I read a book quite some time ago looking at marriage from Babylonian times until present-day called "Marriage, a History: How Love Conquered Marriage" https://www.amazon.ca/Marriage-History-How-Love-Conquered/dp/014303667X. Throughout most of time women had fewer rights than men and in the Victorian era women had absolutely no rights whatsoever. If a woman inherited property and then married it went to her husband. If they had children together and he was abusive there was no court system for her to battle it out within for her children. She either remained in that situation or left, forfeiting all rights to property and progeny. In an effort to correct this grave injustice the laws have slowly changed. The problem is that like most things in life the pendulum has swung too far the other way and the laws now often favour the woman over the man. Hopefully one day a true balance will be struck!
I read a book quite some time ago looking at marriage from Babylonian times until present-day called "Marriage, a History: How Love Conquered Marriage" https://www.amazon.ca/Marriage-History-How-Love-Conquered/dp/014303667X. Throughout most of time women had fewer rights than men and in the Victorian era women had absolutely no rights whatsoever. If a woman inherited property and then married it went to her husband. If they had children together and he was abusive there was no court system for her to battle it out within for her children. She either remained in that situation or left, forfeiting all rights to property and progeny. In an effort to correct this grave injustice the laws have slowly changed. The problem is that like most things in life the pendulum has swung too far the other way and the laws now often favour the woman over the man. Hopefully one day a true balance will be struck!
