Barack Obama the Men’s Rights Activist

Cud Blay
Cud Blay
Jul 27, 2017 · 4 min read

President Barack Obama was an MRA (Men’s Rights Activist) who wanted to support fathers with transitional training to get jobs, remove tax penalties on married families, expand maternity and paternity leave; reward men supporting children with a tax credit, crack down on men who avoid child support payments; and make sure that child support payments go directly to families and not bureaucracies.

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President Barack Obama acknowledged men’s institutional power while examining the costs men and fathers face in light of social, institutional, and economic pressure. He acknowledged that men are disadvantaged, oppressed, and discriminated against. And, promoted gender order in the family, schools, and workplaces. While women hold power in society through their roles as carers and nurturers of children, President Barack Obama acknowledged there is also a place for fathers.

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As a vocal organizer, President Barack Obama used his platform to expand work he did working with low-income residents in Chicago’s Roseland community and the Altgeld Gardens public housing development. As a State Senator he built bipartisan support for ethics and health care reform that benefited single fathers including state earned-income tax credits for the working poor and promoted subsidies for early childhood education programs. He also protected the children of fathers from avian flu and nuclear proliferation.

If you don’t believe me, just look at his 2008 Democratic Party Platform (emphasis is my own) …

Empowering Families for a New Era

Many Americans once worked 40 hours a week for 40 years for a single employer who provided pay to support a family, health insurance, and a pension. Today, Americans change jobs more frequently than ever and compete against workers around the world for pay and benefits.

The face of America’s families is also changing, and so are the challenges they confront. Today, in the majority of families, all parents work. Millions of working Americans are also members of a new “sandwich generation,” playing dual roles as working parents and working children, responsible not only for their kids but for their aging mothers and fathers. They are working longer hours than ever, while at the same time having to meet a new and growing set of caregiving responsibilities.

Our government’s policies–many designed in the New Deal era–have not kept up with the new economy and the changing nature of people’s lives. Democrats believe that it is time for our policies and our expectations to catch up. From health care to pensions, from unemployment insurance to paid leave, we need to modernize our policies in order to provide working Americans the tools they need to meet new realities and challenges.

Children and Families — Fatherhood

Too many fathers are missing–missing from too many lives and too many homes. Children who grow up without a father are five times more likely to live in poverty and are more likely to commit crime, drop out of school, abuse drugs, and end up in prison. We need more fathers to realize that responsibility does not end at conception. We need them to understand that what makes a man is not the ability to have a child–it’s the courage to raise one. We will support fathers by providing transitional training to get jobs, removing tax penalties on married families, and expanding maternity and paternity leave. We will reward those who are responsibly supporting their children by giving them a tax credit and we will crack down on men who avoid child support payments and ensure those payments go directly to families instead of bureaucracies.

Consider how this platform aided fathers during President Barack Obama’s administration on topics like adoption, child custody, criminal justice, divorce, domestic violence, education, female privilege, health, homelessness, and even reproductive rights, social security and insurance. The policies you just read detail President Barack Obama’s commitment to tip the scales, righting injustice perpetuated against fathers at the federal level.

Why Didn’t I Get My Rights?

Well, you can thank the Tea Party for that …

“If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.”

— Todd Akin, he was elected

“I think even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that’s something God intended to happen.”

— Richard Mourdock, he was not elected

You can find more magic on the Britannica page, linked below.

Men’s rights movement

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men%27s_rights_movement

Fathers’ rights movement

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fathers%27_rights_movement

2008 Democratic Party Platform

http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=78283

Barack Obama — U.S. President — History.com

http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/barack-obama

Tea Party movement | American political movement | Britannica.com

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Tea-Party-movement

Cud Blay

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Cud Blay

I am Cud Blay, star of The Brown Bunny. I enjoy: ridiculing films; Jack Daniels Whiskey; and, Gordon Lightfoot cover bands. I also write.

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