Absolutely disgusting what this couple went through. Article here. Excerpt:

'Prosecutors have dropped sexual abuse charges against a St. George couple after determining pictures of the father kissing his naked infant son were scenes of affection, not abuse.

But the undocumented immigrant couple may yet be deported and their U.S.-born son is still in state custody.
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The sequence of several photos shows a smiling father posing with the boy, according to a motion to dismiss filed Friday in 5th District Court. They show him affectionately holding the baby, kissing his head, forehead and ear. Two of the photos show the father kissing the son's buttocks and genitals.

"These images are consistent with traditional family photos of a proud father with his son," Deputy Washington County Attorney Ryan Shaum wrote.
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"Latino people are affectionate. We kiss the little babies anywhere because they love them," Coon said. "It has nothing to do with sexual interaction."

I saw this and shook my head. More of the same. Until men stop using preconceived masculinity and male gender roles as instruments of bashing one another, how can we expect women to stop? Excerpt:

'It’s not just that Rupert Murdoch doesn’t like Arthur Sulzberger, or doesn’t think he’s a serious newspaper publisher. It’s that he think he’s weak—girly. Sulzberger—“young Arthur”—was a frequent subject during the many hours I talked to Murdoch when I was writing his biography. Sulzberger was always, for Murdoch, a punch line. Murdoch even mimicked him in a way to suggest … well … a certain lack of manhood.

Issue #3 of MRm! magazine is available here. This third issue seeks to explain the position of the MRm! to the public.

Ed. Note: On the download page, click the "Download Now" icon on the left under "Magazine Issue 3 color.pdf", not the "Download Shared 4Shared Desktop" icon at its right.

Story here. Excerpt:

'When it comes to alleged sexual harassment, more men are standing up for themselves these days. Of the nearly 12,700 sexual harassment complaints filed with the U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission in the 2009 fiscal year, 16 percent -- some 2,030 -- came from men. That's up from 9.9 percent, or roughly 1,430, a decade-and-half earlier. The number of complaints from men increased even as the number of overall cases have declined.

"It's not really clear whether more men are being subjected to harassment or more men are willing to come forward," said Ernest Haffner, a senior attorney adviser at the EEOC. "There are more decisions in the courts dealing with sexual harassment by men -- it could be that just more men are aware of their rights as they speak to attorneys."

But just because more men are filing claims, it doesn't mean male victims have achieved parity with their female counterparts -- at least not in the public eye, some experts say.'

If you're a pro-equality MRA (male or female), and able to attend a weekly brainstorming meeting in Central London on a Tuesday Evening for two hours, we would like to hear from you - our mission: To manufacture the ultimate MRA stand up comedian.

A lot of comedians appear to be MRAs at heart, but can usually only manage about two jokes on the subject before moving to safer ground. For a standup to deliver solely MRA material for several minutes will be a challenge - but we have a unique plan to get the most out of the group dynamic, to produce material far beyond the sum of our parts. You may be good with concepts and set-ups, or you may be good with language, or you may be good with punch-lines. Whatever you have to offer, we would like to hear from you.

If interested, email with a little bit about yourself - and please have a go at completing in your own way, the following sayings:-

Behind every great man... ? A woman needs a man like a... ? Boys will be... ?

No woman... ? It's a man's... ? Hell hath no fury... ?

Story here. Excerpt:

'Susan Williams left the Nassau County Jail in East Meadow on Friday afternoon after posting $500,000 bond. She had been held on $1 million bond, but an appeals court ordered that amount cut in half.

Williams has pleaded not guilty to conspiracy and criminal solicitation.

Prosecutors say she offered $20,000 to an undercover officer posing as a hit man and paid $500 as a down payment.

Defense attorney John Carman has said Williams may have had a daydream about hurting her husband that she took too far, but she never would have gone through with it.

If convicted, she faces up to 25 years in prison.'

Story here. Excerpt:

'Affairs between teachers and students have become increasingly public, but rarely do they come with a parent's stamp of approval.

The mother of a 15-year-old Florida boy who was allegedly having a sexual relationship with a sixth-grade teacher not only knew of the affair, she reportedly endorsed it.

Police in Hialeah, Fla., arrested Maria Hernandez, 32, Saturday and charged her with sexual battery after the school's principal notified the Department of Children and Families.

According to police, Hernandez and the student met at the Our Lady of Charity School in Hialeah where Hernandez taught sixth grade.

Police made the arrest after Hernandez and the boy returned from a vacation together to Disney World in Orlando. Police said Hernandez admitted to the affair.'

Story here. Excerpt:

'The lawyer for the California middle-school teacher who shocked the country with her unsolicited confession of a months-long sexual affair with a 14-year-old former student -- and who later declined to be bailed from jail -- said the woman "couldn't live" with her actions and wanted the story to come out.

Amy Beck may have cleared her conscience, but she now faces a 2-year sentence in state prison after pleading no contest to charges against her on Thursday. Beck's lawyer, Michael Williamson, told "Good Morning America" today she would likely serve a year with good behavior.
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The Burbank, Calif., teacher stunned police and school officials when she showed up at the police station and told them she'd repeatedly had sex with a now-15-year-old boy.

"Obviously we were surprised," Burbank Police Sgt. Robert Quesada said. Without Beck's confession, "we would have never known about this."'

Story here. Excerpt:

'When "The Insider" asked Bullock about her thoughts on Tiger Woods' infidelities at the People's Choice Awards Jan. 6, she replied, "If I were [Tiger's wife] Elin [Nordegren], man, I would have hit a lot more than she did. I would have kept hitting."

Bullock was referring to reports that Nordegren wielded a golf club at Woods the night of his November car crash, which led to the uncovering of his multiple affairs. (Both Woods and his wife have vehemently denied the golf club rumors.)

"Yeah, she stopped, she was respectable," Bullock continued. "I'd get the baseball bat, I'd get everything out."'

From Abusegate Bob:

2010 is the year we get out of damage-control mode. 2010 is the year we stop the VAWA juggernaut. 2010 is the year we turn it around.

That’s why May 1-16 will be an all-out, super-duper, we-really-mean-business campaign called “Turning the Tide.”

During the 2 week campaign, we are asking organizations around the country to hold some kind of event or organized activity such as:

• Table at a community fair
• Distribute Abusegate flyers to community residents
• Post the (just released!) Abusegate poster at local businesses
• Do a phone-a-thon directed at state legislators
• Get on a talk-radio program
• Hold a press conference
• Give a talk at a local college
• Hire a sky-writing airplane – YES, THE SKY’S TRULY THE LIMIT!

Our goal is for at least 10 organizations around the country to have an event or activity that month.

The campaign is starting 5 weeks from now, SO LET’S GET STARTED!

Questions? Email barbara-at-saveservices.org

Original story in French here. Translation into English is here. It seems that in some Asian countries, politicians really want to increase the number of male teachers. Excerpt:

'The educational bureau of the city of Seoul pushed for a quota system to guarantee a certain number of men among teachers of primary and secondary schools in an attempt to prevent women dominate the profession, it was learned official sources, Wednesday, March 26, 2008.

In the Korean capital, women represent 83% of primary teachers, revealed the Municipal Office for Education (Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education), which will propose revising the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology in the day.

According to Seoul City, the female raises one hand a problem for male students who do not find in their teachers figure "models" and secondly it generates problems of administrative management.

Article here. Interesting double standard. Excerpt:

'As far as she is concerned, the way the media in general attacked Markus was more than unfair; it was a double-standard.

"Several papers just cremated him. If it was a woman, they never would have gotten away with it," Davis said.

But no one was quite as cruel as the working women from some other Nevada brothels who posted about Markus on the discussion boards of their Web sites. "They were unmerciful," she said.

Even a few the women at the Shady Lady were "bitchy" about having to work alongside a man, Davis said.

"I don't know why. It's not like they're competing for the same customers."'

Article here. Let's play the pedophile card when we run out of reasons to oppose shared custody. Excerpt:

'A recent decision by the Family Court of Australia suggests that it is out of touch with general community standards and reveals that the law needs further amendments.

A father who was charged and convicted of downloading child pornography has been granted weekend overnight access to his two young daughters. He was previously found guilty in a criminal court of downloading internet material that by its nature is produced from the actual abuse of children. Furthermore, he was found guilty of “reproducing” child exploitation material.

The judge ordered that during the weekend overnight contact, he must have a friend present in the house and that the children’s bedroom door needs to be locked at night. In the comments section to the news article about this decision, comment number 69 asks, “What is it about the Family Court that keeps doing this? This is NOT the first time it has happened. Why is the court giving sex offenders access to children?”
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Article here. Excerpt:

'Ask any man and he's sure to say that the male sex is the stronger one. It's easy to see why: Men are bigger than women, so we can lift more, run faster, and jump higher.

But ask doctors of either gender, and they're likely to say that women are actually stronger, at least where health is concerned.

How much stronger and why? What can men do to become healthier and keep up with women? The answer isn't very complex. Men need to be more like women. That means understanding our bodies, taking better care of ourselves, and getting the medical care we need.
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In the U.S. and around the world, women live longer than men. The average American woman has a life expectancy of 80.4 years while American men lag 5.2 years behind at 75.2 years. At every age, starting at conception, males have a higher death rate than females.'

Story here. Seems there's a woman going around Sydney's poorer suburbs robbing men in their eighties! She must have been hiding behind the door when God was handing out that famous female compassion. Excerpt:

'Elderly men are the favoured prey of a woman who makes sexual advances then robs her victims.

Police are investigating up to 40 incidents in Sydney's west and inner western suburbs over the past month or so.

In at least three cases, victims have described the same woman, who has indecently assaulted at least one man.

The woman has introduced herself as "Katie" and on one occasion followed an 86-year-old man home from the pub and once inside his house, stole cash.'