Irresponsible Mothers

Film Details24 - Irresponsible Mothers - 31m 39s
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Age Rating15 (strong footage/language, possibly including violence and sexual imagery)
SynopsisAddresses the selfish behaviour of many mothers that has led to fatherlessness, damage to children in the womb and other child abuse. Looks at the media presentation of fathers as irresponsible and “dead-beats” compared with society’s failure to call irresponsible mothers to account.

• Fatherlessness and its effects on children’s safety and achievement
• Foetal Alcohol Syndrome
• Forced fatherhood
• Child Support Agency (CSA)
IntervieweesStephen Fitzgerald, National Organiser of the Mankind Initiative Men’s Charity.
Angry Harry, Psychologist and Men’s Rights activist, angryharry.com.
Simon, Psychologist and Writer.
Oliver Curry, Evolutionary Psychologist at the London School of Economics and contributing author to Demos, the independent think tank and research institute.
Michele Elliot, Director of Kidscape, a children’s charity, and author of the book “Female Sexual Abuse of Children”.
Daniel Monk, Law Lecturer at Birkbeck University, London, and a specialist in Family law.
Allan, Father and youth worker.
Sarah Nelson, Head of Public Relations for the Samaritans suicide charity.

All interviews recorded in 2004

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