Excuse me, if you actually read my post you would see that I said that it has only been in the "LAST CENTURY" that both sexes have taken on both roles. Society's "bias" towards women as the nuturers is based on HISTORY, not just today's society. And if more women have careers these days than men, I applaud those women for being able to balance both a career and a family. If few women worked in the 60's and 70's (as you claim,) then it has only been 30-40 years for these attitudes towards family roles to change as well.
YOu can deny all you want that there is no reason for the bias, but as far as I'm concerned I know many more mothers who do more of the nuturing than the fathers. Until the majority of fathers take on equal parenting, then there is a reason for this bias to exist. It is not fair to those who are great fathers, and it is up to them to force a change.
This is not to discredit those fathers who are active in their child's lives. I applaud you for your efforts and hope you get equality in the courts. The question was whether there was a bias. Yes there is. I don't agree with it, I was only providing an opinion on it's source. You can stop the mudslinging now, I was NOT pointing fingers at anyone.
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Originally Posted by Stargate
billiechic, you need to come into the 21st century. What you are talking about happened in the 60's and 70's when very few if any women worked. Today there is no designated "provider" and there are more women with careers in Canada than men. Despite "equality" of the sexes there is still rampant bias in the Courts towards women which has NOTHING to do with the facts on any case.
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