Posted on 04/02/2005 3:22:44 PM PST by CareyRoberts
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One more reason to oppose the women's movement.
Also, to put this disproportionate instructional information available to women into a bigger perspectives, you have to count the number of day time soap operas, and talk shows that is essentially nothing but ranting on guys. To the extent that women are filled with false expectations from commercials, that they feel under-appreciated and walk away from marriages. A commercial like that dude who rented a movie theater to celebrate their wedding anniversary...he showed his wedding movie, and gave her a $10,000 diamond ring TOO. Now stupid women who do not get this treatment can fell not loved, and want out. The bad thing is, after they are out they mostly feel stupid that they dumped their husbands.
On the other hand, I have seen women treat guys like crap and get divorced for the frivolous reasons mentioned. I also have seen guys who make not even half what my ex makes pay almost as much in child support for one child as he pays for two. It frustrates me and makes me mad that there is such inequity in the system.
The bottom-line is that there are bad apples on both sides, and it's not fair to swing the pendulum too far in either direction. I also heartily support the end of no-fault divorces. My divorce cost me almost 10K for my lawyer and took two years- as a "no fault." I don't think no-fault simplifies anything and it penalizes the innocent parties whether they be male or female.
That's a welcome break, if only for a moment. Each of the stories about individual women victimized by men will go on for years and years, though. Republican discussion is dominated by those. It's a tactic used in women's studies programs (and even by early feminists) to brainwash the populace into their belief that all men are evil.
Our Republican legislators helped to pass Clinton's VAWA, Child Support Act and so on. Expect them to help the Democrats erect colosseums soon.
Sorry, I couldn't resist that whine of yours.
you got that right.
not to mention the colleges and universities of america that have "hate men" feminist instruction.
speaking of which, today i was at the university library, asked a female librarian a question, and she yelled at me.
now, if a guy did that in a library...uh...what would happen?
getting bitched-down happens everyday.
Depressing.I would think these men would be able to file a lawsuit.Looks like the system is anti-male.I wasn't aware of the problems kids have without a Dad.
Well, for what it's worth, my dad was far from wealthy, as a matter of fact most of you would think he was poor by today's standards and he still gave child support and never bitched about it. Granted, it wasn't exhorborant but my father would have never turned his back on my brother and I.
I mean 1/3 of his salary
When you reward people to get a divorce that is what they are going to do. Insanity !
Thanks for the ping, my friend.
A good article except it slants toward minority, low-income men as being the main victims of this apparatus.
It also does not identify the child-worshipping mommy culture that currently exists and undermines marriages like termites eating a wood-framed house.
Being neither a "minority" nor "low-income," my experiences in court are such that I will never forget facing the gynocracy that has sprung up wrt this.
You are assumed guilty and incapable of voluntary payment (thank you Bill Clinton).
The child support "guidelines" offer no appeal.
The recipient of the child support does not have to count the money as income.
The involuntary giver of the child support receives no tax benefit from it.
Godgov now has an IRS form that you have to have the ex "agree" to using a child as a dependent on the tax form no matter what was stipulated in the settlement agreement.
Getting my ex to sign the form has now morphed into an annual event (the form allows 2 options: annually or once for all). Oh goody.
Just look at the attention paid to breast cancer vs. prostate cancer.
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Yep. Men need to be more activist about the issue. You'd not believe the number of men who don't think it's bad that they have frequent night urination,etc.etc. and some are in denial when they diagnosed with cancer.
uh oh.
Time to make the appointment...
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