Protective makua (parents) have the right to report domestic violence or intrafamilial child sexual abuse without retaliation, bias, or discrimination.
We are protective makua (parents) of Hawaiʻi. We fight for our right to due process & equal protection, to put an end to the legal promotion of "toxic fatherhood," and to reform policy to be truly in the best interest of the child.
Family Court Crisis
In the current family court system, when a protective parent reports incest or abuse, perpetrators use the junk science of parental alienation in order to “rebut” reports of domestic violence or incest. By doing so, perpetrators initiate a discriminatory procedure that results in the removal of the protective parent’s custody rights for reporting these crimes. In the vast majority of cases, the protective parents are mothers. Meier (2020).
Because of parental alienation junk science, third-party investigators (1) presume that the protective parent is lying or “coaching” the child to lie; (2) blame the protective parent for not complying with the duty to uphold “frequent, meaningful, or continuing contact;” and thus, (3) establish, without due process, that the protective parent has failed to act “in the best interest of the child.”
Rest in love and peace. We shall not be silenced. In memory of Narkis Golan, appellant in Golan v. Saada (2022) a landmark SCOTUS case.
Scientific Studies & Statistics
“In 2004, a total of 917 intentional false allegations were designated out of approximately 3 million reports involving 5.5 million children, or 0% according to the report (US Department of Health and Human Services, 2006).”
~ Faller (2007), Coaching children about sexual abuse: A pilot study of professionals’ perceptions. Child Abuse & Neglect.
What is the Junk Science of Parental Alienation?
“Parental Alienation” (also known as “child alienation,” “estrangement,” “parental rejection,” “interference," “influencing,” “coaching,” etc.) is based on a pseudo-syndrome invented in the 1980s by Richard A. Gardener, who testified in support of Woody Allen after the Hollywood director allegedly molested his 7-year-old daughter (which she maintains to this day as an adult), and engaged in a sexual relationship with his adopted daughter whom he later married …
Resources
The most important thing to remember is that you are not alone. We are an ever growing number of protective makua taking action while going through the grieving and healing process. It’s hard but not impossible. Sometimes you have to take it one step at a time to turn the corner. We have listed some of our favorite resources for help and self-care.
Never forget that we see you. We stand with you.
Dispel the Myths, Know the Facts
Most [scientific] studies find that only 1% to 6% of all child sexual abuse allegations in custody and visitation disputes are maliciously fabricated. Trocme, M., McPhee, D., Tam, K. K., & Hay, (1995)
Research has established that while mothers accuse fathers of child sexual abuse in 48% of cases involving such allegations, their allegations are found to be maliciously fabricated only 1.3% of the time. (Ibid.)
Children hardly ever fabricate allegations of sexual abuse. Studies analyzing maliciously fabricated allegations of child sexual abuse have found that children bring only 0% to 2% of such allegations. Jones, D. P. H. & McGraw, J. M. (1987); Oates, R. K., Jones, D. P. H., Denson, D., Sirotnak, A., Gary, N., & Krugman, R. D. (2000)
There is no reputable research to support the notion that children can be brainwashed to believe they have been sexually abused when they have not. (Ibid.)
Biological parents and parental figures perpetrate 32% to 39.7% of all sexual assaults against child victims. Greenfield, L. (1996); Gomes-Schwartz, B., et al. (1990); Conte, J. & Schuerman, J. (1986)
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I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.
~ Sarah Moore Grimké, 19th Century Abolitionist and Women’s Rights Advocate