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Louie on 26 April 2017
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SpokenTruth said:

1. When your list of things to make better are already too long to handle, adding things to the list that work in the opposite direction don't make any sense.  That's a Men's Rights stance that is logically flawed.

2. Fathers are actually now gaining custody at a rate at an equal rate.  "There are now 2.2 million divorced women in the United States who do not have primary physical custody of their children, and an estimated 50 percent of fathers who seek such custody in a disputed divorce are granted it."

https://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/17/more-fathers-getting-custody-in-divorce/

Also:

  • In 51 percent of custody cases, both parents agreed — on their own — that mom become the custodial parent.
  • In 29 percent of custody cases, the decision was made without any third party involvement.
  • In 11 percent of custody cases, the decision for mom to have custody was made during mediation.
  • In 5 percent of custody cases, the issue was resolved after a custody evaluation.
  • Only 4 percent of custody cases went to trial and of that 4 percent, only 1.5 percent completed custody litigation.

"In other words, 91 percent of child custody after divorce is decided with no interference from the family court system."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cathy-meyer/dispelling-the-myth-of-ge_b_1617115.html

"between 1996 and 2007, the percentage of divorce cases in which the mother got sole custody dropped from 60.4 to 45.7 percent while the percentage of equal shared custody cases, in just that decade, doubled from 15.8 to 30.5. And a recent survey by the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers shows a rapid increase in mothers paying child support."

http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2014/05/men_s_rights_recognized_the_pro_father_evolution_of_divorce_and_paternity.html

What can I say? Awesome! The statistics you cite seem to be valid, so I back off and will look deeper into the matter before arguing any further. I'm not intimately familiar with the US here. I only know about Germany. Thanks for providing the data!