FAMILY COURT REFORM , SUICIDE , AND “ REPEATED SOCIAL DEFEAT ” F OR M EN

John DavisABSTRACTFifty years of feminism in Western culture has set men up to fail in our family court systems.Feminism has been, since its inception, a political device for dividing men and women. Family courts havebecome gynocentric tools for divorcing spouses to abuse men. Mainstream commentators increasinglyunderstand that the family court systems in Western countries are now normalized, and weaponized,government tools for carrying out a war on men. Because of their poor treatment in family court, men oftenexperience repeated social defeat and its devastating consequences.Keywords:family court, feminism, males, men, repeated social defeat