I have seen several Broadview Security ads recently. The theme is the same: a woman alone or alone with a child suddenly has her home invaded quite overtly and aggressively by a lone man who seems to know her from some place (who could that be... hmmm? An ex-bf, ex-husband, etc.) and who just plain kicks in the front door of her house but is fast deterred by a loud alarm and a phone call to the Broadview call center.

There are a few variations on the ad but they are all the same in their plot. One example is shown here with Sarah Haskins of InfoMania hitting the nail right on the head with her discussion of the foolishness of these ads. Her "Target Women" commentaries are simply not to be missed.

I just received the March 2010 issues of Consumer Reports. On page 44 there is an article about vacuums, and at the bottom of the page is a little blurb titled "Women do the work." Below this it says "Alas, 75 percent of women who answered our survey said they do most of the household vacuuming, compared with 45 percent of men."*

The January 2010 issue has "Why Women Pay More" on the cover, and on page 8. The article goes on to compare the price of drugstore items such as shaving cream, antiperspirant, pain reliever, eye revitalizer, body wash and razor blades. It finds that women pay "up to 50 percent more" than men for similar products due to the "perceived value" of the products.

Also, in the March 2009 issue on page 7 there is a report on American's risky behavior. One sentence says "Men were slightly more likely than women to let kids play on a trampoline; women were more apt to eat burgers well done, fasten their safety belt religiously, and - listen up , men - clean lint from the dryer after each use.

RADAR has issued a press release regarding the recent special election in Massachusetts. Excerpt:

Even before Democratic Senate Candidate Martha Coakley was defeated by the Republican candidate, Scott Brown, political commentators were offering explanations for her loss of popularity, ranging from a bungled campaign to the idea that the Massachusetts election was a national referendum on health care reform or the Obama agenda. One explanation that deserves more attention was recently put forward by Carey Roberts at ifeminist.net. In "Prosecution of Innocent Man Seals Martha Coakley's Defeat", Roberts argues that Coakley's role in keeping Gerald Amirault in prison played a major role in the election of Scott Brown.

In the early 1980s, as explained in a story by Dorothy Rabinowitz that ran in the Wall Street Journal five days before the election, Gerald Amirault had been accused of plunging "a wide-blade butcher knife into the rectum of a 4-year-old boy, which he then had trouble removing. When a teacher in the school saw him in action with the knife, she asked him what he was doing, and then told him not to do it again, a child said. On this testimony, Gerald was convicted of a rape which had, miraculously, left no mark or other injury." In 2001, when the Massachusetts Board of Pardons voted 5-0 to release him, Coakley, then District Attorney Coakley, successfully pushed for the Governor to deny commutation, which she did in 2002. Amirault spent two more years in prison before finally being paroled.

From MANN reader Ed:

The domestic violence industry has established a foreboding international presence, and is now bankrolled by the United Nations UNIFEM program, Amnesty International, and other organizations.

So following an incredibly successful campaign in the United States in January, our Abusegate, Investigate! campaign is now going international. Our growing effort to expose the DV lies now includes these groups:

AUSTRALIA: One in Three Campaign: http://oneinthree.com.au/

CANADA: Fathers are Capable, Too: http://www.fact.on.ca/

INDIA: True Equality Network, India: https://sites.google.com/site/tenindiaclub/

As the Abusegate, Investigate! campaign gains momentum, we expect other groups around the world will join in our truth-telling effort.

From MANN reader Ed:

While many parts of the United States were experiencing record-setting temperatures in January, the Abusegate campaign got warmed up, launching a multi-pronged effort to break the falsehoods and lies of the domestic violence industry. The high-temperature campaign featured Op-Ed columns, radio interviews, lobbying on Capitol Hill, and internet alerts.

As a result, a Google search on the word “Abusegate” now reveals 22,800 hits.

Here’s a recap of January’s activities:

1. Op-Ed Columns
   Three major op-eds were published:
   1. Trudy Schuett: Abusegate: A Generation Deceived
   2. Carey Roberts: Abusegate: The Mother of All Scandals
   3. Barbara Kay: The Domestic Violence Industry’s War on Men
2. Radio Interviews
   Leading DV researcher Donald Dutton appeared in 10 radio interviews conducted around the United States – see listing below.
3. Lobbying on Capitol Hill
   On January 22, Abusegate campaign lobbyists went to Capitol Hill and distributed a flyer titled, “Abusegate, Investigate!”
4. Internet Alerts
   Numerous Internet Alerts were published throughout the month.

February is promising to be even bigger than January. The Abusegate campaign will continue until the Domestic Violence industry warms up to the truth of partner abuse.

(Click 'Read more' for the list of radio shows that have had commentators on this topic.)

Story here. Excerpt:

'Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- At least 41 people were killed and 106 others wounded Monday in a suicide bombing that targeted Shiite pilgrims in northeastern Baghdad, Iraq's Interior Ministry said.

The female bomber detonated her explosive vest in the middle of a procession of pilgrims in Boob al-Sham, in a predominantly Shiite area of the Iraqi capital, according to an Interior Ministry official.

The detonation took place in a tent set up to search females, according to the Baghdad Operations Command. Three volunteer female searchers were among those killed.

The attack took place amid tight security as thousands of Shiite worshipers are making their way to the holy city of Karbala, south of Baghdad, to mark the Arbaeen -- the end of the 40-day mourning period at the close of Ashura.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'WINDSOR, Ont. -- She gave him life and was the only parent he ever knew. In the way she snapped photos of him sleeping and playing happily, she was like any other adoring mother. But she also committed unspeakable acts to his little body, turning him into a human sex toy in her pornographic broadcasts.

The set of facts involving the Windsor-area mother who sexually abused her two-year-old son horrified both those involved in the case and those who'd only heard about it.
...
While female sexual abusers are rare in the court system, those who deal with child sexual abuse know the woman is not unique. She may be the first Ontario woman to be jailed for making child pornography featuring her own offspring, but she's not the first mother to sexually abuse a child.

Article here. Excerpt:

'According to a report released yesterday by the BLS:

At age 22, women were more likely than men to be enrolled in college and were more likely to have received a bachelor's degree. Twenty-nine percent of women were attending college during the October when they were age 22, compared with 25.2% of men. Moreover, 12.8% of women had earned a bachelor's degree, compared with 6.9% of men (bold added, see chart above). [Ed.: Chart not viewable on MANN; see the original linked article]

MP: In other words, at age 22, there are 185.5 women holding a Bachelor's degree (or more) for every 100 men who have graduated from college. Now that's a huge gender disparity in college completion at age 22, but I predict:

1. This gender degree gap will receive almost no media attention, and certainly no attention from the gender activists.

2. There will be no calls for government studies, or increased government funding to address the problem, and nobody will refer to this gender degree gap as a "crisis."
...
In other words, the standard "disparity-proves-discrimination" dogma will not be applied in this case of a huge gender imbalance in college completion by age 22, because the disparity favors women, not men. But consider what happens when the disparity favors men, and this is just one example of many:

If you are like me, you have been watching the humanitarian efforts underway in Haitti with interest. It seems that the level of acceptable misandry in the world is being demonstrated in its truest form. Like a scene out of the Titanic, more and more so-called humanitarian non-profits are focusing their energies on "women and children" first. Well today this blatant misandry has reached a whole, new level where CNN has reported that food is only being distributed to women. Interestingly, CNN has actually underscored this sexism and even interviewed a man denied of life saving food. This is of small consolation though as men are being turned away to starve simply because of their gender. Excerpt:

'"The area has been extremely volatile recently with a significant increase in gang violence, but we are hopeful we will be able to reach them soon," he said.

Distribution was orderly elsewhere, Prior said.

Only women were given tickets to collect a 55 pound (25 kilogram) bag of rice per family. Forty-two metric tons of rice will be distributed each day over the next two weeks.

At Champs de Mars, the city's central plaza which has turned into a sprawling makeshift camp for the quake displaced, women formed a long line that snaked up to trucks carrying the rice.
...
"Our long experience in food distribution tells us that by delivering food into the hands of women, it is more likely to be redistributed equitably among the household -- including the men," he said.

Montouroy said most men have someone -- a wife, a sister, a mother or girlfriend -- who will be able to feed them. He said it was safer to deliver the rice to the women.

But things didn't sit well with some men.

"What about me? I didn't get anything. I need food," said Johnny Sanon Stevenson. "Many people could not participate."'

CNN.com did do us one service though. They provided a list of charities that are engaging in this practice. I encourage each and every individual reading this site to contact these charities and let them know that you will not be donating any money until they no longer engage in what amounts to be gendercide:

(Click 'Read more' to see the list)

Story here. Excerpt:

'Ten 'ladettes' were detained every hour for a violent crime last year - an all-time record.

Where a women is arrested she is now more likely than a man to be a suspect in cases of wounding or other assaults.

Some 88,139 women were arrested for violence over 12 months - nearly 250 every day. That is an increase of nearly 1,000 on a year earlier.

The number of men arrested for violence fell by 10,000.

It is the second straight year in which women were more likely to be held for crimes of violence than for any other offence. Shoplifting had previously led the list.

Violence against the person - a category which includes manslaughter, assault and grievous bodily harm - accounted for 35 per cent of all arrests of women. This compared with 30 per cent of arrests of men.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'A bill, SB 252, was just introduced in Maryland to increase child support obligations for households at most income levels – a massive 29% increase for a couple (with one child) making $3400 a month! Maryland residents, already burdened by state tax increases, now face additional burdens.

I don't live in Maryland, and I'm not divorced, so I won't be affected by the bill. But as a lawyer who has studied most states' child support guidelines, I find the economic ignorance behind the bill infuriating.

It seems the "gendered approach" we are hearing about regarding the efforts to help Haiti is far from new nor is it restricted to just a few charitable organizations, or ones that happen to be run or supported by feminists as such.

Take a look at care.org. I saw an ad on TV just today saying care.org was supporting relief efforts in Haiti and focusing on women and children (see the special Haiti page here). Well if they said they would be focusing on men and children they would probably guess that there would be fewer donations - and alas, they would be right. But how about just saying the people there need help and they are providing it? No, it needs to be about "women and children" - again. There are counter-examples of charitable groups not openly stating that they seek to help "women and children" - for example, Plan International USA says it seeks to help "children and their families".

Via Jeremy S.: Regarding Body in backyard is missing Fla. lottery winner's

"What is the point of including this in the article? It seems to me it is a reporter's way of biasing the reader to think that since he didn't pay child support (and has a CRIMINAL record for it), he is somehow a lower life form and hence not deserving of any pity or consideration. He is scum, therefore he deserved to be murdered. And of course we note that his purchases are enumerated too - again to bias the reader - "he had no right to any of the money anyway - he didn't pay child support so murdering him to take it away is not a big deal" seems to be the message. And also ,"Rolex from a Pawn shop".

What difference does it make where he bought it as long as he did so legally - would the reporter had said "Rolex from WalMart"? Again the implication that since he used the money to buy something from a pawn shop, he doesn't deserve to live. While I wouldn't go to a pawn shop, they are legitimate businesses and apparently one can get some fairly good bargains there.

Link to media release here (.pdf file). Excerpt:

'Women in regional South Australia are being offered free basic bushfire safety skills workshops to assist them in becoming Bushfire Ready. This follows a successful pilot program offered on Eyre Peninsula in 2008.

Fiona Dunstan, Manager Community Education and Public Warnings, says “The workshops provide women with a safe non-threatening setting to learn new skills to protect their families and livelihoods, covering both information and providing practical sessions over two sessions”.

“Feedback from women who attended the previous program was excellent,” she said.'

This was reported in an article on page 8 of the Saturday, 30th January edition of Adelaide newspaper "The Advertiser" (the on-line version can only be accessed through a paid subscriber service), a rag owned by Murdoch's News Limited which recently introduced a Friday "Women's Weekly", section and no longer pretend to be anything except a glorified women's magazine.

Story here. Excerpt:

' ST. PETERSBURG — Police said a St. Petersburg woman took a TV dispute too far Tuesday night when she stabbed and scalded her boyfriend over "American Idol.''

Police arrested Cynthia E. Bettis-Ware, 52, on a charge of first-degree attempted murder of Kevin Johnson, 47.

It happened at 11:22 p.m. at the Empress Motel, 1501 Martin Luther King St. N, which the couple listed as their permanent address, said police spokeswoman Jennifer Dawkins.'