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Divorced fathers in Japan fight to see children
Submitted by anthony on Thu, 2009-10-08 14:36
Article here. Excerpt:
'"In Japan, nobody thinks it's a problem if a mother takes away her children without consent," said Hideki Tani, a lawyer who has taken on cases of fathers seeking access to their children. "Here, it's common for either parent to completely lose contact with children, but people outside Japan find it outrageous."
Tani did acknowledge a need to address problems like domestic violence that can contribute to broken families.
Lately, the number of custody battles has risen as overall divorce cases have climbed and more men have become involved in child-rearing and homemaking. Divorced men also say that children should have a right to see their fathers — and that too often the kids' interests are neglected.
"Nobody thinks about children's well-being," Yoshida said. "They are the victims."
Last year, there were more than 20,000 child custody cases in Japanese family courts, up from less than 17,000 in 2000, Ministry of Justice statistics show. About 90 percent of those decisions favored the mothers — as in Yoshida's case.'
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Misandry Int'l
Misandry is an international phenomenon in developed countries. The global face of feminism is such that it imports its poison (e.g., DV laws) to all countries, weakening them evenly. We must find solidarity with our brothers.
manonthestreet Yes Hunchback
manonthestreet
Yes Hunchback but the point is these are developed countries. The others are more resistant to feminism yet men for the developed countries are at this moment invading and trying to impose feminism on them. Do you think a woman could get away with this in Afghanistan or any other of the countries that the West is so keen to bomb?
in past times
i have used the following analogy to explain how feminism works:
imagine civilization as a new machine, like a beautiful new Harley.
feminists didn't help conceptualize it.
they didn't help to originally invent it, or design it.
they didn't help build it, heck 99.999% can't even maintain one.
but just wait until some guy fills it full of gas and oil,
then they flop their privileged arses on it, and insist it be given to them.
they insist they don't need men anymore, they got it now.
until it needs an oil change and breaks down from abuse. then blame the men.
it explains why they haven't taken over so much in underdeveloped countries.
their machine isn't perfected yet. women can't just hop aboard and take off, yet.
lack of development has left men in charge in underdeveloped countries,
out of necessity; and, they should thank God for that. is it part of a plan? who can say?
More on this later
I'll expound on this much more thoroughly one day when I have the time.
In a nutshell, it comes down to the way mothers raise their daughters: when survival of society is an issue, they teach them to pitch in to the best of their ability--everyone, male and female, shovels the gravel; if, however, the society is successful, they teach them early on to get theirs--they're "entitled" to it. Contrary to popular opinion, neither women's ability to give birth nor women's sexual allure is the true fount of their power. Their power, as a group, arises ***entirely*** from the raising of children.
Oh, btw,
...and, one more time, we must join hands with all our brothers in developed countries and also protect our brothers in less developed countries from being strongarmed.
I hear Liberia's down.
And thus....
...why the old saying "The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world" exists.
You know, in a nut shell.
Just playing. I agree with you both.
If this is completely true
If this is completely true then the world will be due for a power shift....day care workers will be ruling! ;>)
All kidding aside I think your point is valid but I think it has to do with who holds the power in the family home. At this point, and likely for many decades, it has been the mothers. Now we are seeing the extreme version of this with fathers not even being IN the home. This of course is celebrated. We are in it deep.