The first thing anyone needs to do to "change this" is document the existence of a problem. You need evidence to back up assertions that the court system is biased - personal stories, while they may be heartrending, do not prove the existence of systematic bias.
You need some good social scientists or legal scholars on your bandwagon. This is an area in which I teach, and I can tell you that there is *no* high-quality research out there which suggests that there's a gender bias in terms of family law outomes in the courts. That's not to say the bias doesn't exist, just that its existence has not been proven.
Individual experience is individual truth only - for collective truth, you need evidence. (Or, as my methodology professor used to say, "Data is not the plural of anecdote").
You need some good social scientists or legal scholars on your bandwagon. This is an area in which I teach, and I can tell you that there is *no* high-quality research out there which suggests that there's a gender bias in terms of family law outomes in the courts. That's not to say the bias doesn't exist, just that its existence has not been proven.
Individual experience is individual truth only - for collective truth, you need evidence. (Or, as my methodology professor used to say, "Data is not the plural of anecdote").
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