the principal impediment to child abuse is a father

Stephen Baskerville in Human Events:


the principal impediment to child abuse is a father

the cause of the problem -- separating children from their fathers -- is presented as the solution, and the solution -- allowing children to grow up with their fathers -- is depicted as the problem. If you want to encourage child abuse, remove the fathers.

bar associations, feminist groups, and social work bureaucracies ... earnings and funding depend on a constant supply of abused children