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Conservatives Are Coming for No-Fault Divorce

After the fall of Roe, right-wing media have been ratcheting up their rhetoric against no-fault divorce. Expect policy to follow.

Jezebel

We need to make it clear early on that anyone spouting this drivel is either a domestic abuse apologist or an abuser themselves. Because let us be extremely clear here: what these men miss is literal ownership of their wives. That is what they want, that is what they are aiming for. That is its own form of domestic violence, and it encourages other forms of domestic violence.

Edit: Since multiple radfems have reblogged this addition, I feel like it is fucking essential to point out that while this push is clearly and obviously coming from misogynistic cis men and primarily directed at cis women married to cis men, that domestic abusers come in all shapes, sizes, ages, assigned sexes, genders, and backgrounds. If this bullshit were to pass, it would 110% be utilized by abusive cis women to prevent their husbands from escaping them and these male survivors would have even less recourse because of how unlikely it is that they will be believed about the domestic violence they’ve endured. Domestic violence is an LGBTQ+ issue also, but I seriously doubt that if society has regressed to the point where no fault divorce has been rescinded, that same sex or perceived same sex marriages would be legal, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.

Any ideology that promotes the idea that men are always abusers or are the only abusers, and/or that women cannot be abusers of other humans regardless of assigned sex or gender, are ALSO abuse apologists or abusers themselves.

Anyway, I wrote this in a very truncated way that can apparently be misread by bigots and other fools, so I thought it was critical to clarify what I’m saying here.

Reblogging this for my necessary correction. Do not reblog the prior version if you happen to see it, and maybe check up on who you saw it from to make sure they’re not a terf or similar bigot that you’re inadvertently following.

OP you are so sexy for saying this.

reblogging especially for the additions. because yeah, I’m a guy who got a no-fault divorce from my emotionally and verbally abusive wife. if I’d had to testify against her or prove she abused me, that would’ve been a nightmare. if I’d had to live with her longer, it might’ve become physically dangerous.

all kinds of people can abuse their partners, not just men.