Hey, I saw a reblog of a post of yours. It was about no-fault divorce being legalized in the â70s and how that reduced the percentage of wives committing suicide. I canât click the link you had to source it, and am wondering if you still have that source, or can find your post. Thanks!
this is the most commonly cited source I think:
Since 1969, studies have shown no-fault divorce correlates with a reduction in female suicides and a reduction in intimate partner violence. A 2004 paper by economists Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolvers found an 8 to 16% decrease in female suicides after states enacted no-fault divorce laws. They also noted a roughly 30% decrease in intimate partner violence among both women and men, and a 10% drop in women murdered by their partners.
although I've seen it quoted as a decrease in women murdering their husbands, with the implied threat towards those would wish to create obstacles to divorce.
on the other hand there are also studies finding an increase in women murdering their husbands due to no fault divorce:
The results indicate that unrestricted unilateral divorce laws had small and statistically insignificant effects on the amount of lethal spousal violence directed against wives. However, the easy access to divorce created by such laws increased spousal homicides of husbands by approximately 21%. These increases were concentrated in states where the division of marital property favored husbands.
so no fault divorce could make it easier to leave an abusive partner, reducing the incentive to kill them, but could also make it easier to be financially cut off by a partner, increasing the incentive to kill them; somewhat disconcerting implications there for humans as rational actors.
andulkaphoto
origamiaround
ellievsbear
dailybridgerton
pixelskylines
turnnoffyourmind
