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Originally posted by jsobecky
How many here think that child custody is awarded equally in divorces? How about division of common property - is it done equitably?
Originally posted by jsobecky
How many here think that child custody is awarded equally in divorces?
Custody arrangements desired by the parents
Sole possession to mother
Mothers want: 82%
Fathers want: 29%
Sole possession to father
Mothers want: 3%
Fathers want: 33%
Joint possession
Mothers want: 15%
Fathers want: 35%
How is child custody decided?
51% agreed on their own
29% settled without third party involvement
11% decided during mediation
5% resolved differences after a custody evaluation
4% went to trial (of the 4% that initiated litigation, only 1.5% actually completed it)
Love, affection, other emotional ties
Capacity to give love, affection, guidance
Capacity of parties to provide for the child
Stability of environment
Permanence of family unit
Moral fitness
Mental and physical health
Home, school, and community record
Reasonable preference of the child
Facilitation of relationship with other parent
Domestic Violence
Originally posted by jsobecky
How about division of common property - is it done equitably?
* Community property. In Alaska, Arizona, California, Idaho, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Washington,Wisconsin and Puerto Rico, all property of a married person is classified as either community property (owned equally by both spouses) or the separate property of one spouse. At divorce, community property is generally divided equally between the spouses, while each spouse keeps his or her separate property.
* Equitable distribution. Assets and earnings accumulated during marriage are divided equitably (fairly). In practice, often two-thirds of the assets go to the higher wage earner and one-third to the other spouse. Equitable distribution principles are followed everywhere except the community property states listed above.
It's because men are not oppressed.
Originally posted by parrhesia
Originally posted by WyrdeOne
I've always hated the term feminism. I mean, if someone started a movement called manism, they wouldn't get out the gate without falling under the weight of protest.
There's a good reason why a movement called manism wouldn't make it out of the gate...
It's because men are not oppressed.
It's because men are celebrated each day via normative factors in society.
Originally posted by parrhesia
There's a good reason why a movement called manism wouldn't make it out of the gate...
It's because men are not oppressed.
It's because men are celebrated each day via normative factors in society.
Originally posted by klawsraught
My experience is quite limited, however whilst traveling around in guatemala ive had an encounter with some femenists from sweden. The people that formed my group which mostly consisted of males, was always cracking jokes because of the fact they were femenists.. and genneraly had a total lack of respect for these wemen.. and i happened to be theyre next target when i stuck up for equality..
interesting world.. anyways my point is.. i think a majority of men (from my limited experience) seem to be pretty sexist.. and sadly.. i dont see much change coming. What exactly are your methods of trying to bring equality into place?
Originally posted by Benevolent Heretic
Regarding men being oppressed (and this may not be a popular opinion): The way I feel about this is that men are oppressed by their own standards. When we look at who is doing the oppressing of men and women, I think we'll find that men are applying the pressure for men to be 'MEN' and women to be 'women'.
I personally think women should serve equally with men in the military, but who has made the rules that they don't? Men.
Who puts pressure on the sons to compete in sports? Men.
Who calls the male artists and dancers 'wimps' or 'girls'? Men.
Who makes the laws? Men. And who breaks them? Men.
Originally posted by TristanBW9456
So Dark The Con Of Man
Originally posted by WolfofWar
For example, men can be in a medical field, but are looked down upon, and in many cases, noteven taken seriously, if they are a nurse.
Male Artists,seamsters, fashion designers, and hairstylists are all looked down upon, and instantly labelled gay, and in some cases, meet hostility.
Originally posted by smallpeeps
Also ask yourself why Viagra and Cialis are so widely promoted? Do you think all the erections produced by those drugs are going to be welcomed by all the wombs they encounter? I say no. The last thing the world needs is more hard penises, IMO. I think these drugs are catalysts for greater use of the penis as a weapon, frankly. These drugs will enable more rape. Rape is a huge epidemic globally. Children are often the victims of rapes in HIV areas because raping them is "safer" than raping an adult female. All your feeble arguments fall to the ground in the face of this truth. Until rape is no more, men must look collectively into their hearts each day.
[edit on 29-4-2006 by smallpeeps]
Beginning in 1942, separate military services for women were established, but women did not gain professional military status until 1948 when President Truman signed the Women's Armed Services Integration Act which limited their number to 2 percent of the total military. In 1991, the restriction of women from flying combat aircraft was repealed, but the 1948 law still bans women from serving on naval combat vessels (Minerva Spring 1994).
On October 1, 1994, the Defense Department issued a policy that rescinded the so-called "risk rule" that gauges the specialties to which women can be assigned. The policy was backed strongly by Secretary of Defense Les Aspin and was the extension of the changes made in April 1993 that opened most aviation specialties, including attack helicopters, to women (Army, March 1994). The policy emphasized that no job will be closed to women just because it is dangerous, but fails to open direct offensive ground combat jobs to women (Army, March 1994). Even today, though, the official policy of the Army and Marine Corps excludes women from combat which precludes 12 percent of skilled positions and 39 percent of the total positions (GAO Report, July 1996).