Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!mit-eddie!bloom-beacon!ora!daemon From: kaveh@ms.uky.edu (Kaveh Baharestan) Newsgroups: soc.feminism Subject: Re: what feminism has done FOR men Message-ID: Date: 23 Nov 90 07:55:54 GMT References: <18940@oolong.la.locus.com> <657517070@lear.cs.duke.edu> Sender: ambar@ora.com (Jean Marie Diaz) Organization: U of Ky, Math. Sciences, Lexington KY Lines: 30 Approved: ambar@ora.com gazit@cs.duke.edu (Hillel Gazit) writes: >In a situation where there is a record number of divorce cases, and >men are the ones who pay, in *most* cases, child's support (and in >some case alimony), Judy tells us that men don't have to be bread >winners anymore... That doesn't mean that they PAY anything. >The choice of a divorced man is either to work harder or not to have >family, but of course he does not have to work too hard... That's true only if he pays alimony, and then not really. A while back I got some stats on divores. The man's quality of living goes up 30% and the woman's (who usually has the kids) goes down 60%. Note: I could be wrong on the percentages but I am not wrong on the unevenness of quality of living. This means that the woman has to have a job, take care of the kids. This means that the man has more money to do more things for himself. This produces two things. Divorced mothers who are temped to find men who will raise their standard of living and divorced men who have a higher standard of living. AHHH how sweet it is to be a man, in spite of the feminist movement ;-) Kaveh. +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | "Men are like lizards that bask in the sun, and say "what a nice place | | someone has built for me!"" -The Stone Of Farwell | | Tad Williams | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+