Deadbeat Dad's Myth
I keep digging down the rabbit hole and I keep finding that the truth is far stranger than fiction.
I was not alive in 1985 when the family court/divorce system was overhauled. But sociologist Lenore Weitzman's, was. This was the woman whose report on the difference in living standards of men and women after divorce caused a national uproar and the momentum to overhaul the system. She claimed men were living the high life while their ex wives were relegated to poverty, basically.
Well, it turns out, her numbers were completely wrong, and SHE ADMITS IT. She claims it was A TYPO. Her numbers were reported on all over the country and caused a national uproar which led to the system being changed and she admits it was bullshit.
The numbers she was putting out were used in the media to mostly blame black fathers, and it was complete bullshit. Black guys weren't abandoning taking care of their kids, it was only after the family law system was put in place where men started abandoning their posts based on the abuse they started taking from the system.
I keep digging down the rabbit hole and I keep finding that the truth is far stranger than fiction.
I was not alive in 1985 when the family court/divorce system was overhauled. But sociologist Lenore Weitzman's, was. This was the woman whose report on the difference in living standards of men and women after divorce caused a national uproar and the momentum to overhaul the system. She claimed men were living the high life while their ex wives were relegated to poverty, basically.
Well, it turns out, her numbers were completely wrong, and SHE ADMITS IT. She claims it was A TYPO. Her numbers were reported on all over the country and caused a national uproar which led to the system being changed and she admits it was bullshit.
The numbers she was putting out were used in the media to mostly blame black fathers, and it was complete bullshit. Black guys weren't abandoning taking care of their kids, it was only after the family law system was put in place where men started abandoning their posts based on the abuse they started taking from the system.