>>86442083>How horrible it must have been for women to actually have to prove their allegations.Work both ways dumb ass, why do you think there is that cliche of the wife moving in with the mom/sister when a bad fight happen? They were dodging court, the man couldn't show up to court to divorce a bad wife (even cheating) if she wasn't there. You are assuming men magical had all power in the court room. They didn't
>Why does the man's happiness matter less than the woman's? You miss the point. If anyone regardless of gender kills themselves because a failed marriage then they had more issues then just the marriage.
> Never mind that the leading cause of divorce is female infidelity.Yes and now they can divorce those women without needing to jump hoops in court to both have them present and seen as accountable for their actions. You had a slut wife in the 40s you might have been stuck with her and the kids
>knowing they can easily get out of themThe vast majority doesn't take marriage lightly over wise your suicide argument is a massive moot point, most take it very seriously but humans make mistakes and asking them to fester in the mistakes just lead to bigger problems rather than loving them. Divorce is a messy ordeal and punishment enough.
>>86442083>No civilization has functioned without the family unit.In fairness many civilizations "family unit" neither had legal papers nor life time commitments, many Asian vulture throughout history promoted that you have sex with other people other than your spouse, the idea that marriage was anything more then a contract to sire a offspring was seen as wrong.
You then have many cultures in the 9th century that would only stay with the wife till the son was at age (normally 14) and then he leave them and go find a second spouse to have a kid.