33. The Talmud was not as sexist as you think RE#28 & 31
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The Rabbis of the Talmud were already aware of problem of the power divide. In Ketuboth they suggest a concept called Hafkaat Kedushin, similar to an annulment, for just such a case when a husband has clearly abandoned his wife but refuses to give a get. It may not equalize the power between man and wife, but it gives the Rabbis the power to intervene - not only by twisting the man's arm, but by freeing the woman from the husband's manipulations once and for all.
It may not be easy to find consensus within the various Jewish communities, but in the long run it is "easier" and more effective to fight the issue on a more systematic level and not one awful husband at a time.
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