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October 29, 2007, 1:42 pm PDT
Amen
Quote From: kicofaAs an ardent feminist I have become increasingly frustrated over the years w/the lack of frank discussion at the fact that some women DO in fact contribute horribly to the various outcomes for children conceived and later involved in either custody or paternity cases. Women who either fraudulently ID men as fathers or intentionally get pregnant and then use children as pawns for more money or revenge MUST suffer consequences in order to at least begin reducing the tragedies.
The family court systems are antiquated and continue to favor women... YES -ultimately we must have more concern for the kids BUT let's start leveling the playing field for men so that these issues stop setting the stage for kids to have screwed up futures. Thank you for your comment here today. I had said NOTHING about Gloria's comments on this show in my earlier postings as she turned out to be a one-note cause individual and the wrong one at that. Her complete focus was on a "woman's right" and I'm not sure how that even fit into this discussion today as this man was not the father and had been lied to and manipulated by a cheating spouse. Sorry, making innocent people pay for another's crime in order to "even the score" doesn't sit well with me. I would personally continue supporting this young child that I had raised as my own, but making this some kind of woman's right case was totally off-base.
Gloria was far too much like the mother in this case. No responsibility, but pay up anyhow. When the other gentleman brought up that many innocent men are being shackled into child support fraudulently, Gloria's only response was "we do what's best for the child" which not only doesn't answer the question at hand by makes her as guilty as this mother in using children as emotional hostages. She, Gloria, was very quick to point out that further, in her words, "the real issue in society is deadbeat dads" as if this situation and others like it are not an issue. For Gloria, as long as we throw the "child's well-being" card out there, then right and wrong never matter and, quite frankly, that doesn't advance women's rights worth a damn and forever portrays women as the victim. So much for empowerment.
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