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- Subject: Re: Sexual Discrimination
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- Date: Wednesday, 27 Jan 1993 07:43:24 EST
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- -I just noticed that you're comparing apples and oranges. Not all
- -divorces are litigated before judges and referees. It could very
- -well be the case that in 75% of divorces, the parents agree to grant
- -the mother custody, in 5% of divorces, the parents agree to grant the
- -father custody, and the other 20% goes before a judge for a 50/50
- -split. It's certainly the case that custody battles are the exception,
- -and not the rule.
- -
- -Aaron's solution, apparentally, would be to require parents to go to
- -court and have a judge flip a coin to get his desired 50% quota.
- ---
- -ted frank | thf2@ellis.uchicago.edu
- -standard disclaimers | void where prohibited
- -the university of chicago law school, chicago, illinois 60637
-
- I am afraid that we have in ted frank's case an example of the `gallant,
- male-bashing' male. I do not know about other states, but in Massachusetts,
- women got custody in 90% of CONTESTED cases. I am sure that there are
- others who know the statistics better, and the same pattern probably
- holds in other states too.
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- Rohit Parikh
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