The truth is that I can take every argument made in favor of feminism and women's liberation and apply it toward children. The statistics are there and probably in greater numbers and since the issue of kids is a more sensitive one then the justification is doubly important. Kids are often treated as property by their parents. They are ruled over and their choices dictated. They have no rights for protection. They often don't even want to report their parents in instances of abuse. If the numbers and models feminists use to argue that men are abusive then the same conclusion must be made toward parenting as a whole as well. The contemporary western model of parenting as an institution is one where much abuse occurs and many children suffer for it. If the same logic feminists use that dictates that men are prone to abuse and mistreatment under a system where they have more rights isn't an exaggeration then neither is my logic. Are the examples and statistics I have at my disposal exaggerated and paint a story consistent with the reality?
Ok, so if we take your correspondence between women and children as correct, then why is it wrong for kids to be treated like that, but ok for women?
Surely if you are correct then it is just as wrong for women to be 'property' as it is for children.
The flaw in your comparison is that children grow up.
Yes, there is a case for reassessing when a child becomes old enough to have choices and autonomy, but surely you aren't saying that a 5 or a 10 year old is capable of managing their own affairs.
In the end, in their teens, a child becomes an adult, and is given autonomy.
With your comparison women never will be granted that autonomy.
She has become an adult and will always remain so.
That is a huge difference.
With children the control over their lives is temporary. For women it would be (and has been) permanent.
She passes like an heirloom from father, to husband, to son.
She is never allowed to become an independent being.