Another Day, Another single mom killing her kids
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Because the mother is granted custody by default under the law in every circumstance unless the state deems otherwise (in which case the state takes custody and chooses whether to release custody to the father). You add in the fact that men often have to pay for their ex wives lawyers because they are the “provider” and you can easily see why men go no contest, they simply can not afford to pay for two lawyers, alimony, child support, and court fees. Very few people in the country can afford that expense.
I tried to argue this once and had people claim men get custody a lot, too. Then you look deeper in the cases where men get it and its almost always special cases where the mother is beyond unfit. And even then there's tons who are horrible mothers and did not lose custody. Women have it the easiest in custody battles, you could just claim the father hit the kids. Just a superficial glance can tell you women win most of the time and a deeper look into will show that even horrible women win and very, very rarely lose.