Should Child support and alimony be for women only?

[Anonymous]

Just curious to what the hive mind thinks

Women only

Men and women

It should be abolished

[msmissydc]

No, why would it only be for women? Its for those who care for the child and have expenses because of it. These expenses shoud be shared.
Alimony neither, as its for those who became financially dependant on the other person. While that is often the women it shouldn't be for women only.

[Asker]

There is a certain subset of society.. Cough Cough, Feminists, Who believe that because of Systemic power imbalances it should be women only that get any kind of pay out when divorce happens.

[Asker]

www.youtube.com/watch

[msmissydc]

You are writing with an actual feminist and she just told you otherwise. So what does that tell you?

[Asker]

Dont know, i know nothing about you. And if you are a feminist, i hope you're one of those like Christia Hoff Sommers, or Cassie Jaye, And not like the ones that go on man hating tirade and believe things that have been fully debunked.

[msmissydc]

I dont care about names as long as I dont cite them or if they are great authors. There are a huge number of feminists so why these three specifically? Oh lets start with believing things that have been debunked? Care to give an example? 🤔

[msmissydc]

Also to answer my question; It should tell you not every feminist is the same and there are multiple directions inside feminism.

[Asker]

im not going to debate you. Cassie Jaye is the feminist that made the documentry "The red pill" And if you haven't seen it, you have no business commenting on it. Christina hoff sommers is a famous professor. And a prolific author. A simple google search will tell you everything you need to know about both.

As to the debunked items.. Wage gap, and the 1 in 4 statistic. Both of which have been debunked by the authors of the studies, yet they are still used.

[Asker]

i know they aren't. There is only one so far that i have met on here that i actually respect. Agape93.

[msmissydc]

Which wage gap has she debunked? Let's start with that. About the factual feminist, she is mostly right, but she often ignores underlying problems. She criticizes studies with studies that you could also easily criticize as well. She clearly is old school feminism which isn't bad, but it's worth noting. So I did know her under her block name.

[Asker]

i have a dumb question. What is "Block Name"?

[Asker]

Also i was honored to attend a few of her lectures. its why i like her so much

[msmissydc]

*blog sorry.

[Asker]

Nah its okay. i was just confused lol. But yeah. i like her because of a book she wrote as well. Linked below. But its what got me interested on what she had to say.

www.amazon.com/.../0684849577

[msmissydc]

I have a love hate relationship with her.
On the one hand the stays factual does literature Reviews and is actually doing good things. On the other hand when it comes to opinions aside from facts, I can't seem to agree with her often. Which also leads to her and me being often on opposite sides when it comes to scientific studies that are not fully conclusive or when it comes to scientific debates.

[AviatorTom]

No, and it's not for women only. It depends on each situation. It's more common for women to receive child support and alimony, because of economic differences and that the mother usually gets child custody. But the courts can, and do, require the woman to pay alimony if her income is greater, and child support if the father is granted custody of the children.

[OlderAndWiser]

Why should women not contribute to the support of their children if primary custody is awarded to the father? Equal rights = equal responsibilities

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

Child support is currently dictated by who makes more money. It’s not based on the gender of the partner. On average, men make more money than women, so they’re given the responsibility of paying child support in the event of the couple splitting and sharing custody of the children in order to ensure they’re living the same quality of life in both homes.

[slatyb]

I was a divorced father with custody, and received child support from my ex.

[exitseven]

I knew a guy that actually got his ex wife to pay him alimony. I told him he should write a book about it.