I’m not glossing over it. It just didn’t have anything to do with the point I was making.

I’ll address it here. Yes, she is likely making less, but that’s usually because she’s making career concessions to care for the home and kids. Men generally don’t do that, focus on their careers and earn more.

By saying she “comes out ahead”, you’re implying that what she’s doing in lieu of earning more money isn’t worth anything.

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she might be financially worse off after the divorce compared to when they were married, but still way ahead from before she met him.

Maybe, maybe not. I’m saying that there are consequences to a married woman getting divorced. She is, in fact, worse off as a consequence of getting divorced. I’ve never made any comparisons to her pre-married state.

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Posted by Sam Quint

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Posted on 4/22/24 at 2:34 pm to Dadren

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Maybe, maybe not. I’m saying that there are consequences to a married woman getting divorced. She is, in fact, worse off as a consequence of getting divorced. I’ve never made any comparisons to her pre-married state.

i mean that's fine, if that's your assertion. yes, she is in a comparably worse position than when she was married. but that's a meaningless metric. she is still in a net better position due to the marriage and divorce, and he is in a net worse position than he was before due to the marriage and divorce.

i agree that there are consequences for a woman getting divorced - emotional, reputational, family, religious aspects, depression, etc. i'm just saying that in regards to material possessions and wealth, things that can be objectively measured, she is going to come out way ahead in the majority of cases.

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