“…I don’t think that the reasons offered by medieval authorities operating in a completely different environment can determine what modern women will regard as “deal-breakers” when it comes to marriage”

Since people’s psychology has changed over the centuries, I don’t think that the reasons offered by medieval authorities operating in a completely different environment can determine what modern women will regard as “deal-breakers” when it comes to marriage. If a modern woman has different expectations of what marriage is than what people had years ago, I would think that this must be taken into account by a beit din in determining what situations require ordering the husband to give a get.

Marc B. Shapiro, “The Agunah Problem, Part 1; Incarceration and Free Speech”, The Seforim Blog (19 January 2016) [http://seforim.blogspot.com/2016/01/the-agunah-problem-part-1-incarceration.html]