From an AdvocatesForYouth.org emailing. Is there any doubt who will be the primary victims of this legislation? I challenge anyone to show at any time in history where a state has outawed homosexuality (or such acts) that it has *not* been men who have borne the brunt of the enforcement actions. Email content here. Excerpt:

"A bill being considered in Uganda's parliament right now would make homosexuality a crime punishable by death.

If passed, this measure will promote an unprecedented climate of discrimination and violence against Uganda's LGBT citizens. Among other things, the "Kill the Gays" bill would:

Story here. Excerpt:

'Two years ago, following a fight with his 16-year-old girlfriend, Phillip Alpert, then 18, did something really stupid.

"It was 3:28 in the morning, I think it was, and I got up and I went to my computer, and I sent a couple of pictures that she had sent to me to her contact list," Alpert told ABC News. "And I went back to sleep."

Report here. Excerpt:

'Let's get this straight: any woman who heads to an EI [fraternity] party as an anonymous onlooker, drinks five cups of the jungle juice, and walks back to a boy's room with him is indicating that she wants sex, OK?" columnist Alex Knepper, 20, wrote in the Eagle, the school paper.

"To cry 'date rape' after you sober up the next morning and regret the incident is the equivalent of pulling a gun to someone's head and then later claiming that you didn't ever actually intend to pull the trigger," he said.

Mark Rudov's new radio show starts tonight. Details:

Broadcast via CBS Radio
Canadians and Other Countries outside the US can listen at:
http://www.ustream.tv/

Program Schedule: 04.01.2010:

9-10PM EST: Second Chances
Why we give each other second chances
Read: “The Vanity of Second Chances”

10-11PM EST: Toxic Women
How men can recognize and avoid them
Guest: Susan Shapiro Barash, Author
"Toxic Friends: The Antidote for Women"
"Stuck in Complicated Friendships"

E-Mail: Marc-at-TheNoNonsenseMan.com
Website: http://TheNoNonsenseMan.com/
Radio: http://MarcRudovRadio.com/
Pilot Show: Thursday, April 1, 2010
Time: 6-8PM PT | 8-10PM CT | 9-11PM ET

Why a pilot on April Fools’ Day?
Answer: Only fools pay for sex

Story here. Excerpt:

'A teenage girl wept today as she appeared in court accused of murdering a promising 15-year-old footballer at one of Britain's busiest railway stations.

Sofyen Belamouadden was stabbed to death in a rush hour attack at Victoria Station in London last Thursday.

Victoria Bukky Osoteku, 18, became the 13th teenager to be charged over the murder and today appeared at Croydon Magistrates Court in south London.

As the petite student was led into the dock by two security guards, she already had tears streaming down her face.'

Story here. Excerpt:

'Tokyo, Japan (CNN) -- The game begins with a teenage girl on a subway platform. She notices you are looking at her and asks, "Can I help you with something?"

That is when you, the player, can choose your method of assault.
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It is little wonder that the game, titled RapeLay, sparked international outrage from women's groups. Taina Bien-Aime helped yank the game off store shelves worldwide.

The fruits of our efforts are beginning to be apparent. The New Hampshire DV Coalition has recently released a report (.pdf file) on male victimization.

Most impressive!

Abusegate Bob

From Abusegate Bob:

Domestic violence laws represent the biggest roll-back in civil rights since the Jim Crow Era

Our constitutionally-protected rights and our families are being threatened by the Violence Against Women Act and the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act. Both laws are up for renewal in the next year. If we don’t tell lawmakers about all the damage that’s being done, how can we expect them to fix these laws? The DV Spring Cleaning will be the biggest domestic violence reform event ever held – we invite you to come and make your voice heard!

Letter here.

'You know, Amy Jenkins' piece in the Independent, "The Fantasy That Is Violent Women," would be a little bit ridiculous under any circumstances. Using Hit-Girl, the tween female assassin from the new action flick "Kick-Ass," as a jumping-off point, Jenkins maintains that the violent woman is, yes, a mythical creature never seen in our own reality. "The one thing women are not is violent," she maintains, and goes on to state that "Women really don't go around murdering people. They don't even hit other people very often."

Martha Burk is interviewed here. She asserts that the other golfers are just like Tiger Woods vis-a-vis women (presumably also in terms of their sexual behavior as well). In fact she says some pretty outrageous things, in my opinion, about the other golfers. (I will assume she doesn't know any of them personally, though she may claim to know about them.)

Regarding this story from yesterday, a study summarized in a science blog and printed in "Nature" shows that testosterone, contrary to popular belief, does not cause aggression, egocentric, nor risky behavior. A game was played by the test subjects whereby those administered a dose of testosterone actually played more fairly. The scientists think that testosterone might cause an increase in sensitivity to status.

Not that I think we should use science to create legal or corporate policies that discriminate based on gender... I just think this scientific study beautifully demonstrates the importance of carefully considering environment before calling observed behavior gender-specific. In relation to the recent financial blunders on Wall Street and how they have been blamed on typical "male behavior", this article reinforces that all we need is more regulation and accountability.

Story here. Excerpt:

'In opening a Women in Finance Symposium that brought together top female government figures such as Sheila Bair and Mary Schapiro, Geithner said he recently read an article asking what it would be like if women ran the hyper-competitive money hub of the United States.

"It's an excellent question. But kind of a low bar," Geithner joked, eliciting laughs from the gathering in the historic Treasury Cash Room. "How, you might ask, could women not have done better?"

The symposium featured the leading female figures working with Geithner to right the financial markets and economy, as well as craft new rules to police banks, Wall Street and the markets.

They touched on their awe at being in their positions of power, as well as the isolating feeling of being in the minority at major conferences and meetings.

Story here. Excerpt:

'It is not clear what some students at South Hadley High School expected to achieve by subjecting a freshman to the relentless taunting described by a prosecutor and classmates.

Certainly not her suicide. And certainly not the multiple felony indictments announced on Monday against several students at the Massachusetts school.

The prosecutor brought charges Monday against nine teenagers, saying their taunting and physical threats were beyond the pale and led the freshman, Phoebe Prince, to hang herself from a stairwell in January.
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In the Prince case, two boys and four girls, ages 16 to 18, face a different mix of felony charges that include statutory rape, violation of civil rights with bodily injury, harassment, stalking and disturbing a school assembly. Three younger girls have been charged in juvenile court, Elizabeth D. Scheibel, the Northwestern district attorney, said at a news conference in Northampton, Mass.

Story here. Excerpt:

'The Belgian state has stuck the father of five children who were murdered by their mother in 2007 with the bill for convicting her of the crime, the Le Soir daily reported.

A Belgian court sentenced Genvieve Lhermitte to life in prison in December 2009 for killing her son and four daughters, aged three to 14, while her husband was on a trip to Morocco.

As Lhermitte is incarcerated and insolvent, the Belgian state has sought to recover court expenses and collect fines from her then husband, Bouchaib Moqadem.'

Alert here. Excerpt:

'California AB 2416 will help protect the loving bonds that servicemembers share with their children–to email and fax a letter in support of the bill, click here. Please send your letter whether you are a California resident or not.

Fathers & Families has worked closely with the American Retirees Association, Assemblyman Paul Cook, and others on AB 2416, which will be heard in committee on Tuesday, April 6.

At Fathers & Families we receive many letters from divorced or separated military servicemembers with painful but preventable family law problems.