• mindbleach@sh.itjust.works
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    4 hours ago

    It’s because divorce was illegal.

    No-fault divorce is a big fucking deal for American culture, because it ended this enforced permanence for relationships that went sour. All of the “wife bad” boomer humor comes from the fact a marriage could not simply end.