Word: divorcee
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Promise Keepers are right to encourage men--especially abusive men--in stepping forward and asking for help. The secret is that both men and women appreciate the potential joys of married life; both men and women enjoy raising families and participating in community networks and both men and women would...
Until her divorce last year, Annette LaFrancis was routinely beaten by her husband, a Navy submariner with the rank of chief petty officer. He was eventually convicted of assault, but LaFrancis can never forget how often she feared for her life. Her terror was compounded by six guns he had...
Peter Kramer has a gift for timing. His last book, Listening to Prozac, came out as Prozac was reaching best-seller status, and soon joined it. His new book--a guide for people thinking about leaving their spouse or significant other--hits the bookstores as divorce is becoming an ever...
The very title of Kramer's book--Should You Leave?--is likely to antagonize the growing legion of antidivorce activists. It seems to validate the anguished self-absorption that has made baby boomers so good at generating revenue for psychiatrists and so bad at staying married. A half-century ago...
Feminists who allegedly speak for women should attack divorce, not its effects. If men have easy access to divorce, many will choose it thoughtlessly. They may not gain true happiness with their new trophy wives, but they certainly will not slide into the material indigence and emotional misery that awaits...