Single Moms Cause Child Abuse in Wisconsin

A Wisconsin state senator has introduced a bill that claims single mother's (not single father's) unmarried status is a contributing factor in child abuse and neglect. Republican Senator Glenn Grotham, who has never been married and has no children, says children should only be raised by two biological parents and that the role of  fathers is the "primary prevention of child abuse and neglect." Grotham also supports policies that make it harder to access contraceptives "so that they are not in a situation ... to have an unwanted pregnancy." He has also sponsored a bill to repeal the state's Equal Pay Enforcement Bill stating that the "left and the social welfare establishment want children born out of wedlock because they will be more likely to be dependent on the system." He also believes programs like low-income housing assistance, school choice, WIC, tax credits, and food stamps make being a single mom more attractive than marriage. This is a blatant example of one man's War Against Women. Patricia Hill Collins explains in Towards a New Vision that many "key American institutions" are controlled by elite white men that structure oppression based on race, class and gender. In the end Collins calls on all of us to take a stand to end oppression.