Anonymous User writes "Its kind of sad that 35,000 children were involved in divorces in 2002, but the good news is that Dads are way more involved with their kids now.

"Fewer than half of the dependents were put in custody of the wife in 2002. Of 35,000 dependents for whom custody was awarded by the courts, 49.5 per cent went to the wife.

About 42 per cent of dependents were put into joint custody.

In 1988, custody for 75 per cent of dependents was granted to the wife in divorce proceedings." Article is

here"

borgy1 writes "WISCONSIN
More moms made to pay child support
A single mother in Milwaukee who had spent years raising her son without the financial support of his father gasped when informed that she would be required to pay child support. This article seems gender biased at first, but does give the male viewpoint toward the end of the

article."

Luek also submitted this story and said: "This article from Wisconsin, a misandric crazed state if there ever was one, states that more women are being required to pay child support. The article has some telling points that are very interesting like these:

"It was pure sexism," said John Hayes, director of the Milwaukee County child-support agency. "Fifteen years ago, you simply didn't ask for child-support orders against women."

Last June, the daughter was placed in Holland's care all but six hours each week. While he could use money to help pay off the $10,000 in attorneys' fees he owes from the custody battle, Holland doubts he'd succeed if he sought support from the mother. "During the custody case no matter what Mom did, I was held to a higher bar," Holland said. "I don't care what people say. The system still treats women differently than men."

Indeed, expect to hear cries of "reform!" quite soon if this trend continues.

Workingassets.com has an action center release to contact representatives re the draft. It is found here. Please use it to lobby against the reintroduction of the draft.

hurkle writes "A new study in the QJE shows that women do not compete well against men in a competitive environment. They do, however, compete well against other women. Has implications for the "glass ceiling" and single-sex education.

http://www.stanford.edu/~niederle/Gender.pdf"

mens_issues writes "Denver’s 9news.com posted a story about the reading gap between boys and girls in Colorado schools. At least this issue received some attention this time.

An excerpt from the story:

"Educators are scrambling to find books that appeal to third-grade boys after statewide scores released Monday show they consistently lag behind girls on reading tests. ... The results showed 77 percent of girls tested proficient and advanced, compared with 70 percent of the boys."

The story is here:

http://9news.com/acm_news.aspx?OSGNAME=KUSA&IKOBJE CTID=4b839e04-0abe-421a-01d8-f8efb06b2c46&TEMPLATE ID=0c76dce6-ac1f-02d8-0047-c589c01ca7bf

Steve"

MSN, not content to hate men and blame *us* for the rise in divorce as this article does, now is also adopting snooty classist tendencies. Only, they peddle them in a softer, less elitist way. Take not my word for it, read up and barf on it for yourself.

Marc writes "The following detailed story of the paternity fraud case of Taron James, a Navyman, Gulf War veteran, and NCFM-LA member, appears on the front page of the 5/3/04 issue of the Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journals, the official newspapers of the city and county of Los Angeles and San Francisco and the largest legal newspapers in California. (The Monday issue comes out on Saturdays.) It has a big photo of Taron on the front page wearing his military medals, and a statement that he is suing L.A. County. The story broke as a result of an NCFM-LA news release that also resulted in a short NBC4.TV story at www.nbc4.tv/news/2891653/detail.html. There is no link because it's subscription only. It could be harder-hitting and it has errors but it's a good eye-opener especially considering the caliber of the paper and its circulation.

Marc

CPM writes "http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,118627,00.html

To the extent that these guys are guilty of being terrorists, I really don't give a $hit what happens to them. But, just look at the delight on her face. I think these soldiers should be disciplined for this but somehow I think that the fact that a female is involved will not find its way into the history books. Also, yeah I know their giblets were blurred out but there is no way in hell a photo of naked female prisoners in this type of situation would be shown on mainstream news TV(these same pictures were just shown on FOX a few minutes ago) like this, as if they would even TAKE female prisoners - you know all that "women and children" crap!"

OldManSenile writes " Heres one to boggle your mind here,
Isn't child support for the children? I think some judges were smoking something."



This is why it should really be called mommy support.

mens_issues writes "There are at least two Jared commercials in which the men who buy their wives Jared jewelry receive the incredulous response "He went to Jared!" while the men that don't are treated with disdain by their wives. One of these men gets a cold look from his wife, while in another commercial the "offending" husband has a piece of "non-Jared" jewelry dropped in his drink.

You can let Jared know what you think of their commercials at here.



Steve"

Doctor Damage writes "It seems that every time I turn around, I am seeing hopeful signs of a change in the wind. A landmark ruling by the California Supreme Court upheld a decision by a lower court to transfer custody to the father if the childrens mother chose to move out of state. Even more hopeful in my opinion, are these words from NOW:

"The National Organization for Women said the decision "binds the lives of many women and men, for that matter, who are trying to provide safety and economic opportunity for their families."

Setting aside the blatant attempt to portray moveaway moms as abused waifs fleeing from the depredations of slavering males, if even the NOW is beginning to recognise that it takes more than weeping over the hardships of women to move public and/or official opinion, then perhaps our work has not been in vain."

CJ writes "Here is a glimpse into one of the many different directions that feminism is going in today. Granted this is just an op-ed piece, but do not think for one moment that things are not already heading this way: Any time a court ordered child support parent (read father) loses a job, quits one, or even gets laid off, this person would automatically be put into a government run - forced labor program to collect child support. If a person is forced into jail because they can not meet the court ordered payment level, the same program would exist for these poor convicts. Can you imagine what type of people would run this forced labor program? "1984" was different in what way?

article"

Today's front page story in the University of New Hampshire's school newspaper demonstrates a rise in anti-male feminism on campus. This year's rape awareness march, Take Back the Night, which has traditionally welcomed the participation of campus fraternities, was this time an exhibit of anti-male hatred and fraternity bashing. Members of the Feminist Action League protested the participation of men with a large banner reading, "We Don't Negotiate With Terrorists," equating fraternities with terrorist organizations. Two members of the FAL were quoted extensively in the article but their names were anonymized due to concerns over their safety. Apparently there were no concerns about holding these individuals accountable for the sweeping statements they made about fraternity members such as "We need to stop coddling the perpetrators." There are a few additional photos of the event on the NH Independent Media Center: one, two, three, four.

CJ writes "485 men living North of Boston have taken a pledge to effect change on other men though “attitude” — by stating the need for men to stop abusing women and children and then taking this attitude into places of work. These men are part of HAWC - which has billboards stating that they “Make Domestic Violence their BUSINESS” all over the Boston area. HAWC has Clear Channel sponsoring anti-male billboards on every major route North of Boston, every month. HAWC has put posters in just about every store front including state run facilities (even motor vehicle registry) with their anti-male DV propaganda. The state has placed actual road signs along all major roads entering many communities that read “you are entering a domestic free Zone.” May 2nd there will be a major DV walk. Bumper stickers that state “Strong men don’t bully” are all over Northern Boston area. If you look at the websites, it is easy to tell that this activism is blown out of proportion. This shelter has room for 6 people, yet the amount of presence HAWC has in many communities can not even closely be matched by any business. HAWC is perpetuating a sexist one sided feminist model on a complex sociological problem. HAWC would label and prosecute you as an abuser if you have ever “disregarded your wives thoughts.” At the same time, HAWC wants all women to study martial arts. Any ideas about doing some activism on HAWC’s Walk day? This organization is out of control.

12 things and
Men for Hawc"

Luek writes "Here is a blast from the past about a man who was convicted of rape and was tortured by the state for 8 years before the false accuser recanted. Even after she told the truth Gary Dotson still was not released from prison by the sadistic state!"