[Soma]

You may recall the story of Cecil Chao, the Hong Kong billionaire who claims to have slept with over 10,000 women and offered $65M to a man that could "woo and marry" his lesbian daughter. An article yesterday, while otherwise unremarkable, contained this red-pill gem:

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“Marriage is difficult, particularly under Hong Kong law. She can take a lot of your money away. It’s safer not to be married,” he smiles beatifically.

I hadn't appreciated that the divorce-rape virus had spread to Asia. If this is true, is it restricted to Hong Kong, presumably due to the strong British legal influence, or has it spread to other industrialized Asian nations, such as Japan and Korea, as well? The list of viable countries to be married in seems to be rapidly shrinking.

[east and west]

I just read this in the ft weekend too. Think it's more hong kong

[Titan]

I think the difference is that there the divorce rape shit is common wisdom, unlike America.

[bacon]

i think marriage in the west is associated with "LOVE" which has been a part of its socialization stemming from historic notions of courtship and romaticism throughout europe. but asia marriage has more or less always been a business arrangement. the concept of dowrys are still prevalent today through many countries of asia. so it would seem since asia is more practical about viewing marriage as a business arrangement, which it is, even in the west, they are going to view the seperation of assests following divore more naturally than in the west. i do think alimony, esspecially lifetime alimony, is a uniquely american problem however.