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by command_line 4388 days ago
The science has never been against fathers; only the politics:

http://valme.io/c/mens-rights/88qqs/a-tale-of-two-children-t...

Next to Jim Crow laws, in recent times, there likely isn't a larger civil rights issue in the discriminatory realm than taking good fathers away from their children. 84.4% of mothers are the custodial parents (in the US according to census data). And this has been going on since the 1970s, "hidden" in plain sight.
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caseydurfee 4388 days ago
"84.4% of mothers are the custodial parents"

The vast majority of custodial arrangements are not decided by the courts, but between the parents, so I'm not sure how you can blame this ratio on our legal system.

Only 4% of fathers seek custody of their children through the courts, but when they do, they win the majority of the time. Men who actually bother to fight for custody usually win. So how is this a civil rights issue?

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command_line 4387 days ago
The 84.4% statistic is cited in the census report (linked in this article, along with other census reports effectively showing the number is unchanged over the years). And where are you pulling the 4% number from? Sounds like a completely made-up number, similar to the rest of your claims.

Proof from a authoritative source would be useful to validate your claims, don't you think?

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