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every 38 seconds, somewhere in America a man is battered or raped by his intimate partner.........every 38 seconds, somewhere in America a man is battered or raped by his intimate... more
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Did I read this right!??
Yes you did, Paternity leave for men is a growing trend in some countries........
Pretoria - South Africa must review its legislation around paternity leave, Minister in the Presidency Manto Tshabalala-Msimang said on Monday.
"It is totally insufficient," said the minister about the three-days paternity leave currently granted to new fathers.
"You know what usually happens, you have legislation, you implement it... then you discover gaps, then you want to review, then amend," the minister told journalists in Pretoria.
She said that while South Africa had "a forward looking" Labour Relations Act, paternity and maternity leave must be reviewed. This was because women did not necessarily enjoy fully paid maternity leave while men only received three days paternity leave.
Tshabala-Msimang said the country was seeing "more and more men attending births of their babies".
"We must encourage family friendly policies... which will encourage a paradigm shift in that employees of both sexes are given the same opportunities to organise their family and work responsibilities," she said. (MORE IN LINK)Did I read this right!??
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“You guys do more damage to kids than the parents!”
The above observation uttered by a loving parent is echoed by many. Most Child Protective Services Supervisors and caseworkers would consider it malicious slander.
As a Child Protective Services caseworker of eight years, however, I know it to be true.
I’m not alone.
Consider the following irony lamented by Duke Law Professor, Doriane Lambelet Coleman (2006):
“…in the name of saving children from the harm that their parents and guardians are thought to pose, states ultimately cause more harm to many children than they ever help.”
Few in the field argue that Child Protective Services (“CPS”) nationally has myriad problems that are well documented in the form of media, research, congressional sub-committees and expert reports. Documentation supporting this fact is ubiquitous and readily available on-line.
However, the most grievous problem is that those who can most benefit from this knowledge, those who might use it pragmatically to improve the lives of children and families - the caseworkers and supervisors of CPS - appear either ignorant of or indifferent to the damage that removal of children perpetuates.
That is: the most profound problem with “Child Welfare” is that it is not about the welfare of the child.
Rather, it is about the welfare of the agency itself.
The internal paranoia that a “Cover-Your-Agency” (CYA) mentality creates has become so pervasive that most caseworkers and supervisors are determined not to make any decision that might jeopardize their career… and the children are afterthoughts.
The agency hierarchy itself reinforces this CYA mentality due to its' understandable desire to remain off the front page of newspapers.
This “defensive social work” is helpful in preventing bureaucrat heads from rolling.
"...it has become undeniable that despite many saintly foster parents, the government makes a poor parent. The research shows unequivocally that CPS should be loathe to remove kids from their homes because, in most cases, there is nowhere better to put them."
The tragic wake of this status quo, however, is strewn with the lives of children and parents.
Estimates I’ve come across in my research reckon that between one-third and two-thirds of those children currently in foster care nationally should be living with their parents.
Furthermore, it has become undeniable that despite many saintly foster parents, the government makes a poor parent. The research shows unequivocally that CPS should be loathe to remove kids from their homes because, in most cases, there is nowhere better to put them.
As a result, the state is stuck between a rock and a hard place: remove children from marginal parents, causing well documented, irrevocable emotional damage (not to mention the physical and sexual abuse that occurs more frequently in foster care), or leave these children with parents who, arguably, should never have had kids in the first place— the “lesser of two evils” if you will.
Enter the “Safety Model.”
The state of Oregon has become one of the last ten percent of our nation’s states to adopt a “Safety Model” guide to protecting our children, created by Wayne Holder, the man Oregon CPS has called the “foremost expert in child protection in the nation.” (I encourage anyone interested to visit his website at www.actionchildprotection.org to understand Mr. Holder’s credentials and the Safety Model as a whole.)
“What do I have to do to get my kids back?”
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A peaceful demonstration was interupted by security at the steelers' stadium. Personal property was stolen by local police and people were unlawfully arrested.A peaceful demonstration was interupted by security at the steelers' stadium.... more
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One of Northeast Ohio's highest-profile divorce lawyers is accused of lying to a judge, ignoring court orders and harassing the husbands of clients -- complaints that could result in suspension or disbarment.
Vincent Stafford faces a four-count complaint filed with a state commission that oversees grievances against lawyers. Eight years ago the same panel publicly reprimanded Stafford for engaging in a fistfight with an opposing lawyer in a courtroom.
The latest complaint comes as the Ohio Supreme Court is investigating reports of delays caused by lawyers and judges in Cuyahoga County Domestic Relations Court. The high court is expected to release its findings by the end of the year.
A Plain Dealer analysis of court records earlier this year found that the judges routinely miss state-recommended guidelines for granting divorces. The newspaper also found that judges and lawyers frequently interrupt trials despite a Supreme Court rule that forbids repeated breaks in testimony.
An attorney for Stafford said the latest complaints are "baseless and frivolous."
"There are judges, lawyers and independent witnesses who directly refute each allegation," John O'Neil wrote Tuesday in a letter to The Plain Dealer. "Mr. Stafford will continue to represent his clients to the highest degree with knowledge, experience and strength."
One complaint stems from a divorce case that received media attention. During the case, felony charges were filed against Aurora stockbroker Louis Telerico accusing him of threatening Stafford, his wife's lawyer. Telerico was acquitted of all charges.
The complaint before the disciplinary commission accuses Stafford of harassing, embarrassing and maliciously attacking Telerico. It cites at least 25 attempts by Stafford to have Telerico found guilty of contempt and 35 subpoenas filed by Stafford with Telerico's banks.
The complaint also accuses Stafford of making false claims of exorbitant spending by Telerico and of driving the couple's legal fees to more than $500,000.
The other complaints involve allegations that Stafford:
• Threatened and cursed James Janosek, the husband of a divorce client, at a Browns game in 2006.
• Repeatedly ignored requests for evidence in the 2006 divorce case of Diana and Bruce Radford and disobeyed a judge's order to comply with discovery, then lied about having done so.
• Purposely provided false and misleading testimony in a lawsuit against attorney Robert Housel to delay the case and boost legal fees. Stafford's client, a doctor, had sued Housel for legal malpractice. An appellate court recently overturned a jury finding in favor of the doctor.
Housel sits on the high court's Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline. State Disciplinary Counsel Jonathan Coughlan said Tuesday that Housel will not participate in the review of Stafford's case.
Stafford's lawyer blamed the complaints on former courtroom opponents, one of whom, Janosek, is still smarting from having to pay his ex-wife a $12 million settlement.
The state Supreme Court ultimately will decide Stafford's fate. But first, the full commission must review the complaint to determine if there is enough evidence to go to a three-member panel for a hearing.
If the panel determines there is "clear and convincing evidence of misconduct," the chairman will prepare a report for the commission, Coughlan said. A majority vote of commissioners is needed to send the case to the court for disciplinary action.
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“The private interest here, that of a man in the children he has sired and raised, undeniably warrants deference and, absent a powerful countervailing interest, protection."
Over the past 35 years, our Supreme Court has handed down a number of decisions that affect the rights of parents, and, in particular, fathers. I think these cases are a good way to look at how we all got where we are now, and some cases may provide hope for advancing gender equality in the future. Stanley v. Illinois, 405 U.S. 645 (1972) is about a state’s right to discriminate against men in terms of parenting.
“Under Illinois law […] children of unwed fathers become wards of the state upon the death of the mother.” Peter Stanley had just lost his wife, and the state of Illinois started dependency proceedings intended to remove Stanley’s three children from his custody, and move them into foster homes.
Stanley appealed the decision, and lost every appeal, including the Illinois Supreme Court. On appeal to the US Supreme Court, he argued that married fathers and unmarried mothers were not presumed to be unfit parents, so the equal protection doctrine should prohibit the state from removing his children simply because he was a father and was not married. We should all be glad that the Court agreed.
The state courts suggested that there was no equal protection problem, because Stanley could adopt or foster his children as easily as any married parent or unmarried mother could simply care for their child. The Supreme Court pointed out that Stanley had “been treated differently” and that the Court does not believe, “a wrong may be done if it can be undone. […] [I]f there is delay between the doing and the undoing [Father] suffers from the deprivation of his children […].”
As with many appellate court decisions, the Court reduced the case to one (in most cases it is a few) question: “Is a presumption that distinguishes and burdens all unwed fathers constitutionally repugnant?” The Court determined that the State, “denied Stanley the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment.”
While the Court ended up returning Stanley’s children to him, and acknowledging the irreparable damage that had been done to the family because of the state, the Court’s reasoning included several statements that are, to this day, included in cases regarding family, parental and father’s rights. I really enjoy quoting cases like this, so here’s a bunch of them from this case…pick your favorites.
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Center for Parental Responsibility
CPR was founded in January 2003 by a grass roots group of concerned citizens affected by family law. Through life experiences of close friends and family, the female founder saw the impact of prejudice against non-custodial parents. Appalled by the obvious discrimination and overt bias against non-custodial parents in family court, CPR was established under the belief that the family is the primary battleground between the forces of good and evil. Because of this spiritual battle, CPR is established as a faith-based organization to preserve and restore the fractured family, to protect children.
Vision
CPR Vision Statement: A diverse, inter-denominational, faith-based, non-partisan, moderate, gender-neutral, non-profit public policy and educational organization to restore, preserve, protect, and encourage equal rights and equal responsibilities of both parents to protect children.
*currently under umbrella of tax-exempt 501 c(3) organization, Providence House
Mission
CPR Mission Statement: Bold advocacy, practical education, and compassionate support, pursuing thoughtful, thorough, and accurate analysis that promotes justice for parents and leads people to responsible action that results in less government and protects the rights and responsibilities of both parents equally; this pursuit is to ensure the best interests of children and encourage their healthy development, by encouraging fair judicial decisions that allow citizens to resolve parental differences privately and strengthen fractured and hurting families.
Center for Parental Responsibility
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10. Address the HIV/AIDS Epidemic
According to the 2008 UNAIDS report on the global AIDS epidemic, an estimated 1.5 million Africans lost their lives to AIDS in 2007.
The international community must listen to people like Stephen Lewis, former special envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa, who, in his most recent book, Race Against Time: Searching for Hope in AIDS-Ravaged Africa, demands a call to action on a number of issues, including sexual education, generic drug production to make medicine inexpensive, and a commitment of resources to assist in social welfare of child orphans.
www.avert.org
9. Improve Food Security
World Food Day is October 16, and the Food & Agricultural Organization (FAO) estimates there will be over 923 million malnourished people around the globe. The international community must act to ensure local food production to reach communities in need.
Bill Gates just announced that he will work with the World Food Program (WFP) to promote local farming in less developed regions, noting, “Developing new ways for WFP to purchase food locally represents a major step toward sustainable change that could eventually benefit millions of poor rural households in Sub-Saharan Africa and other regions.”
It is not just a matter of planting crops or sending food aid into these areas; more work must also be done to encourage an African solution to address the soaring costs of food that have hit both farmers and consumers.
www.fao.org/getinvolved/worldfoodday/en/
8. Protect Internally Displaced People (IDP) & Respond to Human Rights Conflicts
Thousands of people are fleeing from genocide in Darfur, Sudan. SaveDarfur.org states that “one-third of the troops are deployed, critical gaps exist in equipment and logistical support, and the force has been repeatedly attacked.”
In addition, the “Sudanese government systematically obstructs full deployment with total impunity.” The international community must call for the “Full Strength” of the African Union (AU)/United Nations peace-keeping mission, plus renew funding for refugee camps to protect exposed citizens from further violence.
www.savedarfur.org
7. Rehabilitate Children Soldiers
The 2007 Hot Docs International Documentary Film Audience Award in Toronto was War Dance, an epic tale of children soldiers recovering by using dancing and education in Uganda.
The website of the U.N special representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict states, “Children are uniquely vulnerable to military recruitment and manipulation into violence because they are innocent and impressionable. They are forced or enticed to join armed groups.” Basic rights and freedoms of children must be protected by ensuring African countries sign on to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict.
www.wardancethemovie.com
6. Fight Corruption
Kofi Annan stated: “Corruption hurts the poor disproportionately by diverting funds intended for development, undermining a government’s ability to provide basic services, feeding inequality and injustice, and discouraging foreign investment and aid.”
The international community needs to use December 9th, Anti Corruption Day, to listen to Transparency International and their call for African countries to focus on the core elements of fighting corruption: access to information, increased visibility of spending, a corruption-free judiciary, and working on stronger communication in education.
www.transparency.org
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What happens when an abuse shelter engages in conduct that is so unethical and bizarre that the public almost can't believe the magnitude of the travesty? Read on and decide for yourself.
Crystal D. Hall of McIntosh County, Okla. was the wife of James Hall and the mother of five. She also had a severe mental illness that required her to take anti-psychotic medications.
Sometime in mid-2005 Mrs. Hall became convinced that she and the children were being emotionally abused by James. In July of that year, Crystal's family had her admitted to a local mental health facility. And the state Department of Human Services took custody of the children.
What followed over the ensuing two and a half years was a series of legal maneuvers, investigations, jurisdictional disputes, hearings, appeals, and judicial reversals, all stemming from the unsubstantiated allegation that Mr. Hall was an abuser.
Of course county officials investigated the allegation, discovering no evidence of child abuse.
But the SafeNet shelter in Claremore, Okla. decided to get in on the act. The shelter's tax return reveals annual revenues in the neighborhood of $640,000. Oddly, the tax forms do not disclose the executive director's compensation package.
Told to always believe the victim, the SafeNet staff would not accept the decision of the county investigators. So the shelter went judge-shopping and soon filed an abuse complaint in another county.
It's no secret that judges often issue temporary restraining orders with no hard evidence. So over the next year the shelter obtained five temporary orders against Mr. Hall — not once presenting proof of abuse.
Mr. Hall would eventually undergo four psychological evaluations, all of them declaring him to be a fit parent. One psychologist concluded, "There is no documented evidence that Mr. Hall has ever been physically or emotionally abusive to the children." Predictably, the SafeNet staff disagreed with the findings, even attempting to have one examiner removed from her position.
Crystal Hall was eventually discharged from the mental health facility and sent to live on her own. But her condition remained unstable, so SafeNet employees came to her house 3 times a day to make sure she took the medicines. Shelter staff also drove her to and from work and took her grocery shopping.
After months of legal wrangling and baseless accusations, Judge Gary Dean finally handed down his decision, which can be viewed here: http://www.donhaslam.com/cases/documents/Hallfinalorder.PDF
The judge first noted that "Mrs. Hall is a person with serious mental health problems...After approximately 2 ½ years of extensive counseling, through Safenet and other sources, the Court can see no progress on the mental health issues of the mother."
Pointing the judicial finger at shelter director Donna Grabow, the judge noted that "Safenet Services has been less than forthcoming in its reporting to DHS and the Court, and its credibility is questioned by the Court...One of the children has requested that the Court 'get Safenet out of our lives.'"
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When professor Suzanne Steinmetz published the results of her survey on domestic violence, no one had prepared her for the firestorm that would ensue. You see, feminists take it as an article of faith that only husbands abuse their wives.
So when Steinmetz revealed that women are often as violent as their husbands, the fem-fascists started a whispering campaign designed to block her promotion at the University of Delaware. When that didn't work, they phoned in a bomb threat at her daughter's wedding. Cowed by the threats, Steinmetz soon suspended her pioneering research.
Erin Pizzey of England had impeccable credentials — she was the founder of the first abuse shelter for women. So a few years later she published Prone to Violence, a book that revealed these women are often as physically aggressive as their mates.
That provoked threats of violence by the women who said women can never be violent. Pizzey was forced to seek police protection as she traveled around to promote her book. She was met by jeering protesters with placards that read, "All men are bastards."
Dr. Lynette Feder planned to do a study to find out whether batterer intervention programs work. But then the Broward County, Florida district attorney tried to block the study since, he claimed, everyone "already knew" such programs work. Interestingly, other researchers later found such programs are often ineffective.
Claudia Ann Dias is an attorney who has been featured on 20/20 and Oprah for her work on family violence. She was awarded a 10-year contract by the Sacramento County Jail to counsel men arrested for partner violence. Since partner abuse is often mutual, Dias found herself discussing the problem of female aggressors. Six months later, her contract was abruptly cancelled.
Men also have been besieged by the VAWA Mafia, a loosely-organized cabal that takes its name from the federal Violence Against Women Act.
Dr. Murray Straus of the University of New Hampshire is the pre-eminent American researcher in the area of family violence. His work points to the politically incorrect conclusion that wives are equally likely to abuse.
The VAWA Mafia has accused Dr. Straus of being a wife-beater and sexually exploiting his students. The unfounded claim was so outrageous that his accuser later apologized. And one of his students was recently warned she would never be able to find a job if she did her graduate work with him.
Dr. Donald Dutton of the University of British Columbia has been branded as "dangerous" for his research debunking the feminist propaganda on partner abuse. Despite prolific publications and an impressive resumé, government officials refuse to confer with him.
When intimidation tactics have failed, the VAWA Mafia has tried to hijack the research itself.
Writing in the American Psychological Association book Prevention of Partner Violence, professor Straus outlines the information-control tactics used by feminist researchers. These include suppressing statistics on female-initiated abuse, reaching conclusions not supported by the data, or simply not asking questions on female perpetration.
For example, Dr. Jennifer Rohling of the University of South Alabama wanted to do a survey of women in abuse shelters. That would be fine, the shelter director said, just so long as Rohling didn't ask whether any of the women themselves had been violent. "Don't ask, don't tell," as they like to say.
Straus has documented how even government agencies have hobbled the open pursuit of the truth. In one case the U.S. Department of Justice forbade research funds from being used to investigate the victimization of men.
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Last updated: September 2008
SUMMARY: This bibliography examines 246 scholarly investigations: 187 empirical studies and 59 reviews and/or analyses, which demonstrate that women are as physically aggressive, or more aggressive, than men in their relationships with their spouses or male partners. The aggregate sample size in the reviewed studies exceeds 237,750.
Much more in the article...........Last updated: September 2008
SUMMARY: This bibliography examines 246 scholarly... more
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Imagine for a moment Lighting Candles World Wide and all at the same time. Imagine your child knowing we are Lighting Candles World Wide just for them.
We have given this a lot of thought and we have come to the conclusion that everyone can light a candle at their home or in their home town at a designated place.
You can be apart of Lighting Candles World Wide to show a united front for the children and their need to have both parents and grandparents in their lives.
We have chosen December 18, 2008 for our first annual Lighting Candles World Wide which is exactly one week before Christmas. This is the hardest time of year for those missing their children, but especially for the children who are missing a parent or grandparents or in some cases siblings and of course their extended family.
We realize that in far too many cases the children pay a very hard price for the actions of their adult parents. We are asking everyone to come together on this very special day of Lighting Candles World Wide. One candle lit from each and every one of us at the same time will make a vibrant light world wide and make this a very special Christmas.
We believe if asked, a child would pick both parents instead of just one. We also believe that a child should not be forced or tricked into giving up a parent because the other parent no longer needs or wants that parent.
We are asking for everyone to put the children first and allow our country to heal the family. There is nothing more important then family. There is no greater gift then family.
We want to light candles in every town within every county within every state in the US. We are also getting great responce from other countries... India, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Ireland, Brazil, Russia, Great Britian and several places in Europe such as Italy and Germany. We look forward to lighting a candle with you.
Our second annual Lighting Candles World Wide will be April 25, 2009.
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Convicted and incarcerated for possession of drugs in 2002, Brande Samuels made a deal.
He promised himself and his family that when he left his prison cell, he would work hard to build a stable and positive life.
After two years in prison, he was released early on good behavior and worked for less than minimum wage while he trained to become a welder.
But that's when he first got notice from the Oklahoma Department of Human Services' Child Support Enforcement Division that he owed child support, he said.
Now, Samuels owes about $13,000 in back child support, he lives with his ailing grandfather and DHS seizes portions of his wages every month.
"The last four years have been the worst in my life," Samuels said about life since leaving prison in 2004. "I went into so much debt."
Samuels said under other circumstances he would take full responsibility for the child as a father should.
But he is not the father.
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The saying “As goes California, so goes the Nation,” never has been more true than for Domestic Violence Awareness Month 2008. On October 14, the California courts led the nation in bringing public awareness to a previously hidden Domestic Violence issue — that of battered men — and subsequently ruled that battered men deserve equal protection under the law.
Facing squarely the reality of Domestic Violence against men, the California Court of Appeals ruled that: “We find the gender-based classifications in the challenged statutes that provide programs for victims of domestic violence violate equal protection. We find male victims of domestic violence are similarly situated to female victims for purposes of the statutory programs and no compelling state interest justifies the gender classification. We reform the affected statutes by invalidating the exemption of males and extending the statutory benefits to men, whom the Legislature improperly excluded.” (page 2).
The California court ruling was based, in part, on empirical research undertaken by hundreds of social scientists who have helped to provide “the rest of the story.” This research has demonstrated that both men and women initiate Domestic Violence at roughly equal rates with some recent studies suggesting that the initiation rates for girls and women may be increasing. Furthermore, approximately 40% of the physically harmed victims of Domestic Violence are men.
The implications of the California Appellate Court ruling are clear, compelling, and require a fundamental revision of all State and Federal Domestic Violence legislation to fully recognize the need for equal treatment of battered men under the law. It is particularly important to revise the federal Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and replace it with a Domestic Violence Act that stands in compliance with the California court ruling. By its name alone, the Violence Against Women Act now is both Unconstitutional and scientifically misleading.
Hopefully, the long-term impact of the California ruling will be to raise public and political awareness to the reality that Domestic Violence truly is an equal opportunity affliction. Since the Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Sen. Joe Biden both is the father of VAWA and a self-defined Constitutional scholar, let us hope that he will take advantage of the closing days of the campaign to propose a revision to VAWA along the lines of the California Appellate Court ruling. Voters should be listening for such a proposed revision.
Such an action also would be in the spirit of the words of Presidential candidate Sen. Obama* that: “…we must fight to bring domestic violence out of the darkness of isolation and back into the light of justice…” On October 14, 2008 the California courts ruled that justice must serve and protect both men and women.
May it continue to hold that: “As goes California, so goes the Nation.”
Gordon E. Finley, Ph.D. is Professor of Psychology at Florida International University in Miami.
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California attorney Marc Angelucci scored a tremendous victory today as the Third District Court of Appeal in Sacramento ruled that California’s exclusion of men from domestic violence violates men’s constitutional equal protection rights.
The taxpayer lawsuit -- Woods. v. Shewry -- was initially filed in 2005 by four male victims of domestic violence.
In 2007, Sacramento Superior Court Judge Lloyd Connelly dismissed the case, ruling that men are not entitled to equal protection regarding domestic violence because they statistically are not similarly situated with women.
Today the Court of Appeal reversed that decision and held:
The gender classifications in Health and Safety Code section 124250 and Penal Code section 13823.15, that provide state funding of domestic violence programs that offer services only to women and their children, but not to men, violate equal protection.
The plaintiffs' attorney, Marc E. Angelucci (pictured above left), said:
We’ve been through the daisy wheel of judicial activism on this issue. Now the courts have finally addressed the injustice, but the struggle is not over. Many taxpayer-funded programs, especially in Los Angeles, still deny men services such as counseling, advocacy, shelter or hotel vouchers, which is endangering their children.
Men pay at least half of the taxes that fund these programs and they should be entitled to services regardless of sex. I have seen the damage this does to men and kids and I will never stop fighting to end it, even if it means filing more lawsuits.
Numerous experts submitted sworn declarations supporting the plaintiffs and explaining that Domestic Violence against men is a serious but hidden problem. Children are being emotionally harmed as witnesses of the violence while their fathers are unable to get help.
Experts in the Case explained that although men report it less than women, empirical survey data consistently shows women are at least as violent as men in relationships, and that men suffer one-third of injuries.
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This is why there is change happening in Michigan. We need to be active in politics and get out there to get our voices heard!!This is why there is change happening in Michigan. We need to be active in politics... more
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Alec Baldwin is one of the walking wounded, a casualty of the divorce/custody wars. Written out of his pain, looking from the inside looking out, viewing events through the prism of that pain with all of a victim's perceptions and acuity. Although sometimes -- perhaps often -- skewed, or inaccurate, his story told with intelligence, passion and understandably, anger, and acknowledgment of the mistakes he made, it is all the more instructive and revealing to anyone about to embark on a similar journey and gives a foretaste of the emotional rollercoaster they can expect. It is not a journey for the faint of heart.
His description of his wife's lawyer as being "avaricious, inhumane, a garden slug of a divorce lawyer...I loathed [the lawyer] -- he is none of the foregoing -- demonstrates the damage the process can do to an otherwise sensitive and reasonable person.
He exposes to daylight the underbelly of the American system of divorce and the cottage industries that the system has created -- forensic accountants, appraisers, custody evaluators, psychologist, psychiatrists, law guardians and mediators -- and, of course lawyers, all feeding off the carcass of people getting divorced.
Baldwin takes the reader on a whirlwind tour across the landscape of divorce and born of his heartache, makes interesting suggestions to improve the system, to anyone about to get on that bus.
There are many things wrong with the system. It is perhaps, the worst possible -- except for all others. He makes it clear that, at the very least, as far as custody is concerned, the system does not work. The law simply does not deal well -- nor was ever intended -- to deal with matters of the heart -- particularly the heart in conflict with itself.
One thing, according to the public's perception he may well have got right, '...most lawyers [are] are men and women who were not sufficiently smart enough to become doctors or engineers.'
This book is a must and quick read for anybody thinking of a divorce, but they better keep a bottle of Jack Daniels near by. They will need it."
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People laugh, police drive by, but the children cry for their mommy to stop............ Is this case going to reach any govt statistics??
Sure the police may not have seen the actual incident and i know not why they were driving by (they do that on occasion right??) But it is a proof of the fact that this man did not feel they would or could help. A male victim of abuse is inclined by social pressure to not report it.People laugh, police drive by, but the children cry for their mommy to... more
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