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"Chauvinistic Husbands" Respond to New Japanese Divorce Laws

Posted to Relevant News by Naomi Dunne on Tue, 09/09/2008 - 11:12pm

The Japanese Chauvinistic Husband Association is opening its doors and branching out.

We've discussed the plight of Japanese men who are affected by a new divorce law that allows ex-wives 50 percent of their ex-husband's pensions before here at FWW — basically, a whole bunch of wives are threatening to waltz out the door after decades of marital neglect.

But now we have numbers and they're pretty shocking.

Japanese wives have played second fiddle to careers, strip clubs, and drinking with the boys. Now that the divorce laws have changed, wives who are fed up have an attractive reason to leave. Some enterprising husbands have formed a support and learning group to help them figure out how to be nice to their wives.

Australia Leaps to the Aid of Children of Divorce

Goverment promises $40 million for programs, education

Posted to Relevant News by Naomi Dunne on Mon, 09/08/2008 - 11:38pm

The Australian government has just committed to spending $17 million on programs to help traumatized children from divorced families, and it's about time.

This new initiative is part of a divorce related spending spree, and the government has agreed to spend nearly $40 million over the next four years. Money will go to programs for the children themselves, as well as programs to teach divorced spouses how to parent after the split.

I'm cautiously optimistic about this. The commitment to spend this kind of money is clearly an indication that the government of Australia is concerned about the welfare of the children involved.

On the other hand, while that's a lot of money, there are a lot of children being affected, and one wonders how far the money's going to go. A parenting class here and there certainly won't hurt, but I hope the money won't be spent for nothing.

Blame Divorce on Sex… Says Town of Bedfordshire

cross-dressing, pornography top UK survey

Posted to Relevant News by Naomi Dunne on Tue, 09/02/2008 - 11:28pm

"Sex is the leading cause of divorce," says the headline of a new survey released in small town England.

Considering the cultural stereotype attached to the English and their sex lives, this will probably bring relief to millions of British women who, as popular opinion would have it, would gladly never have sex again. Don't have sex, don't get divorced, and live happily ever after in a G-rated utopia.

Tragically, though, it's not the sex itself that's leading to all the divorce say the people behind the study. It's sex-related causes. You know, porn surfing, infidelity, cross-dressing. Yup, cross-dressing.

According to the study done by Bedfordshire lawyers, cross-dressing by married people in the area happens often enough that it made the list of causes for divorce.

Bedfordshire, as it happens, is 10 minutes from where my mother lives. She tells me she's surrounded only by horses, but it would appear that she left out the hundreds of men in sequined palazzo pants and size 12 patent leather pumps.

Kirk Cameron Extinguishes Divorce in New Movie

plays porn-addicted fireman in $500,000 Christian production

Posted to Relevant News by Naomi Dunne on Sun, 08/31/2008 - 11:12pm

When I started out my journalism career, I certainly never thought I'd be writing a story about Kirk Cameron, Charles Darwin, divorce, bananas, and internet pornography. Good holy God, I love my job.

The story so far: Our boy Kirk made a movie called "Fireproof" about a Christian family on the brink of divorce. Kirk plays the cyber-porn-addicted fireman who has fallen out of love with his wife, a hospital public relations representative who's getting jiggy with a coworker. Kirk's dad, knowing that there's trouble at the mill, gives his son a book of — wait for it! — "love dares" and challenges him to make his marriage work in 40 days.

Oh, yes. I did say "love dares".

The movie had a production budget of only $500,000 and features a very sexy silhouette of a firefighter on the promo poster, a firefighter who I very much doubt is Kirk Cameron. Kirk was last seen weighing about 125 pounds on YouTube, advising that Darwinism is disproven because God invented the banana.

Ex-Wives Allege Abuse by Ex-James Bond

001 cites physical abuse, 002 cites alcohol abuse

Posted to Relevant News by Naomi Dunne on Wed, 08/27/2008 - 11:48pm

We mentioned earlier this month that former James Bond George Lazenby and his most recent wife, Pam Shriver, were getting divorced.

As we all know, it's part of the United States Constitution that all celebrity divorces need drama, intrigue, and gross accusations in order to be granted in a court of law. This one, however, is particularly interesting.

Lazenby's ex-wife is making accusations as well.

The Bond star and his first wife, Christina Mather, have been divorced for years. Now she's claiming that he broke her nose when she was five months pregnant, more than 30 years ago. Their daughter, now 34, claims he shoved her head into a toilet and held a gun to her head when she arrived home after her curfew. On this front, Lazenby admits to nothing more than totally ignoring his daughter from the time she was 12 because his younger son was dying of cancer.

"The Antichrist" Skips Divorce Court

controversial preacher owes over $70,000 in alimony

Posted to Relevant News by Naomi Dunne on Tue, 08/26/2008 - 9:20am

I have a secret. My name is Naomi, I am a journalist, and I don’t watch the news. I used to try and hide this fact, sort of skimming the headlines so I could fake my way through conversations involving current events. But I got a news alert today that tells me exactly why I am completely in the right. I am vindicated and I never have to watch the news again.

Jose Luis de Jesus Miranda is a preacher. I’m not totally sure where “preacher” ends and “cult leader” begins, but that’s neither here nor there. In the beginning of his illustrious career, Miranda got famous because he convinced everybody that he was the second coming of Jesus.

Then he changed his mind and proclaimed he was no longer Jesus. He was the Antichrist.

His wife filed for divorce, although I can’t imagine why.

Bigamist Chooses Basra Over Divorce

Danish laws too strict for Iraqi national

Posted to Relevant News by Naomi Dunne on Thu, 08/21/2008 - 11:54pm

Imagine being a refugee from a war-torn country and being told that in order to stay in safety, you had to get divorced. I’m pretty sure we can all say that would be tragic and a travesty of justice.

Now imagine you had two spouses, and the country you were living in said you had to obey the law and pick one. Not such a travesty of justice anymore, is it?

An unidentified Iraqi man has recently decided that he would rather go back to Iraq than stay in Denmark and give up one of his wives. Man, even writing the words “one of his wives” freaks me out. It seems like many of the men I know have a hard enough time being married to one woman, let alone two.

The lawyer handling his case explains the situation like this: “Most of all his wives are saddened by this affair; they don't feel welcome in Denmark.” When I read that the first time, it sounded like they were saying most of his wives were saddened. As in, most of them are saddened, but the rest are handling it like troopers. How many wives does this guy have? But no, he’s only got two — and they’re both bummed.

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