Fathers’ Rights Needn’t Hurt Women’s Rights
Updated June 13, 2014, 2:07 PM
Men are in the midst of profound self-reflection, engaging in a conversation on masculinity that incorporates people from all walks of life, including, sadly, extremist groups with anti-women agendas.
We cannot define the campaign for fathers’ rights -- as diverse a movement as feminism -- by the actions of a divisive and partisan subset. Doing so obscures the father's rights movements simple goal: to insure that when a marriage fails, men are legally empowered to remain fully engaged parents.
This is especially vital as millions of men, driven by economic upheavals, changing work roles and personal choices, have become primary care givers to their children.
Sadly, outcomes in family courts still show women usually become caregivers and men financial providers.
Accordingly, men across the country are seeking laws to encourage robust co-parenting and shared custody arrangements, and more flexible, adaptive and sustainable divorce agreements like those emerging out of the collaborative divorce movement. Our legal system needs to empower fully engaged dads and moms as equal partners in raising their kids. The emotional well-being of our children is at stake.
We must support child-raising arrangements that are not gender biased, or risk blocking the very change we are seeking to create.
Men are seeking laws to ensure co-parenting, shared custody and more flexible divorce agreements, in a spirit of collaboration.
This is especially vital as millions of men, driven by economic upheavals, changing work roles and personal choices, have become primary care givers to their children.
Sadly, outcomes in family courts still show women usually become caregivers and men financial providers.
Accordingly, men across the country are seeking laws to encourage robust co-parenting and shared custody arrangements, and more flexible, adaptive and sustainable divorce agreements like those emerging out of the collaborative divorce movement. Our legal system needs to empower fully engaged dads and moms as equal partners in raising their kids. The emotional well-being of our children is at stake.
We must support child-raising arrangements that are not gender biased, or risk blocking the very change we are seeking to create.
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