I for one do not welcome our new snowflake overlords.
This is probably the exact reason why so many of my male American friends in the tech industry seem unhappy and depressed in their marriages. I'm guessing they want to leave, but don't want to get sued by their lower-earning spouse for half of everything they have earned so far.
There really should be a "Do this, not that" guide for people entering marriage in the US to protect their wealth from possible divorce theft by spouses who have "become accustomed to" a certain lifestyle and want to try and coast on your money for as long as possible. (In fact, if people here have gone through such experiences, I would love to hear their suggestions).
Chris Rock puts it crudely but truly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAmeW8bq08k
This is when women have a similar experience (notice the resulting sympathy from the audience): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xCXuvdAywg
At least some bias in favor of mothers should be "fair". And keep in mind, it should not be male singles who decide what is and isn't fair in divorce law...
I fully support this if it works both ways, ie. Regardless of gender.
You are either surrounded by friends with low income (who divorce at 44%), or You are suffering confirmation bias.
None of my friends have divorced - but that's luck more than anything else.
This will not be equitable both ways, since women elect to marry men who make more than them more often than the reverse. This NPR program (http://www.npr.org/2015/02/08/384695833/what-happens-when-wi...) says that the percentage of wives who earn more than husbands is ~38%, which I guess is an encouraging trend though.
> You are either surrounded by friends with low income (who divorce at 44%)
I specifically said that they stay in their marriages, (albeit unhappy), which is exactly the point. Low income marriages are easier to dissolve, it's harder when you have half a million in the bank.
That's mostly a function of income disparity, not of personal choice.
There are no laws or practices in place that make these choices mandatory, and men who enter education face as many cultural hurdles as women who enter tech - for the same reasons: their gender.
That said, even within an industry there is still a disparity, between 3-10%. This still needs to be fixed.
Imagine this in the context of a business relationship. You put $200k into the business every year, your (female) partner puts in $60k. If for some reason after 10 years the business goes south, will the fairest way to distribute the resulting assets and liabilities be in a 50:50 ratio because there is an income disparity in the broader society?
[Admittedly my analogy is imperfect, but hopefully there's a point in there.]
Thanks for telling us.
There should be, but this would only be doctoring the symptoms. The real solution is to abolish the ridiculous, sexist/misandric alimony laws. In the past there was some good point to them, but they have all been made obsolete by technological development (contraception, pregnancy loosing its medical dangers, societal changes). The only acceptable (default) rule is no alimony, and 50/50 shared custody of children.
In order for such a long-overdue legal change to happen, men must use their vote. The majority of women will be against such a change since the current legal arrangement benefits them so disproportionally, so men will face stiff opposition.
Otherwise this looks like you're angrily using crude and offensive language.
http://www.realworlddivorce.com/
In particular: