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>Marriage is supposed to be legally binding. No-fault divorce is a new (and imo vastly problematic) thing. No-fault divorce is the inevitable result of the fac

• cookiecaper 13y ago
  I disagree. No-fault divorce is the result of skewed moral perceptions and broad disconnection from reality. No-fault divorce has hurt women very seriously, which is evident from the precipitous increase of divorce rates since no-fault was established as the effective norm (NY was a fault state into the 2000s on paper, but effectively no-fault in implementation (no substantiating evidence was really required, and it was a forgone conclusion that a judge would grant the divorce once the divisions of assets, custody, etc., were agreed by both parties)). I doubt we'll ever agree on this, however, as you apparently see the destruction of meaningful marital covenants as an emancipation.
  • rdouble 13y ago
    The Scandinavian countries and Australia have this problem solved. Divorce doesn't hurt women if there is income parity, no stigma and comprehensive social services for children.
  • tbrownaw 13y ago
    No-fault divorce has hurt women very seriously, which is evident from the precipitous increase of divorce rates since no-fault was established Does not follow. No-fault divorce has caused higher divorce rates. You haven't offered any basis for claiming that those higher divorce rates harm either the women or men involved, let alone that they harm the women disproportionately as you imply.
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