RE: Men's Rights Movement
December 30, 2017 at 9:13 am
(This post was last modified: December 30, 2017 at 9:32 am by Athene.)
Pardon the huge font in quotes. New crap computer; Still working things out.
https://mic.com/articles/90131/the-8-big....fh4au1aOp
Second link in the quote is from a 2009 New York Times piece discussing the custody issues women were faced with in the midst of recession era layoffs, which prompted more women to work longer/full-time hours.
https://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2009...blogs&_r=0
Indicating that court bias is actually in the presumption that the parent who works more, parents less.
If anyone has any statistical data to support the claim of current, wide-scale gender-bias on behalf of US courts in regards to child custody awards, I'd be interested in seeing it.
https://mic.com/articles/90131/the-8-big....fh4au1aOp
Quote:Oft-cited statistics that only 10-15% of fathers are granted sole custody are skewed because they include couples who have agreed to grant the mother custody or to joint custody. When men do seek primary physical custody in a disputed divorce, about 50% get it.
Second link in the quote is from a 2009 New York Times piece discussing the custody issues women were faced with in the midst of recession era layoffs, which prompted more women to work longer/full-time hours.
https://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2009...blogs&_r=0
Quote:There are now 2.2 million divorced women in the United States who do not have primary physical custody of their children, and an estimated 50 percent of fathers who seek such custody in a disputed divorce are granted it.
Indicating that court bias is actually in the presumption that the parent who works more, parents less.
If anyone has any statistical data to support the claim of current, wide-scale gender-bias on behalf of US courts in regards to child custody awards, I'd be interested in seeing it.
