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...some of my female friends whether they would agree with the women interviewed in this article and say that their deepest fear in life was getting a divorce or having their lover walk out on them. All, even those who had boyfriends, emphatically disagreed. They even argued that no-fault divorce had been a major accomplishment of the feminist movement...
...benefits of such information extend beyond the individual to those with whom he or she happens to be drinking, as well. Krueger's reported sixteen drinks were not the only cause of his death. Just as much at fault was the person who carried him, unconscious, to the basement of the fraternity house, where he was found in his own vomit. Knowing warning signs of alcohol poisoning and how to position someone who is vomiting, as well as when a situation warrants calling a hospital, constitute crucial information for all responsible college students...
...hundreds of thousands of men to the Washington Mall. Those (improved) men will then return to their homes and churches, joining the small, PK-influenced men's groups that now populate one-third of churches nationwide. Second, we have state politicians, most of whom are men, taking on no fault divorce. Louisiana recently became the first state to attack this 1970's innovation. Louisiana's new law creates something called "covenant marriage." Couples who choose a covenant marriage undergo counseling before they marry and can divorce only with fault, defined as abandonment, physical abuse, adultery or conviction of a capital...
Feminists understandably view movements like PK and covenant marriage with anxiety. They undermine what feminists consider a crowning achievement, no fault divorce. Feminists say no fault divorce was a large hurdle on the path to female liberation. They apparently don't consult the deepest hopes or greatest fears of young women...
...they consult the data on no fault divorce. This data says that 62 percent of divorced women used to receive permanent alimony, whereas now only 13 percent receive any alimony. It says that only 25 percent of divorced women with child custody receive child support, and only one-half of that is ever paid. It says that after divorce, men see their standard of living increase by 42 percent, while women see their's fall by 73 percent. It says, in short, that divorce is a leading cause of poverty among American women...