By : Comedian Bill Burr is right when he says there is an “epidemic of gold digging whores,”
but he is wrong to think it is a new phenomenon and that it applies
only to male targets who are wealthy. The epidemic started in the late
1800s in the U.S. and has never abated. The misandry bubble of the
1920s, a period when alimony racketeering became a national scandal,
appearing in the news on a daily basis was matched by public outrage
towards the Heart Balm Racket (breach
of promise lawsuits which were shakedown scams) and endless parade of
women who committed murder with impunity – due to juries made up of
chivalrous men. Here is an article that offers an insider’s look at the
gold-diggers’ large scale court-sanctioned thievery.
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FULL
TEXT: Cleveland, Feb. 3 1928— Marrying for alimony as a profession, has
reached enormous proportions in the United States, if nearly $1,000,000
paid divorcees last year, in Cuyahoga-co, in which Cleveland is located,
is any indication, Arthur J. Eyring, alimony clerk, recently remarked.
Local
alimonees received $222,923.05 in cash in 1927 and nearly $750,000 in
property and money settlements were made, Eyring showed in his annual
report.
~ SOME ARE DESERVING ~
Eyring
who has paid out alimony for many years declared that although many
women are deserving in being supported by their former husbands, it is
unbelievable the number of women who are receiving checks from two or
maybe three misguided former husbands
He
said these divorcees have developed a highly skillful technique of
marrying, divorcing and suing for alimony, then remarry some wealthier
man, divorcing and suing again for alimony.
Where
there are children, Eyring believes it is no more than light for the
former married man should aid in supporting his former wife and
“kiddies.” It is contended, however, that the familiar “gold-diggers”
far outnumber all other alimony receivers.
~ LIFE CONTRACTS ~
Most
judges, Eyring declared regard marriage as a life contract and thick
that if the contract is broken thru the fault of the husband or not, the
wife is fully justified in taking alimony as a fair return for her
investment.
However,
it is said, that more modern justices feel it a great injustice for a
right-minded woman to accept support from a man she has ceased to love
and live with.
[“Alimony
Brides Make Business Of Collecting - Nearly $1,000,000 Paid Out in
Cuyahoga-co Last Year, Report Shows - Pay Off Lines Common – Majority of
Judges of Opinion That Women Entitled to Compensation,” syndicated
(INS), The Lima News (Oh.), Feb. 23, 1928, p. 8]
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Robert St. Estephe–Gonzo Historian–is dedicated to uncovering the forgotten past of marginalizing men. “Gonzo
journalism” is characterized as tending “to favor style over fact to
achieve accuracy.” Yet history – especially “social history” – is
written by ideologues who distort and bury facts in order to achieve an
agenda. “Gonzo” writing is seen as unorthodox and surprising. Yet, in
the 21st century subjectivity, distortion and outright lying in
non-fiction writing is the norm. Fraud is the new orthodoxy.
Consequently, integrity is the new “transgressive.”
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