• jsnfwlr@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      It shouldn’t be hard. But it almost always is. Having to prove it means having to confront your abuser and record the incident. That can go wrong in so many ways.

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      1 year ago

      I…

      Wow.

      Just curious, but… why do you think no-fault divorce got signed into law in the first place? And do you really think abuse is always “obvious”?

      Like, yeah, sometimes it’s black eyes and broken bones, but a lot of abuse is much more subtle and hard to prove. Even setting that aside (and let me be clear: we absolutely should not set it aside), shouldn’t people be able to get out of a marriage before it racks up hospital bills?

      I’m married. If, at any point, my wife felt unsafe around me, I would expect her to leave. At that point, I would have violated the sanctity of our marriage, and she shouldn’t have to fucking prove it to anyone, me included.