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Gender Bias in the Family Court System
Imagine you have been married for 10 years, have two kids that you have devoted your life to, and then one day your wife comes home to tell you that she wants a divorce. A few questions that stand out in your mind if you are a father are: What is going to happen to the kids? Am I ever going to get to see them again? How much support am I going to be obligated to pay? "Fathers are always told that if they go through a divorce, they will lose their children. [They are] told that mothers always win custody of the children [and] that dads are only in touch with their children by a paycheck" ("Fathers Custody Center"). Fathers are far more likely than mothers to suffer gender bias in family courts. In this paper, I am going to talk about what gender bias is, ways to fight gender bias, some of the myths and stereotypes associated with gender bias, and some studies linked to gender bias in custody disputes.
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