Craig Minns, I have one comment to make about this statement:

"Similarly, a wealthy couple who divorce don't suffer much in the financial fallout, but a couple at the other end of the socioeconomic spectrum might well be both devastated financially with no hope of recovery."

A wealthy divorced couple are not likely to suffer financially like those at the other end of the scale but I think it would be more common for a woman in that class to be ditched as her looks fade and boobs sag and the bloke has had enough of her menstrual/menopausal mood swings. For such blokes life's much more exciting with a much younger trophy wife or mistress. Its the reason why family law remains as it is. No fault divorce suits their lifestyle perfectly. And besides, it doesn't interfere with their dreams of taking their children to Disneyland one little bit.

benk, it also ignore the possibility of link between a range of bullying behaviours and suicide rates and the sometimes brutal and contribution of the bias in the practical implementation of our family law and child support systems to both suicide and I suspect some of the murder suicides.

It's speculation in regard to those links as the evidence that would allow a good understanding of any links is hidden behind a great concern for confidentiality that does not appear to be an issue in other aspects of the system.

R0bert

Here is an interesting question, if being a housewife, mother etc is unpaid?

Then how come a woman's standard of living falls, following divorce or separation?

Because if the work is unpaid, it should then make no difference to a mothers, ex-wife standard of living.

Sarah

STOP apologising! STOP right now!

You have nothing to apologise for. You have stated your case and done so more than adequately.

These guys are veteran OLO veteran fraudsters, who twist the research and statistics beyond all recognition to suit their own self-pitying, women-despising agenda.

You will never, EVER catch them apologising for getting it wrong. And they DO constantly get it wrong.

And what’s more … they know it. Oh, how they know it!

But they are too entitled, too sanctimonious and too protected by their overwhelming numbers to ever face up to themselves. They operate in aggressive packs to ensure that women are too intimidated by their senseless hostility and too exhausted by their screwed-up reasoning to continue beating their proverbial heads against the proverbial brick wall.

Keep pandering to them if you must. But don’t kid yourself that you will ever get anywhere

Old Killarney...your last post...what a hoot...never read anything so desperate on OLO...go have a bex and a lie down.

When you can't have your own way - throw a tantrum. Very dignified.