Abott V Abott and Gender Discrimination

by JMN
(Arlington, VA)

The Supreme Court is considering a case on whether a violation of a ne exeat clause (prohibiting one parent from removing a child from the country without the other parent’s consent) is a “wrongful removal” under Hague Convention on International Child Abduction.

The notion that a court can determine the best interest of a child is a logical fallacy. In a scenario where two fit parents desire to have at least equal access to their children, they should be guaranteed equal access as a right by law. A parent who removes a child to a location away from the other parent without the other parent's consent should be deemed to have broken a law and should serve time in prison.

I pray that Mr. Abbott finds his sons safely returned to Chile, and that the Chilean Courts find a way to overcome the common gender stereotypes that still exist almost everywhere in the world. The Chilean Court should grant both he and his ex-wife joint legal and physical custody. She should serve a year in prison for child abduction. The year in prison, of course, should be spent only on her weekends without the child, for as long as it takes to complete, to prevent the child from being adversely affected.

Why should women fight to abolish gender prejudice in the family courts? Well, women will never achieve their objectives of equality of opportunity and pay in the workplace until they are released from the disproportionate burden of child rearing. The laws, made by mostly men, are content with the notion that women should carry the primary responsibility for raising children. Women, wake up, this is no accident. As long as you remain responsible for the children, you will always remain financially less impotent.

Why should minorities fight to abolish gender prejudice in the courts? We all recognize that absentee fathers create children who will almost certainly have drug, alcohol and issues, as well as issues with the law. As we also know, minority children in the inner cities suffer the greatest from absentee fathers. So, why are we surprised that the white men who right the laws, and sit on the benches, are content to turn a blind eye to the daily discrimination men face in the family court system? A unofficial policy that keeps women and minorities less economically impotent is to the white man's advantage.

Not until women and minorities make their voice heard with regard to the impact on their population segment of the discriminatory child custody laws and family courts, will they have a chance of achieving equality with white men.

Anyone care enough to organize a formal protest against family court and the gender discrimination? If so, i'm interested in hearing from you.


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