History of Feminism

knitter4democracy

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15. It is, and it isn't.

Sun Jun 29, 2014, 02:42 PM

Jun 2014

It's gone the other way in states that base it on DNA when fathers who have raised children for years lose custody and all parenting rights after finding out, in the course of a divorce, that the child they have raised isn't biologically theirs.

I wish, instead, that it were done on a case-by-case basis. What I often read here in Michigan, though, is how guys shouldn't pay child support for kids they have raised but who aren't biologically theirs. That's not okay--kids shouldn't be treated as a commodity, and DNA doesn't a father make.

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Inside the first International Conference on Men's Issues. [View all] ismnotwasm Jun 2014 OP

Some men really begrudge the progress being made by women over these past decades, don't they? NYC_SKP Jun 2014 #1

Yeah I get the need to uphold our young men to higher standards. ismnotwasm Jun 2014 #2

It would be interesting to see a Venn diagram of this group... malthaussen Jun 2014 #3

Heh! ismnotwasm Jun 2014 #10

Reading those quotes was truly bizarre BrotherIvan Jun 2014 #4

In Michigan, they can. knitter4democracy Jun 2014 #7

Thanks for the info! BrotherIvan Jun 2014 #8

Sure. I'm involved in custody issues. knitter4democracy Jun 2014 #9

I'm so sorry BrotherIvan Jun 2014 #11

Thank you. I do, too. knitter4democracy Jun 2014 #12

yes mercuryblues Jul 2014 #22

That's true in several states. malthaussen Jun 2014 #14

It is, and it isn't. knitter4democracy Jun 2014 #15

Yep, that's one rationale. malthaussen Jun 2014 #19

It's more that DNA doesn't make one a parent. knitter4democracy Jun 2014 #21

you can still challenge paternity within 3 years of child's birth shaayecanaan Jun 2014 #18

But you still have to pay child support if you were married at the time. knitter4democracy Jun 2014 #20

"We’ve seen women with increased reproductive freedom, sufrommich Jun 2014 #5

No, it's bullshit Warpy Jun 2014 #6

A note from their wives. That is pure horse shit. MadrasT Jun 2014 #13

My response should any asshole try to make that argument to my face... Gravitycollapse Jun 2014 #16

Great scene! ismnotwasm Jun 2014 #17

you are correct mercuryblues Jul 2014 #23