Story here. Excerpt:

'"In spite of the impressive progress, I regret to report that the overall situation of children affected by conflict remains grave and entirely unacceptable," Coomaraswamy said.

She urged the Security Council, charged with investigating the use of child soldiers, to expand its focus to other issues affecting youngsters, starting with systematic sexual violence.
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The council expressed concern at "the widespread and systematic use of rape and other forms of sexual violence against children, in particular girls, in situations of armed conflict" and called on all parties to take special measures to protect girls and boys from sexual and gender-based violence.'

Why is the word "boys" mentioned just once in this article, and only in the cited paragraph above? Otherwise it's all "child" and "children".

And for 'recruit' read 'forced'; for 'military service' read 'slavery'.

Robert Pedersen will be on the radio show "The Message" with Richar Farr! February 15th 2008 -- This Friday 9:15 PM EST, 6:15 PST

You can hear this live on your radio in Las Vegas, Nevada and parts of California.

If you live elsewhere you can listen LIVE on KRights Radio.

Robert will reveal a secret detail of the 2008 Equal Parenting Bike Trek departure from Lansing, MI! August 7th 2008 12 Noon - departure of the 758 mile Equal Parenting Bike Trek from the Lansing Capitol. The media and supporters will fill the Lansing Capitol Lawn simply to see what Robert will reveal on this Friday's interview.

List of Media Coverage for the 2007 Equal Parenting Bike Trek here.

I'm seeing more and more articles about how men are staying away from marriage -- or even from women altogether. Here's one that I bumped into on Craig's list, of all places. This guy sums it up pretty well in the following passage:

"All the great advantages of the women’s liberation movement have created an environment which, frankly, does not leave men with much. We can’t flirt with women at school, college or at the office anymore, because one man’s “flirting” has become another woman’s “sexual harassment” and the punishments for such transgressions are not only severe, they’re permanent—crippling a man’s career and prospects thereof.

Article here. Excerpt:

'Giving birth to a boy can increase the likelihood of severe postnatal depression, a study suggests.
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They suggested a negative attitude to a son might be a legacy of unsatisfactory relationships with important male figures in their life, such as their father, or partner.

Professor de Tychey said: "The overwhelming finding of the study was the fact that gender appears to play a significant role in reduced quality of life as well as an increased chance of severe postnatal depression."'

WONDERFUL. NOW WE HAVE "SCIENTIFIC PROOF" SO WOMEN CAN GO ON KILLING AND ABUSING THEIR SONS...

I found this article on Newsweek.com. I was angered by the comparison of men to animals. There were some interesting comments added by both men and women. I just thought it was intriguing how women seek to train/fix men of their inherent problems. Excerpt:

More to laugh at for you guys here on "V Day"; Jane Fonda is busted on live TV (on "The View", no less), talking about The Vagina Monologues, when she uses "the C word" in context! And on Feb. 14!! Incredible!

Why read fiction when you have reality?

Via email submission:

Hi my name is Dan. I'm a big fan of your blog and I have a lot of respect for you and what you are doing. I recently sent a letter to the website for the Bravo television network about a show they have called Millionaire Match Maker. Like I'm guessing most of you, I have grown tired in the last couple of years of TV shows depicting women being rude or condescending towards men. I see it in TV commercials, programs and reality shows. Well, a couple of days ago I was watching the above-named show and decided I was going to write the network and tell them about how I felt. Here is copy of the letter:

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I am a member of a growing group of men's rights activists and I found your show to be offensive to men and irresponsible.

Story here. Excerpt:

'The growing use by terrorist groups of women — some disguised as expectant moms — to deliver deadly homicide bombs has prompted the Department of Homeland Security and FBI to issue a rare warning that such attacks could take place on American soil.

"Female suicide bombers may have an advantage over their male counterparts in accessing targets," the analysis cautioned. "The means to conduct a suicide attack vary widely, but a key element in maximizing the lethality of a suicide bombing is the bomber's ability to get close to the target."

The assessment also strongly warned that potential female homicide bombers could use "prosthetic devices that mimic the look of a pregnant woman.'

This intriguing letter was written by Deborah Fellows, president of the New York Civil Rights Council. Excerpt:

'“Women” studies appeared overnight and everywhere. Statistics like “One in Four females will be sexually molested by the time their 21” or “Super bowl Sunday incidences of domestic violence raise by a factor of four” started to appear. They were repeated so much they did become the truth. But when true and factual reports came out to counter balance the manipulated reports they had to come up with another way of getting their message of hatred and prejudices across. They infiltrated the Governments. They had to manipulate the questions to fulfill their data. Henceforth – Propaganda was again born.'

Via Marc A. Article here. Excerpt:

'The terms of two people on the state Commission on the Status of Men expired as of Sept. 1. It's been almost half a year, and Gov. Lynch still has made no new nominations to replace them.
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The women's commission has existed for 40 years, most of that time with full staffing and funding. The men of New Hampshire have a right to equal treatment not only by the Legislature but also by the governor.'

Contact information here.

I figured we could use some comedy in this forum. A friend of mine from YouTube sent this to me. It's good to see men starting to open their eyes.

Story here. Excerpt:

"The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said Tuesday that one of their own deputies is in trouble after she was caught on tape dumping a quadriplegic man out of his wheelchair while he was being booked into jail, and three supervisors were nearby at the time but did nothing.

Investigators say Deputy Charlotte Marshall Jones is suspended without pay after the January 29 incident, which involved 32-year-old Brian Sterner, who is a quadriplegic. Video shows Deputy Jones dumping Sterner out of his wheelchair and onto the floor while she is booking him into the Hillsborough County Jail. The tape also shows the deputy then searching Sterner as he lay on the floor."

Story here. Exxerpt:

"Timothy Mortimore's Valentine's Day may be less than romantic this year. Mortimore, 37, tells the UK's Daily Mail he has been unable to lead a normal life since his bitter ex-girlfriend, Lee Amor, 23, bombarded him with 10,000 abusive phone and text messages in two months — an average of one every eight minutes.

Mortimore took Amor to court after she followed him and his current girlfriend, approached him at work demanding they talk, sent a piece of glass she had used to cut herself and tried to convince him he was the father of her unborn child.

Amor pleaded guilty to harassment and was fined, as well as being slapped with a restraining order barring her from contacting or approaching Mortimore, the Daily Mail reports."

Story here. Excerpt:

"A suburban mom accused of dropping her infant daughter twice from the indoor, second-story balcony in her home has been indicted on a charge of attempted capital murder.
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The child did not suffer serious injuries and is in her father's care.
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She has been suffering from schizophrenia since the birth of her daughter, said Howard Shapiro, one of Enjeti's attorneys."

Article here. Excerpt:

"Children behave better, learn more and are better adjusted if their father is involved in their lives, a major study shows...

...Anna Sarkadi, of Sweden's Uppsala University, where the research was carried out, said: "Our detailed 20-year review shows that overall, children reap positive benefits if they have active and regular engagement with a father figure.

"We found various studies that showed that children who had positively involved father figures were less likely to smoke and get into trouble with the police, achieved better levels of education and developed good friendships with children of both sexes.

"Long-term benefits included women who had better relationships with partners and a greater sense of mental and physical well-being at the age of 33 if they had a good relationship with their father at 16.

"It may seem obvious that what's worked for centuries is good for individuals and society, but that's what we found."