that would be more inclined to the favor of the woman.

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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