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- From: bweiss@cs.arizona.edu (Beth Weiss)
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- Subject: Re: Privacy -- and responsibility
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- Date: 25 Jan 93 18:39:36 GMT
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- Karl Denninger writes:
- |> Not true. She made the decision to marry OF HER OWN FREE WILL. The other
- |> party is not responsible for what she could have had as a career had she
- |> chosen to continue it (note that marriage does NOT mean you must stop
- |> working if you're a woman, only that it is convenient to do so if you can
- |> sap off a man instead). In fact, it could be argued that the man is owed
- |> instead if the woman decided at marriage not to work -- the man was deprived
- |> of some substantial portion of his funds as a result (he had to support
- |> her)
- |>
- |> Neither is it relavent what her standard of living would be if she had
- |> stayed married if the majority of the support during the marriage came
- |> from the man. Again, the choice to not work and continue her carrer was
- |> <hers>.
-
- In most cases, isn't it _THEIRS_, rather than hers? For
- example, he gets a great job offer, so she gives up her job
- and follows him to where his new job is because they think
- it's best for their family.
-
- Another example: he quits work for a few years, and goes back
- to school, while she supports them, because it's best for
- their family.
-
- Another: she quits work (or cuts back) to stay home more with
- the children, because they think it's best for their family.
- [this one could be that he quits work, of course]
-
- When one member of a married couple makes a career decision,
- it's made in the context of their marriage, not in a vacuum,
- and presumably with the input of the spouse. That means it
- is made with the assumption that the marriage will continue.
- Isn't that part of the basis for the community property
- laws in some states: financial choices made by spouses are
- made together--and both are contributing to the assets of the
- marriage.
-
- --Beth Weiss
- bweiss@cs.arizona.edu
-