[cajungirl]

The notion that women opt not to work, not to do housework and not to have children and not to have sex and live off the fat of a man's paycheck then divorce him and get half his assets is rooted in an old culture of marriage, actually not even representative of that old culture, back in the fifties. Most women who marry in this country don't expect any of that,,the ones I know are working, having children, having sex and trying to keep their houses clean. Woman as parasitic in marriage is pretty rare from what I see. My personal response to the poster was in response to his demeaning women comments including likening a woman to a pig,,you want a thoughtful response to that claptrap, dream on. He got what he deserved.

[Hodar]

Woman as parasitic in marriage is pretty rare from what I see.

I have no data on how many married women are parasites; but I do have the facts that the law is flat-out biased in favor of women; without regard to the reasons for divorce. The article stated that people are not getting married, and I offered several reasons why. Among them is that the law allows (thereby encourages) women to be parasites.

Now, you may not know of any examples of this; but I do. But examples are simply our 'versions' of what happened between a couple to cause the divorce, and there are 2 sides to that story. And the truth is that outsiders will never 'really' know the true causes.

My beef is with the law that effectively makes man a piece of property that may be owned, have liens placed against, and used without redress, recourse or fair representation. As I previously stated, a wife can get the most expensive laywer her husband's income can afford; he can get what ever is left over. Either way, he will pay for both attorneys at the end of the day. The wife will walk away with the house, kids, car and a portion of his retirement, his savings and in some states, a lien against whatever he earns for the rest of his life. If that isn't legally santioned slavery, what is? Then, women wonder why men are not hesitant to sign their lives away to a lifetime of marriage/slavery.

[JohnG45]

You don't respond because you CAN'T respond.

This is not the first time you have used this argument.

I called you vacuous once before and now I repeat that estimation.

As for the rest of FR posters interested in intelligent discourse, don't waste your time with cajungirl