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Not_that_wire OP t1_j0ksiat wrote

Reply to comment by Tardigrade_Disco in Child abuse in the U.S. - victims by perpetrator relationship 2020 by Not_that_wire

Can't concur with your analysis. The bias was part of legal guidance to judges called "Tender Years Doctrine".

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Tardigrade_Disco t1_j0kuja4 wrote

> The bias was part of legal guidance to judges called "Tender Years Doctrine".

"Was" being the operative word. Decades ago. The fact that you overlooked the relevant point that men in stay at home parent roles usually are awarded custody is a bit disingenuous. You don't have to "concur" with my analysis because it's not an analysis, it's a fact written in legal precedent and observed regularly. So not really a debatable topic...

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Not_that_wire OP t1_j0kw10m wrote

I'm just daylighting abusers of children, starting with the most likely to harm.

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Schadrach t1_j0loclw wrote

>"Was" being the operative word.

...and it was replaced with "whatever the judge thinks is best". For judges that were either trained under "tender years" or grew up in the environment created by it. The social inertia of tender years extends beyond it being formally ended.

But then, there's notable opposition to the very idea of not favoring mother's - Kentucky passed a law a couple of years ago requiring judges to start from a position that equal custody is best unless there's a good reason otherwise. This was heavily fought, significantly by feminist groups who described supporters as the "abusers lobby", as in their mind the only reason a man would want significant custody of his children is to use them as a means to continue abusing their mother. The law passing was considered a big win by men's rights supporters specifically because it reduced bias in family courts.

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