Mothers on trial : the battle for children and custody / Phyllis Chesler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chesler, Phyllis.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Custody of children--United States.

Custody of children.

Mothers--Legal status, laws, etc--United States.

Mothers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (513 p.)

Edition:

Rev. and updated 2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago, Ill. : Lawrence Hill Books, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Updated and revised with seven new chapters, a new introduction, and a new resources section, this landmark book is invaluable for women facing a custody battle. It was the first to break the myth that mothers receive preferential treatment over fathers in custody disputes. Although mothers generally retain custody when fathers choose not to fight for it, fathers who seek custody often win? not because the mother is unfit or the father has been the primary caregiver but because, as Phyllis Chesler argues, women are held to a much higher standard of parenting. Incorporating findings from...

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; New Introduction to the 2011 Lawrence Hill Books Edition; 1 | A Historical Overview; 2 | A Contemporary Overview; 3 | What Is a "Fit" Mother or Father? An "Unfit" Mother or Father? Who Decides?; 4 | Do "Good Enough" Mothers Still Lose Custody of Their Children in North America Today? The Results of an Original Study; 5 | The "Sexual" Mother: Anna Karenina Today; 6 | The "Uppity" Mother; 7 | The Lesbian Mother; 8 | The Mother Married to a Violent Man; 9 | Paternal Brainwashing; 10 | The "Voluntarily" Noncustodial Mother

11 | The Price of Battle: Mothers Encounter the Psychological and Economic Law 12 | The Mother-Lawyer Relationship; 13 | The Mother-Judge and Father-Judge Relationships; 14 | Court-Enabled Incest in the 1980's and 1990's; 15 | Court-Enabled Incest in the Twenty-First Century; 16 | Legal Torture from 1986 to 2010; 17 | The International Custody Situation; 18 | The Fathers' Supremacist Movement from the 1980's to 2010; 19 | Contemporary Legal Trends, Part I: Joint Custody, Mediation, Incest, and Parental Alienation

20 | Contemporary Legal Trends, Part II: Mental Illness, Gay and Lesbian Custody, Surrogacy, and the Primary Caretaker 21 | Mothers' Wisdom: Philosophical Perspectives on Having and Losing Children; 22 | Mothers' Voices, Written on the Wind: What Is a Custody Battle Really About?; 23 | What to Expect When You're Expecting a Divorce: An Interview with Divorce Lawyer Susan L. Bender; Resources; Notes; Index 477

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 397-401) and index.

ISBN:

1-56976-907-9

OCLC:

747410843