It’s one of those moments when the anti-male press descends to the depths of self-caricature. If you’re feeling brave, read the article here (The Guardian, 5/18/13). Barbara Ellen’s piece is so downright nutty in so many ways, … Read the rest
Archive for the ‘Feminism/NOW’ Category
Outrage at The Guardian! Men Have a Say about Childbearing!
Monday, May 20th, 2013 by Robert Franklin, Esq.What Happens When a Feminist’s Son is Accused of Rape
Wednesday, April 24th, 2013 by Robert Franklin, Esq.There used to be a saying, a joke really, with a point to make. My memory of it isn’t perfect, but it went something like this: a conservative is a liberal who’s just been mugged; a liberal is a … Read the rest
Expert: British Government’s Family Law Proposal Doesn’t ‘Remotely Encourage Equal Time’
Friday, April 19th, 2013 by Robert Franklin, Esq.This provides yet another example of why people should read this blog, and not the mainstream press, for information on everything related to family courts, child custody, the science on child well-being, etc. The linked-to piece is by Professor … Read the rest
Salon.com Imagines Collective Child Care; Doesn’t Mention Who That Might Be
Sunday, April 14th, 2013 by Robert Franklin, Esq.Every group has at least one thing in common with every other group. Whatever its organizing principle, every group has as its first and foremost goal its own self-perpetuation. So the ACLU organizes around the principle of constitutional rights … Read the rest
Salon.com in Running for Year’s Worst Article
Friday, April 12th, 2013 by Robert Franklin, Esq.I don’t give out awards, but maybe I should. There are some people out there doing great things, sometimes alone. There’s a guy in North Dakota who’s taken on the whole apparatus of state government and gotten passed, almost single-handedly, … Read the rest
Nicole Ryan 3: Justice David Farrar Bent the Law to Fit the Facts
Wednesday, February 13th, 2013 by Robert Franklin, Esq.Finally, having accepted at face value everything Nicole Ryan said in the absence of corroborating evidence, it was time for Justice David Farrar to decide what legal impact the facts he so laboriously found had. Anyone reading his ruling, in which … Read the rest
Institute for Public Policy Research Claims Mothers Suffer ‘Pay Penalty’
Monday, January 7th, 2013 by Robert Franklin, Esq.Drawing patently false conclusions from data on pay for mothers and fathers has long been a staple of those who seek to convince governments to do what mothers refuse to, i.e. do as much paid work as much as … Read the rest
Is Older Parenthood the Crisis Judith Shulevitz Thinks it Is?
Wednesday, December 26th, 2012 by Robert Franklin, Esq.Judith Shulevitz’s long, thoughtful article in The New Republic here has drawn interest from a variety of commentators (The New Republic, 12/6/12). Entitled “How Older Parenthood will Upend American Society,” the article comes to grips with the … Read the rest
Book Shows Reality, Destructive Effects of Parental Alienation Syndrome
Thursday, December 20th, 2012 by Robert Franklin, Esq.Linda Gottlieb’s excellent book, “The Parental Alienation Syndrome: A Family Therapy and Collaborative Systems Approach to Amelioration,” serves to take down all objections to the concept of parental alienation itself and its many deleterious effects on children. Those include … Read the rest
Text on Parental Alienation Syndrome Lays to Rest Opposition’s Arguments
Wednesday, December 19th, 2012 by Robert Franklin, Esq.The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association will not include Parental Alienation Syndrome in its fifth edition. As regular readers of this blog know, there has been a long and contentious debate about whether PAS is … Read the rest
