A Letter to Post Columnists About Their “Abused by the Badge” Stories
A letter that asks "Why doesn't the Post publish similar articles on things like paternity fraud?"
Dear Mses. Contrera, Abelson, et. al.,
In the past few months I published open letters1 written to you and others2 involved in The Washington Post’s Abused by the badge investigation.
In those letters I explained that I’m a lifelong reader of the Post who nevertheless has long noticed the paper’s feminism-inspired gender bias, provable by its imbalanced coverage of domestic violence3 and made undeniable by its 2018 publication of the op-ed Why can't we hate men?, where the paper provided a platform for a radical feminist to broadcast to the world a Nazi-like hatred for men:
Although I commended you and the rest of your team for your fine work on both the investigation and the all of the related articles, I have repeatedly posed the question,
“Why doesn't the Post perform similar studies about the abuse of men and boys?”
I then offered some suggestions for other investigations about the abuse of males that the Post, in the interest of true “gender equality”, might undertake. These suggestions are summarized in a separate post, A Summary of Suggested Investigations the Post Should Consider About the Abuse of Men and Boys.
In response to all of your related articles I’d like to suggest one more area for investigation by the Post:
Abused by Female Sexual Predators: Paternity and Other Sexual Fraud Perpetrated by Females.
Most people probably don’t know what paternity fraud is. Here’s the definition from Wikipedia:
“Paternity fraud, also known as misattributed paternity or paternal discrepancy, is when a man is incorrectly identified to be the biological father of a child. The underlying assumption of paternity fraud is that the mother deliberately misidentified the biological father. [emphasis added]”
Recommended sources for your investigation:
Women Against Paternity Fraud: in case you think paternity fraud is only a men’s issue, this site should set you straight: “Paternity Fraud has devastating effects on (not only men), but the children and women in their lives as well, including; spouses, girlfriends, mothers, aunts, grandmothers, and other relatives. Women who were lied to about the identity of their father are also paternity fraud victims. People tend to think of paternity fraud as just a men’s issue but our members are both women and men negatively affected by this issue.”
Paternity Fraud Activist Carnell Smith: this victim of paternity fraud fought his case and won, has since been advocating on behalf of other victims, and has written model law and consulted on legislation in more than 10 states.
Citizens Against Paternity Fraud: grass roots advocacy, legislative lobbying, pro se support, and DNA paternity testing resources for men and women affected by paternity fraud. “If the genes don’t fit, you must acquit.”
The Feminist Movement Is Responsible for Paternity Fraud: As should surprise no one, feminists lie, obfuscate, or actively work to prevent legislation that addresses the problem. For example, the National Organization for Women,
“… pressured [California] Governor Gray Davis to veto the ‘Paternity Justice Act’ which would have helped curb the thousands of paternity fraud cases and protected innocent men from being victims of psychopathic women.”
The Innocent Third Party, Victims of Paternity Fraud: According to this 2006 study, the American Associations of Blood Banks found that close to 28% of paternity tests in California excluded the man as being the biological father. And this number doesn’t include cases where the father hasn’t challenged paternity, most likely because he’s completely unaware of the deception!
Sincerely,
Stephen Bond
Publisher of "Letters to The Washington Post" Substack
CC: John D. Harden, Hayden Godfrey, Nate Jones, Carolyn Van Houten, Tucker Harris, Alice Li
A Letter to Washington Post Staff About their “Abused by the badge” Investigation (Sept. 9) and a continuation of the first letter (Sept. 14), and a third, related letter, A Letter to Post Columnist Emma Uber About Her Article on a Woman Reporting Abuse 44 Years Later.
Those letters were specifically addressed to the main credited authors of the initial articles in the Abused by the Badge series, including both Mses. Contrera & Abelson, but implicitly includes many more researchers and writers in a team from the Post and Bowling Green State and American universities. All are listed under the “About our team” section.
This observation was confirmed by a February 2023 report by The Coalition to End Domestic Violence that described a 10-Year Suppression of the Truth on Domestic Violence by the Washington Post.