Divorce Support Forums: We Need a Clear Direction...

I disagree. I am just too busy trying to survive and pay the X to dedcate much time to the cause of justice for fathers. Many if not most divorced women getting supported don't work or are under employed. Many other burned fathers I know are just beaten into giving up and living with injustice.

Passive resistance only works in against the backdrop of civil resistance accompanied by press coverage and with an empathetic population. Influencing politicians is a waste of time unless you are a major lobbyist. The empathetic population is growing as the US prison population swells above 2.5 million, the worlds largest per capita, and the divorce rate continues to spiral to the word's top five, and spousal homicides increase in number, all costing the taxpayers peace of mind and $. Unfortunately the press coverage and media portrayls of father rights is ridicule, so that has to change before passive resistance works. That will change if media conglomerates are faced with litigation for biased coverag, however frivolous. Medai hates legal exposure and brand image tarnishing, it's all they really have. Note most stories have no subjectthat can actually cause them a problem in court, that is looked at before a story is decided upon. It's just not worth the risk with so many other stories o run. Medai avoids anything involving ACLU, NOW, NAACP. Men and especially Fathers need an organization that can institute these cases easliy with case law and motions on file and ready. Any media conglomerate that takes up a bais in their programming and is hit with that will become the story for their competition. The sharks will feed on each other, especially during slow news periods.

I beleive the real way to effect the media, and thereby the public support, is through the adverisers. If you think media is sensitive to bad press and brand tarnishing, an advertisers million dollar budget will go running for safety and ROI at the first sign of trouble. While women may be the overwhelmingly largest demographic for soaps, sitcoms and other genres, men also make up the demo for sports and some shows. While women spend on the product advertised, me still can control at least 50% of most household budgets and most major corporations. We may not be able to boycott tampax, but there are other Proctor and Gamble products that could be boycotted and trashed on placards at sports events etc. The bad facts about their products could be pointed out in viral videos and blogs. Cyberwarfare. These companies, to avoid losing millions and damaging their brand among would contact their ad agencies who would stop buying time during those male offensive shows, and perhaps even indicat suppor for father friendly prgramming. These are the same people that support the politicians and drive their agenda.

We need media watchdogs, judicial watchdogs, political watchdogs. We need tech experitise and legal experts. We need to take many small efforts and aggregate it into an organization that can creat facts and data that can be easily accessed and re-used. I agree we need an umbrella, there are a few that may become the one.

I agree the goal should not be extreme, equal parenting if wanted, equal support obligations, alimony only in extraordinary circumstances, equity assessed as in any other civil contractual court.

The effort has begun. From mother's parental right of sole custody to shared parenting initiatives the court are beginning to change. It will not continue if NOW is allowed to manipulate the playing field. Today it is not popular to call the deadbeat alienating mother just what she is, but calling a father that gets cheers. The cheering crowd is getting smaller as more of them become victims. Every victim should do whatever they can with the orgaizations out there today. I see changes coming.