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I want to support my sister in her divorce, but the manosphere tells me she is avoiding accountability?


My sister's husband has been physically abusive, and she is divorcing him. I went to my usual online haunts (as we do), looking for advice. I'm primarily active in the manosphere, which generally tells me that my sister is reneging on "till death do us part", that men do not physically abuse their wives without prompting, and that my sister is displaying a lack of accountability for her role in the marriage breakdown.

I was initially taken aback by what I thought was a lack of empathy for an abused woman, but it did give me pause for thought. Could rushing to my sister's defence be misguided? Could she, as someone who lives life on easy mode by virtue of her sex, be shunning accountability in the collapse of her marriage? I was furious with my brother in law for striking my sister, but I'm now challenged to examine the possibility that he was driven to it by an unappreciative, overbearing spouse.

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“striking my sister”

That should be all you need to know to make the right decision.

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I can't say I've come across too many people saying a woman should stay with an abusive man, or woman or gender non conforming human.

But of course she should leave him.

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Could she, as someone who lives life on easy mode by virtue of her sex




DUDE.....FUCK YOU.

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After your first sentence, it's strange to me that you're entertaining this with someone who was physically abusive to your sister.

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Do women live life on easy street? Absolutely but I would say if you know your sister you'd have a pretty good idea if she similar values as you do. If she has proof of physical abuse that's kind of enough for grounds for divorce.

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Support your sister instead of her abuser.

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Your Brother in Law struck your sister and you should've kicked this guy's ass for it, but in any event, divorce his ass I say

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Alex, I'll take "Things That Never Happened" for $400.

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Did ye, aye?

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Either it didn't happen or he's asking the wrong people for advice. No one with 1/3 of a brain would say a man only abuses by prompting or out of necessity.

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