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Family Courts: Discrimination Against Men for Being Men Printable Version PRINTABLE VERSION
by Joseph-Peter, Australia Sep 14, 2004
Human Rights   Opinions

  


In conclusion, claims of justice in family courts when deciding custody are highly questionable and doubtable. One doubts what justice lies in the use of personal belief and experiences instead of competence as many judges and evaluators do by basing judgment on their own stereotypical beliefs. Sadly, it can be noted that all of such deliberate inaccuracies do not only favour the mother in determining who gets primary custody but also hinder the other contender’s visiting rights. Utmost, visiting rights are awarded in such a way that they suit the primary custodian (who in this case is usually the mother) indicating that all preference goes to the ‘winner’, the mother and the ‘loser’, the father. These unjust privileges awarded to mothers often see men being completely shut out of their children’s lives at the will of the mother. All in all, family courts should stop the dirty act of gender prejudice and instead promote justice between men and women via fair and considerate custody decisions.

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