'Ken Cuccinelli’s Involvement With Hardline Misogynists'

Submitted by Mastodon on Tue, 2013-09-03 03:43

Article here. Excerpt:

'The Washington Post has a story up about the gross depths of Ken Cuccinelli’s fucked up, misogynist worldview. It’s not just his dogged attempts to shut down legal abortion single-handedly in the state, but now it’s been revealed that he has ties to the “fathers’ rights” movement, a group of men whose political goals all point back to the single purpose of making it harder for women to rid themselves of controlling and often abusive men. They fight protections for victims of domestic violence, educate each other on novel ways to sue your ex-wife so that you can stay in her life and make it miserable, demand stricter divorce laws so a woman can’t leave you just because she wants to, and push to reform child support laws so that it becomes more expensive and therefore more difficult for women to leave bad marriages. How well they conceal what they’re up to varies a lot—some of them are remarkably good at portraying themselves as humble fathers who simply want to be a part of their children’s lives, and whose ability to use said children to control and punish their ex-wives is simply a coincidence—but what’s interesting is that Ken Cuccinelli’s buddy, Ron Grignol, doesn’t do a very good job at hiding his stripes at all.
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While most men who identify as “men’s rights activists” are blowhards who concentrate their “activism” to bitching online about how women aren’t submissive enough or don’t give them the sex they deserve, fathers rights activists actually do things like lobbying that have political influence. Almost all of them are bitter divorced men, and a lot of them have ugly custody battles with their ex-wives that they’re on the losing end of because judges find credible evidence to believe they were batterers. Evidence which is invariably dismissed as women spouting hysterical lies, because bitches, amirite?'

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Cuccinelli

He's pretty conservative, politically and socially. He holds beliefs and positions in a number of areas that I, personally, don't hold. But that doesn't make him a bad guy, nor does supporting parental rights for *gasp* both parents make him that way, either-- but you probably figured I'd say that. :) I would like to point out these two items to the author of the article:

'While living in a group house in college, Cuccinelli heard a woman shriek when an intruder climbed into her bed. After the incident, Cuccinelli established a peer-to-peer sexual assault prevention group on campus, and became a confidant for survivors of sexual assault.[8] He collaborated with feminists in convincing the university to create a full-time sexual assault education coordinator position.[8][9]'

and

'Cuccinelli has been a staunch advocate against human trafficking during his time in office, describing it as "one of the most egregious human rights violations".[96] He has slammed popular media for portraying prostitution and other forms of selling sex as "just another career choice".[96] ...'

Wouldn't she be surprised.

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Submitted by Matt on Wed, 2013-09-04 00:28

Another example of feminists demonstrating how much they are about equality by attacking people (men and women) who are actually seeking to address an inequality men face. In her effort for that elusive equality feminists are always demanding, equality in the domestic sphere, the expectation men step up and do more raising of children, she openly opposes men being granted the time with their children to accomplish that goal. And to show she believes men and women are equal, she paints men to be monsters who are so dangerous to their own children and ex wives that they should not even be given the opportunity to prove themselves if a woman says so. What would we ever do without feminism's brand of equality.

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Submitted by Kratch on Wed, 2013-09-04 00:43