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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, some of us are old enough to remember when most women were trapped in marriage. With no education, no job, and so much social pressure to stay. In my mother’s generation, it was almost impossible for women to own property by themselves.  That often meant being trapped with an adulterous husband, a drunk, a man who couldn’t hold a job, a man who abused her, or a man who abused the kids.

Divorce is the path to freedom from these hells that most women have had to put up with for most of human history.

So it’s a valid option to save your own life.  I’m not saying jump to divorce. But you gotta know this is one of the best tools out there for women. And it hasn’t always existed.  Many countries still don’t allow divorce. You are still basically your husband’s property.[/quote]

Where did your mother live where it was impossible to own property one generation ago? Even my husband's illiterate Saudi mom owns property.[/quote]

What?  It was 1975 before women everywhere in the States could have a checking account in her own name alone (not counting exceptions).[/quote]

+1. My folks got divorced in 1973. Mom had to jump through some hoops to get a checking account in her name alone -- which was only possible, I'm told, because she knew the president of the local bank in our small Indiana town.[/quote]

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