Fathers told the task force that there was gross and overt bias against fathers. This bias is shown clearly in the fact that, in divorce cases, fathers hardly ever get custody of their children. Despite the task force's determination to find anti-female bias, its members were unable to disregard all the evidence presented to them of bias against fathers. The task force acknowledges the views that fathers expressed at the public hearings. However, the report's recommendations virtually ignore these views.
More subtle bias permeates the draft report.
There is a distinct contrast between the treatment of the concerns of fathers, who constituted the great majority of witnesses at the public hearings, and the treatment of other witnesses' views. For example, the report contains frequent verbatim excerpts from testimony about gender bias against female attorneys. There are also verbatim excerpts about other complaints of gender bias against women. However, there is only one verbatim excerpt from the testimony of the large number of fathers who told the task force about the system's anti-father bias. Such obvious gender bias by this task force is not surprising.