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Men in the age of feminism : Comments
By Peter West, published 22/10/2010Men can never be feminists - millions have tried and nobody did better than C+.
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Some of the imbalance could be reduced by future financial support being contingent on the nominated fathers acceptance of that at some point during the pregnancy - not perfect but a step forward especially where the parents were not in an ongoing relationship.
whistler "Listen closely to males who claim grievance against the Family Court or the Child Support Agency and you'll more than often find an obsession with the minutiae of the circumstances and perceived obligations of the mother and very little about offspring" - I don't doubt that's what you would find. The reality is much more diverse. There will be some men doing the wrong thing, there will be others who have had an absolute gutfull of hypocrisy of hiding behind children to further adults interests. Much of the grief with the FC and FMC is about the abuse of the idea of children's best interests to flagrently advantage one adult's interests over the others often at the expense of significant components of the childrens interests.
Those who make a lot of noise about children's best interest's overriding any needs of the parents don't seem to fly the same flag when it comes to women staying in a non-abusive but unsatisfying marriage. They don't seem to fly the children's best interests flag when it comes to mum's wanting to take a sea change. They rarely seem to fly that flag on any issue where the mothers needs are the ones being asked to be sacrificed for the sake of the children.
All to often "childrens best interests" is a pathetic cover for people advancing their own interests with little or no real regard for the children.
R0bert