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week's --"In Defense
of Working Fathers"--can
be heard by clicking
here. |
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| Glenn Quoted
in Washington Times on
Working Fathers, Anti-Father Double
Standards |
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| Children
are losers in custody battles |
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I was quoted
on working fathers and anti-father
double standards in the Washington
Times article
Custody's
high stakes (7/10/05).
Feminist law professor
Naomi Cahn gave the standard
feminist justification for anti-father
family court discrimination--that
because fathers usually are
not their children's primary
caregivers, the pro-mother bias
represents "equality."
In the article I noted: |
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"'There's
a lot of prejudice against dads
who aren't the primary breadwinner...[Men]
feel like they're damned if
they do and damned if they don't'
stay home with the children."
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As I explained
on the show last night, men's
desirability as mates is determined
in part by their earning capacity
and, once married, men are expected
by their wives to be their families'
primary breadwinners. According
to the International Labor Organization,
the average American father
works a 51 hour work week. Yet,
when fathers walk into family
court, the fact that they sacrificed
to provide for their families
is held against them because
they weren't their kids' primary
caregivers. Whatever a
man does he's wrong. |
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| Also quoted in the article are:
two of my readers, Kevin Lowry
and Kenneth Hart, both divorced
dads; and Mike McCormick, executive
director of the . |
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| To write a Letter to the Editor
concerning the article, click
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| Shreveport
Times Writer OKs Boy Bashing |
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| The Shreveport Times'
Donecia
Pea seemingly OKs boy-bashing
clothing in her article (7/11/05). Pea writes:
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"In
the '60s and '70s, girl power
was about burning bras, but
for some of today's teens, girl
power now comes in the form
of boy-bashing fashion." |
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| It's nice to know, though, that
none of the stores she checked
carry the "Boys are Stupid"
shirts. |
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| The article quotes 13 year-old
Andrew Murphy, who "has seen
the shirts everywhere, especially
among his female classmates"
and "does get slightly miffed
sometimes when he sees the shirts." |
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Murphy's
quote is a little reminiscent
of when a nine year-old boy
insulted Todd Goldman, the shorts'
creator, in People magazine
in June. The boy, Sean Kemp,
didn't like his older sister's
"Boys are Stupid"
pajamas. He stuck up for himself
and for boys, calling Goldman's
shirts "trash," adding
"We're not stupid." |
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| One point--note the age of the
children here, nine in one case
and 13 in the other. When I debated
Goldman on CNBC, he and I clashed
over his claim that the shirts
were only sold to young adults
and teenagers. See (MND
Newswire, 2/25/04). |
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| To write a Letter to the Editor
to the Shreveport Times concerning
the article, click . |
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| Glenn
to Appear with Josefa Salinas
on Hot 92 JAMZ in LA |
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I will
be discussing paternity fraud
and child support enforcement
abuses with of Hot 92
JAMZ in Los Angeles at 7 AM
PST on Sunday, July 17. To listen
to the show, click
here. |
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The audio
of last week's --"Congress
to Vote on Renewing Anti-Male
Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)"--can
be heard by clicking . To support Dave Burroughs'
Safe Homes for Children and
Families Coalition (SHCFC)
call for action on the recently
introduced renewal legislation,
click .
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| Do
You Know a Woman Who Has Helped
the Men's and Fathers' Movement
and Who Deserves Recognition?
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One of
the least appreciated aspects
of the shared parenting/fatherhood
movement is the large percentage
of women who have taken up this
cause. Seton Hall law professor
Solangel Maldonado cites my
co-authored column " Why
Are There so Many Women in the
Fathers' Movement?"
( Minneapolis Star-Tribune,
6/21/02) in her new work
( University
of Pennsylvania Law Review,
Vol. 153 January 2005 No. 3).
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Around
the time of that article I created
the section
on . The
section is in need of updating--to
view the list and to nominate
a woman for the list, click
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The Minneapolis
Star-Tribune column was
published the day the
national convention began in
Minneapolis. Since the piece
penetrated a newspaper often
regarded as feminist turf, it
is quite possible that it ruined
breakfast that
morning... |
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Some of
you may remember Solangel Maldonado--she
and I (as well as , Action Vice
President of the NOW) appeared
on a special on post-divorce
move-aways on Univision's highly
rated
Aqui y
Ahora
in May. The show featured the
story of Jose Ceballos, a
His Side
listener whose
little son was moved 1,500 miles
away against his will. Also
featured was a Miami custodial
mother who seeks to move her
two small children to Texas--to
watch the show, click . The show is all in
Spanish, including my segments.
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Maldonado
made the astute observation
that whereas in the past women
complained that men were (supposedly)
not sufficiently involved in
their children's lives on a
daily basis, now that men are
more involved women are complaining
that fathers' expanded roles
can interfere with women's post-divorce
desires. I would have added
that, as usual, men are criticized
whatever they do. |
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| Los
Angeles' Radio Industry Site Highlights
His Side |
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,
the site for the Los Angeles'
radio industry, gave His
Side with Glenn Sacks a
nice write-up this week.
LARadio.com discussed Billboard
Radio Monitor's recent
feature story on His Side--to
read the article, click .
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works to protect fathers'
rights. Leving is a nationally
known attorney who defends fathers
and believes fathers are often
mistakenly viewed as secondary
parents. He and his staff of
experienced attorneys help fathers
with litigation and negotiation
strategies while always focusing
on what's best for children--a
relationship with both parents. |
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represents clients
throughout Illinois and outside
the state. Their experienced
attorneys can guide you through
pre- and post-divorce proceedings.
They can be reached at (312)
807-3990 or at
www.DadsRights.com.
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| Will
I See You at the Men's Equality
Conference 2005? |
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I will
be speaking at the
July 15 and 16 in Washington
D.C.--to attend, click . Also speaking will
be Warren Farrell, Stephen Baskerville,
Jack Kammer, Carnell Smith,
and Dave Burroughs. The
2005 Men's Equality Conference
will be held 3 blocks from the
US capitol. For more information,
visit . |
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Last year's
conference was exceptionally
well-done. My speech to the
conference last year was . |
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