In Judyth Har-Even's essay, Leaving Babylonian: A Walk Through the Jew Divorce Ceremony, she describes the process a Jewish woman, like herself, has to undergo in order to get divorced. There are many key components within this process that are exclusive to the Jewish tradition. In order for the woman to be officially divorced, she has to receive a get from her husband. A get is a written document expressing consent from the husband to approve of the divorce. The husband has full control in a traditional Jewish marriage. Even if the wife wants the divorce and the husband disproves of it, the divorce is off and the couple remains married.
Considering the above laws of this ceremony, to me, it all seems very one sided and sexist. Not only does the women have no say but she also has to receive the get from the husband it what seemed to me in a very degrading manner. She could not just simply take it. Overall, these rules and long dragged out ceremonies were probably made this way because divorce was highly frowned upon in the religion.
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