Originally Posted By skinnerbox I'm hoping the creator of this image will sell it as a bumper sticker, placard, t-shirt... you name it. I want one!! <a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3142943487122&set=o.224319224261399&type=1&theater" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/photo....&theater</a>
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost I have posted it on my Facebook status and it has been shared by a few already. If there ever was a message that needed to get out, this is one of them. Ask people to share...it is important.
Originally Posted By SpokkerJones While we're playing this game... -Don't have to sign up for the draft. -Non-existent wage gap once important variables are controlled for but gets to complain about it anyway. On top of this, women enjoy a wage premium in some industries and more females are in college and increasingly doing better in high school than males. -Automatic custody of children born out of wedlock in many states. -Eligible for many kinds of public assistance that young men are not entitled to. A young male's EITC is pathetic compared to a single mother's. -Young males hunted down like dogs for child support while a woman who cannot support a child enjoys support from the state. -Can opt out of parental responsibilities while a man cannot. -Despite the abhorrent statistics regarding the outcomes of single motherhood, little is being done to equalize support to re-strengthen fatherhood. -Cultural realities that make it so that a woman is less expected to work a difficult and dangerous job, which results in over 90% of workplace-related deaths accruing to men. -Male figures on television increasingly dimwitted So, with all that in effect, abortion still legal (good), Planned Parenthood still operating (good), and correct, no one should be forced by the federal government to cover inexpensive and routine contraception in order to prevent pregnancy.
Originally Posted By DyGDisney "I am woman, hear me roar In numbers too big to ignore And I know too much to go back an' pretend 'cause I've heard it all before And I've been down there on the floor No one's ever gonna keep me down again Oh yes I am wise But it's wisdom born of pain Yes, I've paid the price But look how much I gained If I have to, I can do anything I am strong (strong) I am invincible (invincible) I am woman!" - Helen Reddy
Originally Posted By barboy a better slogan to display is: Hell Hath No Fury Like A Woman........25, who sponges off the gov't for welfare after having 4 children by 3 different men.
Originally Posted By TomSawyer So is that the only kind of woman you see being upset by this, barboy?
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost How about the man that got her pregnant and then didn't stay around to raise them? I guess they didn't have anything to do with it, right? Last I heard, women don't get pregnant by themselves.
Originally Posted By imadisneygal Also, the average number of children of women on welfare is just about the same as the average number of children of women who aren't. But it sure makes it easy to withdraw support based on that stereotype, doesn't it?
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Yep. Classic justification move. And I assure barboy that women of all stripes are upset by this crap. My GOP-leaning, post-menopausal sister, for instance.
Originally Posted By Donny Something that gets me is that when my marriage ended the family courts bent over back wards to keep my infant son from me but wanted me to over pay my X child support because I used to make alot of money so I showed that I could pay a higher amount. so when my son came to live with me those same courts wanted me to understand the since my X was in school her child support was going to be next to nothing because she was getting an education. anyone who beleives in equality has to admit the family courts are swayed toward mothers not equality.
Originally Posted By dshyates Donny, on this I agree. I have been divorced for 6 years. For 5 of those I paid almost $800/month child support. This past Summer my ex became addicted to oxycontin resulting in her being homeless. It took me 5 months and $10,000 to get custody of my kids even though the kids were homeless and living around coffee cans of used syringes. The courts preferred to keep them with her (Homeless drug addict) as opposed to me (professional photographer for a news station who lives in a resort style complex on a golf course). Go Figure!
Originally Posted By dshyates Oh and about child support, the courts are now requiring her to pay me child support. $50/month. Of which I have seen $0. So I was paying $800/month and was treated like a deadbeat dad even though I paid every penny I owed. She has paid me nothing and the courts are doing nothing.
Originally Posted By Donny Yeah I have had the same problem. The odd thing is my life and home has consistantly been stable and healthy but it costs me to get custody but when I finaly get custody she can take me to court over and over with state paid for lawyers and almost get my son who does not want to live with her. I understand wanting the kids to be with the Mom in most cases being that in most cases Moms are better in taking care of children but when the proof shows otherwise it seems they just wont let Dad be the primary custodian.
Originally Posted By barboy But you two just don't get it. Women have it so bad in the US.. This full scale oppression needs to stop. And why hasn't anyone brought up the metal hangers and back alleys yet? LOL
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder Child support is what I do for a living, and if you want to get me started, keep posting.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <And why hasn't anyone brought up the metal hangers and back alleys yet? LOL> You can LOL if you want, but that will happen if Roe is overturned, just as it happens all over the world now where abortion is illegal. Women who want abortions WILL get them. And just because US women aren't living under the Taliban doesn't mean that they shouldn't be rightly upset when rights they thought they secured years ago are under attack, and there's no guarantee they won't lose them, your smug musings notwithstanding.
