mordea:
However, I am aware of the trend in the West where it is usually the mother who is awarded custody of the child. Ahh, the sweet smell of equality. Oh, wait...
I assume you have no children yourself. As a "dominant" man, you've no doubt never bothered to find out what is involved in raising children. The facts of life are these: women around the world, in all nations, even yours, do the vast majority of child rearing.
Who raised you, mordea? Did you have a mother? Who fed you? Who dressed you? Was it your father?
If mothers in my country are "usually" awarded custody of the child (a claim you have no evidence for), then it is either (a) because husbands and wives agree to that, or (b) because courts decide in many cases that it is in the best interests of the child.
I don't need statistics. I have something better: My own observations while studying in the West. Indeed, the case I described happened to a friend of mine. A very costly legal battle was required simply so that he could be awarded custody of the child in preference to the drug using girlfriend.
You ought to research the difference between fact and anecdote.
Your own very limited experience-by-proxy hardly equips you to make general pronouncements on this topic.
But wait! Your friend was awarded custody! And he's a man. Wow! Are you arguing against yourself?
This may shock you, but some women actually want a dominant man.
Yes. And some women drift from loser to loser, making the same mistake over and over again.
But women there don't really have equal rights under the law, do they?
By equal rights, do you mean that they are shown preference in regards to divorce procedures and domestic violence laws? If that's what you mean, then no.
Let's get specific.
Under what circumstances can a woman be granted a divorce in Dubai? Does the same apply to a man?
A whore has sex for money. A woman who divorces and then claims alimony had sex with you for your money.
What about a man who claims alimony after divorcing his wife? Is he a whore, too?
But stick to the point: alimony is essentially non-existent where I live. Even in the US it is rarely granted (less than 10% of divorces), and usually limited to the short term (a couple of years, say).
Do you have a source for those stats? Even then, the very fact that alimony exists is an abomination.
Try wikipedia for a start. There's a whole article on Alimony. It's easy to find, although it only talks about the United States. Go educate yourself.
Why should their partner (usually a male) be bound to support someone they have divorced?
An example would be where a woman has kept the house and looked after the children while the man worked. If the woman has given up a career to provide child care for the man's children and to look after him and his home, thus forsaking income, and perhaps contributed to the monetary value of the house itself in many ways, then it makes perfect sense that when she divorces and needs a little time to establish herself in a home of her own, with a paying job etc., her ex-husband should cover some of these costs.
Alimony is only one aspect of any divorce settlement. Division of property is another major one. Where property cannot be divided fairly, alimony provides one way to compensate.
You should read up on this.
If the whore had wanted to keep draining their partner's purse, they should have remained married!
Why do you assume the wife wanted the divorce? What if the husband initiated the divorce? Shouldn't he have remained married? What if he divorced her because he had an affair with somebody else and wanted to split? Should he remain married?
