The De-Gendering of Divorce: Wives Pay Ex-Husbands Alimony Too By Liza Mundy Not long ago, after giving a talk about the growing number of women who are breadwinners in their marriages, I was approached by an audience member who identified herself as a lawyer. She said that she was definitely seeing this trend in her practice…
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Dr. Murray Straus Murray Straus University of New Hampshire Women hitting men In 1968-69 and 1970-71. I found something that I just ignored. I was so focused on the issue of wife beating, and the feminist perspective of this, which is the way I approached it, that at first I didn’t hardly recognize that I’d…
Read moreThe high cost of fatherlessness
Juan Williams is one of the few mainstream journalists that sees the bigger picture. I see it and have been trying to tell everyone I know that there is more to the epidemic of violence in our communities of color than just guns. It is directly related to the break down of the family. There is…
Read moreStop Treating Dads Like Inept, Dim-Witted Parents
Recently, the site Flip The News decided to take an article published in the Atlantic, and do a gender flip in order to bring awareness to the constant portrayal of men as absent or less capable parents. The flipped article centers around points such as volunteering for the Boy Scouts, failed fatherhood attempts, pet rescue, and fathering through proxy,…
Read moreIs This The End of Alimony As We Know It?
For probably as long as it has existed, alimony has been a man vs. woman thing. Men get ordered to pay, women get alimony and men get bitter. But as women have become more economically powerful, the game has changed. In 2012, a new law came into effect in Massachusetts that abolished permanent alimony and…
Read moreSingle Fathers Have Slimmer Kids?
Every day I discover more information proving that the choice of single motherhood is a really bad and incredibly selfish idea. I’m going to keep giving out information to hopefully change a few minds. I can only do but so much but, it makes perfect sense to raise children with their biological mother and father…
Read moreProblems with being a male
I saw this on a Tumblr page and had to re-blog: Problems with being a male: 1) Having emotions is seen as weakness 2) Admitting weakness is seen as an even greater weakness 3) Being called a sexual deviant or a pervert because you were expressing your sexuality 4) A girl beating you in any…
Read moreDanielle Crittenden Says Feminists Have A Lot To Answer For
If I repeat the same words you hear from the woman in the video below, I’m called a sexist. If a she says it she is a…..? Men and women are not the same. We think differently, we behave differently, we want different things in life, our sex drives are different, what we want from…
Read moreDoes Modern Matrimonial Law Represent “The Best Interests Of The Children?”
I found this on a site recently and had to re-post. A great commentary on the reality we live in. Why do we allow 1960’s laws to exist in 2013? Paternity Law. Does One Size Fit the Best Interest of Children? Posted by: Jason Brown on the Star Tribune – http://www.startribune.com/local/yourvoices/204388701.html Jason Brown is the founding…
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“True Dads” featuring Joe Jones & CFUF from Center For Urban Families on Vimeo. Joseph T. Jones, Jr. Mr. Joseph T. Jones, Jr. is president and founder of the Center For Urban Families. Prior to founding CFUF, Mr. Jones developed and directed the Men’s Services program for the federally funded Baltimore Healthy Start initiative and…
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