kahrismatic tackles myths about divorce, child support and alimony

It is very telling that even then they only have a 70% chance of getting "some" custody.

Ok, lets look at the flip side of that study, how the women do (or more accurately how both do side by side). Since I know you read the study that was cited before complaining about the results I'm sure you're aware it was a meta study, but for those who weren't;

  • Study 1, 2100 cases where fathers sought custody (100%)

29% of fathers got primary custody, 65% of fathers got joint custody, 7% of mothers got primary custody.

  • Study 2, 700 cases. In 57, (8.14%) father sought custody

67% of fathers got primary custody, 23% of mothers got primary custody.

  • Study 3, 500 cases. In 8% of these cases, father sought custody

41% of fathers got sole custody, 38% of fathers got joint custody, 15% of mothers got sole custody

  • Study 4, 63% of fathers who sought sole custody were successful

  • Study 5, US appellate custody cases

51% of fathers who sought custody were successful (not clear from wording whether this includes just sole or sole/joint custody)

Again a link to the overall study: http://amptoons.com/blog/files/Massachusetts_Gender_Bias_Study.htm

Your comment that some/joint custody is some sort of suggestion that things are terrible demonstrates what is wrong with your/people of your positions attitude to the family court system. Seeing it in terms of clear win/loss between the parents is problematic. A custody decision is meant to be made in the best interests of the child, the child is meant to always be the winner. The idea that shared custody is a loss, and you must get full custody turns it into a contest between the spouses, with the child as essentially a chip to be used to hurt someone else. Family court isn't about vengeance against your ex.

There should be no child support whatsoever, considering how the marriage contract is invalidated by divorce, and forcing one party to pay the other after a contract ended is fraud.

And here you are at it again. Child support is for the child, an independant third party with their own needs and rights. You are making it all about the parents when it is not.

Sorry but I call bullshit. No matter how many (probably feminist) academics try to prove that women don't falsely accuse men during divorce it's pretty much common knowledge that many of them do

This is as fucked up a lie as any other cited here.

Come on, get real.

The rest of your discussion can basically be summed up by these. Where is your evidence for all of this exactly?

It's hilarious how happy you all are to rely on your feels for what is happening when it suits you. I thought you were meant to be all rational and STEM? That's not how that works.

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