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> Anywhere you put it in there, it can go away in an instant if the government wants to take it away from you. We don't understand this in the west Divorced or

• steve_adams_86 5y ago
  As far as I know this applies to anyone divorcing; divorce laws apply equally to spouses these days, not just to men.
  • redis_mlc 5y ago
    You're being disingenuous. Because of hypergamy, women date up, which means they are almost always the recipient of divorce and child support settlements. So in practise, divorce laws don't apply equally. But you already knew that.
  • epicureanideal 5y ago
    That may be how the laws are written, but that isn't how they're enforced in practice. Divorces are initiated about 70-90% by women (I've seen numbers quoted throughout the range depending on the time period and the demographics being looked at), women end up with the kids 80-90% of the time, and so on. Almost all spousal support is awarded to women. And so on. The usual argument about the kids ending up with the mother because the father doesn't want more time with them is often offered without much questioning, but the same people that argue this would not so easily accept similar arguments to explain differences in incarceration rates between people of different ethnic backgrounds, for example.