I debated which category to post this under: News, False Accusations, The Media, or Inequality. Really, this story touches all of them, so I went with "News" since that is the most general, though it sort of seems like it underemphasizes what is a very comprehensive example of how men and male sexuality in particular is attacked and condemned.

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RADAR has recently released reports that reveal how the Violence
Against Women Act routinely discriminates against male victims,
tramples on due process protections, and undermines the family.

Today, RADAR is issuing a fourth report: "Justice Denied: Arrest
Policies for Domestic Violence." The report reveals how mandatory
arrest policies have turned "innocent until proven guilty" into "guilty unless proven otherwise." The report is available at: http://www.mediaradar.org/docs/Justice-Denied-DV-Arrest-Policies.pdf.

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zerostress writes "I found this blog entry
while searching blogs. Look like what has been said all along by many peoples is right: single-gender classroom benefits both gender. Let's all hope now their experiment won't be closed down by some feminazi."

Surfed over to cnn.com and saw this article reporting that almost 1/3 of US high school students don't graduate. It's only part of the actual "Time" magazine article, which of course requires a paid subscription to see the entire thing. But in the part on cnn.com that is there, what is amazingly absent is any mention of gender breakdown-- even though they do mention the ethnic breakdown of the drop-outs. MANN regulars already know that this 1/3 of high school drop-outs are most assuredly overwhelmingly male. cnn.com also has this report on the now-critical shortage of child psychiatrists in all our states. Again, anyone care to guess how many of these underserved children are boys?

oregon dad writes "This article shows that progress is slow, but steady. Even the woman attorneys are stating that women are losing ground...and its about time.

Excerpt:

"This is the new underdog," said Michigan family law attorney Michele Kelly, who represents mostly men tangled in paternity disputes. "I was a staunch feminist. I marched with Gloria Steinem. But the new victims in America are working men. All they are is a mule train.""

Anonymous User writes "Story here. Excerpt:

'A mother charged with murder for cutting off her baby daughter's arms in what her lawyers portrayed as a religious frenzy was found not guilty by reason of insanity Friday by a judge.

Dena Schlosser, 38, will be sent to a state mental hospital and held until she is no longer deemed a threat to herself or others.'

How thoughtful of our judicial system. A psychotic baby killer is being given the opportunity to be "healed" and ultimately released back into society. Presumably as if nothing ever happened. I wonder, would a man be treated with such leniency as to be committed to a state mental hospital for a few years and then let go? Not a chance. At the very least he'd be behind bars for the rest of his natural life. But more than likely he would be counting the minutes until his speedy execution."

I wonder what motivates some people, sometimes. I can only speculate. Rather brief and under-descriptive story here.

Rethinking Domestic Violence to be released May 8, 2006. There is at least one other book by this title out there already, so note the author, publisher, and year when looking for it. First reader(s), please submit reviews.

From the "About the book" section on the publisher's site:

After twenty years of viewing intimate partner violence as generated by gender and focusing on a punitive “law and order” approach, Dutton now argues that this approach must be more varied and flexible. Treatment providers, criminal justice system personnel, lawyers, and researchers have indicated the need for a new view of the problem – one less invested in gender politics and more open to collaborative views and interdisciplinary insights.

Also note that Amazon.com already has a stub for this book here.

Anonymous User writes "Let's see, the police tazed him for trying not to get caught with her and he is the father of her child -- he'll be paying soon... story here."

Facts continue to slip, on occasion, into reports by mainstream media. This article on CNN reports on DV by women against men. It ends with a bit about anger and frustration felt by many women, which to me sounds like an insinuation of an excuse, but on the whole it's a decent article.

Article here. Excerpt:

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in U.S. men. It is diagnosed in 232,000 men every year and kills up to 30,000 of them. Worldwide, 221,000 men die from prostate cancer each year.

Martian Bachelor writes ""Battle of the Sexes: Are Schools Geared to Girls?", by Martha Brockenbrough, is pretty standard msn.com drivel, but some of what she writes may motivate you to email her at martha-at-marthabee.com..."

Marc A writes "The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission just filed a class action lawsuit against Lawry’s Restaurants, Inc., dba Lawry’s The Prime Rib, Five Crowns, and the Tam O’Shanter Inn, on behalf of male applicants who were systematically rejected for hire as food servers due to their gender. Lawry’s, a California-based corporation, operates restaurants in Las Vegas, Nevada, Chicago, Illinois, Dallas, Texas, Los Angeles, Beverly Hills and Corona del Mar, Calif.

Story here. I wonder, why is the BBC using quotes in the headline of this article? I notice they do this a lot with not just these but other kinds of news items as well, perhaps as a way of avoiding accusations of bias of some kind. But it only makes them look (even more) stupid, IMHO. Excerpt:

The events began in 1990, when Mensah went to her country and brought the then 15-year-old Olivia back to France with the promise to her parents she would receive an education in return for a few hours' babysitting.

But the reality turned out to be completely different.

Once in Paris, Olivia was locked up in the house working 20 hours a day, and told to sleep in the basement.

She was badly beaten up, burned with cigarettes and sexually abused every time she was accused of making a mistake in her housework.

Anonymous User writes "Yep, it's a woman. Another female teacher caught having sex with an underaged male. At least this one is in jail after admitting to the whole thing. Who wants to bet she'll get off scott free? Also, included on this webpage is a bunch of hyperlinks to arrest records for other female teachers who did the same thing and got caught. Book mark it and email to the next person who claims that
only MEN do that sort of thing. Excerpt:

'APRIL 4--Meet Rachel Holt. The 34-year-old Delaware teacher is facing rape charges for allegedly having sex with a 13-year-old student 28 times during a one-week period last month.'"