It has to be said, two things need to be made common in Muslim communities:

1) Divorce for the right reasons
2) Marrying divorced women

The stigmas on the first was understandable, but now because of this women are stuck in abusive relationships. It breaks my heart to see

Sisters in the East unable to leave abusive situations because of the stigma of divorce, and even if they go and get their divorce, they face the prospect of being alone forever.

I don’t believe in divorce willy nilly, of course, but the reason Islam has given us

tafreeq (divorce by judicial decree) and khula’ (a divorce request from the woman) is so women could have a way out of abusive relationships.

And the reason our cultures have made divorce hard is for noble reasons. It was so men didn’t just marry and divorce for fun.

That’s part of the reason high mahrs exist as well, to protect sisters from men with bad intentions.

As for not marrying divorced women, well it seems odd cause the Sahaba had no issue with this, and yet we do. Are we more manly than they were?

May Allah protect our sisters.