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I find the Connecticut divorce cases to be really interesting. By today's standards these all seem like obvious reasons for divorce. Abandonment, for example, would be a justified reason for divorce after 7 years. I can't help but think of all those individuals everywhere else in America who had been abandoned but were still considered married. -Erin Sanderson | I find the Connecticut divorce cases to be really interesting. By today's standards these all seem like obvious reasons for divorce. Abandonment, for example, would be a justified reason for divorce after 7 years. I can't help but think of all those individuals everywhere else in America who had been abandoned but were still considered married. -Erin Sanderson | ||
| − | In response to Kristina, I agree that men probably thought it was beneath them to ask for divorce. However, I also think that it would be a lot harder for an abandoned women to survive without a husband (she would probably be living in poverty) then it would be for a man to survive without his wife. This gives women incentive to get a divorce, that way they could remarry | + | In response to Kristina, I agree that men probably thought it was beneath them to ask for divorce. However, I also think that it would be a lot harder for an abandoned women to survive without a husband (she would probably be living in poverty) then it would be for a man to survive without his wife. This gives women incentive to get a divorce, that way they could remarry. -- Erin Sanderson |
