Custody and divorce are separate issues (and I agree there are problems and needed modifications). In the meantime however, the obligations of both parents to their children continues unabated and uninterrupted by legal matters the parents get themselves into.
Note that the many "father's rights" groups are not interested in the legal presumption of Joint Physical Custody as much as they are about loosening social/legal requirements on men to support and otherwise be involved in their child's right. Many of them support "paper abortions" of offspring. The main thrust of these groups is steering men away from responsibilty and obligations towards their kids, NOT in rectifying inequities in our custody laws and lowering the incidence of divorce.
You mean "legal requirements" like these?
"The result is a system that traces newly hired employees, shifts the burden of proof to the accused, and throws fathers in jail for losing their jobs."And you blame anybody who dares try to remedy this? Of course your choice of words, "many of the 'father's rights' groups" is a red herring in itself, ignoring that there are groups airing their grievances strictly w/r/t custody and visitation issues. You don't kill the Hydra by only lopping off one head.