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'MIAMI, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- Both men and women respond in a more hostile way to a woman who violates sex-role expectations, U.S. researchers say.

Co-authors Blaine Fowers, professor at the University of Miami, and Alyssa Fowers, a student at Duke University, said even though both men and women participate in maintaining a gender hierarchy in U.S. society, sexism is a form of social hierarchy that is beneficial to men and detrimental to women.

The study, published in the journal of Sex Roles, also found women show a strong preference for benevolent sexism -- portraying women as relatively weak, placing them on a pedestal of purity and suggesting they need protection and guidance -- over hostile sexism, the derogatory portrayals of women.
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The researchers said both hostile sexism and benevolent sexism are harmful, because both support a gender hierarchy that limits and marginalizes women.'

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'DOCTORS performing ritual circumcisions on children face financial ruin, disciplinary action and even jail.

A test-case being brought by a 20-year-old man circumcised as a baby could, if successful, open the floodgates to claimants.

The unnamed man is to sue a GP still practising in Greater London for physical and psychological damage.

He will argue that circumcision on a child without a medical requirement is mutilation.

His father took him to be circumcised shortly after birth in accordance with his own religious beliefs.

Now the father is mortified at the mental and physical state of his adult son, and is supporting the case.
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"This is not a straightforward case. Parents have the right to give consent but only when in the best interests of a child. I don't think any act involving cutting off half of a child's penis is in their best interests."'

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'A former Ballarat teacher who last month admitted to having sexual liaisons with two students has faced court for her plea hearing.

Michelle Lynn Dennis, 33, pleaded guilty in the County Count at Ballarat in October to two counts of sexual penetration of a child under supervision and one count of sexual penetration of a child under 16.

Dennis was teaching at Ballarat High School when she committed the offences against two students in 2007.

The former music teacher engaged in the sexual acts outside the school's grounds.

Dennis was arrested and charged in October, 2008, and stood down from the school.

She was also suspended from teaching by the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development.'

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'A former Portland High School teacher convicted of having sex with her underage teacher's aide has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.

District Attorney Ray Whitley said Sandy Binkley "got what she had coming to her."

"(Judge Dee Gay) gave her the maximum sentence and that's what she deserved," Whitley said.

David Ridings, Binkley's attorney, said it was the most egregious abuse of justice in sentencing that he has ever seen. "We hoped that (the judge) would follow the law. He failed miserably at that," Ridings said.

Binkley's attorney had hoped the former teacher would be sentenced to no more than three years. He plans to appeal.
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Binkley, 37, the former teacher, was convicted Sept. 29 in Sumner County on two counts of statutory rape by an authority figure.'

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'The Folweni woman who recently claimed she had been kidnapped and repeatedly raped, on Monday pleaded guilty to the charges against her at the Empangeni District Court.

Sindisiwe Buthelezi, 34, was charged with defeating the ends of justice as well as contravening the provisions of the Commissioners of Oaths Act. She pleaded guilty on Monday and was convicted.

Buthelezi had earlier reported to police that she had been in Durban when she was picked up by someone who promised her a job in Isipingo.

She told police the person did not take the Isipingo turn-off, but drove to Umzinto and dropped her off with three men in a bakkie, where there were two other women, before being taken to an unknown area. She said their faces had been covered and she had not been able see where they were going.'

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'Charged with lying about being raped at East Stroudsburg University, former student Laura Gruver, 22, of Bethlehem, waived her right to a preliminary hearing Tuesday before Magisterial District Judge Michael Muth and will head to Monroe County Court.

Gruver, who is free on $5,000 unsecured bail, will appear at a future date in district court, where she can go to trial or plead guilty/no contest.
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A first-time offender with no prior criminal record, Gruver is charged with giving a false report, a misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in Monroe County Correctional Facility.

Police said Gruver at first told them the following story:

At 11 a.m. Aug. 13, she was walking to her car in the parking lot, behind the Dansbury Commons cafeteria, when someone grabbed her from behind, put a knife to her throat, forced her into the woods to the ground and raped her.'

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'A Shelby woman was indicted by the Richland County Grand Jury on charges of escape, falsification and making false allegations after she ran out of a police cruiser in early October and accused the officer of raping her.

The incident began when Samantha Ramirez, 19, collapsed during a hearing in Shelby Municipal Court and was taken to MedCentral Shelby Hospital for treatment by Shelby Police Officer John Guisinger. After treatment, Ramirez was being transported to the Richland County Jail when she jumped out of the vehicle an fled.

She was later found at Ashland Samaritan Hospital where she accused the officer of raping her. She later confessed she lied.'

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'I see challenges as something to be overcome - if being a woman makes the road more difficult, then I will be at an advantage over the others from the lessons I learn in my journey. Rather than changing society by appealing to emotions alone, women should be able to discredit previously held notions of their roles and capabilities through their actions. Truth be told however, there are biological differences that predispose women to certain roles over others. Not all women will follow such patterns of course, and their unique presence will provide them with unique opportunities. They are the exception however, that will not and should not create the rule.

Story here. Now there's setting an example to the kids! But wait.. there must be some men behind this somewhere... find and arrest them at once! Excerpt:

'Rochester Police say two mothers got into a fight while dropping their kids off at school and ended up stabbing each other.

It happened on Avenue A near School #8 just before 8 a.m. Police say a 24-year-old woman pulled out a knife and stabbed a 23-year-old woman, cutting her face and neck.

The victim then tried to take the knife and ended up stabbing the suspect in the buttocks. The suspect then ran into the school.
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"Administrators are obviously taken aback as to what occurred here today," said LaRon Singletary, of the RPD. "There were children that were out here. There was no threat to anyone in the school - the weapon never made it into the school, and the school took the appropriate action as far as locking down the school."

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'SALT LAKE CITY – A woman charged in the 2002 kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart pleaded guilty Tuesday as part of a deal with federal prosecutors and asked Smart to forgive her for all the pain she had caused.

Wanda Eileen Barzee apologized in court, saying she was "humbled as I realize how much Elizabeth Smart has been victimized and the role that I played in it."

"I am so sorry, Elizabeth, for all the pain and suffering I have caused you and your family," Barzee, 64, said. "It is my hope that you will be able to find it in your heart to forgive me."

Smart, now 22 and preparing to serve a mission in Paris for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was not in court. But her father, Ed Smart, made a statement there.'

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"Men with a history of domestic violence could be put on a register so that any future partners can be warned about them.

The controversial plan, which is being drawn up by the Association of Chief Police Officers, would list around 25,000 suspected and convicted serial wife beaters.

Police would approach women with the information if they are notified that a man on the register has moved home.

Alternatively, women could be given the right to ask about the past of a man they are with.

A small number of pilot areas are already trying out a similar system in relation to sex offenders.
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Home Secretary Alan Johnson said: 'These proposals will stimulate important debate about how we can reach our future goal of preventing these cowardly crimes but also how to protect victims of domestic violence and tackle the abusers in the shorter term.'

Recently HBO (a TV movie channel) announced that throughout November, they will celebrate the "Men are Back" movie festival. Especially, they plan to show a movies related to men, every Thursday, November 19 being one of those days.

Also, an apparel company of India, Allen Solly has announced special promotional offer targeting women, asking them to gift their men something special on November 19th on the occasion of International Men's Day!

No wonder the concept of Men's Rights and an International Men's Day is catching up fast across the world. The day is not far when we'll see International Men's Day recognized across the globe and be given an official status by the UN.

Wish you all a Very Happy International Men's Day on 19th November.

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'One in three children whose parents separated or divorced over the last 20 years disclosed that they had lost contact permanently with their father.

Almost a tenth of children from broken families said the acrimonious process had left them feeling suicidal while others later sought solace in drink, drugs or crime.

They complained of feeling “isolated” and “used” while parents admitted having used children as “bargaining tools” against each other.

Lawyers said the study showed that the court system itself was making family break-up more acrimonious with children used as "pawns".

They warned that so-called “no fault” divorces were encouraging warring parents to channel their “bloodletting” into disputes over contact.'

Story here. I sympathize, of course. I just wonder if "Single dad refuses deployment to care for baby" would elicit the same tone of writing. I am sure if someone took the time to ask, they could find a single dad deployed overseas in similar circumstances. I just doubt his story would get published. Excerpt:

'SAVANNAH, Ga. – An Army cook and single mom may face criminal charges after she skipped her deployment flight to Afghanistan because, she said, no one was available to care for her infant son while she was overseas.

Spc. Alexis Hutchinson, 21, claims she had no choice but to refuse deployment orders because the only family she had to care for her 10-month-old son — her mother — was overwhelmed by the task, already caring for three other relatives with health problems.
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The Army requires all single-parent soldiers to submit a care plan for dependent children before they can deploy to a combat zone.