Democracy In Motion


Free speach means just that. Don't let others tell you how you can speak. ...more Today's Democratic Party. Nothing substantive. No new ideas. Just the same ol' fear, whine and cry stories. ...more Freedom is worth fighting for. ....more Why trust them when they want us dead? ....more Civil rights? Not if you are a christian, white man, or both. ....more	Quotable facts Father-deprived children are: 11 times more likely to be violent. 90% of runaways 85% of all children that exhibit behavioral disorders. 85% of all youths sitting in prisons. 80% of rapists motivated with displaced anger. 80% of all adolescents are in psychiatric hospitals. 75% of all adolescent patients in chemical abuse centers. 72% of all teenage murderers. 71% of all high school dropouts. 71% of pregnant teenagers. 63% of youth suicides. 60% of rapists. Sources: US Dept. of Health & Human Services, US Dept. of Health & Human Services, National Fatherhood Initiative, Center for Disease Control, US Bureau of Census, FBI, Criminal Justice & Behavior, National Principals Association Report on the State of High Schools, Rainbows for all God`s Children Need more proof that our crumbling society is a result of radical feminism gone amuck and liberal policies that cater to their movement? Read on... Quote #1: More evidence of nature's intent to design men as active parents might be seen in the effects of involved fathering on children. Given the politically charged debates over same-sex unions and single parenting, it is perhaps not surprising that the richest area in the nascent field of fatherhood research is in the results of fathers' absence. David Popenoe of Rutgers University has pointed to increased rates of juvenile delinquency, drug abuse and other problems among children raised without a male parent present. Research on the unique skills men bring to parenting is sparse but intriguing. Eleanor Maccoby of Stanford University has found that fathers are less likely than mothers to modify their language when speaking to their children, thus challenging their kids to expand vocabulary and cognitive skills. Fathers also tend to enforce rules more strictly and systematically in reaction to children's wrongdoing, according to educational psychologist Carol Gilligan. "Having a father isn't magic," says Armin Brott, author of seven books about fatherhood, "but it really does make a difference for the kids." Quote #2: When men take on nontraditional roles in the home and family, it also makes a difference to the marriage. Coltrane of UC Riverside and John Gottman at the University of Washington found in separate studies that when men contribute to domestic labor (which is part and parcel of parenting), women interpret it as a sign of caring, experience less stress and are more likely to find themselves in the mood for sex. This is not to say that more involved fathering has erased marital tensions or that it hasn't introduced new ones. Dads admit they get fussed over for things moms do every day. "Sometimes you're treated like a dog walking on its hind legs - 'Oh, look, he can do laundry!'" says Jim O'Kane, 47, a father of two in Blackstone, Mass. And some women resent ceding their role as top parent. When her daughter fell down at a birthday party, Amy Vachon, 44, of Watertown, Mass., recalls that the girl ran crying all the way across the room - to her husband Marc. "I admit it hurt at the time," she says, "mostly because I wondered what everyone thought. There's such a high standard in society for the good mother." Quote #3: Misandry in family law begins with an ideology that views children as the property of women, even though many peer-reviewed studies show children want and need both parents, and no studies show sole parenting by a mother serves children's best interests. This ideology is instilled in judges during training sessions featuring feminism-driven materials, and subsequently often plays out as unaccountable kangaroo courts. The result is that an adversarial mother who initiates a divorce against the will of the father - however indifferent her parenting skills, however superb his and even if the children spend their days with nannies or day care workers - pretty well has a lock on sole custody of the children. If she denies rightful access to the father, she will never be punished at all. Conversely, if he withholds money, he will be criminalized: His picture as a "deadbeat dad" may appear on government-sanctioned Internet sites, and if he goes to jail, as is likely, he will serve a longer sentence than cocaine dealers. Quote #4: Of the myriad forms of discrimination men cite, one looms over the rest: The egregious treatment meted out to fathers in the throes of contested child custody following the "no-fault" divorces most of them did not initiate or desire. My files bulge with stories of disenfranchised fathers ripped from their children's arms and lives. They have lost their homes, their careers, fortunes, friends and reputations, often on the basis of false allegations of abuse (for which their female accusers are virtually never punished). I wouldn't mention such anecdotal evidence, if the anguish in these testimonials didn't jibe with objective data confirming the shameful gender bias that dominates the family law system. Quote #5: Mr. Dunn may sound like just another disgruntled spouse unhappy with his lot in a bitter breakup, but his complaints are indicative of a growing concern among those involved in divorce law - couples and lawyers - that the system is no longer encouraging self-sufficiency among divorcing spouses. Spousal support, once considered a transitional hand-up for the spouse (most often the wife) left at an economic disadvantage by the marital breakup, is increasingly being viewed by the courts as an indefinite obligation, or a lifelong handout. Quote #6: What helps marriages to endure is not the compatibility of the spouses or the delight they take in each other. After all, over time people do change, circumstances are different and the pressures of life are brought to bear. Not all age equally gracefully. What enables marriages to endure, and thrive, is the commitment of the spouses to the marriage itself. Most married couples will tell you, quite unsurprisingly, that they could never have imagined beforehand the circumstances that they have faced over the years of the marriage. Keeping one's promises and a willingness to sacrifice for the other are the foundations of marital and family stability. Quote #7: Sexual abuse by women of children and teens is a subject most parents and caregivers are not familiar with. Female sexual predators go unreported because of a lack of awareness by the public. Quote #8: 75% of sexual predators are male and 25% are female. 86% of the victims of female sexual predators aren't believed, so the crimes go unreported and don't get prosecuted. Considering these facts, arrest statistics for child sexual offenders by gender are meaningless. From "The Sexual Abuse by Women of Children and Teenagers" Quote #9: Holding women responsible for their violence was so at odds with the received wisdom of the movement's activists that, for her whistle-blowing pains, Pizzey's dog was killed and her entire family received death threats. Undaunted, she pursued her equal-responsibility crusade in the United States for many years in a fusillade of articles and books. Quote #10: Another outlier, University of British Columbia psychology professor Don Dutton, is acknowledged by his peers as a world expert on IPV. He has proven, over and over again - most recently in his definitive 2006 book, Rethinking Domestic Violence - that the tendency to violence in intimate relationships is bilateral and rooted in individual dysfunction: Men and women with personality disorders and/or family histories of violence are equally likely to be violent themselves, or seek violent partners. But Dutton's scientific credentials and extensive 25-year archive of peer-reviewed research cut no ice with Canadian policy makers, none of whom has ever solicited his advice. Quote #11: For the next generation of single women, it is about to get worse. Lawyers and social researchers believe changes to the child support scheme which come into force midyear will leave about 60 per cent of single mothers worse off than before. Fathers, in particular wealthy fathers, they say, will pocket the windfall. "Our preliminary research indicates that a large proportion of our clients who are primary carers will be receiving significantly less child support under the new formula," says a policy lawyer, Edwina MacDonald, from the Women's Legal Service. Wealthy fathers are already better off, with the first round of changes introduced last year capping payments for non-resident parents who earn between $130,000 and $140,000 each year. Under the complex new scheme, fathers who care for their children at least two nights a fortnight will receive a 24 per cent discount on child support payments. There is widespread concern that much less money will soon be flowing into single-parent homes - most of which are run by single women. The amount single mothers can earn before child support is cut is reduced from $39,000 to $17,000. Elsewhere HM noted/commented: Who would ever have dreamt that fathers who look after their children over 25% (2 of 7) of nights would ever deserve 24% of the resources to do it? Why are all these women with degrees wasting them and not using them to support themselves and their families in the manner men are legally forced to do? Why is it that, despite all evidence showing that men and women can equally care for children, women are still awarded sole custody in almost all cases? With almost all divorces involving children initiated by women, why do these women initiate divorce if they are so poorly done by it? These questions and more will not be answered by the 2020 conference with the "representatives" that are chosen. Quote #12: "We know that women experience much higher levels of poverty than men in general," says Karen Willis, from the NSW Rape Crisis Centre. So, if true (and I personally don't doubt it), what does that say about women, in general, and their need for male support. Quote #13: "Women and their children have lost their homes and jobs, and been forced into a lifestyle which is often hard to get out of, especially if you are an older woman." Out in the suburbs, more stories of women in poverty are emerging. More often the homes and jobs have not so much been "lost" but given up by women who have made choices - bad choices, for themselves and for the children they insist on making both fatherless and impoverished. The mothers chose; the children do not! And the State, working for the mother via its various agencies, departments and courts approves, encourages, supports, enables, facilitates and enforces. Quote #14: But Whiteside remains extremely positive. She says she is the happiest she has ever been. "It's been a journey but I am learning how to be free," she says. "I have my life and it's simple and I'm dealing with only the aspects that matter." Julie Di Gregorio and Carole Ouellette agree. Di Gregorio left an unhappy marriage with almost nothing but is now starting to return to her practice as an artist. Ouellette delayed her marriage settlement for 16 years so her children could live in the family home but says the decision empowered her emotionally, if not financially. Their choices, their consequences. Sadly they involve and embroil innocent children. Their selfish knows no bounds. And now they complain and whine hoping for more tax money from hard working (mostly) male taxpayers.	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