Working women more likely to get divorced

I was a stay-at-home mom for 21 years. I had done some temping and now the job market is not accepting me as employable. I would not stay in my unloving marriage even under these conditions.

I believe the reason more working women get divorced is that they CAN. I changed careers three years ago because my spouse decided at age 40 he would be "retired" or just occasionally employed. I carried all the benefits and was the breadwinner. After 6 years of his verbal and emotional abuse, poker playing and drinking I divorced him and bought my own house. I am so happy!! I do not need child support because I have carried the entire family for years. How can a stay at home mom leave? Most can't even afford an attorney. The career isn't the problem the abusive marriage is. A good job enables a woman a chance at a real life.