Article here. Excerpt:

'More than a quarter of state primary schools have no male teachers, partly because they have been deterred from working with young children for fear of being labelled paedophiles, an expert claims.

The result is that thousands of boys are being taught solely by women and have no educational male role models.

The trend is fuelling concerns that a generation of boys is growing up without an authoritative male figure in their lives.
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'It's a sad comment on society that more men aren't attracted into teaching in primary schools. In part, this is due to concerns in society about paedophilia. Men are receiving the signal that it's more appropriate for them to teach in secondary schools than primary schools.'

The 'feminisation' of the curriculum, which includes an emphasis on coursework rather than 'sudden death' exams, is already believed to be responsible for a widening gender gap at secondary level.'

Story here.

This has all the makings of a false rape accusation. I found the article buried in my hard copy of the L.A. Times; and, 'surprise, surprise', it was not referenced on their home page for today - I had to dig for it.

Excerpt:

'The victim also described her attacker as 5-foot-10, 175 pounds, clean-shaven with dark brown eyes. Reynolds [the accused] is 5-foot-7, 140 pounds, has blue eyes and was not clean-shaven at the time, according to the defense documents.
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The victim told police that her attacker licked her navel area, according to court documents. But the state's crime lab found that the only DNA consistent with saliva in the woman's navel area belonged to her.

Other male DNA evidence found on the student's stomach was inconsistent with saliva, the court papers state.'

Story here. Excerpt:

'In a controversial ruling, a British judge declined to forbid contact between a music teacher and the 15-year-old pupil with whom she’d had an affair.

A Sept. 22 article in the U.K. newspaper The Times reported that 26-year-old music teacher Helen Goddard was sentenced to a 15 month prison term and a decade-long inclusion on a sex offender registry, but that the judge declined to bar the teacher from renewing her relationship with the 15-year-old girl whom she was convicted of having an improper sexual relationship.
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The prosecution in the case had sought an injunction against Goddard and the girl seeing one another for five years following Goddard’s release from prison.

The judge in the case, Anthony Pitt, refused, saying that to have imposed such a restriction would have been "draconian and cruel" toward the girl, who reportedly remains in love with Goddard.'

Article here. This is one to watch. Will we see a sentencing disparity? Excerpt:

'Two teenage girls have been charged with the alleged rape of a man in Cippenham in July.

The 17-year-olds, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared at Maidenhead Youth Court on Thursday, September 17.

Both girls are charged with rape, false imprisonment and assault occasioning actual bodily harm (ABH).

They have been bailed to await their next court appearance at Reading Crown Court on Thursday, October 15.

Two men in their twenties appeared at Slough Magistrates' Court on July 11 also charged with rape, false imprisonment and ABH.

They have been remanded in custody and will appear at Reading Crown Court on October 15 for a plea and case management hearing.'

Story here. Excerpt:

'The woman who wrongfully accused five men of a gang rape in a dormitory bathroom of Hofstra University will not face jail time, under an agreement with the Nassau County DA.

The woman behind the false allegations, Hofstra freshman Danmell Ndonye, will have to complete "substantial mental health treatment and lengthy community service requirements" or else face criminal charges, Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice said in a statement.

The 18-year-old, previously described by the prosecutor as "a deeply troubled woman," had claimed she was attacked following a dance party at a Long Island campus nightclub. Four men were arrested and a fifth was being sought when she recanted the story three days later.'

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Nassau County DA's Office contact info is here.

Article here. Excerpt:

'A women-only tour of New York city is billed as "a fun-filled adventure and an opportunity to see and experience what New York City has to offer." And it's a chance to support the Sexual Assault Centre's goal of establishing a residential care facility.'

Article here. Excerpt:

Article here. Excerpt:

'I received the following email from a heartbroken and understandably enraged wife whose husband languishes in America's version of a debtor's prison. No one knows how many people -- almost all of them men -- are being held indefinitely on contempt of civil court charges for which they do not have the due process protections offered to those accused of a criminal offense -- no right to a trial, an attorney, an appeal...no due process. Most of these imprisonments are for non-compliance with court ordered child support or alimony. It does not matter if the man is unable to comply due to poverty -- e.g. from losing his job; he can be imprisoned anyway until he "pays up." For an analysis of the plight of these prisoners who languish in jail without ever being arrested, tried or accorded Constitutional rights, please see my article "The Return of Debtor's Prison."'

Article here. Excerpt:

'During his closing remarks at the International Freedom Award ceremony in the Peabody Grand Ballroom today, His Holiness the Dalai Lama called upon women to help create a more compassionate world.

“I call myself a feminist,” said the Dalai Lama. “Isn’t that what you call someone who fights for women’s rights?”

The audience erupted in laughter and applause. The Dalai Lama went to on say that women are more prone to compassion, since they have the responsibility of bearing children.'

From IA's recent email alert:

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) doesn't seem to get it.

When our work to prevent the CDC from recommending circumcision for baby boys started making waves in the press last month, the CDC responded with a statement that tried to address our issues.

But their response didn't even mention the ethics of circumcising baby boys who cannot give their consent. It's clear that they're still missing the point.

Send a message directly to the CDC – tell them they must answer our ethical questions about circumcision.

Trudy Schuett mentions NCFM's work in her fantastic article in the Examiner about how Amanda McCormick of Praxis International apparently made a position statement on behalf of Praxis when she said she knows "a lot of men who deserve to be beaten" during her keynote address at the annual conference of the Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Thank you, Trudy!

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Ed.:
Conference page here.
Also reported here. Excerpt:

'Naturally, when asked for clarification about this comment, Janice Wick, Associate Director of Praxis, said:

Via Marc A. Sharon Squires, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Sociology at California State University-Dominguez Hills, and Carnell Smith of Citizens Against Paternity Fraud, have joined forces to develop a new on-line survey, the first of its kind, which will examine the emotional, financial, legal, and social impact of paternity fraud on men. The survey is at http://www.paternityfraud.com/pfsurvey.php

A news release about the survey and about the appearance of Squires and Smith at the next screening of "Support? System Down" in Atlanta is available here.

Article here. Excerpt:

'Mothers are more likely than fathers to neglect and emotionally and physically abuse their children, information obtained under freedom of information laws reveals.

But figures from the WA Department for Child Protection show substantiated cases of child sexual abuse against fathers still far outnumber those against mothers.

The data shows that parents were the perpetrators in almost 39 per cent of the 1505 substantiated cases of child abuse in 2007-08. Of the 582 cases of abuse by parents, mothers were responsible for 73 per cent, while fathers committed 27 per cent.

Mothers were more than 17 times more likely than fathers to neglect their children, while fathers were responsible for 85 per cent of sex abuse cases against children.
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dults Surviving Child Abuse WA spokeswoman Michelle Stubbs said an initial look at the data did not present a clear explanation and other factors had to be considered.

Check this out. These guys are doing an incredible work in the area of men's health! Excerpt:

'The MHF is fifteen years old this year. A spotty teenager, slouching and taciturn save for the odd indecipherable grunt? The Forum's first short history is being written and talking to the author the other day got me thinking about how much has changed.

When we were a toddler, the Forum used to make the news. In fact, our president Ian Banks was quoted so often in the press that other organisations assumed we had an army of press officers when in fact we had barely any paid staff. Screaming kids get noticed.

We punched well above our weight because, oddly enough, health is traditionally one of the few subjects in the media that is female-led. But in the 90s, smarter journalists and editors looking for a new angle realised that their health coverage was neglecting 50% of the population. Suddenly, men were the new women. We even got our own magazines – GQ, Maxim, Men’s Health.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'Proponents of the New Perspectives approach to domestic violence have long been aware of the sexist, and otherwise biased nature of what has become the "traditional" public response to domestic violence. To the detriment of the public in general, governments at all levels, from federal to local, have been forced to cooperate with political activist groups whose ultimate objectives have little or nothing to do with aiding couples and families where intimate parter abuse is a problem.

Utilizing a fabricated scenario that only addresses the perceived political nature of the issue from a radical feminist standpoint, these political activist groups have managed in the past several decades to establish themselves as "experts" in the field, when nothing could be further from the truth. Time and again, the feminist scenario of domestic violence fails to stand up to scrutiny, since there was never any substance behind the notion that all domestic violence is politically motivated and a political/governmental solution is by any means viable.'