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Also, employment law attorneys are free for claimants. They get paid by the employers if they win.
/r/MensRights04/01/18 02:27 PM
4

HR manager here. The civil rights act is absolutely enforced in the US.
/r/MensRights04/01/18 02:23 PM
5

Undoubtedly. But they signed a contract with the dude and then didn't stick by it once they realized it would cost them money. Not cool.
/r/MensRights11/12/17 02:24 PM
9

The sad thing is that this isn't even the state's fault. They have to create a support order when state assistance is involved, and they have to go after the presumed father first. Without a formal adoption or formal sperm donation, the biological father is the presumed father until a judge says otherwise. This is the fault of the legislature writing crummy laws and the parties involved not doing their homework.
/r/MensRights10/12/17 04:32 PM
10

...except that they wanted TANF more than they wanted the state to leave their sperm donor alone.
/r/MensRights10/12/17 04:22 PM
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You'll find a lot of commenters here still consider themselves feminists, just not those feminists. A lot would prefer a term like "egalitarian" over either feminism or MRA, because everyone's rights are important. Semantics, really. I think we're all better off focusing on ideas over labels.
/r/MensRights12/10/17 04:37 AM
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For me it depends on who's asking. To a lot of older people who don't hang out at colleges or spend time on the internet, feminism to them means the same thing it meant in 1965. Under my mother's definition, then, I am still a feminist, even though my beliefs might get me lynched were I to open my mouth inside a women's studies seminar in 2017. Most casual feminists are also simply egalitarians at heart who haven't investigated further. I'm going to agree with them most of the time, and they mig…
/r/MensRights12/10/17 04:32 AM
1

You do realize that he didn't sue his ex-wife, right? This guy thinks the clinic is somehow more responsible than the scheming bitch we're all complaining about. (Or, at least, that's what he told the courts.)
/r/MensRights07/10/17 02:55 PM
1

The clinic was given no indication at all that he had withdrawn his consent.
/r/MensRights06/10/17 11:49 PM
2

The example in the article is akin to having a joint bank account with your ex-wife, not closing it out or addressing it at all in the divorce, and then being surprised when the bank lets your wife withdraw all the money with only her ID and a forged signature. The bank, in that case, would not pay you back. Because it wasn't negligent. And neither was the fertility clinic.
/r/MensRights06/10/17 10:11 PM
1

If the stranger thought they had your permission but was tricked by an evil fraudster? Then, no, they wouldn't be responsible.
/r/MensRights06/10/17 09:40 PM
1

Every US state, as far as I'm aware. If the children are going to be supported without TANF, Medicaid, food stamps, daycare subsidies, etc., then the state doesn't have any skin in the game and won't insist on a support order.
/r/MensRights06/10/17 09:02 PM
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And then the commenters would be saying, "How do they know they are really talking to the father on the phone? It could just be the mother's friend pretending to be the father. IT'S A CHILD'S LIFE!!!!!!!! OMG!!!!!" The man was present for most of the IVF process. He came in, sat with his wife and received medical counseling, signed forms, and jerked off into a cup. You're complaining that they didn't verify beyond a signature at every single step of the ensuing process. Requiring all medical pro…
/r/MensRights06/10/17 08:53 PM
3

Jesus. You're just one sick puppy all around, aren't ya?
/r/MensRights06/10/17 08:47 PM
0

The court ruled in favor of a clinic. Clinics aren't gendered, last I checked.
/r/MensRights06/10/17 08:42 PM
1

For every single implantation procedure? These are routine monthly 10-minute procedures.
/r/MensRights06/10/17 08:38 PM
2

He likely did, originally, when the IVF process began. The clinic was sued for not verifying all over again in the middle of the implantation process.
/r/MensRights06/10/17 08:30 PM
2

Actually, divorce decrees can be exactly that. The state only requires child support from a non-custodial parent if the child is receiving government assistance.
/r/MensRights06/10/17 08:28 PM
0

Not from you, no.
/r/MensRights06/10/17 08:15 PM
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First of all, you didn't bother to read the article, did you? Child support is not mentioned. In fact, it is strongly implied that he is raising the child because he is suing the clinic for support. Second of all, just because you suffer a loss does NOT give you the right to steal from random strangers until you are made whole.
/r/MensRights06/10/17 08:13 PM
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I know this sounds crazy to most people nowadays, but not suing anybody is also an option.
/r/MensRights06/10/17 08:05 PM
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So now that his lawsuit gambit failed, would it be okay if he decided to start robbing liquor stores to achieve "financial relief"? After all, the liquor stores are about as culpable as the fertility clinic. Life isn't fair. Sometimes someone will wrong you in a way that is impossible for them to repay. That doesn't mean that you can randomly take from others around you until you are made whole again.
/r/MensRights06/10/17 06:56 PM
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I've actually gone through the IVF process, unlike most of the commenters here. And the way it works is that the clinic fertilizes a whole group of eggs at a time, and has a stock of fertilized embryos to draw from one at a time for implantation. It can take many, many implantation attempts before one of the fertilized eggs "takes." While the withdrawal and fertilization of the eggs is a burdensome process and a legit complicated medical procedure, implanting the fertilized embryos later is a qu…
/r/MensRights06/10/17 06:47 PM
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He didn't sue the woman, though, did he? So we'll never know.
/r/MensRights06/10/17 06:20 PM
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Ok, fine. The ex-wife is 98% responsible and the clinic is 2% responsible. They can write him a check for 2% of damages.
/r/MensRights06/10/17 06:19 PM
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So ethics plays no role in decision making anymore? He has a "chance" to sue someone with deeper pockets than the real criminal, so he should go for it? Fuck that. The ex-wife is the culprit here.
/r/MensRights06/10/17 06:17 PM
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For the masses with no attention span, it's a feature not a bug.
/r/MensRights07/09/17 08:35 PM
1

The show actually plays it up far more than the books. The scene with Varys having captured his castrator didn't happen in the books, Grey Worm doesn't have a love interest (Missandei is only a child) in the books, and Theon's dismemberment is all "off screen" in the book and not described in detail. Martin is a fan of history, and for his eastern cultures is trying to mimic how routine and scarily mundane castration was (such as in the Byzantine empire, just to pick an example). If anything, Ma…
/r/MensRights30/08/17 01:40 PM
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Really, though, only Theon was castrated as an act of violence. Grey Worm and Varys came from cultures where eunuchs are very common, which George Martin drew from actual history of the near east. Edit: should have said "for a solely violent purpose".
/r/MensRights30/08/17 04:45 AM
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You've changed your claim from "raping spouses should be legal" to "pressuring spouses for sex shouldn't be considered rape". Okay then. We’re dealing with an inconsistent troll instead of a pro-rapist sicko. I guess that's good news.
/r/MensRights17/08/17 01:38 PM
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I'm assuming you're not married and don't get invited to many social events, so let me explain to you that during a wedding ceremony no one agrees to being raped. Never have I been to a wedding and heard anything like, "to have and to hold, to honor and love, and you'd better put out whenever I want or I'm gonna take dat ass by force, bitch". If that had been a condition of marriage very, very few of us would be married. Do you serious, honestly believe that it should be legal to physically rest…
/r/MensRights16/08/17 11:53 PM
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Well, that's a pretty disgustingly fucked up view you have there.
/r/MensRights16/08/17 09:06 PM
2

Who is Rhein?
/r/MensRights16/08/17 04:36 PM
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Well, the show does make Littlefinger do more horrible things than we've seen in the books. They seem to want him to be more solidly in the villain camp.
/r/MensRights16/08/17 04:11 PM
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She was raised to act like that. It's one of the things the Mormonts are known for. The whole reason she is the ruler of Bear Island is because her mother and older sister died fighting in battle in Robb's army, which is very much not a normal thing for women to be doing. Joffrey was a rather brash and bossy child, too, and no one is saying that was unrealistic.
/r/MensRights16/08/17 04:08 PM
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I get your point, but what's with the scare quotes around "raped"? She was raped.
/r/MensRights16/08/17 04:03 PM
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...who also isn't a sellsword.
/r/MensRights16/08/17 03:56 PM
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Oh. Okay... but he wasn't a sellsword either. He was a slave, then a volunteer soldier. Never a mercenary.
/r/MensRights16/08/17 03:52 PM
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Minor nitpicking, but Theon is not a sellsword.
/r/MensRights16/08/17 01:45 PM
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Offensiveness was the point. It was sarcasm. I hate that the implication is that Americans are more valuable people than others.
/r/MensRights16/08/17 01:36 PM
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Same with "Americans" when a tragedy happens overseas. "98 people died on the crashed flight, including 3 Americans." Oh, I didn't give a shit before when I thought it was just mud people dying, but Americans died too? Now I care!
/r/MensRights16/08/17 04:44 AM
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There's a difference between being forced to "participate in someone else's delusion" and being tolerant of those who don't share your beliefs. I, myself, don't believe in Hinduism and wouldn't mesh romantically with someone who was. But if I matched with a devout Hindu on a dating site should I just say, "No thanks" or go into a tirade about how reincarnation is stupid? You were being an asshole and got called out, and came running here to pretend like you're some kind of victim. Sorry, pampere…
/r/MensRights29/07/17 02:51 PM
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She's right. You could have just said you weren't interested instead of insisting she's really a guy and anyone who dates a transgendered person is gay. Also, what the fuck does this have to do with men's rights?
/r/MensRights29/07/17 05:06 AM
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Am I the only one in this subreddit that knows how legal service and default orders work? It's not exactly advanced legal theory. I feel like I'm taking crazy pills here. If he didn't get properly served in 2003 but the court didn't know that when the support order was created, then everything is happening as it is supposed to happen. He's going to go before the judge, and the judge has the power to void the whole thing. All this outrage against the state is premature.
/r/MensRights22/07/17 11:00 PM
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Horrible. Feel for the guy. But what's the men's rights angle? She was justly convicted and sentenced, and the article treats it like the monstrous act it was.
/r/MensRights16/07/17 09:31 PM
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No, printing as in a printing press. Just because two things are similar doesn't mean the definition of one of the words can't be exclusive. Typos are not handwritten by definition. Google "definition of typo" if you don't believe me. If you still have a problem after that, take it up with Merriam-Webster.
/r/MensRights30/06/17 05:23 AM
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No such thing as a handwritten typo. Typographical errors are typed or printed.
/r/MensRights30/06/17 05:07 AM
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A handwritten one? No.
/r/MensRights25/06/17 05:22 PM
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That's "father" singular, not plural. Indicating the driver only supports the rights of his or her own father. Doesn't really seem like an MRA message if that's the case.
/r/MensRights25/06/17 05:03 PM
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A "were germen" is someone who is a regular person most of the time but turns into a germen when there's a full moon. Germencanthropy is transmitted by the bite of a were germen.
/r/MensRights01/06/17 02:59 AM
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No, what they had before was separate but equal. This is separate and unequal.
/r/MensRights13/05/17 04:27 AM
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Yeah, I don't get the "problem" with the name either. The name is clearly saying black lives matter too, not black lives are the only ones that matter.
/r/MensRights10/04/17 03:07 AM
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Why would it count? Wicked Witch of the West doesn't count either.
/r/MensRights12/03/17 12:01 AM
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How is it the judge's fault? He didn't write the law. This is on the state legislators.
/r/MensRights24/02/17 05:19 AM
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And what does ROTC have to do with anything? Shitty headline all around.
/r/MensRights30/01/17 06:01 AM
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Please state where I said you did. I'm referring to the comments as a whole.
/r/MensRights10/01/17 01:25 AM
0

You haven't noticed anyone here giving opinions? Really?
/r/MensRights09/01/17 05:25 PM
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Since when did MRA=anti-transgender?
/r/MensRights09/01/17 02:19 AM
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He raised the kid as his own for a time. That's not something you throw away over a DNA test.
/r/MensRights26/10/16 01:42 PM
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There's a difference between saying something isn't rape and saying something is okay. I am also uncomfortable with calling consensual sex "rape", because while rape and statutory rape are both wrong they are categorically different crimes. I don't think it is right to pretend that being an actual rape victim is equivalent to a teen choosing to have sex with an older person, or that that older person is just as evil as an actual rapist.
/r/MensRights04/06/16 06:48 AM
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All OP had to do was copy the punctuation from the link and he still fucked it up.
/r/MensRights19/05/16 07:04 AM
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The moment English-speakers realized the original mistake and said, "Ah, fuck it, let's keep calling them Indians anyway" then the word "Indian" legitimately had a second meaning. 500 years of use only serves to legitimize it even further. If you go back far enough, NO words in any language mean what they used to mean once upon a time.
/r/MensRights28/03/16 04:25 AM
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Not even close. It's because Tom's ultimate goal is to eat Jerry, while Jerry is just trying to survive.
/r/MensRights05/06/15 03:53 AM
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Honestly, watching the reverse video was way less ugly than I thought it would be. It was mostly the women giving an embarrassed laugh and then saying something like, "Um, no thanks! I'm good!" He did get one drink thrown in his face and one lecture on Christianity, though.
/r/MensRights21/04/15 04:21 AM
5

But people can buy swimsuits that are however revealing they want them to be, so it still makes no sense whatsoever. If you would be uncomfortable in a skimpy swimsuit, then don't pick that one to wear at the gym. How hard is that?
/r/MensRights22/03/15 04:27 PM
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Not if you're white (usually).
/r/MensRights22/03/15 04:23 PM
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The EEOC is not forcing them to provide it. They are forcing the company to provide it equally to both genders if they are going to provide it at all. The company could just not pay anyone parental leave if it wanted. Would you be okay with a company providing paid parental leave to whites but not blacks? Or a company that only provides health insurance to Christians? This is more or less the same scenario.
/r/MensRights06/03/15 01:30 PM
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While this is a good thing, the part I don't like about the article is that it implies that Josh Levs is somehow breaking new ground here. But it has been illegal to provide paid parental leave (that is, non-pregnancy disability leave in order to bond with/care for a new child) only to one gender for a very long time, and it is something that the EEOC regularly has to correct. This is actually pretty routine for them.
/r/MensRights06/03/15 01:26 PM
3

This title is bullshit. Nowhere in the article does it say that Levs sued his company. Filing an EEOC complaint is not the same thing.
/r/MensRights06/03/15 01:23 PM
5

I think arresting someone and forcibly confiscating genetic material (over a civil matter, no less) is a far less reasoned approach than a default judgment.
/r/MensRights26/10/14 04:15 PM
2

That won't help. Most countries have reciprocal child support enforcement agreements.
/r/MensRights26/10/14 03:17 PM
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You would think that a State or County prosecutor would wait for conclusive DNA test results to declare someone a childs father. If that were the case, then all an actual deadbeat parent would ever have to do to get out of child support would be to never show up for court or for testing. It makes sense to enter a default judgment when a defendant fails to respond after being properly served, and this is a generally-applied rule of law that is not just related to child support. Can you get out of…
/r/MensRights26/10/14 03:14 PM
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What a ridiculous paraphrasing. The actual quote from the article: "...according to our survey, 84% of working women told ForbesWoman and TheBump that staying home to raise children is a financial luxury they aspire to." They're not saying they don't want jobs. They're saying that they wish that they were wealthy enough to not need a job so that they could afford to stay home with their kids. Hardly the same thing. In fact, I bet most men would also rather spend their days with their kids than g…
/r/MensRights18/10/14 05:45 PM
1

There isn't much of a direct connection. Feminism gets brought up when discussing male circumcision around here for two main reasons as far as I can tell: (1) There are some extreme feminists who think that any attempt to shine a light on the problem of male genital mutilation somehow detracts from the issue of female genital mutilation (which they see as much more important). (2) A lot of people in this sub can't help but bring up feminists and how awful they are no matter what the issue is.
/r/MensRights30/09/14 05:04 AM
1

There is no such thing as "being found innocent in court."
/r/MensRights28/09/14 12:14 AM
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That male student? He was ALBERT EINSTEIN!!!
/r/MensRights11/09/14 05:07 AM
5

Fuck this barbaric religion! The religion. Not the people. They don't all kill their babies! So it's not a problem! This is attacking the practice itself and a the logic behind one specific defense of the practice. Shhhhhhh. criticism of absurd jewish rituals or israeli imperialism is anti-semetic and we should really be ashamed of ourselves. A response to my post, and therefore clearly written after your own post. Nevertheless, this is basically just pointing out that there is a difference betw…
/r/MensRights26/07/14 11:47 PM
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I've skimmed through the posts here and honestly I don't see anyone bashing either Semitc people in general or Jews in general. Not one post. Everyone is bitching about the practice itself, this particular extreme sect, or about religious extremism generally and over-tolerance of it. What posts do you find to be examples of antisemitism?
/r/MensRights26/07/14 08:57 PM
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I am amazed at the number of people that think businesses have to provide information in writing whenever demanded. Every now and then at my job I get a combative person on the phone who insists, "I am going to need you to put that in writing." When I tell them, "No, I don't see any business reason for me to do that" I can almost hear their head explode over the phone lines.
/r/MensRights18/06/14 04:41 AM
1

Yep, a kid was molested on a plane back in 2001. I heard about it when I actually read the linked article.
/r/MensRights27/04/14 04:09 PM
8

Once you hire someone with entitlement issues (especially a professor) it can be downright impossible to get rid of them later without a massive lawsuit. So if there is any indication that someone is going to be a problem employee during the initial hiring process, employers need to hit the brakes on the process right away. They don't have the luxury of going ahead and hiring someone to see if things might work out. Also, the college is correct in thinking that the requests for a sabbatical and …
/r/MensRights18/03/14 03:51 AM
7

Maybe before posting you should check to make sure your title doesn't describe the exact opposite situation than the linked article.
/r/MensRights16/03/14 04:23 PM
1

How is paid vacation a punishment?
/r/MensRights27/02/14 03:11 PM
3

Having grown up in OKC, I can tell you that the metro area police don't really pay much attention to what the actual laws are. They have zero oversight and free reign to do whatever they want.
/r/MensRights27/02/14 04:16 AM
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Paid suspension. In other words, they get rewarded.
/r/MensRights27/02/14 04:13 AM
8

Should private companies be required to continue to pay employees who are suspended because they are charged with a crime? The company is not getting any labor out of the deal, so why should they be forced to pay a wage? And how is it any different just because taxpayers is footing the bill?
/r/MensRights27/02/14 04:12 AM
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I am sorry that that happened to your sister. That sucks. But, yes, if that's the conclusion you drew from that life experience then it is likely that you are indeed an idiot.
/r/MensRights19/06/13 04:37 AM
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I said, "I'M PRETTY SURE FEMALES CAN BE GAY, TOO."
/r/MensRights15/04/13 02:16 AM
6

No, sorry, but I did mean "gay". At least in the places I've lived the term is not reserved exclusively for men.
/r/MensRights15/04/13 02:14 AM
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I'm pretty sure females can be gay, too.
/r/MensRights14/04/13 10:53 PM
9

It is true. There is a very interesting sexual dynamic to humor that we often don't recognize. For instance, men tend to joke more, but women laugh at jokes more (especially when the jokes are told by men).
/r/MensRights07/04/13 04:03 PM
2

Honestly? I would rather be raped than be falsely and publicly accused of rape. Maybe this is one of those things that I don't know what I'm talking about because I haven't experienced either one, but right now, if you made me choose, I'd pick being the victim of rape rather than being the victim of a false rape allegation. So why are false rape accusations not considered as much of a crime again?
/r/MensRights27/02/13 02:45 AM
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Former child support worker here with some advice: Here are the facts: (1) Your girlfriend is clearly a manipulative, devious person, (2) She is not letting you have a say in whether the fetus comes to term, (3) You make a lot more money than her, (4) you pulled out every time which significantly reduces the chance that the baby is yours. OP, you have been played. If she hadn't lied about the birth control I'd be more willing to give her the benefit of the doubt but that action indicates that th…
/r/MensRights17/02/13 05:28 PM
0

Yeah, that's pretty much the response I usually get on this subreddit.
/r/MensRights17/02/13 01:26 AM
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Sorry, I didn't realize I was being "evil" by assigning partial blame. I thought I was just discussing the gray areas of a complex subject matter. I'll try to keep things black and white from now on, just for you.
/r/MensRights17/02/13 01:05 AM
3

It's slightly more complicated than that. There is interest to consider, modifications made to the orders, laws that have changed over the last 25 years, etc. Ultimately though you're right that it should not be all that difficult (especially for people that do this for a living).
/r/MensRights16/02/13 11:28 PM
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To be fair she may have also not realized the state didn't know about the death. Also, it seems like a good chunk of the dispute is over how much debt the father should owe, so maybe she hasn't actually collected that much overpayment. (I'm just playing devil's advocate here--it's likely you're right and she really is just a complete bitch.)
/r/MensRights16/02/13 07:57 PM
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If she had any human decency whatsoever, he wouldn't need to sue because she would be paying him back on her own.
/r/MensRights16/02/13 07:46 PM
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I'm still not seeing the sexism angle here. We don't see posts on this thread about doctors accidentally screwing up vasectomies, or about the corruption of prison wardens, or about unfair workers' compensation laws in industrial fields, etc. Yes, more men than women pay child support, but I don't see anything about this case that indicates a woman in his same circumstance wouldn't have also been treated just as horrendously by the state. Gender discrimination in child support in general is cert…
/r/MensRights16/02/13 07:28 PM
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Of course. Bungling government bureaucrats couldn't possibly fuck up a child support order against a woman. Those they administer with 100% accuracy and professionalism. I'm not defending what happened, I'm just saying I don't see the sexism angle.
/r/MensRights16/02/13 06:44 PM
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Why would you wait 25 years to notify the child support agency that your child died? Though the father here is clearly the victim, he does share a small portion of the blame. (Not trying to defend the agency. Their actions after being notified of the death are inexcusable.)
/r/MensRights16/02/13 06:28 PM
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Yes, this is clearly a feminist conspiracy and not just typical bureaucratic government bungling.
/r/MensRights16/02/13 06:22 PM
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(Shush. No one around here likes being reminded that women pay child support also.)
/r/MensRights16/02/13 06:21 PM
7

For better or worse, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 disagrees with you. Private employers of any substantial size cannot legally decide they don't want to hire women, or Jews, or the disabled, etc. And while you may be allowed to sell your used car on Craigslist to whomever you want, if you have a place of business that is open to the public then, no, it is not legal to hang a "We don't serve blacks" sign on your window. Title II of the same act prevents it.
/r/MensRights09/02/13 06:25 AM
1

However, being "allowed to choose who they want" is only true for very small businesses. Even private employers are subject to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 if they employ 15 or more people.
/r/MensRights09/02/13 06:15 AM
1

Yeah, Sitripio, you're not being considerate of everyone else's ADD. We just want to skim n' shit, not read something with substance in it (like a yucky novel).
/r/MensRights05/02/13 03:49 AM
4

I very much seek the approval of those I respect and love, and am hurt when I fail to get it. Am I not a real man? You're playing the same game the original post is. "Real men" are adult males and there's nothing more to it.
/r/MensRights31/01/13 03:31 AM
1

I agree generally, but an exception should be made for cases of proven spousal or child abuse. That asshole should still pay child support even if he is made to stay far, far away for safety reasons.
/r/MensRights31/01/13 03:25 AM
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Gosh, this statement convinced me. You're right, no one's hyperbolizing anything here. OP: Here's a cool tactic I use to collect money from deadbeat dads! Y'all: HEY! A tiny minority are in that courtroom unjustly! Me: OK, yeah, but he's talking about the usual circumstances... Y'all: RAPE ISN'T USUAL SO IS THAT OK, TOO?!!! You sound like some other group I like to argue with, but I just can't put my finger on it... black or white thinking, conflating rare circumstances with what happens normall…
/r/MensRights27/01/13 11:39 PM
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You sure seem to be arguing against a lot of things I never said, nor implied.
/r/MensRights27/01/13 10:31 PM
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No, that's not the whole point here. That's a side point. Nothing in the original commentor's post suggests that the men he is talking about were among the rare few tricked into being fathers against their will.
/r/MensRights27/01/13 10:28 PM
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And also not the norm, or even close to it.
/r/MensRights27/01/13 07:07 PM
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I don't know whether real research has been done, but I can tell you from my personal experience that in the majority of child support cases that I have seen both parents started out raising the kid as a couple and then one (or both) left the kid behind. Granted, I was one person in one office in one county in one state, so maybe my experience was a fluke. Also, in my office we were never incentivized to increase the amount of child support coming in. I was evaluated on my total number of cases …
/r/MensRights27/01/13 07:03 PM
2

I can completely agree with this.
/r/MensRights27/01/13 06:43 PM
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Protesting something is not the same thing as refusing to do something. The judge isn't going to throw you in jail for voicing your opinion, writing letters to your representatives, starting a petition to change the law, or walking back and forth in front of the courthouse with a picket sign reading, "Child Support is bullshit!". You would not go to jail for simply protesting. That's why I said you were hyperbolizing.
/r/MensRights27/01/13 06:41 PM
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The cases in which the man had absolutely no say in having the child (e.g. the woman lies about being on birth control then refuses to abort the fetus) are relatively rare. Yes, such extreme cases exist and they suck and we should fix the system so that they don't happen. However, they are not evidence that everyone that owes child support is unjustly "enslaved".
/r/MensRights27/01/13 06:33 PM
-5

Yes, situations like you describe suck and should be remedied, but they are also rare. For every person "tricked" into support the kid of a one night stand, there are a thousand parents who simply had a kid with their significant other and then later split up. That's why the commentor in the OP's thread can take delight in collecting money from these people. They had a child the same way the rest of us do, and then later chose not to care for it (remember, these are people that can pay their sup…
/r/MensRights27/01/13 06:26 PM
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Owing money is hardly the same thing as being "enslaved". Additionally, you are not thrown in prison for protesting; you are briefly thrown in jail (not prison) if you refuse to comply with a judge's order. Lastly, while it's true that women have complete control over whether to bring a pregnancy to term, they will face the same consequences as men do if they end up in a situation in which they are no longer the custodial parents of their children. There are many, many problems with the child su…
/r/MensRights27/01/13 06:15 PM
2

Former child support enforcement worker here to play devil's advocate. He said "deadbeat dads", which in our circles meant those actively avoiding paying child support (as opposed to just anyone with a child support order). The system and the courts try to distinguish between the "can't pays" and the "won't pays". It's the ones that can afford it and are refusing to pay up that get jail time, and it is a tiny percentage of those who are behind on payments.
/r/MensRights27/01/13 06:04 PM
13

I think you meant pseudo-intellectual. I can't imagine anyone making such an argument being that bright.
/r/MensRights26/01/13 04:47 PM
0

I'm guessing it's because real life relationships can be complicated and a lot of us have friends and loved ones with whom we disagree.
/r/MensRights20/01/13 07:45 AM
9

Eh, some of them may just be bad at reasoning and not sexist per se. You'll hear them say things like only minorities have a right to chime in about segregation, straight people's opinions on homosexuality can't possibly have any merit, that no one can possibly judge what's best for someone else without having walked a mile in their shoes, etc. It's like they believe everyone only exists in their own little bubble, empathy is useless, and logic can't transcend anyone's individual experiences (or…
/r/MensRights20/01/13 07:34 AM
6

I don't understand... why can't she just slow down and let him pass her if she's that afraid of walking near a man?
/r/MensRights20/01/13 05:54 AM
25

I disagree. That's like in the 1960's saying everything the black rights movement did was related to opposing the Ku Klux Klan. Sure, they were an enemy, but the real goal was to change the larger culture for the better. Focusing on attacking the extreme opposite viewpoint wouldn't help with that goal. (P.S. I am not trying to compare feminism to the KKK, I just needed a convenient and obvious example.)
/r/MensRights13/01/13 06:19 PM
34

Seriously, do this. Depending on where you live, you can probably find out the other guy's name by looking up the district court case online.
/r/MensRights03/01/13 03:42 AM
2

You can't use regular first class mail to establish legal service in child support cases. It has to be certified mail/restricted delivery, meaning the addressee has to sign for it. After that, then, yes, he has to show up in court--just like everyone else who has been sued--to defend himself. Even if he does not show up and a default order is entered, then he certainly does have the right to later take his case to court and claim that he never received service. And this isn't how child support c…
/r/MensRights30/12/12 02:27 AM
1

Sure, but then what do you do when the night stand gets full of dishes? Answer me that, smart guy!
/r/MensRights29/12/12 01:57 PM
2

I believe very few ethicists would tell you that biological differences (if they exist) "justify" discrimination.
/r/MensRights26/12/12 01:08 AM
2

Many countries have reciprocal child support order enforcement agreements. So this only sometimes works.
/r/MensRights08/12/12 07:27 PM
7

To be fair to the feminists, many of them (typically the more academic-minded feminists) see laws against prostitution as paternalistic and depriving women of their own agency. If women have the right to have control over their own bodies, then they have the right to be prostitutes. The attitude the escorts described is wrong and unfortunately prevalent, but I think it's largely incorrect to describe it as "feminist".
/r/MensRights01/12/12 04:20 PM
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