Rental Discrimination

DB8 Link writes "I'm looking for housing in Baltimore/Washington DC. My girlfriend is looking for the same housing in the same area in the same timeframe.

Today, we went separate ways looking for housing. I came back after looking at 8 places - each requesting credit checks and significant application fees with deposits. I applied to one, and will have to wait 7-14 days for them to call every contact on my application.

My girlfriend, on the other hand, went to 10 places, two of which offered her rent at a $100 discount. She signed a lease today, with no credit check, and then her new landlord gave her a ride home.

I've found, perusing rent sites that you see "Female Only" all the time but never "Men Only". This has been the case on both coasts, including my 6 years in Los Angeles. It's hard to find housing as a single man in this country."

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Woman lies about nazi attack

plebius writes "This story from the BBC tell of a woman who lied about being attacked and covered with swastikas. This shows you the lengths that some women will go to for attention."

Ed. commentary: And it also shows the speed with which people will believe them without corroborating evidence. French newspapers were quick to press with this story, needing days later to retract it based on investigations by the police that showed her story was false. Now we'll see if she is even prosecuted. (She'll probably write a book or something saying why she did it and still get lots of sympathy for essentially perpetuating a public fraud. Ugh.) -- Matt

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Women Can't Find Good Men? Blame Feminism!

Resa LaRu Kirkland has published this rant against feminism and some of its negative effects on women. Here's just a tidbit:

Does any decent American man want a modern American woman?

Signs are there...no, they don't, or given our behavior, they shouldn't. And we only have women to blame. Yeah, I said it: women.

WHOA! Are women starting to hold women responsible for their wrongdoings? Why, it's a veritable revolution! I've believed for a while that, as feminism collapses, the worst offenders (perpetrators of paternity fraud, those who drug school age boys to deconstruct their masculinity, false rape accusers, etc.) should be brought to justice by fair-minded men and women.

I'm now beginning to suspect that, once it becomes clear how terribly the lies of feminism have hurt the majority of women, it might be best to just let women deal with the hate mongers. ;) I'd pay good money for a ringside seat.

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Is Innocence Now A Defense?

Wendy McElroy has penned this essay on the recent paternity fraud decision by the Second District Court of Appeal of California. I suppose we'll have to wait, to see if this goes to the California Supreme Court, but this may prove to be a landmark for the state and a guiding light for the rest of the country and beyond.

Our work is paying off.

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Woman kills man by spiking his smoothie with antifreeze

bandersnatch writes "In this article, a woman charged with killing her brother-in-law by spiking his smoothie with antifreeze admits putting the chemicals in the drink, however she pleads not guilty to the charge of murder. Why? Because she only intended to hurt her relative severely enough so that he would have to move into her home — and she could then take control of his finances, claims her attorney. Who wants to bet she'll end up with some sentence like a year in some low security prison while if a man was found guilty, he'd be sitting in the chair?"

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Sacks Launches New Campaign

Anon User writes: "Last night men's rights radio talk show host Glenn Sacks launched a new listener campaign, this time to fight a new, extreme feminist, anti-father bill in the California legislature. To take action, go to here"

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Worst movie of the year?

TLE writes "Though I haven't seen it (I refuse to contribute money to such things) I can tell Anchorman will be my candidate for worst movie of the year. In case you haven't seen the ads, Will Ferrell is the typical man trying to keep poor Chistina Applegate from succeeding in 1970 pre-feminism America. It's the cartoon image of manhood that feminism has been promoting all this time, and apparently, have convinced men like Ferrell to participate in. Since he wrote the script, he spares himself the mandatory crotch kick. That's reserved for one of his asshole male chauvinist compatriots.

Here's a positive review
from a female CNN writer.

I prefer this negative review."

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Inciting hatred of women "should be made a crime"

Anonymous User writes "Inciting hatred of women ‘should be made a crime’ - because, women in Scotland are like Jews in Germany or something ..."

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No Rights to Cohabiting Women in Britain?

Dittohd writes "Is this really true? Or is it just more lies to stem the tide of more and more men deselecting the marriage option? And what about child support which they don't mention, I suspect conveniently. Isn't this the way it should be?"

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Anti-Marriage website

EvilPundit writes "I've just found NoMarriage.com, a site that provides comprehensive arguments against marriage for men. The author sells a $9.95 manual to help men evaluate whether they really ought to get married, but the site is much more than a marketing exercise. I think it's worth publicising this page because it says a lot about what men are missing in our society."

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Cnet article says men hog remotes

LeMorteMark writes "According to this article at cnet.com, 35 percent of men want to add a second television to the house and 46 percent of women want to add a second television. The author of the article makes the assumption that these statistics mean that men are "hogging the remote".

He doesn't even entertain the possibility that men don't want a second television because they're simply too busy working to watch it.

I like this snotty little statement here: "In short, a lot of married women apparently aren't getting to watch the regularly scheduled programs they like." I guess now we're all guilty of television abuse.

Here's a link to the article."

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Child's Last Wish

DasCoon writes "This is the article.

Well, it is pretty sad that all this kid wants out of life is the pain of others. What is even worse is that the foundation would even consider trying to make it a possibility. Trying to ambush a man visiting a sick kid so they can punch him repeatidly in the testicles. I can only hope if they do that they are charged and prosicuted to the full extent of the law."



From the article “Why do I hate Barry Bonds? There’s no specific reason. I just think he’s a dick,” said Wickman. “He’s so conceited and he thinks he’s better than everyone else”. I wonder if this kid ever hated any woman for thinking too highly of herself. Obviously, the Make-A-Wish foundation would not try to ambush a woman who consistantly referred to herself as a goddess, (thus demonstrating a greater ego than Barry's), and repeatedly attack her genitalia, they know that would be wrong.

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Man Imprisoned For Impersonating Ex

borgy1 writes "Prosecutors charged that Anthony Lee Napier posed as his ex in Internet chat rooms -- looking for sex partners. Napier -- impersonating his former wife -- gave out her address and phone number and said she would play dumb when the men called but still wanted sex. This week he was sentenced to two years in prison and another 10 on supervised probation.
Quite a harsh sentence for this crime. Compare this to false allegations of domestic or child abuse. Rarely is the women punished at all. Article

here"

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Daddy, Mommy Never Used A Hood!

Benjamin Adam Studtmann writes "The July 4, 2004 Doonesbury cartoon concerning the torture at Abu Gharib prison left me in tears -- it says it all, as does the title I put on this entry."

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Teacher kicks student, gets paid leave

Benjamin Adam Studtmann writes "In the state I live in (Oregon), if I walk up to someone and hit them in any way, I will get five years of jail time (minimum). However, if you're a female teacher and kick a student, you will get paid leave and the issue will simply evaporate. Viva la difference!"

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