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I give oldnemesis credit for bringing some of these threads back down to earth. There's times when the man-o-sphere starts to sound like the bizarro version of Jezebel and Feministing. We are men and we should pride ourselves on being rational and not looking for feminist boogeymen (boogeywomen?) behind every rock.

Milan wasn't "raped." He agreed to this deal; it wasn't forced on him by the court. At worst, he was divorce-coerced. Or divorce-gamed. Also, he was married to this woman for sixteen years and it sounded like she contributed to his success. Maybe he's closeted and this is hush money. Maybe he's been stepping out on her and this is a payment to make her go away privately. Who knows?

Compare that to Nas, who was already successful when he married his wife and who he was only with for four years:

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Nas married R&B singer Kelis in Atlanta after a two-year relationship.[50][51] On April 30, 2009, a spokesperson confirmed that Kelis filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences.[52][53] Kelis gave birth to Nas's first son on July 21, 2009, although the event was soured by a disagreement which ended in Nas announcing the birth of his son, Knight, at a gig in Queens, NY, against Kelis's wishes.[54] The birth was announced by Nas via an online video.[55]

Ever since the couple split, just months before the birth of their first child together, Knight Jones, they have been battling it out in court over support payments. In December, a Los Angeles superior court judge ordered Nas to bump up his monthly child and spousal support payments from $40,000 to $51,000, for a total of more than $600,000 a year. The couple's divorce was finalized May 21, 2010.[56]

That is a divorce raping.