TMN writes "Not sure where to air this idea so I am trying a few places. What would really be great is a webpage and or Articles/Ads which list all of the states and rate them in terms of Men "friendliness" during custody and child support cases. Sort of a “Places Rated Almanac” for men considering parenthood or are parents (actually would apply to all men considering the risk men are at for out-of wed-lock births as well). Considering that about 1 in 2 marriages fail – most men really need this information and it is critical to their well being and their children’s well being."

Click "Read more..." for more."The ratings: for example a state which has a shared parenting presumption in custody issues would rank high for men considering parenthood or currently a parent (or single men at risk of out-of-wedlock birth). States, like New York, which apply the child support guidelines in a draconian fashion (all the New York Courts totally ignore the $80,000 combined income limit) would rank low, i.e. very undesirable. New York would also get another bad mark as it only awards sole-custody (usually to the mother). A state that awards sole-custody but applies the $80,000 combined income limit and/or requires custodial parent accounting for child support payments, would rank somewhere in-between.

Not sure how to do this - we probably need some serious activists to do this. But if it was wide spread enough then states would have to compete for men's money and residency in order to make the situation more favorable for them to live there.

Just a thought - perhaps you can post this as a worthy item on your main page.

Tom"

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Anonymous User writes "A New York woman who posed in high-society circles as a Saudi princess pleaded guilty on Tuesday to grand larceny and insurance fraud and was ordered to a mental hospital. Antoinette Millard, 42, used a special credit card to spend nearly $US 1 million ($NZ 1.4m) during a three-month shopping spree.

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After her arrest, she blamed her predicament on traumatic events in her life including being sexually harassed at work, and witnessing "people jumping out of the Twin Towers" while on her way to work on September 11, 2001."

Ed. note: I posted this under "Inequality" because I doubt if she were a he, he would have merely been sent to a psychiatric ward aftergetting caught.

Would there be any controversy if the assailant had been a boy? Story here. Really calls to mind the whole "Boys are stupid, throw rocks at them" T-shirts, doesn't it?

Another one surfaces. From the article:

"If [Geisel] were a man, she'd likely be referred to as a predator," said Colonie Police Chief Steven Heider."

On August 1 our elected officials began their August recess. The August recess is when they go back to their home districts and see how the political winds are blowing. And this year, our Senators and Congressmen will be meeting with persons saying that VAWA needs to be changed!

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Anonymous User writes "Looks like some fine ladies sympathic to our cause have put together a satire parody of feministing.com, a popular feminist website. You can find the spoof at http://www.feministing.org/. It's funny because its true, yes?"

CJ writes "A woman was sentenced to 18 to 20 years in prison Tuesday for fatally stabbing her girlfriend multiple times in a hotel room in and leaving her body in a waste bin. Not suprisingly, this story was not a highly visible news story, it was buried in the back pages of the paper."

This article addresses the wage gap myth indirectly, but the implications are obvious: you can't do two different things at the same time in the same time space allotted, not unlike how two objects can't occupy the same space at the same time.

Anonymous User writes "The Indian Supreme Court has upheld the constitutional validity of Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code which makes `cruelty to a married women by the husband or his relatives' a criminal offense. This law was enacted in 1983 under pressure from feminist groups. There are widespread reports that this law is being used by many women as a tool of revenge. The Supreme Court also advised the legislature to evolve guidelines to prevent misuse."

Rand T. writes "Charges were dropped, although the District Attorney claims "both the child and teenager were equal participants." (So why wasn't the girl charged?) Story here."

Anonymous User writes "Well the "Violence Against Women - Australia Says No" campaign from last year has resurfaced its ugly head here in Australia again. We are being bombarded with misandrist commericals here that protray men as the ugly perpertartors/rapist/abusers and women as helpless victims at their mercy."

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Posted on behalf of Jessi Eckstein:

ARE YOU MALE? Have you been in a heterosexual relationship?
ABUSIVE, HETEROSEXUAL RELATIONSHIP?

My name is Jessi Eckstein and I am working on doctoral studies in
communication at the University of Illinois. I am conducting a
study on the experiences of men who have been abused in heterosexual
relationships.

The goal of this study is to better understand abused men's
experiences, with the hope that this understanding can be used to
help others.

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The lace curtain gets a little thinner - at the expense of this boy who has been abused and abandoned. Story here.

Rand T. writes "http://www.nbc17.com/news/4773243/detail.html"

Ray writes "Agape Press, a conservative Christian news source heavily quotes Glenn Sacks and Dr. Stephen Basherville in this just published article, Critics Claim Act Curbing Violence Against Women Leaves Men Unprotected."