Hello everyone and good evening. In today's contest, the topic is whether or not love is enough. Or something along those lines. Now this is supposed to be a pretty straightforward question, but as a world progresses towards diversity and inclusivity and all the fancy things around us, I think the answer becomes more and more complicated. This whole topic of the prenuptial agreement Is a relatively new term. It is the agreement signed in the beginning where it states the division of all assets belonging to the couple in the event of a divorce. And apparently most couples do this as of late. Now there could be arguments for and against this.
I myself like to follow football as my favorite sport and I also watch many movies and TV shows in my leisure and I also watch news about other stuff. I've seen many divorces. Both real and fictional. And in all of those I have seen the woman coming out with 50% of whatever the husband had at the moment of the divorce. And in those fictional TV shows there would be lawyers and paperwork just to ensure that the assets are getting divided equally between the husband and wife. Now I personally think that this is not a very good practice. I get it that sometimes the 50/50 division of properties is merited when both the people in the family have worked hard to earn them. But in most cases, especially the ones I've seen in reality, that isn't the case. One or two examples could be called by football coach Pep Guardiola and a football player named Achraf Hakimi. The divorces of both these men had resulted in half their life's earnings and assets being handed over to their divorcing spouses. And I don't think that is quite fair. Because he has the wife is an integral part of the husband but taking away half of what the husband does earned while not providing any materialistic value, is kind of unfair. Pep Guardiola even lost his ancestral home in Spain in this divorce. Which I don't think should have been on that list because Guardiola had that house from before he was married, so why does he have to lose it? Also, there's this running stigma that women chase after successful men to get married, only to then divorce them and take away half their property all to themselves. I get it that this is disrespectful to many women out there but this kind of stuff is actually happening. So these rules are actually harming men more than women. Even though the latest news is that the new American President, Donald Trump has abolished this role of 50/50 division of property in the event of divorce.
But I really think in today's world, where trust is rare, we really need to clarify what might happen in the event of a fallout. Because the human conscience is more fragile than ever. And people are more selfish than ever. The true love that we have been reading in the books and stories are a thing of the past. Yes they still exist but it is more rare than ever. So I guess if the woman you're marrying isn't already tested during your tough times, and you don't know her for certain, our intentions and her character, then I guess a prenup is in order.