Great part, Barbara! No time for more feedback right now.
Mrs. Cox had created the weapon.
Well, I'll answer for Barbara. Mrs. Cox didn't create the weapon. She just wielded it!
How much more does the American society value a man's right to marriage over a woman's right to her freedom? There have been a few stories here where Lois has been married to Luthor, and even though she has wanted a divorce, she hasn't been able to get one without Lex's consent.
Ann, I think people do this to show how evil Lex is. It isn't because she couldn't get a divorce because Lex wouldn't let her (At one time that
would have been true because in some states both parties had to agree to the divorce. I imagine that was also true in Europe. Sometimes, it's still not extremely easy in the States. The couple usually has to go to court.), it's that he would make it very difficult for her because he would threaten her.
Not even when Lex has tried to kill her! In this story, Lex was presumptuous enough to claim that since Lois had gotten engaged to him, she had irrevocably bound herself to him and he could prevent her from ever leaving.
Again, I have to say that this is because the author is trying to show how horribly evil Luthor is. Unfortunately there are men like this. There are also a few women like this. Think about stalkers, etc. I think Luthor would have be the sort to think, "If I can't have her then no one will have her."
So I ask again: How sacred is a man's right to marriage in America? And how legally unimportant is a woman's right to her freedom?
Remember that some of these authors are not from the States, Ann. A man has no
right to marriage in America. And he has no right to make any woman marry him. I think you are looking at this as a thing about the States because Metropolis is 'in the States'. I think the issue where women (and men) marry for reasons other than love has nothing to do with the US. I think that's a universal thing.
