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Originally Posted by debateman
I read Viv's post and I disagree with her analysis because it puts an importance on some sort of intangible assumption that women are more important to children and vice-versa. This is her 'feeling' with little fact to back it up.
1) Fact. Feelings/Emotion/Attachment does not equate quality parenting.
2) The US Constitution states that All are created equal.
3) Even when you claim that in cases where the parents are equal, the law should come down on the side of the mother, you are violating this concept of equality. If both parents are equally good parents, they should have joint custody with EQUAL treatment. When you run the analysis and see that both parents are equally great parents, yet you fall on the side of the woman in these equal cases, you continue the incorrect assumption that men are not as good as women.
How many high profile cases do we have of the father murdering his children over the past 5-10 years? Compare that with the number of high profile cases of the mother murdering her children...
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I'm conscious of not wanting to argue for Viv, but I would imagine that her evidence is gained through experience. I don't live under the US constitution, thankfully, but I agree that all are equal. However, I do believe that it is more important for a child to have its Mother than Father and more important to the Mother to have the child. If you want to continue saying, but all are equal, then you may but I want to find the best solution for everyone involved.