Mothers on Trial
Title | Mothers on Trial PDF eBook |
Author | Phyllis Chesler |
Publisher | Chicago Review Press |
Pages | 513 |
Release | 2011-07-01 |
Genre | Family & Relationships |
ISBN | 1569769095 |
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 years of research, hundreds of interviews, and international surveys about child-custody arrangements, Chesler argues for new guidelines to resolve custody disputes and to prevent the continued oppression of mothers in custody situations. This book provides a philosophical and psychological perspective as well as practical advice from one of the country’s leading matrimonial lawyers. Both an indictment of a discriminatory system and a call to action over motherhood under siege, Mothers on Trial is essential reading for anyone concerned either personally or professionally with custody rights and the well-being of the children involved.
Mothers on Trial
Title | Mothers on Trial PDF eBook |
Author | Phyllis Chesler |
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Release | 1990-05-01 |
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ISBN | 9780517051474 |
A Mother's Trial
Title | A Mother's Trial PDF eBook |
Author | Nancy Wright |
Publisher | CreateSpace |
Pages | 314 |
Release | 2013-06-22 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 9781490500652 |
A MOTHER'S TRIAL - paperback print edition - by Nancy Wright FACT: Priscilla and Steve Phillips adopt a Korean baby. Shortly afterwards little Tia begins developing strange symptoms. In and out of the hospital for months, she finally succumbs. Cause of death: unknown. FACT: The Phillipses adopt a second Korean infant named Mindy. Once again the same symptoms develop. Near death, the child is taken away to intensive care, away from any interaction with her mother. The child recovers. FACT: Mindy is removed from the Phillipses' home. Months later she is adopted by a new couple. After a few weeks in her new home, she falls ill once again. As far as anyone knew, Priscilla Phillips was the perfect mother: A pillar of her church, a social worker, a devoted wife and loving mother of two sons of her own. Priscilla lavished endless love and attention on little Tia, and later on her sister Mindy. To this day she claims total innocence of any wrongdoing. Yet she was arrested and tried for murder. Was she a mother who literally loved her children to death? A woman so desperate to be needed that she'd take any risk, pay any price? Here is her incredible true story.
From Madness to Mutiny
Title | From Madness to Mutiny PDF eBook |
Author | Amy Neustein |
Publisher | UPNE |
Pages | 318 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Child sexual abuse |
ISBN | 9781584654629 |
A powerful expose of the family court system's prejudice against mothers trying to protect their sexually abused children.
Women and Madness
Title | Women and Madness PDF eBook |
Author | Phyllis Chesler |
Publisher | Chicago Review Press |
Pages | 462 |
Release | 2018-09-04 |
Genre | Psychology |
ISBN | 164160039X |
Feminist icon Phyllis Chesler's pioneering work, Women and Madness, remains startlingly relevant today, nearly fifty years since its first publication in 1972. With over 2.5 million copies sold, this landmark book is unanimously regarded as the definitive work on the subject of women's psychology. Now back in print, this completely revised and updated edition adds perspectives on eating disorders, postpartum depression, biological psychology, important feminist political findings, female genital mutilation, and more.
Prosecuted But Not Silenced
Title | Prosecuted But Not Silenced PDF eBook |
Author | Maralee McLean |
Publisher | Morgan James Publishing |
Pages | 384 |
Release | 2018-07-24 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 1683507819 |
Prosecuted But Not Silenced is a powerful documentary about a mother and daughter's tragic involvement with the judicial system when there were allegations of child sexual abuse—a human rights and civil rights issue for women and children. It is an important educational tool for judges, lawyers, social workers, therapists, politicians, and the general public so that people realize what still occurs today. A National Health Crisis, Maralee’s story reveals the last taboo and a crime that needs the public's attention, and emphasizes the need for training in the dynamics of maltreatment so that no more mothers have to suffer what happened to Maralee and her daughter.
Trial by Woman
Title | Trial by Woman PDF eBook |
Author | Courtney Rowley |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2018-10-15 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781941007815 |