Ah, but then you are a man. Jane Austen, in Persuasion, famously hade her heroine Anne Elliot maintain that women’s love for men is less conditional and lasts longer than that of men’s.

As for mother-in-laws, in the interests of domestic peace I try to adopt my mother-in-law’s side against my husband in most disputes. It seems to work.

Between this and your pieces a few days ago on Unwed Moms and Unsexy Men, I suggest you get a makeover. Your personal experience is clouding your judgement of men, women, family and sex.

Are these posts for real or is this some experiment on how otherwise intelligent people will respond to drivel.

My frustration is mostly that the authors seemed to have stopped replying on the comments when they’ve said something wrong or highly contentious, seemingly except when it’s easy for them to refute (i.e. “you’ve misunderstood my point”) or when the comments come from fellow academics. I think this is a by-product of the sites popularity though.

As far as inequality in divorce laws, I get mixed results searching online. Some say it’s terrible for women, but there clearly has been some liberalization in the last twenty years (before that it looks like women would have been hard pressed to initiate any divorces). My guess is that overall it’s weighted towards the husband’s side, and certainly more so than in the US.

Instead of speculating can we just stick to the facts?