Marriage 2.0, a term being used to describe today's marriages. It seems to be a popular term for men who feel women have the upper hand if a marriage falls apart.
I read blogs by men who label any woman who leaves her marriage and collects child support a "feminist." According to these men, Marriage 2.0 is a result of legislative tweaking of divorce laws back in the 1970s and 80s, which resulted in no-fault divorce laws.
Most throwing around the term Marriage 2.0 long for the 1950s and days when women were women and knew their place was in the home and taking care of their husband's needs. Not out earning their own money and God forbid, deciding for themselves what constitutes happiness and satisfaction in a marriage.
For some reason Marriage 2.0 has become a term to describe the evils of marriage and what the loss of that marriage means for men.
Here is the truth about Marriage 2.0, neither a wife or a husband has any recourse if their spouse cheats or unilaterally decides to leave the marriage. A man can trade his wife in on a younger model after 30 years of marriage and his wife has no legal recourse.
The same goes for a husband who has spent years providing for his family and is one day faced with a wife who decides her happiness lies elsewhere.
Marriage 2.0 (no-fault divorce laws) not only changed the idea of marriage and what happens to the spouses if the marriage ends in divorce for husbands, it also affects wives negatively.
How you view the damage done to you by the new Marriage 2.0 during a divorce depends on what side of the shore you are standing on.
My question is, how do we come together as men and women who have suffered due to no-fault divorce laws and as a collective attempt to change laws? Change them in a way that not only, in my opinion no longer promotes divorce but also truly promotes fairness in the division of marital assets, child support, child custody and, if needed spousal support.
