Father's Argumentative Analysis

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Family court and custody disputes are a major form of tension between parents. Both the feminist and father’s rights movement have valid concerns and are able to present case after case of the judge’s bias against one partner or the other. One is fighting rights on the basis of the necessity of father’s in the lives of their children, the other, positioning their argument on the basis of unregarded abuse allegations by the courts, forcing children and mothers to stay in contact with the abusive partner. While each side have their own stances, the divide in opinions is cause for further separation in the gender wars.
Father’s rights activists are concerned with courts being biased against them, saying that mothers are still stereotyped as …show more content…
Unlike the Father’s Rights Activists who want to fight for the rights of loving fathers, feminists focus on the fathers who are abusive. Organizations like NOW (National Organization for Women) are concerned with women’s rights and how those rights are affected in family court, specifically in regards to battered women caught in abusive relationships with their husbands. Feminists present a valid argument by saying that some of those fathers shouldn’t have rights to have contact with their children because of abuse and violent behavior. They argue that the courts are biased against women, and that in many cases, the partner uses tactics to sway the court’s decision in favor of joint custody or partial custody to the abusive partner. There are many cases where judges granted custody to the abusive partner despite evidence of the competency and responsibility of the non-abusive parent. Additionally, feminists argue that they are fighting for both parent’s rights and that court bias is a result of the long established patriarchy of society. Feminists are concerned with women’s rights and the safety of their children, and in cases of domestic violence and abuse, those concerns are well
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