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'Being a lifelong liberal, I'd never heard anybody like Savage in my life. He yelled; he called people "vermin." He was unbridled masculinity, not the touchy feeling kind I was used to. And he totally accepted himself: his moods, passion, temper.

But what shocked me the most was his saying that men have become "feminized." I'd never been so offended. "Well, what's wrong with men being more feminine?" I shouted back at my radio. "Is there something wrong with femininity?" Men being way more in touch with their yin and less with their yang sounded good to me.
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What a difference a year makes. Now I see Savage as a seer warning us of the dangers we were in for if men went the way of the dinosaur. I had thought taming men's animal nature was a win-win for everybody. Now I realize it was tampering with Mother Nature.

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"MOVE over, guys, women-only gyms are getting bigger and better. Amore Fitness, which has 16 outlets islandwide, is planning to open a new 1,393 sq m fitness centre at City Square Mall at the end of the year.

Amore's founder and chief executive, Ms Jasmine Teo, says its gyms have 50,000 active members to date, with numbers 'constantly growing'.

Gyms like Amore not only have fitness regimes and classes tailored for a woman's physique, but also have less bulky fitness equipment and luxurious vanity areas where members can primp and preen after their workouts.
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Ms Cordelia Fernandez, a junior-college teacher in her 30s, dropped 9kg in eight months after she joined womenonly gym Slender Shapes in 2002.

'The main advantage of women- only gyms is that there are no distractions,' she said. 'You can concentrate on working out without worrying about how your hair looks or if you have a visible panty line.'"

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'The suicide rate among college-age men is increasing at an alarming rate, officials say, but even as schools work to head off the problem, counselors are baffled as to the cause.

"We don't know for certain," said Kristi Casey-Hart, a counselor at Dalton State College in Dalton, Ga. "I think that we put a lot of pressure on men."

While men overall commit suicide more often than women, the gender gap for suicide among young adults is staggering, according to a recent report published by the Boys Project out of the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Among 20- to 24-year-olds, 20.7 suicides per 100,000 occur among males, compared with 3.5 per 100,000 among females, said Judith Kleinfeld, director of the Boys Project.

The ratio of suicide among male and females between the ages of 15 and 24 was 5 to 1, she said, and the male and female ratio for that same age range in 1933 was 1.56 to 1.'

Announcement here.

'Parents and community members are invited to attend the "Boys in Crisis: Hear Our Cry" seminar from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Caldwell Auditorium. [link added]

The event, presented by Tyler ISD, will feature Dr. Paul Slocumb, an author and educator.

"He is coming to share research about the ways that boys learn and the best ways of making connections, building relationships and supporting them in their academic pursuits," said Kim Tunnell, director of curriculum and instruction at TISD.

"As we look at our data and trends within Tyler [link added], across the state and across the whole United States with dropout rates, we're missing the mark with addressing the needs of our boys. It's not that they're not capable. It's that we need to do a better job at meeting the needs of our boys."'

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'CENTREVILLE, Md. — A psychiatrist testified that a mother accused of the death of her 3-year-old daughter was so depressed she couldn't stop herself.

Defense witness Dr. David Williamson was one of three psychiatrists who testified Monday. Two others testified for the prosecution in Queen Anne's County Circuit Court in Centreville, saying Victoria Sparrow planned the killing weeks in advance.

The three testified at a hearing to determine if Sparrow was legally insane when she poisoned her daughter. Police say Sparrow killed her daughter, Laci, in December and then tried to kill herself with pills.

Sparrow has pleaded not criminally responsible by reason of insanity. Circuit Judge Thomas G. Ross will decide whether she was insane.'

Blog here. Latest entry reads:

'Deadra Williams, a 41-year-old West Virginia has been arrested on allegations she sexually assaulted a two-year-old boy. Williams was picked up by police for an incident with a family member that allegedly occurred mid May.

Williams now faces first degree sexual assault charges and remains in the Southern Regional Jail in lieu of a $50,000 bond.

The victim reported the incident to another family member who immediately reported in to police.

Williams was charged with sexual assault back in 2001, but those charges were dismissed pending future investigation.'

The site is indexed by name and as each new incident occurs, they get an additional entry. I don't know who is maintaining this blog, but I say "Keep up the good work!"

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'Rep. Carolyn Maloney's [link added] planned Senate bid isn't even officially off the ground and already she's scrambling to say sorry for using the N-word in an interview.

"I apologize for having repeated a word I find disgusting," Maloney said in a statement Monday.

Maloney used the racial slur while relaying a story she'd heard.

The potentially damaging gaffe comes a week before Maloney's scheduled launch of her Democratic challenge to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand at the polls next fall.

Baruch College's political pro Doug Muzzio said Maloney's use of the N-word is, to be blunt, "stupid."'

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'For about 15 days a month, Alaska Airlines pilot Jim Lancaster lives in a motor home in Parking Lot B near the southernmost runway at Los Angeles International Airport.

Story here. Mother falls asleep at the wheel, wives of off-duty firefighters pass by and call their husbands who save the 4-year old, both the child and firefighters sustaining burns. Who needs men, right? Excerpt:

'Firefighting brothers John and Joel Rechlitz are somewhat the worse for wear after their amazing rescue of a Tennessee boy trapped in a hell on earth — but they are happy and modest to bear the bandaged wounds of heroes.

The off-duty Milwaukee firemen were preparing for a family birthday Sunday when John’s wife Joy called him in a frantic state — just four blocks away, an SUV had flipped over and burst into flames, trapping a mother and her two young children inside.

The Rechlitz brothers arrived on the scene within moments to find a group of good Samaritans already at work, struggling to free the family from the blazing vehicle — but it took guts and a combined 29 years of firefighting experience to save the life of the 4-year-old boy trapped inside by his car seat.'

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'While a nominee for the Supreme Court gets away with expressing an obvious bigotry against white males, in San Diego County efforts are being made to correct the damage done to its citizens by that same kind of bigotry.

In the comments section here, I’ve seen readers (both male and female) express a surprising degree of hatred against men I haven’t personally witnessed in years. One man even expressed a notion I’d thought had long ago been debunked – that anyone showing any sympathy for male victims of DV must secretly be supporting the patriarchy in their efforts to systematically beat women down. Talk about old-hat conspiracy theories! I figure the guy has an org to support and needs the attention.

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'Male students preparing to enter law school will file a petition with the Constitutional Court against Ewha Womans University Law School, claiming that the admittance of only female students is a violation of their constitutional rights.

Three men said Sunday that Ewha Law School accepts only women for its allotted entrance quota of 100. They said that because the nation's total law school capacity was 2,000, as licensed by the Ministry of Education and Science Technology, the school effectively eliminated 100 slots for men by excluding them from its entrance exam, leaving only 1,900 total slots, they claimed.

``Ewha Law School should alter its prospectus to receive only females, or cancel the license of the law school itself, so men and women can have an equal opportunity,'' he said.

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'HAMILTON — As one of the few police departments in the area that offers training for carry-conceal weapons permits, it’s no surprise that Hamilton city police have hit another milestone.

In June, it held its first women-only CCW class, which is proving popular based on the number of enrollees.

“Some ladies called us and said they were interested. We’ve had quite a response,” said Hamilton police Detective Daniel Stevenson.

The current class has around 30 women, up from the typical five to 10 in a co-educational class.

“The ladies told us they felt a little more comfortable in an all-ladies setting. We were just trying to take care of these ladies.”'

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'ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- The recession has radically changed the amount of time many dads spend with their children because fathers are either home much less or a lot more.

It's a two-sided coin: Many American fathers are working harder than ever as their managers try to take care of business with fewer workers. On the flip side, many dads who've lost their jobs are finding that they're becoming the new Mr. Moms.

According to a recent survey from CareerBuilder.com, modern times are prompting dads to search for a new balance.'

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'Recent data from the Department of Child Protection in Western Australia (WA) has debunked a common misconception about fathers and violence. The data shows that natural mothers are far more likely to abuse children than their natural fathers, other than in sexual abuse, where mothers were responsible for only 13% of cases.

The past practice of lumping together de factos, live-in boyfriends and overnight male guests together with fathers as "male carers" has led to skewed beliefs about who abuses children. In releasing these recent figures that identify natural fathers separately, the DCP has provided a clearer picture of who is likely to abuse children.

The figures - obtained under Freedom of Information provisions - provide a clearer picture of who is likely to abuse children in families. The data show that there were 1505 substantiations of child abuse in WA during 2007-8.'

Journalist Philip Cook observes that "there is more false, falsely framed, or disingenuously deceptive information about domestic violence than any other significant public and social issue."

RADAR's new special report, Fifty Domestic Violence Myths (.pdf file), debunks some of this misinformation, including the following myths: