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Anonymous User continues - "The Times sheds crocodile tears over moms who move away to leave a child behind with the dad, but don't mention fathers at all, except in the third-person sense. I've seen dozens of articles on dads who are left behind by move-aways. The "paper of record" could not find just one with whom to speak? The fact that fathers are likewise torn from their children when moms move away with the children. "But Ms. Sheid's ex-husband, who shares joint legal custody of their daughter, refused to allow the girl to move away. So Ms. Sheid has spent much of the last year using JetBlue to shuttle between her son and husband on the West Coast and her daughter (and ex) on the East." Obviously, this is sad. But equally sad would be where the mother moved away with the child and the father had to spend much of the last year using JetBlue to shuttle between his job and seeing his daughter. It mentions that Mr. Shied (mom's new husband) has a job on Wall Street. Does Ms. Shied have a job? If not, wouldn't it be easier for her to shuttle using JetBlue than for the child's father (whose name isn't even mentioned) to do the same, given that the dad probably works to support his child? "Worst, she added, 'they are making me choose between my children.' " Point out, that she is making her child choose between her parents. Can't Mr. Shied find a job doing *something* else? Can't she find a job? "But now mothers with physical custody say they feel trapped in untenable situations, especially since alimony has become uncommon and the economy remains rocky in many regions." Yes, see, but they don't *have* to maintain primary custody of their children. They *can* transfer primary custody to their husbands voluntarily. "Practically, though, judges know they can often stop a move by threatening to give the other parent custody. (Noncustodial parents can move without dealing with the court at all.)" I love how they throw that one in there - as if this is somehow unfair (*gasp* a woman being required to do something that a man is not.) Actually no, custodial parents can move without dealing with the courts. It's just that they may have to voluntarily transfer custody of the child over to the other parent in order to do so."
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No great surprise there. The Times is virtually a propaganda arm of N.O.W. Nearly every female writer there is a feminist. And to make it worse, like most newspapers, the Times automatically assigns a female to cover "relationship" news. (It's always been this way.) The chance that said female journalist will be fair and unbiased is about 1 in 20. (This because 1 in 20 stories is purely fact-driven.) These women put a femslant on everything from education to world events.
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by Anonymous User on 10:13 PM August 17th, 2004 EST (#2)
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In L.A. like New York we have some major media outlets so one of the things on my truck sign list is this one.
NEWS MEDIA IS
SEXIST & HATEFUL
AGAINST MEN
I am also hoping to design into the sign the ability to change the first line, i.e.
L. A. COUNTY IS
HOLLYWOOD IS
CALIFORNIA IS
WOMEN'S STUDIES IS
COMMERCIALS ARE
TELEVISION IS
MOVIES ARE
COLLEGES ARE
EDUCATION IS
This could be an awfully long list.
Ray
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"L. A. COUNTY IS
HOLLYWOOD IS
CALIFORNIA IS
WOMEN'S STUDIES IS
COMMERCIALS ARE
TELEVISION IS
MOVIES ARE
COLLEGES ARE
EDUCATION IS
This could be an awfully long list."
Maybe you need something like what a bus has over the windshield that changes for different routes.
bg
Men are from EARTH. Women are from EARTH. Deal with it.
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When comments are made that the dads can still have a relationship with their children just fine, albeit a long distance one, it makes me shiver. I have always like the response that if Moms can be so cavalier about the childs relationship with the dad, then the mom can have a long distance relationship with the child just the same. Thus, I say the child stays. Whoever wants to move can certainly move, but the child stays.
Michael
"Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground."
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Anyone want to bet that custody and child-support arrangements hinged on the ex-husband maintaining his income? What are the chances he had to take this new job to keep the money rolling in?
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This throw-away line caught my attention:
"But now mothers with physical custody say they feel trapped in untenable situations, especially since alimony has become uncommon and the economy remains rocky in many regions."
Translation -- Mommies are suffering because now that feminism has liberated women to be working professionals, Family Court judges are less likely to award lucrative alimony in divorce settlements. (No mention of typically excessive child-support awards for custodial mothers.)
Lacking the financial security from extra (alimony) extortion of their ex's-, mommies now have to go on a wide-ranging prowl for another high-earning wallet, er, husband.
It's simply unfair to suggest "the best interests of the child" and restricting her geographic mobility might impede mommy's successful pursuit of the deeper pockets...
The whole "move-away" issue is a camouflaged campaign to emotionally and financially blackmail non-custodial dads, using children as pawns and bargaining chips in the endless post-divorce warfare.
"It's a terrible thing ... living in fear."
- Roy: hunted replicant, Blade Runner
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