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Two capable, child-focused parents don't end up in the family courts. By the time they realise the mental and financial cost they tend to sort it out & co-parent. To understand parental alienation, one must understand who the majority of users of the family courts are. 1/7
Self-entitled, coercively controlling, domestic abusers demand contact or custody. They take their ex to court to win the child and harm their victim. They claim PA to do this. There are 2 clear camps - DA v PA. 2/7
The family courts are a patriarchal structure. The DA victim becomes a victim of the system too. Fathers rights trump a child's rights. If the coercively controlling abuser wins custody they go on to separate/alienate the child from their ex. 3/7
http://eprints.worc.ac.uk/8499/?fbclid=IwAR03kV3fWSLYoPFYQETSHtmPPTBaGgECsjJ2hLl9XByrcWg0j1OUUa5lA1U
http://eprints.worc.ac.uk/8499/?fbclid=IwAR03kV3fWSLYoPFYQETSHtmPPTBaGgECsjJ2hLl9XByrcWg0j1OUUa5lA1U
Outside of the family courts, you have the same two camps. DA victims/supporters & PA claiming abusers & proponents. Both lobby the government to make changes in law that benefit them. The PA camp use coercively controlling, abuser tactics to vilify & silence the DA camp. 4/7
The PA lobby reach out to anyone who will further their cause including separated/alienated mums. They can be charming & convincing. The unscrupulous lawyers & mental health practitioners created the 'repugnant market' surrounding the family courts. 5/7 https://www.politics.co.uk/comment/2021/02/04/the-amendment-threatening-to-derail-the-domestic-abuse-bill/
The PA lobby is a collaboration of MRA's, Religious Right, lawyers 
, psychologists & judges all united in the goal to stem advances towards equality; they defend patriarchy; a fathers right to hold power & control over his wife and child. 6/7 https://medium.com/equality-includes-you/how-the-family-courts-purpose-to-protect-children-became-inverted-d300871553d0
, psychologists & judges all united in the goal to stem advances towards equality; they defend patriarchy; a fathers right to hold power & control over his wife and child. 6/7 https://medium.com/equality-includes-you/how-the-family-courts-purpose-to-protect-children-became-inverted-d300871553d0
The result? Vilified mothers & abused children; @MoJGovUK Harm report. The #DABill seeks to address this - supported by the DA lobby. The PA lobby seek to maintain the status quo. So they claim 'PA is DA!' to derail the bill. #SeeThroughTheGuise 7/7 https://www.rachelwatsonbooks.com/blog1/academic-research-parental-alienation
