'Father' Film Dropped Amnesty International under Feminist Pressure
Article by Shane Flait
Feminists use pressure tactics in government and media to cover-up the injustice that fit fathers face in family courts here and around the world. Amnesty International, a human rights organization, dropped a film in its own sponsored competition when some finalists produced a film that exposed the denial of rights fathers faced under Sweden's family court - a film that angered feminists. Here's what the film said...
Amnesty International denies any feminist pressure, but mysteriously dropped the film from its competition in the final stage. But the Uppsala women's shelter gloated over its political clout to snuff the film.
The film, 'The Right to Be a Father', was created by four high school students to show how children are unjustly taken from their fathers by Sweden's feminist family courts. It was nominated for the competition. Amnesty posted the film on YouTube, and invited the creators to the film gala in Gothenburg. But Sara Sivesson, one of its creators said "our film was never shown at the festival, and the day after it also disappeared from Amnesty's YouTube channel".
The 8 minute film features a father describing his circumstance and heartache about how Swedish family social services policies unjustly undermine his right to parent his young daughter. An interviewer questions him and cuts away to question a female lawyer, too. Pleasant music and video footage of young children complement the film's dialog.
English subtitles have been added to the Swedish dialog. Here's the complete English subtitle text:
*THE FATHER:
It was so.., that about a little more than four years ago our daughter was one year old, we lived together and had shared custody.
But the relationship was failing, and one morning when I woke up she had taken our daughter and move in with her mother.
I did try to contact them in order to at least get to see my daughter.
But as soon as I did that the accusations started to come. I was said to be dangerous, threatening, harassing, psychologically ill, an alcoholic, and...well, you name it...
There is no requirement to present proof. A mere accusation is sufficient.
Then the judges give you, "just as a precaution" as it's called, supervised visitations, much as if you were in jail.
You will get to see your child four hours ever other week, under supervision, in order to make sure you won't "do anything".
*AT THIS POINT the film displays the words THE RIGHT TO BE A FATHER, followed by the film's thesis:
Many people believe that a father who has lost his kids in a custody battle doesn't care about them. The truth is that many fathers have fought to be part of their children's lives. But they have faced discrimination and resistance, both from the mother and from authorities.
Then the film cuts to an interview question...
*FILM INTERVIEWER QUESTION TO A FEMAL LAWYER:
Did you ever come across a case where the man was treated unfairly in court?
*LAWYER:
Yes, on rare occasions. It can be the case when a mother stages a campaign of severe slander during the custody investigation. It is very sad when this happens, and when the court perhaps buys into everything in an investigative report, not questioning any of it. When it comes to young children, the court routinely considers it to be the child's best interest to stay with the mother, especially very young children.
The emotional connection with the father is considered to be "insufficient".
The film then cuts back to the father...
*THE FATHER:
The position taken by Social Services is clear already from the start: It's the mother who is the victim and the father who is the abuser.
The issue is also that we men, just by being dragged into a custody battle, feel that we have done something wrong. We feel shame, we feel guilt. And the people around us also think that we have caused it.
Then all of a sudden you are only "allowed" to see your kids three days per month, or a few hours at an unfamiliar location. This is the most common situation, and it is right there, in this custody process, that the man is torn apart inside.
You get worn down emotionally by not being able to see your children, and don't know what's happening, and so on.
We want to be dads as much as moms want to be moms.
The worst thing is that to the children, we are their daddy, not just some babysitter, so they don't understand what's happening either.
This is the reason that the statistical information is so incredibly important. It shows that children who are deprived of a chance to be with their daddy do not get their basic needs fulfilled and this has huge consequences for society.
*AT THIS POINT, the film displays the statistics:
63% of all kids who commit suicide come from fatherless homes.
85% of all youths in prison grew up in fatherless homes.
80% of all men who commit rape grew in fatherless homes.
Then the film cuts back to the female lawyer at her office again...
*FILM INTERVIEWER QUESTION TO A FEMALE LAWYER:
Is there a big gender-based difference in how people are treated by the courts?
*LAWYER:
No, there's not.
The film cuts back to the father...
*FATHER:
The funny thing is that when she files unsubstantiated police reports against me, without any proof, they act immediately with long investigations, and they separate children from their fathers by force.
But when I or other fathers report crimes which are in fact documented, such as violation of a court order regarding the child, then they won't even start a preliminary investigation. You just get a letter in the next day's mail saying," there will be no investigation".
*FILM INTERVIEWER QUESTION TO A FATHER:
Why do you think that men often are discriminated against in the courts during custody battles?
*FATHER:
I think it's a tradition that goes about 40 years back. At that time, feminism was very strong. It grew strong both politically and in the homes.
We had a tradition of women staying home with the kids, but with the socialization of child care, health care, elder care, women got access to the labor market.
However, the view that men are unable to care for children still lived on and has remained un changed since that point, 40 years back.
The problem is that we no longer have the same social structure and this means that today's discrimination is built on prejudice rather than facts.
When I sued again for custody and visitation, a case was filed against me for some sort of sexual molestation of my child.
When they brand you with that accusation, you will never really be cleared, regardless of the fact that the case was dropped after the preliminary investigation.
There are women's shelters in Sweden and they have one basic rule. One must NEVER question a woman's story. The social services, on the other hand, are supposed to always do just that.
Still, these two different organizations have a deep and close cooperation. In some counties, they are even housed in the same building.
What is wrong today isn't the law itself but what could be done immediately is make sure there is a change in attitude.
We have entered a path in Sweden where we move toward a fatherless society. Today, there are 200,000 children or more who only see their dad a few days a month; 40,000 don't see him at all.
They try to lay the blame, for this as well, on the fathers. We get branded as deadbeats, as if we don't care. But looking at the individual cases, this is often not true.
*FILM INTERVIEWER QUESTION TO A FATHER:
Do you feel rejected by society?
*FATHER:
Yes
*FILM INTERVIEWER QUESTION TO A FATHER:
Do you have any hope of re-establishing a good relationship with your daughter?
*FATHER:
"Yes, without that hope I would not be able to muster the strength to go on. It's that little piece of hope that gives you the strength not to give up but keep on it... But... the odds are not good".
END
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