Parade of women’s complaints against those “evil dads”

Here is an interesting narrative from the Cedar Rapids – Iowa City area. A local newspaper is asking for child support horror stories – and getting them. The way the initial request for information was presented seems fair enough. What’s interesting is the parade of women’s complaints against those “evil dads” and how easily the Iowa State agency also puts men into that same category.

The all men are evil narrative has been dominant in academia and in the media for more than a generation now. Fathers looking for custody of their kids have to climb a wall of hostility before they can even hope of seeing a level playing field. Scroll down to about the 10th comment and read the story of a guy who is getting screwed by the State agency even after showing them court documents that proves they have no right to be prosecuting the case against him.

“Sorry to p*ss on the single mom parade. I am a white male, fighting for custody of a little girl. In our latest court case, child support obligations were removed from me and assessed against the child’s mother. Keep in mind, I have court documents, signed by a judge, stating that my obligations have been met. In order to prevent CSRU from garnishing my pay any further, I had to retain a lawyer and fight with them to the cost of over 500 bucks. All that to contest an 850.00 alleged back support obligation.”

Cedar Rapids – Iowa City Gazette