As in, why aren't men expected to pay an amount like 50 percent of their income to their exwives that they abandon in order to help the exwives get back on their feet?
2007-06-25 07:30:34 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
I'm not saying women are inferior, I'm just saying that men can easily survive on a very low amount of money, and might not use the money themself anyways...
2007-06-25 07:40:33 · update #1
You automatically assert that women can't make it on their own and are inferior to a man. Why?
Women can earn a good living on their own, they don't need a handout or spousal welfare from an ex-spouse. Child support I can see, but alimony is court ordered thievery.
If they get a divorce why should the guy work and support her? He has a life to live too.
Women want equal rights in everything except when it comes to supporting themselves. Which way do you want it? To be equal or lesser than's that need support?
2007-06-25 07:38:55 · answer #1 · answered by Fred F 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well, there is such a thing as palimony but the ex wives are supported until they graduate from college or for a period of 5 to 7 years so that they can become better educated and get good paying jobs. We live in an age of double income. In a lot of cases now women are the bread winners. There really isn't any reason for a man to support his wife after they divorce, except in cases where the woman is a housewife without any visible means of support. Why should anyone regardless, expect a handout. The EEOC has made great strides and women earn as much as men, and they insult their own intelligence by always expecting someone else to take care of them, and the opportunities out there are practically limitless. Why would a man who has busted his but all his life continue to be the bread winner and the majority of the time, no divorce is blameless on any one given party.
2007-06-25 14:39:11 · answer #2 · answered by carpathian mage 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can not, for the life of me, believe you asked this question. I most divorces not only is the man required to pay child support (if they have children), but the judge normally sets that amount high - most guys I know are paying $250 - $325 a month per child. If there are no children, the judge could make the man pay his soon to be ex spousal maintenance - usually at least $500 a month. With that said, what if it was the wife that wanted the divorce, why should the man pay her?
2007-06-25 14:37:23 · answer #3 · answered by Tony S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sigh... well.. for starters this IS the 21 century where women are supposed to haev equality rights. And that includes the same right to get educated and get a decent job as a man. WHy SHOULD a husband have to give away everything? If woman is ready and willing and able, she should take her fari share out of the marriage and get back into life, usually by working.
Marriage as deinfed by the courst is 50 50 split in most cases. it's the fairest. It takes two equal partners in a marriage and sharing the proceeds of that marraige equitably has been found to be the best way to end things up.
If people don't like that... pre nuptual agreements and contracts may be the way to go.
2007-06-25 14:35:32 · answer #4 · answered by teritaur 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It's not that simple. You just don't take a salary and split it down the middle, sometimes a man has all the bills in his name and his credit is on the line as well as the financial responsability to continue to pay all these bills.
Now, if a man makes a ton of money and the wife can prove the she is acustomed to a "certain lifestyle", then the courts can obligate the man to pay alimony.
You also have to think about the reason of the divorce. Would you give your wife 50% of your money if she cheated on you with another man? Or just disappeared for no reason? It's not a black and white question.
2007-06-25 14:36:41 · answer #5 · answered by Nelson Q 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not all men abandon their wives. Not all men all the cause of the divorce. Every situation is different. What if the wife was lazy and never worked a day in her life, why should the man pay any alimony? Not all men are jerks!
2007-06-25 14:38:40 · answer #6 · answered by JoJo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on how long they were married, and who made more money. At times Alimony is awarded, like say the man made $100,000 a year, and the wife stayed at home with the kids for 10 or so years. Alimony may be set up for that situation to give the wife time to adjust to working and securing her life.
2007-06-25 14:35:05 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i wish it were that way. it doesn happen if you recieve alamony the man has to support the wife for a designated amount of time. but i like you questin because if it were that way im sure there would be alot less divorce. now you have to concider it is not always the man who leaves the wife, and if the wife leaves the man and also makes more money than him, the door should swing both ways and she should have to support him untill he gets back on his feet.
2007-06-25 15:55:37 · answer #8 · answered by browneyedgirl482 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People are responsible for their own career choices.
How man times have you heard of a woman divorcing a man because he is a work-a-holic and then she also wants more money in the divorce settlement?
Did she really want him to work less and make less money or did she just want his money/
Women should not be rewarded for neglecting their own careers.
2007-06-25 15:09:46 · answer #9 · answered by snack_daddy10 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because people should take responsibilities for themselves and quit relying on others to take care of them. No matter what the situation is the other person has to make a living for themselves and if they give 50% to the other person how is that living?
2007-06-25 14:41:22 · answer #10 · answered by Workinmamma 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋