Kentucky’s divorce rate has plummeted.
Between 2016 and 2023 it fell 25%,
compared with a nationwide decline of 18%
Not that this is too far off from existing trends, so I'm unsure if measuring in Kentucky alone is enough to control against the broader national trends:
https://www.morganstanley.com/ideas/womens-impact-on-the-eco...
> 45% of prime working age women (ages 25-44) will be single by 2030—the largest share in history—up from 41% in 2018.
https://iop.harvard.edu/youth-poll/50th-edition-spring-2025
> Just 48% of young Americans say having kids is important—the lowest ranking among the six life goals we measured. It signifies a generational shift away from traditional family formation.
The word choice of your comment is beyond absurd and your usual schtick of cherry picking links to back up your point doesn't make it any less absurd.
It's mostly men who don't wanna get married and/or start a family and do all that stuff because (in states that have yet to reform their laws) they stand to lose half their shit and not even have half a kid to show for it.
I have zero sympathy for people, of any gender, for whom not being on the favorable end of unequal treatment in divorce/custody is the marginal difference that makes them not get married.
Additional citations below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UThiu3Q_NcQ
https://19thnews.org/2025/09/poll-traditional-family-gender-...
It's your opinion that I take issue with.
> I have zero sympathy for people, of any gender, for whom not being on the favorable end of unequal treatment in divorce/custody is the marginal difference that makes them not get married.
I guess you have zero sympathy for a large chunk of men then, because first you say that men don't get married because they lose their stuff in a divorce, and then you say that you have zero sympathy for people who don't get married because of it.
IIUC, the new neutral bias applies regardless of marriage.
If a woman is looking to create a kid whom she has sole custody of, then what she is really looking for is a DIY sperm donor. I'm sure there are plenty of men downright eager to sign a contract relinquishing any paternity claim/liability as a condition of dating.
If you're talking about cases where a woman wants to create a kid, while retaining a unilateral ability to choose whether to have the man in the kid's life or not? That is a terrible dynamic and is exactly what needed reform.
Randy Poulson 9 September, 2025
Where does the Author cite the number of females who have done violence to children? Same old assumption wrapped in the premise of mother is an "Angel" and men "are always" the offender. Sad reality without balanced reporting.
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I think Randy Poulson has a point. Looking at DV statistics, women aren't that much less likely to offend: "Over 1 in 3 women (35.6%) and 1 in 4 men (28.5%) in the US have experienced rape, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner in their lifetime."
https://www.thehotline.org/stakeholders/domestic-violence-st...
This is absolutely the wrong statistic to apply.
This discusses the lifetime risk of ANY IPV event and does not even limit this to people who have children.
But despite being the wrong statistic, there’s 25% increase in lifetime risk for women over men
For example, you could imagine a world where men are significantly more likely than women to commit DV, making some subset of that 28.5% men who have suffered at the hands of other men. It would also imply that gay women are less likely to experience DV, which would widen the gap further. That said, I believe many more couples are hetero than not, so maybe it wouldn't make much of a difference.
To be clear, I'm not making this specific claim about men, just illustrating that I think the statistic quoted doesn't _directly_ justify the claim "women aren't that much less likely to offend" (although it does lend credence to it)
This isn't the 1950s where men sat in the living room when they got home while the women did everything in the home, including taking care of the kids. In households where both spouses work, men spend just as much time as the women raising their kids and it needs to be reflected in these archaic and discriminatory beliefs when it comes to things like child custody.
If the judge wasn't convinced in the anecdote when it was his job to figure it out with his career on the line, we have no right to assume that the judge got it wrong, without additional evidence. Feigning victimhood is a popular sport.
I was my wife's caregiver and dad to 5 young sons over 20years. I was the sole parent taking them to playgrounds and other outdoor activities, upwards to 200x a year.
In all those events, I never experienced nor witnessed anything remotely like what you described. Not for me and not for any other solo dad. On rare occasion, I was complimented for spending time with them. That's about all the notice I got.
WarOnPrivacy•1h ago