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She may just order food. Dinner may consist of takeout, leftover catering, instant junk food and delivery. She is not the type to host dinner parties, clean the house, work on home renovations, plant a garden, maintain the pool or any other domestic activity.

Some of these women may cheat, use drugs, neglect their children, abuse them or worse. It is ridiculous to paint an ideal image of the modern housewife who has little in common with her fifties counterpart: a self-sacrificing, subservient woman who put her kids and husband first for their sake and spent hours laboring over activities that ranged from the maintenance of a perfect home to hosting parties to embroidery. The expectations of the modern women are completely different.

There is a lot of focus on deadbeat dads and men who abandon their wives. I do not condone men neglecting and abandoning their wives. A man should see his children and pay child support. They only make up part of the problem. It is a form of bias to ignore the failure of certain women to live up to their obligations in marriage. Certainly there is domestic violence, neglect and verbal abuse but this essay is not focused on those issues. It is inexcusable for a woman to be treated that way.

Because of the modern state of marriage, with its instability and easy ways to get out, a prenuptial agreement makes sense for a number of reasons. Women are capable of supporting themselves financially. They do not need the financial support of men. Alimony is justifiable in a limited number of cases. If a man provides the income for the house, then legally the house should be considered his. Otherwise, it is theft sanctioned by the courts. Some women automatically expect a house along with custody of children. Some have used kids to gain the house and maintenance.

Eighty-five percent of divorces are filed by women, not men. There is an implicit assumption in society and the courts that the person filing is the victim and the defendant is the perpetrator. The present system of divorce is divisive and acrimonious. If people want out they should be allowed to do so. A divorce for just cause should be treated differently under the law than a divorce without just cause. Generally, law makes little distinction. A woman can file for a divorce for little reason and demand more than half a man's income, his house and his children.

The children deserve both parents. Joint custody is the ideal, unless one parent can be proven with evidence, reports and witnesses,

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