bandersnatch writes "From BBC News:

Many people argue that pornography is degrading and exploitative to women. But Michelle Thorne, who has worked in the porn industry for six years, does not agree. "I have never felt exploited. If anything it's giving you power over men. The only people exploited, if anyone is, are the men who go out and spend their money on porn," says the 26-year-old from Bristol. But Miss Thorne claims: "The people in this world who are really being exploited are those women in those countries where they have to cover up all the time and can't vote or anything. A woman's sexuality does give her power."

Her last sentence carries a deep resonance with me -- is it any surprise why feminists push for carte blanche privilege with their sexuality while constantly pushing for social / legal changes to keep a man's in check?"

So it begins... read it here. Article closes with:

"Under the amended law, "gender equality is designated as one of the country's basic national policies", China's official Xinhua news agency reports.

Anonymous User writes "North Carolina wants to issue guns with their restraining orders. Bad enough throwing guns into a volatile situation, if we didn't know already that a huge percentage of restraining orders are falsified to get the man out of the house and get the upper hand in a divorce. The Gov has until Oct 1 to veto. How about sending him a letter? Story link here."

johnnyp writes "I am curious - how come the news media regularly fails to point out the disparity between men and women when reporting workplace fatalities, but never fail to report that women make less than men? Furthermore, when the income disparity is reported the media almost always fails to mention that there is no income disparity when you factor in work experience and education within job type."

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Jim Moore writes "Within a year three women at the Daviess County Detention Center (Kentucky), two nurses and a deputy jailer, are caught stealing drugs, forgery, evidence tampering and related activities. The latest: fakes a report of domestic violence and, after being caught at that, is taken home where police then discover drugs stolen from the Center. All three get probation.
http://www.messenger-inquirer.com/news/kentucky/8815746.htm"

Anonymous User writes "Story here."

radikal writes: "Wife is refused admittance to one facility, doesn't take nurse's advice to visit ER, kills self four days before daughter's wedding. Says in suicide note, "In my death, no one is guilty." Read it here."

VIP SAFE NH writes "There is not much information regarding sibling violence available
so we have responded to this need from our contacts by developing a
brochure on the subject so that families who need help with this issue
will know that we are available to assist.
Sibling Violence is not sibling rivalry, it should be looked at
more in the context of bullying,child abuse and possibly as another
form of domestic violence."

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TMN writes "Recevied from eli72117-at-yahoo.com

September 8th, 2005 at 1:00 PM: The Justice Building, 625 Marshall Street, Room 101, Little Rock, Arkansas 72201

Hello Everyone,

Arkansas Child Support is not determined by legislation, but by a private committee. The Committee on Child Support meets approximately every four years in order to discuss child support amounts. Historically the amount is raised every time without a wide spectrum of viewpoints. The determination based on neither scientific statistics nor common-sense. I encourage everyone to be on time. There are few opportunities like this to make a real difference."

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"There was another detrimental meeting that occurred earlier in the year and nobody with our similar viewpoint attended. Upon contacting many of us whom I had e-mailed, each person stated that he or she believed that plenty of other people would attend. They all assumed that the next person would be there. I ask that you make a strong effort to attend. There are going to possibly be multiple representatives of "women's rights" organizations, including N.O.W., attending this meeting. Although women's rights are very different from children's or mother's rights, the conference center will have many representatives of women's rights organizations present. There is a strong probability that the term "DEADBEAT DADS" will be throughout the room. The ideology of "DEADBEAT DADS" should not be used in determining child support. If you do not attend or encourage others to attend, then do not complain about the inevitable outcome. I also highly encourage representatives of out-of-state organizations also attend this meeting. This will set the stage for common-sense rules to be implemented in every state. There are several considerations that the committee is ignoring:

Interstate child support

Surplus child support amounts received by the CP

OCSE getting the amounts incorrect

Being double taxed on the child support

Does the Custodial Parent use the money appropriately?

Summer daycare and extra-curricular activities for the child

These issues should be considered in court. What most view as common-sense differs from the opinion of the courts. So, we must erase the ambiguity and do what makes America a democratic and safe nation.

Pass this e-mail on to everyone as you see fit.

Best Regards,
Eli

For confirmation of times, feel free to call Donna Gay at (501) 682-9400"

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Kyo writes "Time Magazine has a story on female workers as a "wasted asset" in Japan.

The usual fallacious logic finds its way into print yet again:

Activist Hiroko Hara says, "We have to figure out whether to keep fighting for our dream of equality or just give up on having it all."

Once again the "stark career-or-kids choice" is given as an injustice o women, conveniently forgetting that those overworked "salarymen" have no choice at all -- for them, it's work until you collapse."

Roy writes "The politically ambitious Chief of Police in Houston TX has launched a campaign to arrest alleged domestic violence perpetrators, with the catchy title "Abusers Are Losers.""

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Anonymous User writes "This article from Women'sEnews is innocently entitled "Animal Comment Triggers Equality Debate in Sweden," but it does not relate the viciousness of the statements made about men by Ireen von Wachenfeldt, a government official who is one of Sweden's best-known feminists. From the article:
"The Swedish TV reporter, Evin Rubar, asked von Wachenfeldt about the statement from the SCUM Manifesto: "To call a man an animal is to flatter him; he's a machine, a walking dildo."
"Is that your standpoint?" Rubar asked.
"Yes, it's my standpoint," the director said.
"That man is an animal?" the reporter said.
"Man is an animal," von Wachenfeldt said. "Don't you think so?""

The thousands of letters, faxes, phone calls, and personal visits we've been making are beginning to work. Our lobbyists in Washington say the doors are beginning to swing open, and our message is being heard more sympathetically.

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Roy writes "If you thought feminists were in favor of Equal Employment Opportunity, apparently that doesn't extend to hiring a man to oversee a battered women's shelter. The battle over the next director of (Boston's) Transition House has got activists in the shelter system questioning whether embracing male leadership is the next logical step in the progress of the shelter movement or a violation of its mission to protect and treat women and children affected by domestic violence. Some feminists protest - "We human rights activists have always had the vision of abolishing male violence--not making a living off of it. It's such a regrettable irony that some men (and women) previously opposed to feminism are now doing just that by exploiting the initiatives of feminists and making a profit off of male violence against women."

Full article here."

A Study on the health and human services website shows that women child abusers outnumber men by a ratio of 2:1.