Men - a meal ticket for life?

[marantha]

Reading the amount of abuse the poster Washwithcare has received here over the past few days for suggesting that her husband does not offer more money to his ex-partner (not NOT married, no contract signed) and her (not biologically HIS) children it strikes me that feminism doesn't really exist- or only exists when it suits women.
Women are still baby machines that try to get as much money off a man as they can, when the chips are down.
AIBU?

What is the stance on property law and cohabitees at the moment?

Is it not the case that if they separate each party -if property is JOINTLY owned- comes away with their share. Absolutely fair enough IMO.

But if the couple separate and only ONE of them owns the property the cohabitee who is not the owner gets no share in the property?
If so, then I can't think of a fairer system than what ALREADY exists myself.

It is pretty clear.

I suppose there are people who will say: why should a MARRIED person get a share in their spouse's property in the event of them splitting up?

But I suppose the argument is that a married couple expressly told society at large that they wished to considered as "One" so society holds them to it in the event of things going t*ts up.

I think that in the case of a shorter marriage with no children, you still take out what you put in AFAIK.

I am squirming at this idea that women should have to go out to work, and if their husband walks out on them and the kids then it's their own fault. I think someone earlier said women who stayed at home to raise their children were "silly".

Anyway my earlier comments on that approach still stand. A despicable attitude IMO.

I think that if a couple are married, then each has declared that they are a "unit".

"Work" can be staying at home to look after the children, while the other spouse is in paid employment.

It is right in the case of a married couple to view childcare as "work" in itself.

Whoever breaks the contract of marriage should be answerable as to why they broke it.