Women do not withhold a GET, some MEN do. Women may refuse to accept a GET, but the man still has an out with a heter meah rabbonim. In the very olden pre-takanas R’ Gershom days, he was permitted to marry a second wife anyhow. She was NEVER permitted to take a second husband! The agunah problem is pervasively the woman’s problem. yes, there are exceptions to this, but the man still has an option to take.
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