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  3. From: peri@cco.caltech.edu (Michal Leah Peri)
  4. Newsgroups: alt.abortion.inequity,soc.men,soc.women,talk.abortion,alt.feminism
  5. Subject: Re: Reproductive Technologies... (was: Re: Father Notification...)
  6. Date: 3 Jan 1993 23:25:40 GMT
  7. Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
  8. Lines: 22
  9. Message-ID: <1i7slkINN7h9@gap.caltech.edu>
  10. References: <C05KMD.34L@ddsw1.mcs.com> <1993Jan1.161916.5572@panix.com> <C08KKH.I1o@ddsw1.mcs.com> <1993Jan2.210817.10907@panix.com>
  11. NNTP-Posting-Host: punisher.caltech.edu
  12.  
  13. gcf@panix.com (Gordon Fitch) writes:
  14.  
  15. >However, what I was thinking of was this: insisting that
  16. >49% of custody go to men may run into the question of
  17. >whether 49% of the men _want_ custody.  Considering the
  18. >implacable resistance to paying child support shown here
  19. >and elsewhere, I have the idea that a good many men might
  20. >not consider your proposal a boon if the luck of the draw
  21. >smiled upon them.  Take care: you may be giving ideas to
  22. >the devious witches on NOW's General Staff for yet 
  23. >another plot.
  24.  
  25. Deviousness aside.  Gordon, it assumes that the percentage
  26. wanting custody among men and women is equal, although not
  27. specifying the percentages.  I have no idea whether that 
  28. assumption is valid.  Can anyone out there quote a study?
  29.  
  30. -- 
  31.  
  32.                                                 --  Michal
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  34. Of course there's no reason!  
  35.