WOMEN'S COALITION ARTICLES
Journalists Get the Crisis Wrong—Again
And How That Harms the Movement
Two more investigative journalists have written articles about contested custody cases. Unfortunately, despite apparently good intentions, both have gotten the crisis wrong, which helps perpetuate the epidemic by misleading the public and keeping activists fighting the wrong things. It’s important for victims of family court and the general public to understand the true nature of the crisis so effective solutions can be fought for and implemented, so that the crisis can be ended once and for all. [Keep reading]
New “Custody Crisis” Article Perpetuates Dangerous Fallacy
Portrays Unwitting Judges Giving Custody to Abusive “Parents”
The new article, “Custody Crisis: How Family Courts Put Children in Danger Nationwide”, by Laurie Udesky, reports in depth on contested custody cases in which children are being endangered, but unfortunately does a disservice to the cause of ending the crisis. Despite obviously good intentions and otherwise excellent reporting, Laurie Udesky, like many of the journalists who tackle this issue, gets the true nature of what is occurring in family courts wrong. This misinformation diverts women and the public from the truth of the matter, confusing them. [Keep reading]
How Gender Neutrality Perpetuates
Court Licensed Abuse
Desmond Tutu, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, once said, “If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.” Similarly, if you are gender neutral while women are being massacred in Family Courts, you have chosen the side of the oppressor....[Keep reading]
The Power to Keep & Protect
“Court licensed abuse” is fundamentally about power. The epidemic of Family Court judges granting custody to, i.e. licensing, violent or sexually abusive fathers, while severely punishing women, often called protective mothers, with loss of custody, visitation, jail, sanctions, etc., is principally about power—the power that the Power Elite confers upon fathers through judges. [Keep reading]