Why are these still allowed?
How does one go about challenging them?
I could give you a list in case anyone doubts but, it is a long list. There's one in SC where a divorced woman must have her ex-husband signoff on a real estate she is selling if she owned it while they were married even if he never paid any of it and his name isn't on the deed. In reverse the male doesn't have to get the ex-wife's approval. The law specifically states only the wife etc
2006-08-27 10:29:25 · 13 answers · asked by Unis 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Because, unfortunately predjudice is still alive and well in these United States...
More examples...
Blacks can only vote for another 25 years before the government gets to decide whether or not they're able to...
Gay's can't get married anywhere but Massachussetts...
Still allowed??
Because the people in charge are bigots...
Challenge them?
Go to court i guess...
2006-08-27 10:34:26 · answer #1 · answered by RATM 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The answer is very simple: because women ALLOW it! Once women organize, particularly those in the upper classes, and the professional working women (CEOs, attorneys, MDs, educators, etc), and make their demands heard, things will change... until such time... it will continue! There's an old say, "A man will do to a woman as much as she allows..."
That situation you mention in SC doesn't seem to indicate all of the facts. For example, did she work during that period of time? Did she inherit the property (if so, he has no say) or did she buy it while married because then it's property that came into existence during the marriage... the selling rule applies to both husband and wife, to my best of knowledge (unless a bona fide attorney said so, and that attorney does not represent the husband's interest).
Get all your facts straight. I think there are pieces of that puzzle missing. Don't listen to people. Speak with an attorney and get the facts, and nothing short of the facts!
2006-08-27 17:48:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most of the laws you think are in place, including the one you quoted, are in practice obselete. You'd be hard pressed to find such a blatantly discriminatory law actually enforced. And those that are still on the books are overruled by Federal statute.
However, in practice, most laws are disctriminatory against men. Men get sentenced longer for the same crimes, men are more likely to get the death penalty for the same crime, and men are less likely to obtain equitable child custody judgements. It is a crime for a man to enter a women's public restroom or locker room, but a crime to prevent a woman from entering a man's restroom or locker room. A woman cop can pad down a man, but not the opposite. Etc. Etc.
2006-08-27 21:46:38 · answer #3 · answered by freebird 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The easiest or hardest (depending on how you look at it) to challenge a law is to break it. Then fight it in court. I have heard of fighting laws without actually breaking them but I think there are complications with that. Actually the law is the reverse of what you are talking about in Michigan. Are you sure it isn't that way in SC. I used to be a real estate agent. It's called dower rights.
2006-08-27 17:36:38 · answer #4 · answered by goose1077 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In either Tennessee or Kentucky it is illegal for a woman to drive on the highway without a man walking in front of the car with a red lantern to warn other drivers.
Several other states have laws that prohibit anywhere from 3-5 or more women from living together because it is assumed that they will be forming a brothel.
2006-08-27 17:35:52 · answer #5 · answered by the master of truth 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unlike the first answerer, it has little to do with "prejudice". It mostly has to do with the fact that there are too many laws, over too many years. The only way to get a law overturned is to challenge it in court or through legislative action, both of which are long and expensive operations.
If you don't like a law, find an advocacy group that is aligned with your beliefs and get involved.
2006-08-27 17:37:05 · answer #6 · answered by Joe Rockhead 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lot of these laws are left over from earlier time periods. Most likely, if this law were challenged in court, it would be deemed unconstitutional (that's assuming the judge is not a complete nutcase, in which case an appeals court would be in order).
2006-08-27 17:36:15 · answer #7 · answered by sverthfreyr 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont know why their still allowed and i dont know if theres any way to go about challenging them but i do know that you shouldn't listen to the pigism of most men a woman can do anything she puts her mnind to and you dont need a man to help even one step of the way .... unless your going to be a doctor or somthing then your teacher is a guy but otherwise it doesn't matter.
2006-08-27 17:34:49 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because not enough women are politically active!
Get busy!
Don't wait for someone to do it for you!
If you are waiting for a man to take care of this inequity then you are just wasting time.
Contact your local political party and get involved.
2006-08-27 18:17:07 · answer #9 · answered by Temple 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If and when someone challanges these laws they will hopefully be reverssed, but may stay in the books.
2006-08-27 18:02:12 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋