Regardless of which party’s ‘wave’ of infantile souls controls the bench, all parents of daughters already know that girls are typically more cruel to other girls than the boys are. In an evolutionary sense, that’s logical, of course. But social programming promoting a vulgar feminine magnifies the problem.
Experience tells me that girl bullies get away with being mean, and that their capacity for cruelty is valued as a strength instead of the deep confusion that it represents.
Thus, in a courtroom, it’s important that Mom prepare herself to, indeed, fight whenever she goes to battle for her child. It does not matter that your judge is female, that the opposing lawyer and the Amicus are females, or that the mediator is a female. As the father of a daughter, please hear me: the clip art in media does not accurately portray the reception you’ll get from people who derive meaning by wielding power.
Other women will condemn you as a Slut! or a Nut!quicker than a man. Then, they’ll cackle that they’ve saved a ‘sister’ by doing so. Women get terribly confused in this society. The love of power only exacerbates the confusion.
Indeed, those who trumpet Change! and cantillate GirlPower! are utterly insincere — they’re great at cliches, but weak on results.
You’re a mom and you love your child. You’re not an empty interest group. Your access to your child is a right, not a sales-pitch.