1970s - you're thinking about the earlier part of the movement - also involving Reagan as Gov. of California, and so-called "no-fault" divorce. The child support scam wasn't developed until Reagan became president, and it went into effect just in time for Clinton to take credit for the spin : "end welfare as we know it"
That's when all the complaining started - the 1990s - and the reaction from the lamestream media was to participate in one of the most intense propaganda campaigns in history.
i apologize. it was the early 1980s
when alliances in state legislatures formed between the radical feminists and fundamentalists to “protect families”.
and at the time my friends and i were confused by the agreement of two groups that disliked each other on this issue. and i’m talking about rural, conservative states.
think about it, the feminists alone would not be able to push their agenda through state legislatures. they had to have alliances.