With reference to http://news.mensactivism.org/node/14745, I obtained an email sent by the Women's Shelter in Uppsala, which read (translated into English):

"Subject: Successful protests

Hello!

Earlier today we sent you an urgent request that you should protest against the movie "The Right To Be A Father"

Thanks to the protests, the movie never was displayed on the Festival and it was later removed from their website. We thank Amnesty for still fighting for justice!

Kind Regards,

The Womens Shelter in Uppsala"

Conclusion:
1. Amnesty does not stand for human rights
2. The Womens Shelters does not stand for equality

Watch the movie stopped by The Womens Shelter in Uppsala (English subs)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_nwJfpOuGI

Please spread the word about what happend in Sweden!

Article here. Excerpt:

'Now I have read the book, and feel everyone should read it. I don't know of a clearer or more balanced examination of this issue. Whitmire is passionate about the need to help boys, but he respectfully presents other points of view, including those of pro-girl optimists like me. In fact, one of the book's most impressive features is its exposure of the harm done by pro-girl vs. pro-boy politics. The reluctance of either side to let the other experiment with new ways of teaching has been one of the greatest obstacles to moving all students up to their potential.

Story here.

'Doctors in western Sweden are refusing to carry out the circumcision of boys, despite clearance by elected officials to carry out the procedure for non-medical reasons.

The Västra Götaland region is obliged to procure healthcare for at least 300 operations each year among Jewish and Muslim families, according to the Göteborgs-Posten (GP) local daily.

"Now we have to go out and find someone who is willing to perform the operations. The doctors' sector council (Sektorsrådet) have said no to these procedures. We respect the doctors' position," said Lars-Göran Moberg, head of the region's healthcare committee to GP.

Paediatric surgeon John Westfelt can see no possibility for doctors within the public healthcare system to perform the operations.

"We have de-prioritised several other measures to help sick children, such as surgery on tight foreskins for medical reasons. And obviously we can not carry out these operations without sacrificing something else."

From Abusegate Bob:

The first two weeks of May are featuring an unprecedented period of grass-roots activism centered around reforming the multi-billion dollar domestic violence industry.

The national campaign includes the release of Special Reports, press releases, radio interviews, op-ed columns, lobbying on Capitol Hill, advocacy telethons, and more!

Do your part to reform the Violence Against Women Act, and keep up with all the action at Abusegate: http://abusegate.mensnewsdaily.com/

Story here. If a man would have gotten the same punishment withy the same facts, then great. Would he have? I dunno. I do know this: it is nice to see the sexual abuse of boys by women now finally getting some serious attention from at least one court. Excerpt:

'While obviously deeply moved with her plea and confessing dismay at why no plea bargain was ever offered to the Twin falls woman, Memeo had no choice but to sentence the 34 year old Taylor to the only sentence allowed by the legislature-- Life in prison with the earliest possible parole after ten years.
...
Taylor was convicted of lewdness with a minor under 14 in November after a week-long trial.

According to Kirkpatrick the woman had been offered no plea bargain and that the jury had not been informed that the life sentence would be imposed on Taylor should she be found guilty.

This article summarizes the global mortality rates of men and women aged 15 to 59 years from 1970 to 2010. The study published April 30th, 2010 in the Lancet is the first of its kind to comprehensively collect data from censuses, surveys on household deaths, vital registration data, and sibling survival histories. Previous studies have largely relied on child mortality numbers to estimate adult mortality rates. Excerpt:

'Women overall have seen their health improve more then men have. In the 40 years between 1970 and 2010, adult mortality fell by 34 percent and 19 percent in men globally. The gap between adult male and female mortality widened by 27 percent in that period.

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A free online book
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What if the biggest conspiracy in human history had gone completely unnoticed? What if that conspiracy was responsible for some of the biggest problems the world faces today? Wouldn’t you want to know? Wouldn’t you want to do something about it? Well guess what: You can.

The Masculinity Conspiracy is a free online book about masculinity. It argues that nearly every assumption about masculinity in contemporary society is wrong. The result is nothing short of exposing a worldwide conspiracy that has been preventing humanity from reaching its fullest potential.

About the Author
Dr Joseph Gelfer is a masculinities researcher in the School of Political and Social Inquiry at Monash University, Australia. He is author of Numen, Old Men: Contemporary Masculine Spiritualities and the Problem of Patriarchy and editor of Journal of Men, Masculinities and Spirituality. His anthology, 2012: Decoding the Countercultural Apocalypse will be published later this year.

Article here. Yes, society can continue to make family court a black hole of discrimination and human rights abuses where information about discrimination doesn't get our, but discrimination in education and labor will only get increasingly hard to ignore. They try to skirt over it a little in this article, but how much longer will this be effective depends on people like us. Excerpt:

'Middle-skills jobs have lost share in the employment pool in the last three decades, a trend of labor-market "polarization" reinforced by the recession, according to a report released Friday.
...
"Perhaps most alarmingly, males as a group have adapted comparatively poorly to the changing labor market," Autor wrote. "For males without a four-year college degree, wages have stagnated or fallen over three decades. And as these males have moved out of middle-skill blue-collar jobs, they have generally moved downward in the occupational skill and earnings distribution."

Story here. Excerpt:

'CAMBRIDGE, Ohio -- It's being dubbed "The Case Of The Sexy Substitute."
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"The teacher came in, in a sweat suit to start off the day at school, and then proceeded to strip down into a bikini with a lace cover-up over it," said Sally Dyer, recounting what her 11-year-old son described. "She kissed some other boys on the cheek, and she showed off her tan lines."

After three hours of this, word got out, and Superintendent Dennis Dettra says he rushed to the school and confronted the substitute, asking her if she did those things.

"She kind of nodded and said yeah," recalled Dettra. "Just very pecular, the way she answered it. I told her those were highly inappropriate actions for a school setting."
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She also speculated that if it had been a male teacher with female students, there would have been an immediate arrest, not just an investigation.

"I believe he would already be in jail," Dyer said. "I think there would have been no questions asked.'

Article here. Notice how the concern is giving women privacy. Excerpt:

'The U.S. Navy formally announced on Thursday that it will for the first time recruit women into its submarine force.

It has been 20 years since the Navy first allowed women to serve on its surface warfare ships. But submarines remained off-limits for several reasons.

The main reason had to do with cramped quarters on the subs, where there is little privacy. Now the chief of the Navy's task force on women in submarines, Rear Admiral Barry Bruner, says larger, more modern subs have changed that.

"The reason it's available to women is that we can give them privacy," said Admiral Bruner. "So we're finally where we can do it. And I'm pleased that the submarine force is headed down this path."'

Story here. Excerpt:

'The Ohio mother who set off a nationwide manhunt when she ran away with another man earlier this month will face no charges in Ohio, but she and the man will pay thousands in restitution to the county, an attorney for the woman told ABC News today.

"My clients have agreed to make full restitution for the investigation in whatever amount the prosecutor deemed appropriate," Jon Paul Rion, attorney for former missing mother Tiffany Tehan and boyfriend Tre Hutcherson, told ABC News today. "I think that they've always wanted to make this county as whole as possible."

While Rion would not disclose the exact amount that was settled on, he said it is greater than $5,000.

From an IA e-mail:

ACT NOW

Earlier this week, Georganne Chapin, Executive Director of Intact America, spoke with Dr. Peter Kilmarx, Chief of HIV/AIDS Prevention at the Centers for Disease Control. They discussed the CDC's forthcoming guidelines on male infant circumcision, and she'll be sending him a follow-up letter next week – along with the petition signatures we've received from you and other supporters...

...and we're only 300 signatures shy of our 25,000-signature goal!

Please help us by asking your friends to sign our petition RIGHT NOW – asking the CDC not to recommend infant circumcision. We're so close to our goal, we just need a few more signatures!

You can also help by sharing this campaign on Twitter and Facebook.

Thank you again for being such a powerful advocate for our infant boys.

Article here. Excerpt:

"Scientists have finally worked out what women really want.

They have created a spray that makes men more caring, affectionate and in tune with others' feelings.

Just a puff or two and even the most macho of males is as sensitive as a woman, they claim.

The spray is based on oxytocin - a hormone naturally made in the body and involved in sex, sexual attraction, trust and confidence.

It is released into the blood during labour - triggering the production of breast milk - and floods the brain during breastfeeding, helping mother and baby bond.

In spray form, it seems that the so-called 'cuddle chemical' can make a man feel like a woman.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'FOUR YEARS ago, Duke University became the center of a national controversy about sexual assault, wrongful accusations, and campus politics when four lacrosse players were falsely accused of raping an exotic dancer at a party. Now, Duke is back in the news with a campus policy that ostensibly seeks to prevent sexual assault — but, in fact, infantilizes women, redefines much consensual sex as potentially criminal, and does a grave disservice to both sexes.

But the policy’s far-reaching definition of sex without “affirmative consent’’ covers much more. Unlike the notorious Antioch College rules of the 1990s that required verbal consent to every new level of intimacy, Duke’s policy recognizes non-verbal expressions of consent. However, it stresses that “consent may not be inferred from silence [or] passivity’’ — even in an ongoing sexual relationship.

Article here. Excerpt:

'West Lafayette, IN (PRWEB) April 28, 2010 -- The International Coalition for Genital Integrity (ICGI) acknowledges a critical, important, new study, published Monday in Thymos: Journal of Boyhood Studies, and believes it accurately estimates that more than 100 baby boys die from circumcision complications each year.

ICGI applauds that, for the first time, a rational attempt has been made to estimate the scale of the problem, and is simultaneously appalled by how many baby boys needlessly die each year in the United States.

The study concluded: “These boys died because physicians have been either complicit or duplicitous, and because parents ignorantly said ‘Yes,’ or lacked the courage to say ‘No.’” And called the deaths “an unrecognized sacrifice of innocents.”