in this world
men are in control
of most areas of power
and many men
abuse that power
in public and private spheres
they should all be punished
for any form of violence against women
this is not the case
and each day
millions of women
are physically abused
across the world
sadly this large-scale violence
goes largely unreported
and since male perpetrators go unpunished
the pattern of violence continues
the vast majority of women
caught in the vice grip
of patriarchal control
face many other forms of abuse
but this is not to say
that women are powerless
women wield great power
over children and fathers
especially in western societies
after the establishment of laws
such as the tender years doctrine
of the 19th century
which presumes that custody
of children under 13
should always be the mother's
how did this law come about
family law used to be based
on the male patriarch
how did mothers come to have wield such power
it has to do with a new body of law
outside of regular family law
for families with failed fathers
men who failed to provide
for their families' entire support
men who were most likely part
of an ethnically or racially marginalized group
these new laws
such as the tender years doctrine
regulated the terms of parenthood
for these failed men
later, the tender years doctrine was replaced
by the best interest of the child doctrine
however tender years is still the rule
a father must prove the mother to be an unfit parent
before he is awarded primary custody
while the mother need not prove the father unfit
in order to win custody herself
this tender years doctrine
with its elevation of mother's rights
at the expense of father's rights
through the courts
have resulted in single mothers
having almost total ownership
and control of fatherless children
a few decades later
changes in regular family law
largely replaced patriarchal dominance
by granting women freedom
to end the family unit
for any reason at all
these changes have benefited women
however
like men
women also abuse their power
which has resulted in a great tragedy
for families, children and fathers
if we don't change this disaster
and continue to allow women
to create this kind of dysfunctional society
where divorce and single-parenthood
are the norm
a motherhood-centered society
in which fathers are expendable
then we might as well mandate
a new doctrine
one in which all female fertilization
have to be done anonymously
this allows women
to play their favorite game
of genetic selection
but rather than dating
and ruining father's lives
women have to use pictures
of anonymous donors
when children miss their fathers
they can visit the donor bank
and browse pictures
of countless fathers
no child will feel fatherless
this new doctrine will also help to end
the heartaches and
endless conflict
endless failure
endless guilt
endless thoughts
of disposable fathers
