Posted on 05/29/2007 5:32:54 PM PDT by Pikachu_Dad
Link to the petition http://www.stopfamilyviolence.org/ocean/host.php?page=468
Apparently, we’re going back to the ‘every man is a potential rapist’ days of the ERA...
Every single honest single dad, which is most of ‘em, just got a giant Eff You from these monsters. Damn them all.
What does NOW say about the violence and death visited on 1.5 million unborn American children each year? Or Muslim females stoned to death because Muslim males may look them cross-eyed? Nothing, of course. Lesbian hypocrites & leftist stooges.
I have had some dealings with custody courts and I can tell you from experience that a man gets the dirty end of this stick damned near every time.
Men may finally be getting some fair treatment and these NOW cows object to it,but men are usually the losers as judges refuse to allow custody to the male in favor of the mother, and it doesnt matter if she is a whore. If she doesnt do crack on the witness chair her chances of getting the kids are 90-10.
From their petition:
316. Domestic violence is a factor in 50-80% of divorce cases in the U.S., depending on the jurisdiction. 7 The victims of domestic violence are overwhelmingly women and children, approximately 95%. 8 Therefore, practices in the divorce courts disproportionately impact women, especially battered women. In addition, a high correlation has been shown between spouse abuse, child abuse and incest 9 putting at risk the children of these battered women. Nor is child sexual abuse rare in the U.S. “The Honorable David Paterson, a state senator from New York, testified that one of every three young girls and one of every five boys become victims of child sexual abuse and that a high percentage of those most afflicted repeat the cycle.” 10
Notice that these studies were done WITHIN A FEW YEARS OF 1990. So that makes most of them 17 years old.
The poor little babies. Two of the three judges in my parish are women. Many of the family law judges in Louisiana are women. Many of the divorce attorneys are women. Most of the O.C.S. people are women.
ACADEMIC STUDIES SHOW THAT BIAS AGAINST WOMEN EXISTS IN THE COURTS ESPECIALLY RELATED TO CHILD CUSTODY DETERMINATIONS
311. Since the 1990’s, a series of gender bias studies were done around the country. The findings of the thirty-one state and five federal task forces that have reported over the last fifteen years are similar and disturbing. They report that gender bias in the courts does sometimes affect men, but that its victims are overwhelmingly women; that male judges and lawyers of all ages are largely unaware of the experiences and perceptions of their female colleagues; and that the disrespect and devaluation experienced by white women is even more pronounced for women of color. In the words of the New York Task Force on Women in the Courts, "Gender bias against women litigants, lawyers and court employees is a pervasive problem with grave consequences. Women are often denied equal justice, equal treatment and equal opportunity." The task forces also found that custody awards often punish women who breach the stereotype of the ideal mother, because, for example, they work outside the home or have a sexual relationship outside of marriage. There is a growing tendency to award custody to the wealthier parent rather than to award child support. Given women's and men's unequal earning power, this constitutes a paternal preference. There is also significant indifference to spouse abuse in custody cases. Many judges do not understand why a man who beats his wife but not his child should not be awarded custody, and erroneously assume that husbands' violence against their wives ends with divorce, so requests for supervised visitation can be denied. Judges sometimes assume that women are making false allegations of child sexual abuse to gain an advantage in custody disputes.
I wonder who is going to fight this petition?
How about this bald faced lie!
312. The task forces repeatedly found that men who rape, batter and even murder women often face little or no punishment. These findings are illustrated by two cases. A Kentucky man raped his former girlfriend and injured her so severely that she required surgery. The jury recommended a sentence of thirteen years in prison. The judge sentenced him to six months in jail and probation on work release. The judge was swayed by letters from such luminaries as a basketball coach attesting to the rapist's good character. [Thomas Tulliver, 13-year Sentence for Rape Cut to 6 Months, Probation, LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER, June 8, 1994 at A1] A Maryland man shot his wife to death several hours after finding her in bed with someone else. The judge sentenced him to eighteen months in prison to be served on work release, plus fifty hours of community service in a domestic violence program, the last place someone like this should be permitted. The judge said he wished he did not have to impose any sentence, because it was understandable that a man in such a situation would feel compelled to impose some "corporal punishment." [ Reporter's Official Transcript of Proceedings (sentencing) at 3 and 12, State v. Peacock (Md. Cir. Ct. Oct. 17, 1994) (No. 94-CR-0943)].
Ping!
313. Domestic violence continues to be an area in which women experience significant bias, despite major statutory reforms to provide them with civil and criminal protections. Courts show little understanding of the circumstances under which battered women survive and the ways in which the cycle of violence, economic dependence, lack of support from family and community, and fear of the batterer combine to keep women in these situations.
What a bunch of outright lies.
Well, what do you expect of a “women’s group” that supported Clinton against credible rape allegations?
The orders are granted with close to 100% frequency. So it would be pretty hard to improve on that.
314. Instead of focusing on why men batter and what can be done to stop them, many judges and court personnel ask battered women what they did to provoke the violence, subject them to demeaning and sexist comments, shuttle them from court to court, and issue mutual orders of protection when the respondent has not filed a crosspetition and there is no evidence that the petitioner was violent. These women are then castigated for failing to go forward with their cases. Although initial orders of protection are granted with greater frequency than they were in the past, violators are rarely punished in any meaningful way.
Now, if these bytches want to discuss that situation, I'm all for it.
I don't have any real knowledge of or experience with the O.A.S. court that they have petitioned to. Who is going to mount the opposition to this attempted travesty?
Here is more:
315. The gender bias task forces' documentation of state courts' failure to treat gender based violence seriously was the basis for a 1991 Senate report recommending adoption of the Violence Against Women Act, which treats these crimes as a civil rights violation. Pointing to the "sad fact" that "law reform has failed to eradicate the stereotypes that drive the system to treat these crimes against women differently from other crimes," the Senate acknowledged the need for a federal remedy for women victims. [S. Rep. No. 102-197, at 47-48 (1991)].1 Unfortunately, the civil rights remedy for battered women was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. 2
Not too far off, they have just switched terms. The new term is 'domestic violence'.
316. Domestic violence is a factor in 50-80% of divorce cases in the U.S., depending on the jurisdiction. 3 The victims of domestic violence are overwhelmingly women and children, approximately 95%. 4 Therefore, practices in the divorce courts disproportionately impact women, especially battered women. In addition, a high correlation has been shown between spouse abuse, child abuse and incest 5 putting at risk the children of these battered women. Nor is child sexual abuse rare in the U.S. “The Honorable David Paterson, a state senator from New York, testified that one of every three young girls and one of every five boys become victims of child sexual abuse and that a high percentage of those most afflicted repeat the cycle.” 6
317. As early as the 1960s, when fathers asked for custody of the children, they won 70% of the time. Fifty-nine percent of the judicially successful fathers and 50% of the privately successful fathers had physically abused their wives or initiated a violent divorce. Sixty-four percent of the judicially and 50% of the privately successful fathers saw their wives as “uppity” i.e. not fitting their stereotypical view of what mothers and women should be. According to these men, “uppity” women returned to school or work, held independent political or religious opinions, had non-marital sexual activity during marriage or even after divorce, or started a divorce against the husband’s wishes. Fathers who kidnapped their children were not punished while 80% of women who did were imprisoned, fined or custodially punished. Having more money was one of the factors that allowed fathers to win but 62% of the fathers used violence to win custody. Courts then rubber stamped this behavior. These fathers had not been any more involved in child care or housework than any other father. The standard for evaluating mothers and fathers was very different. 7 1 National Judicial Education Project, Gender Bias Task Forces: Findings & Recommendations, 2006
2 U.S. v. Morrison, 529 U.S. 598 (2000).
3 Divorce Mediation and Domestic Violence, Domestic Violence Report (Civic Research, Inc. Kingston, N.J., Oct/Nov. 1998), at 1.
4 Jaffe, P.G, Wolfe, D., & Wilson, S., Children of Battered Women. Newbury Park, CA: Sage, 1990
5 American Bar Association, Young Lawyer’s Division, Center for Child Advocacy and Protection, Legal Response: Child Advocacy and Protection, No. 2, P. 1 (June-July 1979); Roy, A Current Study of 150 Cases, Battered Women: A Psychological Study of Domestic Violence (1979).
6 EXPOSE p. 201, Exhibit 6
A class-action suit for libel may be in order.
According to NOW, mediators wouldn't recognize domestic violence if it bit them in the xxx. I'll wager the mediators have a better view of what real domestic violence is than NOW.
330. The situation was no better with mediators who work in family court. Mediators failed to recognize and report DV in 57% of the cases, even when DV was on the court screening form. The screening form itself failed in 15% of the cases. Even when there was a protection order, mediators recognized DV in only 49% of the cases. Even when there was both DV in the court screening form and a protection
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