Divorce

Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society

History Hit

Society, Sex, Scandal, Education, History

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Why would a married couple stage an affair? Was Henry VIII really the beginning of the end for marriages? And how is the divorce process different for men and women?

Today Betwixt the Sheets, Kate is joined by Henry Kha, Senior Lecturer at Macquarie University and formerly a legal associate in the Family Court of Australia.

Henry has worked on divorces himself, and today shares the story of their development in the UK legal system.

*WARNING there are naughty words and discussions of sex in this episode*

Produced by Charlotte Long and Sophie Gee. Mixed by Sophie Gee.

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This podcast includes music by Epidemic Sound and an archive clip from the film The Divorcee.

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0:00.0	Hello my lovely but twixters, it's me Kate Lister jumping in as I am
0:04.5	want to do with your fair do's warning. Fair do's, this episode is going to contain
0:09.6	adult themes, naughty words and probably me swearing quite a lot. We're talking about divorce today,
0:15.5	the history of divorce. I don't think this is mega rude, we've definitely had worse,
0:20.2	but maybe you just don't fancy listening to an episode about divorce, which is absolutely
0:24.4	fine in that case. You just give this one a swerve and I'll see you later.
0:31.1	Does it mean that you're leaving with him? It's rather apparent don't you think?
0:35.8	She saw my wife emerging from the room at about a quarter to nine and she saw men come out
0:40.7	at the same room after. I shall see you one day in the divorce court. You've never seen me in the
0:45.7	divorce court. Why would a married couple pretend to have an affair? Was Henry the eighth really
0:54.4	the beginning of the end of marriage as we know it? And how is the divorce process changed over
1:00.2	the centuries, particularly the differences between men and women? Well today but twix the sheets
1:06.2	we're going to find out because we are talking about the history of divorce.
1:36.6	Hello and welcome back to Bitwix the Shoots, the history of sex, scandal and society with me,
1:46.0	Kester. One third of marriages in the UK will end in divorce and rather than being a private affair,
1:53.2	the details of famous divorces are often smatted across the pages of our newspapers all across the
1:59.9	internet. You can even see them on TV and on YouTube at the entertainment. But once upon a time
2:06.8	getting a divorce was the preserve of the super rich. At one point you actually have to have
2:11.6	an act of parliament to get a divorce. Today I'm joined by Henry Carr, a historian and former
2:18.8	family lawyer to find out about the history of divorce and just how hard it was to get out of a
2:25.0	marriage in the past.
2:30.6	So hello and welcome to Bitwix the Shoots, Henry Carr. How are you?
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