[holly]

Some family courts are prone to impose support orders not based on what a man earns, but on what the court thinks he should earn.

Yep I went through that one. And they will lock you up for not paying child support (which is interesting since how are you going to pay child support in prison). However the reverse is not true. Years later when I got full custody of the children, the ex paid not a dime of child support even though she was ordered to do so.

[DNA Rules]

So why does society enforce child support when due from men, but not when due from women? Some sort of collectivized Oedipal guilt? Fear of feminists? Fear of women in general?

I'm bookmarking this thread, and would sincerely appreciate some well thought out answers and/or speculation.