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1. In a divorce, a judge is more likely to award custody of the children to the woman than to the man...
Custody is awarded to the parent who has shouldered the primary burden of child care, which is almost always the woman in a heterosexual couple.
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...and thereby set cause as to why the woman should also receive the full share of their jointly-owned domicile...
The children remain in the home along with their primary care giver in order to minimize disruption to them; said caregiver, if he or she wants to obtain sole ownership of the house, must pay half the value of the house to his or her former spouse.
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...and as much as half of the man's wages in child and spousal support.
The primary care-giver of the children has almost always sacrificed his or her career to some degree in order to care for the children and provide a home for the family; the primary bread-winner compensates the care-giver for this home-work in the event of a divorce. If the care-giver still has a career (as is most often the case these days), then the non-custodial parent is only required to continue supporting his or her own children.
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Suddenly, the man has no home, no family, and very little means to pay off his legal expenses and pay for a place to live.
Not being the primary custodian doesn't mean that one has no family. My dad was still my dad after my parents broke up.
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2. Men have a greater likelihood of being veterans, with the tendency to have acquired some form of PTSD or "Combat Fatigue", thus making them virtually unemployable.
1)VA
2)SS Disability
And, yes, those are diddly-squat compared to what they should be.
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Also, when a man is discharged on "Less Then Honorable" terms, employers are likely to turn him away and hire someone with an Honorable Discharge.
I'm less than sympathetic with someone who committed the equivalent of a criminal act in order to get him or herself discharged dishonorably.
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Also, there is the general tendency to perceive military veterans as brainwashed, gun-crazy murderers.
There's also a general tendency to obsequiously worship at the feet of veterans, and a hell of a lot of employment programs that are either veterans-only or give preference to veterans.
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3. There is the tendency of men to not seek treatment for their mental illnesses and substance abuse issues. Whether this is because of the traditional male attitude of "Toughing it out" or "Handling it", and the perception that asking for help makes them look weak, this leads to a downward spiral of erratic behavior that gets them fired and leaves them chronically unemployed.
Agreed. This is a problem with patriarchy that should be wiped out. Men should feel just as free to seek help and to show weakness as women, without being socially penalized for it.
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4. Women are more likely to be housed than men. This is especially true for women with children, and/or abused women. There seems to be a larger number of shelters and services for women in trouble than for men.
I agree that there should be more shelters for single women without children, for single men without children, and for men with children. It is especially egregious that even many large cities do not have shelters for male victims of domestic violence and male parents.
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This may be due to the perception that women are the victims in domestic disputes, whether or not that perception is valid in every case.
It is a fact that women are more often victims of violent, physically dangerous domestic abuse than men, though of course that statistic is only true of the population.
29 Jul 2016, 9:14 pm
