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A (female-identifying) reporter on Facebook:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emma Watson says she doesn’t like the term single and prefers “self partnering.” this sounds empowering to me–how does it strike you? Let me know for a possible [newspaper] article?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

(Under California family law<\/a>, there are only a handful of people in the world whom the high-income, high-wealth Ms. Watson could marry and not expose herself to alimony and child support lawsuits. See “Burning Man: Attitudes toward marriage and children”<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We had a lot of high-income women in our camp. All recognized that they could be targeted and potentially become the loser under California\u2019s winner-take-all system. A medical professional said \u201cThere is no way that I\u2019m going to pay to support a guy. It was bad enough the last time that I lived with a boyfriend and I had to pick up his socks all the time and do his laundry. Thank God I didn\u2019t have to support him financially.\u201d A finance executive said \u201cI worked my ass off for 17 years for what I have. I am not going to risk losing it.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

If Emma Watson gets sued by a husband in her native England, she could lose half of her accumulated fortune after one or two years of marriage<\/a> (prenuptial agreements are not enforced by the courts there).)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m not sure why at least some Americans who identify as women think that “self-partnered” is more “empowered” than simply “single,” but I wonder if a person with a lot of cats could be considered “cat-partnered”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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