Topic : 07/06 Baby Wars

I watch Dr. Phil daily and am sure to be inlightened and entertained by what I see.  

Having said that, I must say that I'm upset at the unfair (in my view) way the gentleman is being treated on the show.     

I feel like the man has a legitimate point and a right to what he believes in.   He was lied to by the woman he loved and after being up front with her regarding his total lack of interest in conceiving and then raising a child.     

I also feel that men should be treated equally, under the law with respect to this and many other issues regarding male/female relationships.  

What I mean by his being treated unfairly is the way the audience was allowed to 'brow-beat' him through constant, persistant applause throughout Dr. Phil's interview with him and his lawyers.   To me he so obviously has been wronged and has every right to state his case and pursue a fair resolution to the issue of the child in question without the cheerleading section in the audience.  I consider this to be patently unfair, and unnecessary.  

I'm very disappointed in Dr. Phil allowied this to happen.  

I am a feminist and have been for most of my adult life.   I irritates me greatly when a woman has a legitimate point and is treated as 'less than' by certain attitudes that have prevailed and continue to prevail in this society.  

And I'm very angry and disappointed by the female reaction to this man and his position.   It seems to me his points are being overlooked and he's being take less than seriously in this matter that is obvously extremely important to him.  

Ladies, if you want equal rights and equal consideration, perhaps you should look in the mirror when you are asked to listen to a gentleman's point of view.  

Len  

THE CONSTITUTION ALSO GIVES US FREEDOM OF CHOICE.........WHY DIDN'T HE CHOOSE TO NOT HAVE SEX IF HE DIDN'T WANT A CHILD, NO MATTER WHAT THE SITUATION WAS WITH HER AND CHILBEARING.  HE WILL LOSE IN COURT.  HE AND YOU ARE SELFISH LITTLE BRATS AND VERY CLOSED-MINDED!!    MaryElle, N. Little Rock, AR 

I am the mother of two wonderful little boys. My husband also has two other sons from a previous relationship.  It amazes me how much this story resembles that of my husband's story. His ex-girlfriend "could not get pregnant". She supposedly had a medical condition. Well, she ended up pregnant. My husband stayed with her for five years because of the children. Yes, she ended up having TWO MIRACLE CHILDREN.  He was miserable most of the time he was with her. He didn't want to be a father. Now he loves his children, but that isn't really the point here.  

The point is this, plain and simple, the laws are created to protect women. Across the board, from the right to have a child and make the "father" pay child support, to domestic violence.  The laws are unfavorable to men.    

A man should have the same rights as a woman. In Florida, a man can sign off his parental rights or have them terminated and STILL have to pay child support.  He can be married to a woman who cheated on him and got pregnant, but because he was married to her and biologically not the father, he is still the LEGAL father and has to pay child support.  If he signed the birth certificate because they were not married and later proves the child is NOT his, he still has to pay child support. How is this fair to anyone involved?   

I completely support Matt in his lawsuit and hope he prevails.  I am so sick of seeing the injustices done to men to protect women when the men are the victims.  He was upfront and honest with her and he deserved the same in return. GOOD LUCK MATT!  

men and woman lie. it just the fact of life. there are people that what to have baby's and there    

are other people that can't have baby's that would love to have a baby . there are women that    

have babys and don't want the baby and there are woman that can't an would love to have a baby.   

haveing a baby is the most wounderful thing that  any woman can go through .knowing that the little    

person that you have in side is part of you .it hard to belive that people can turn there back on there   

own child. but the way i see it they are the one that has to live with it  and if they can turn there back on there own flesh then they are heart less.which there are a lot of heatless of people in this world.   

every one has choices and wheather or not you make the right or wrong  choice you have to deal with the choice .being a parent is a big step  but its also the most rewarding .man and woman can be selfish and they don't think about the after.they don't think about the child that may suffer in the long run. the child alonely what to be love an to be tought  . we have to set the examples.