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."

After months of hard work, our VAWA campaign has registered a major success. On Wednesday the House Judiciary Committee did its mark-up of the Violence Against Women Act and added this language to make the House bill male-inclusive.

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Rand T. writes ""[W]hat happens to sperm in a bank when you stop paying to keep it frozen? Can your estranged wife pick up the freezing bills and use your sperm, then come after you for child support payments?"

Story here."

Wonder what sort of time she'll get-- if any? Story here.

Anonymous User writes "Why is it when a woman slices off a man's penis she is only guilty of aggravated assualt and not aggravated sexual assualt?

It seems to me that there appear to be more and more attacks on mens gentials - well at least this woman was jailed, unlike the Kim Tran case, were the violent woman was given a conditional sentence so she could - get this - still see her children."

Kingsley G. Morse Jr. writes "

Who: Mel Feit of the (U.S.) National Center for
Men



What: Talks about men's reproductive choice



When: July 27th, 2005, 7:30 PM EST



Where: Regional News Network (New York,
Connecticut, New Jersey and North
East Pennsylvania)



Why: Public education"

Anonymous User writes "A commerical for Country Cup Soup in Australia depicts a police officer head-butting a man and then kicking him in as hard as she can in the groin. Once again complaints about violence against men in advertising are dismissed. In fact the kick to the groin is considered "humourous". I was disgusted when I saw this commerical here in Australia and now outraged that the complaints against it are just dismissed as "get a sense of humour".

See http://www.advertisingstandardsbureau.com.au/PDF/05_150.pdf."

Posted on behalf of Matthew Hess:

"I head an organization in San Diego called MGMbill.org, and our goal is to pass federal and state legislation that would amend existing female circumcision laws to make them gender neutral."

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Last Tuesday, July 19th, the Senate Judiciary Committee held "hearings" on the bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act which left them no better informed about the truth of VAWA. A transcript of the testimony can be seen at http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearing.cfm?id=1570.

Now we turn our focus to the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime. This week we're asking you to contact members of that committee to inform them of the facts on VAWA.

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The talk I gave at the 2005 Men's Equality Conference in Washington, D.C. last weekend is now available for download. The breakout session was titled "Internet Tools for Promoting Collaboration and Activism," and you can download the mp3 audio of it (9.3 MB) as well as the PDF slides (350 kb) to follow along with (except for the live demo part). My talk didn't exactly set the world on fire but I wanted to make it available in case others might find it useful. Enjoy!