Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Excerpt from Phyllis Chesler's Book "Mothers on Trial"

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http://www.phyllis-chesler.com/1026/excerpt-from-phyllis-chesler-book-mothers-on-trial

Excerpt from Phyllis Chesler's Book "Mothers On Trial"
by Phyllis Chesler

Fox News
August 5, 2011

Excerpt:

This is a book that cried out to be written. I first heard that cry in the mid-1970s and, after years of research, published the first edition of "Mothers on Trial: The Battle for Children and Custody" in 1986. At the time, the book created a firestorm and was widely, if controversially, received.

In the last twenty-five years, there have been some improvements, but matters have decidedly worsened. The book you are holding has been revised and updated and brought into the twenty-first century.

Myths about custody still abound. Most people still believe that the courts favor mothers over fathers—who are discriminated against because they are men—and that this is how it's always been.

This is not true.

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