AskMen asks Why Do Divorce Laws Marginalize Men?

	posted by Matt on 08:24 PM April 27th, 2005
	bandersnatch writes "From Ask Men -- 'Ask a buddy at work. Ask your neighbor. Even a relative will probably have heard of one. And the stories are always the same: she took his house, his car, and his kids. She made more money than him and he still had to pay alimony. She accused him of physical abuse and the courts didn't even ask for evidence." Click "Read more..." for the rest of the quote.

	"'It seems that no matter who you talk to these days, someone knows of a man who came out of a divorce robbed and humiliated. And there is no end to how harrowing such stories get. In America, men are forced to pay around 40% of their income to ex-wives, regardless of wrongdoing on the woman's parts (often called "no-fault" alimony). She could commit adultery and beat her husband or kids, and none of it will influence the court's decision. More shockingly still, a woman can simply accuse her husband of sexual or physical abuse (or simply express a fear of it) and instantly win a restraining order forcing him away from his home and children, without so much as a hearing. In fact, most divorce lawyers will advise a woman to do this, and those who do not can be sued for legal malpractice.' It's refreshing to see this on a mainstream website such as Ask Men -- They also have a men's rights forum now, check it out."

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Good Article But What Is The Point? (Score:2) by Luek on 10:11 PM April 27th, 2005 EST (#1) This is a good article about the misandry that is running rampant in today's sick society. But what is the point of highlighting common knowledge or should be common knowledge by now? Pointing out the wrongs committed against men today in Western culture is like writing a thoroughly researched and scholarly paper stating the world is round and orbits around the sun not the other way around. This is common and long established knowledge. The real question should be just why do most men still get married knowing that their chances of becoming part of this socially engineered "waking nightmare" are at least 50% and growing? Just what makes most men think that the irrefutable laws of the universe somehow are temporarily suspended for them when they find "ms. right?" Also, notice that this supposedly man friendly site has several articles and advertisements with images of seductive women implying that you too can get laid if you follow the instructions in the articles or ads!

Re:Good Article But What Is The Point? (Score:0) by Anonymous User on 05:46 PM April 28th, 2005 EST (#2) I read somewhere that AskMen gets like 40,000 hits a day, making it by far the largest men's site on the web. With all that potential, until very recently, AskMen was nothing more than a male version of Cosmopolitan, complete with loopy articles written by women theorizing on what interested men. Because of the huge volume, this turnaround could signal something really big. An article like this in the formerly whipped AskMen is the web equivalent of a similar article in GQ, especially since the end of the article links to other sites.

Re:Good Article But What Is The Point? (Score:0) by Anonymous User on 08:10 PM April 28th, 2005 EST (#3) I have seen articles from Matt Fitzgerald (author of "Sexploytation") on askmen.com before. I get the feeling that there's an editorial camp issue going on, with some part of the mgt. wanting it to be a men's issues/rights site and another wanting it to be like GQ. No matter, I am really glad to hear that is gets 40,000 visitors a day who will see articles like this one. Great!

Re:Good Article But What Is The Point? (Score:1) by Underage on 08:27 PM April 28th, 2005 EST (#4) I think that we should simply take it as a good sign that such a big web-site had an article like this! I think we should also take it as a good sign, as men's activits, that they have a men's issues forum! I visit that site sometimes, and they post pretty good pro-male articles. Matthew Fitzgerald, the author of Sex-Ploitation, writes great articles for the site and there are a few other good men that write for the site such as Austin Silver and Curt Smith. I know where you're coming from, Luek, when you mentioned how Ask Men does have articles and advertisements with images of seductive women "implying that you too can get laid if you follow the instructions in the articles or ads!" However we must remember that Ask Men is not entirely a men's rights site, and even though I think we should eliminate articles and ads that make it seem that men have to do what the articles and ads tell them to do in order to be worthy of getting laid by sexy women, I still think that sites intented towards men should give suggestions on how to pleasure and have fun with their partner and that sites intended towards women should give suggestions on how to pleasure and have fun with their partner as well. Afterall, men and women create the world together, they should do it getting along and having a good a time as possible!

Malpractice ! (Score:1) by Gang-banged on 12:33 PM April 29th, 2005 EST (#5) (User #1714 Info) "More shockingly still, a woman can simply accuse her husband of sexual or physical abuse (or simply express a fear of it) and instantly win a restraining order forcing him away from his home and children, without so much as a hearing. In fact, most divorce lawyers will advise a woman to do this, and those who do not can be sued for legal malpractice." Surely not . . . If a Lawyer advises a woman to do this - when it is not true . . . then the Lawyer is guilty of creating a False Instrument and can be Sued . . . this is a criminal offence ! What we need is one highly publicised case where it can be proven to be False and the Lawyer and wife are sent to Prison for using a False Instrument, Perjury, etc. {I am not holding my breath for same]

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