Boycott Askmen.com

Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 2007-08-12 07:29

Askmen.com, an online men's magazine, has published this piece on their front page: Single Fathers’ Rights.

The article starts with back-handed shaming ... (would anyone ever qualify an article by questioning a mother's love?)

"Everything discussed in this article is predicated on two main ideas: that you “know” that you’re a good, loving father and that you want to play a significant role in your child’s life, and that you’re willing against all odds to get along with your ex -- the mother of your child -- to do so."

... Goes on to rhyme off sexist assumptions to justify anti-male family courts...

" * Usually it’s the father who heads out to work while the mother spends the first few months at home with the child.
* The mother either continues to be with the child or sets out to coordinate other forms of daycare, and is a part of the child’s early life in that way.
* Personally, aside from the practical, we guys must allow for primal considerations before going completely mental from access imbalance.
* Consider the child’s natural affinity to the mother: The baby lived inside your ex for nine months and then spent another eight attached to her breast."

... And concludes with suggesting that men should "know their place" when it comes to family matters ...

"We great fathers, for the sake of peace of mind, must acknowledge that there are really compelling and valid reasons why the courts favor the mother. Instead of slowly committing emotional suicide, compromising our own happiness and -- more importantly -- that of our beautiful children, maybe it’s time, against all odds, to e-mail your ex and write this sentence: “For the sake of our child, let’s make peace.”"

Be courteous, professional, and make yourself heard.
E-mail AskMen here.
E-mail the author at pehrlich-at-sympatico.ca

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Comments

The article is so back and forth, for its downsides, it has some pretty strong pro-male opinions, such as:


-Separated mothers should risk losing the right to have their children live with them if they defy court orders and stop the children's fathers from seeing them.

-A single mother who refuses to let the child have anything to do with the father who is happy to continue positive contact between mother and child, should be ordered to hand over custody to the father.

-A single mother should be ordered to have a psychological assessment if there are no compelling reasons why she is not allowing the father to have meaningful access to the child.

But yes, it does go down from there trying to pawn off the current situation as being 'practical', instead of what it really is, vengeful.

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Submitted by ItsDan on Mon, 2007-08-13 02:28

I read the article and the comments, and from what I can gather, this site is largely run by women and feminist sympathizers..they may be calling it "AskMen", to give the public the idea that this is how the typical man thinks and feels on the issues being written about.
-ax

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Submitted by axolotl on Mon, 2007-08-13 03:50

The ad at the top said it all for me:

"Asking your dominatrix for a Perrier
Without saying please"

It's a site for men who think they should be ruled by women.

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Submitted by Demonspawn on Mon, 2007-08-13 14:18