Bill would give parents going through divorce equal time with their kids

Parents going through a divorce could soon see equal time with their kids. If passed, the 50/50 parenting bill (Colorado Senate Bill 15-129), would recognize parental rights as fundamental rights, putting parents in divorce court on equal ground. “We’re looking forward to having this legislation move forward into the 21st century,” said Angelique Layton, a…

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The disconnect between how we view child support laws and how they actually work

A study found that the views of much of the public differ from how child support laws actually work, with more focus on children’s welfare from the public. An excerpt from this article: http://m.deseretnews.com/article/print/865629856/Public-views-differ-from-how-child-support-laws-actually-work.html?ref=http%3A%2F%2Fm.facebook.com%3Fref%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fm.facebook.com The public views court-ordered formulas calculating child support in the United States and England to be unfair, according to a study released…

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How my mother’s fanatical feminist views tore us apart, by the daughter of The Color Purple author – Alice Walker

  Alice Walker’s daughter Rebecca speaking her truth…and the truth of so many other women: I know many women are shocked by my views. They expect the daughter of Alice Walker to deliver a very different message. Yes, feminism has undoubtedly given women opportunities. It’s helped open the doors for us at schools, universities and…

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‘Rape Culture’ and Feminism’s Sexual Exploitation of Women

Are dubious claims about “rape culture” an attempt to create a scapegoat for the emotional dark side of promiscuity? By Robert Tracinski Cathy Young has an in-depth report in The Daily Beast exposing the latest highly publicized dubious accusation of rape—following quickly on the heels of the University of Virginia saga and Lena Dunham’s tale…

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The Rise of the Weak-Kneed Feminists

From this article: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/02/05/the_rise_of_the_weak-kneed_feminists.html Want to score an invite to the State of the Union address? One way to do so, it turns out, is to turn a rape accusation into a contemporary art project. Imagine the following scenario: You’re a college student, and you believe you have been raped by a former friend. You…

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Sexual assault myths: Part 1

We don’t live in a rape culture, but we do inhabit a culture saturated with gender propaganda. Call it a Ms.Information culture. And nowhere is Ms.Information more rampant than in the area of sexual assault. On this week’s episode of the Factual Feminist: The two biggest myths about women and sexual violence:

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What Is a Woman? The dispute between radical feminism and transgenderism.

An excerpt from this article in The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/08/04/woman-2 On May 24th, a few dozen people gathered in a conference room at the Central Library, a century-old Georgian Revival building in downtown Portland, Oregon, for an event called Radfems Respond. The conference had been convened by a group that wanted to defend two positions that…

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