Tip for you MRAs: Don't stick your dick in it if you don't want the possibility of being saddled to it for the rest of your life in the form of court-mandated child support. OR, take responsibility for your own fertility and get snipped.

That's not actually what it does though- the Jez summary isn't very clear. The law would put a cap on the income that can be considered for child support, so that whatever the noncustodial parent earns above 150k couldn't be taken into consideration. Judges would have to treat billionaires exactly the same way they'd…

Oh, I have an even better one. My ex lives off his trust fund, always has, barely works. Guess what CAN'T be touched for child support? Yup. Trust funds. He gets to live a million dollar lifestyle and see his kid two weekends a month, and I get child support based on the 12,000 he "made" last year. To cover basically…

The fact that specific men in your life had a bad experience with alimony/support payments is not a strong argument in favor of modifying the current neutral language of the law. It is an argument for getting better people in charge of applying said law. And it is certainly not an argument in favor of allowing the…

20 bucks says this guy just loves to harp on "personal responsibility" as a reason for denying women abortions. Because you should have used better judgment and not gotten pregnant, right?

"...bar judges from taking parents' assets into account in determining child support..."

Is the competition to be a really horrible person a pastime among Republicans or is it some kind of competition?

Once everyone stops thinking that every single rape victim was either a liar or blaming them for it.

I just want police to investigate reports of rape with vigor and seriousness. I read an article somewhere recently authored by a woman who was raped at the age of 12 with her sister during a home invasion while the girls were doing homework. A heinous crime, right? Well, as an adult, she went and examined police…

Oh yeah I've heard/read other guys make the argument in these sort of discussions before. Cops like the one you get are one of many reasons the reportage rate is so low. What a stupid asshole.

It's stupid, but it's a question that is absolutely asked. I'm basing that on my experience though. When I reported, one of the questions the officer asked me was "Are you sure you didn't consent? I mean, you could just be confused". I was too busy scraping my brain off of the ceiling to answer the question . . .…

It needs to be taken more seriously by law enforcement. Remember that story last year, about the 10,000 untested rape kits in Detroit? That kind of thing needs to be publicized and addressed (good on Kym Worthy for getting it done.) I doubt people go to the police after getting mugged and get told that "It's really a…

Men are 27,000 times more likely to be raped than falsely accused of raping somebody.

How about not telling the victims they shouldn't report. Processing the rape kit quickly. Getting DNA from the accused. Promptly interview witnesses. You know, do actual police work. Nobody is suggesting suspects should be arrested before the police gather evidence. We're just saying that the police should…

I think feminist arenas tend to be "guilty until proven innocent" because it's populated by people who know the statistics on rapes reported vs. false rape accusations (very, very few are false accusations), rapes perpetrated, rapes prosecuted, and rapists convicted and therefore opinions are based on statistical…

Why exactly are you more concerned about presumption of guilt in rape cases than you are in say arson or robbery cases? Unpack that shit.

Tallahassee police/prosecutors: "We can't prosecute! There isn't enough evidence! Which definitely has nothing to do with the fact that we didn't really bother to collect any!"

Every survivor that I know personally has been silenced by our "justice" system. To the survivor in this case: from the bottom of my heart, thank you.

Pat Caroll for THE WIN. I give kudos to the victim too. I've worked in both professional and collegiate athletics, and I know how hellacious it can be for victims to come forward.
I remember onetime, a staff member was talking about "These girls," that "throw themselves" at his male athletes. I retorted, "What about…

I can't imagine how strong this woman is to keep going with this. I wish her every success.