Excuse me for falling down laughing, but did you just quote Tom Leykis on the equity of alimony? The same Tom Leykis whose goal is to teach men to “get more tail for less money” by such methods as writing your phone number for a girl on a discarded ATM receipt (not yours) showing a high balance and by choosing and exploiting women with low self esteem?
Say what you will about him, but his comments regarding the legal system and its treatment of men at the end of a marriage are dead on. The modern feminist movement, like every special interest group, seeks to perpetually have its cake and eat it too, and as a result marriage has become virtually a non-option for men worried about losing everything they’ve worked for their whole lives in a divorce. If a woman marries a man and becomes a homemaker, that was a decision she made of her own accord. She wasn’t dragged into it, she wasn’t held at gunpoint and forced to marry him or to give up a career. Yet in the event the couple divorces, the man is held responsible as though he forced the issue. In today’s world, this would seem to be an archaic view on the part of the legal system; both adults should be regarded as having entered their situation of their own free will, not as though one party deserves “damages” from the other. I would love to see a man presented with a demand for alimony respond with a bill for the hundreds of thousands of dollars he earned that were spent to feed, house, clothe, pay for medical bills, and entertain her.
Leykis’ entire schtick is, to paraphrase another talk show host, demonstrating the absurdity of the state of marriage and its impact on the lives of men by being absurd–by telling men that they should not even think about getting married or having a serious relationship. Of course, he takes his own message at least somewhat seriously, but his general point is that guys should not allow themselves to be coerced by women into relationships that aren’t based in real love. Not “I really like having sex with you,” not “I want to be provided for,” and DEFINITELY not “I want to start having babies.” Beyond that, yeah, it’s pretty ridiculous, but FM radio is generally that.
