I'm with you there. He didn't just cheat on her, he publicly humiliated her -- repeatedly -- as well as threatened her health. That should cost him.
I find it really interesting that on a Conservative (pro-marriage, pro-family) website, there is so much sympathy for Tiger not being "hurt too much financially" for his disastrous behavior. Worse, there are some men here turning his wife (who did no wrong that we know of) into some "gold-digging, free-loading floozy" who "didn't contribute as much to the marriage".
I've got news -- it's guys like Tiger and his defenders here who were the reason that feminism was born in the first place! Men close ranks when it's one of their own being punished, so why shouldn't women do the same?
The conservative principle involved has to do with upholding the right to the fruit of a person’s labor and talents from arbitrary court confiscations.
Speaking for myself, it has nothing to do with males closing ranks.
If Madonna were to marry one of her aerobic trainers who a few years later divorces her after learning (surprise) that she has slept with the Los Angeles Lakers between his back, I do not agree that is proper for a court to award him half of her vast fortune.
Perhaps you would expect me to side with him because he is a male; I don’t.
While I think what Madonna did in my example was reprehensible morally, nevertheless her vast fortune has resulted almost entirely from her talent (if one can call it that) and her labor.
I think the aerobic instructor/husband should receive a healthy settlement, as he is the wronged party, but a fair amount for that bears no relation to a large percentage of her entire fortune.
Or let’s say Britney Spears marries one of her back-up dancers. Perhaps he even fathers a child or two of hers. After a few years, the back-up dancer discovers that Britney has been having sex with all of the husbands of the Real Housewives of L.A., and he divorces her.
Even though the back-up dancer/husband has been wronged by the cheatin’ Britney, in my view it would be arbitrary and unfair for a court to award half of Britney’s fortune, which has been achieved almost exclusively through her “talents” and efforts, to the wronged spouse, although he is deserving of a meaningful amount in a divorce settlement.
The answer is a little more complicated than men choosing to close ranks.
A lot of guys confuse their choosing evil women with a general status of all women being evil. I think that the same may hold true for women also.
The only bad thing I can say about Tiger’s wife is that up to this point, she has not demonstrated the ability to choose a good man. I wish better for her in the future.
I see darkness and tragedy for Tiger if he doesn’t get straightened out. Some people have to get to the hereafter for their justice, I suspect that his suffering is going to start in the here and now.