LEADER 03863nam 2200601Ia 450 001 9910453061603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-56976-907-9 035 $a(CKB)2550000001135091 035 $a(EBL)762634 035 $a(OCoLC)747410843 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000539288 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11369753 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000539288 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10571157 035 $a(PQKB)11630022 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC762634 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL762634 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10491618 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL534799 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001135091 100 $a20110211d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMothers on trial$b[electronic resource] $ethe battle for children and custody /$fPhyllis Chesler 205 $aRev. and updated 2nd ed. 210 $aChicago, Ill. $cLawrence Hill Books$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (513 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-55652-999-6 311 $a1-306-03548-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 397-401) and index. 327 $aCover; 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 327 $a11 | 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 327 $a20 | 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 477 330 $aUpdated 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... 606 $aCustody of children$zUnited States 606 $aMothers$xLegal status, laws, etc$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCustody of children 615 0$aMothers$xLegal status, laws, etc. 676 $a346.7301/73 700 $aChesler$b Phyllis$0232754 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910453061603321 996 $aMothers on trial$91933941 997 $aUNINA