Originally Posted by Freeman15

At a purely biological level, men and women can each serve as each other's equals in the parenting realm, no doubts there.


HOWEVER, we don't exist on a purely biological level do we? Culturally, women are generally raised to be more caring, more nuturing, and more understanding, while men are conditioned to be more stoic, more aggressive in situations, and more uncompromising. Given our culture, women should recieve a general preference in terms of primary custody for younger, developing children (this obviously does not apply to drug addicts, workaholics, or other similarly unfit mothers). In dealing with teenagers, joint custody should always be considered first and foremost, followed by an evaluation of which parent can concievably provide for the child in such a way as to prepare them to enter college and/or the real world.