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Women are being abandoned by their partners on hiking trails. What’s behind ‘alpine divorce’?
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 17 Mar 2026
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Dude - read the article. Not just the title, the actual article. The author backs up their title.
What are you talking about? It goes through some individual stories. There is nothing that backs up its like a common occurence or a massive uptick or something.
How many women have to tell similar stories before you believe that it's a thing that happens frequently enough for there to be a whole article written about it?
Im not saying they should not write and article about it Im saying it should not title itself like it its some sort of thing. Something along the lines of. The stories of women who have encountered the unthinkable. Abandoned in the wilds.
The title ends in a literal question that the author then goes on to explain.
It is a thing. It’s a demonstrable thing where men leave their partners while on a hike. There may be multiple reasons for it, but it does happen.
Im not arguing it does not happen just that it does not happen that often. Its not a craze sweeping the globe. Its something that has happened. There are likely far more prevalent things that don't get a name or recognition. Did you even get the reason I put down how common things that are considered very uncommon are?
Why are you dying on this hill?
Why does it bother you for women to share these stories?
So any time somone does not change their mind to someone else its dieing on a hill. What do you keep repeating false things like bothering me for the stories being shared or not believing it. My problem is with the title and making things like they are bigger than they are. Women have been abandoned by their partners on hiking trails but women are not being abandoned by their partners on hiking trails as a common occurence. Think of it this way. Would it make sense to have an article go through some of the cases of men being poisoned and title it? Men are being murdered by their partners. Whats behind the poisoners divorce.
There are lots of articles and coverage about women poisoning their husbands before no fault divorce was enacted.
Authors and journalists are allowed to write about whatever they want. You don’t have to read it.
again. its the title.