Last week I posted a story from Toronto about a win for the good guys. Another article from Toronto shows what is giveth by the courts can be taken away by the gender panderers. Article here. Excerpt:

'At 51, Tippett is broken, bankrupt and bunking in the guest room of his parents' Burlington home after a divorce settlement that's left him $75,000 in debt and racking up $1,000 more each month.

Today, he'll appear in court at a default hearing to try to explain why he can't afford to pay his ex-wife (the couple had no children) $3,300 a month, $16,000 in retroactive alimony and $42,000 of her court costs out of a complex case he himself still doesn't understand.
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While Cormier is now getting just over $2,000 a month of his disability pay, technically Tippett is on the hook for $3,300, so each month his arrears are climbing.

Article here.

'The Men's Directory (TMD) is a complimentary research tool summarizing the men's studies field from research on masculinity to men's health and men's rights.

Its focus is on research and resources, including information on themes (boys/education; aging; sexuality; fathering; health), initiatives (organizations, events), tools (bibliographies, encyclopedias, databases, content analyses, research measures), output genres (book series, textbooks, journals, readers) and mediators (publishers). TMD includes a list of abbreviations and an index.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'HOUSTON—U.S. Food and Drug Administration researchers have found that drugs for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, can cause children to have severe hallucinations, Reuters reports.

The study of the drugs was conducted by drug makers. They found cases of psychosis and mania in some young patients, even those with no obvious risk factors.

Millions of children use ADHD drugs. In the Journal Pediatrics, one doctor wrote, “The numbers of cases of psychosis or mania in pediatric clinical trials were small. However, we noted a complete absence of such events with placebo treatments.”'

Article here. What price, glory? Suppose if a "woman's sport" were found to inflict this kind of damage on the brain there wouldn't be a law against it the next day? Excerpt:

'But today, using tissue from retired NFL athletes culled posthumously, the Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy (CSTE) is shedding light on what concussions look like in the brain. The findings are stunning. Far from innocuous, invisible injuries, concussions confer tremendous brain damage. That damage has a name: chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).
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CSTE studies reveal brown tangles flecked throughout the brain tissue of former NFL players who died young -- some as early as their 30s or 40s.

McKee, who also studies Alzheimer's disease, says the tangles closely resemble what might be found in the brain of an 80-year-old with dementia.
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The NFL is planning its own independent medical study of retired NFL players on the long-term effects of concussion.

Article here. What do you guys think of the painting? Excerpt:

'DADE CITY - When it comes to educating people about domestic violence and sexual assault, Sunrise of Pasco County can get pretty creative.

The nonprofit organization, which helps victims deal with abuse, is organizing performances of "The Vagina Monologues" next month and is inviting local artists to submit artwork that can be displayed at the shows.
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Sunrise is also presenting a one-man show Friday that deals with sexual assault and dating violence. Comic Ben Atherton-Zeman will perform "Voices of Men" at 7 p.m. Friday at the Pasco Middle School Auditorium, 13925 14th St.

In his performance, Atherton-Zeman shows men how they can become part of the solution in ending violence against women.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'In Ventura County and nationwide, Gaona is hardly typical. The number of male teachers in the county dropped below 25 percent in the last few years, the lowest in a decade, state records show. In many elementary schools, women outnumber men by an even greater margin.

A small Santa Paula district has no men on its teaching staff. In Camarillo’s Pleasant Valley School District, men made up only 12 percent of teachers last year, and less than 5 percent in elementary schools.

Gender doesn’t have anything to do with teaching quality, said Michael McCambridge, liberal studies director at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, but “it’s important to have role models who are both women and men.”
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Many school districts will likely discuss layoffs more than teacher recruitment this year, because of looming state budget cuts. And that might continue the trend of fewer men entering elementary education.'

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Article here. Excerpt:

'A study claims men have a 20 per cent risk developing a drink problem in their lifetimes, and 10 per cent chance of becoming hooked.

The seeds of abuse and dependence on alcohol often begins in the late to mid 20s, according to researchers from the University of California, San Diego.

However the lifetime risk for women abusing alcohol was only between 8 and 10 per cent, they estimated.

Earlier this week official figures showed that millions of Britons are putting their health at risk by spending too many evenings at home with a bottle of wine.

Official guidelines warn that men should drink no more than three to four units a day and women no more than two to three.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'The statistics involving boys and education look bleak. More boys flunk or drop out of school than girls, and young males make up more than two-thirds of the students in special education. Across the board, in elementary, high school, and higher education, girls outperform boys in regard to homework and grades, as reported by the Public Broadcasting Service Web site, pbsparents.org.

So who is to blame for, what looks like, boy's educational apathy? Michael Thompson, coauthor of the book Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys, believes that boys have too much energy for traditional schools. "More boys have problems with attention and focus than girls...And they are not given enough opportunities [in school] to move around."

This story on the Sydney Morning Herald explains that there has been a huge increase in women committing crimes lately - but then goes on to explain how basically - surprise surprise - it's all our fault, chaps... Quote:

'THE number of women found guilty of crimes has jumped dramatically, partly as a result of alcohol-fuelled young "ladettes" trying to emulate young males. The number of young women offenders has risen 17 per cent in the past four years, compared to just 4.5 per cent for men.
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Eva Cox, head of the Women's Electoral Lobby, said the rise in female crime rates was "one of the consequences of equality" which happened as women had greater opportunities to offend than in the past. They were trying to keep up with the general cultural image in which being a yobbo male was seen as desirable.
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Article here. Excerpt:

'Men's rights advocates have come a long way in getting husband abuse recognized as a form of domestic abuse. There is help and resources for men to recover from abuse.

An American sociologist, Suzanne Steinmetz, introduced the term battered husband thirty-two years ago. Battered men may have officially become recognized as victims in abusive relationships in the academic world, however, it took over twenty years before it slowly was accepted in other professional fields.
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Debating the prevalence or severity of husband abuse is irrelevant. Domestic violence should not be a gender issue: it is a human issue.'

A report issued today by RADAR Services, "Are Abuse Shelters Helping the True Victims of Domestic Violence?" (.pdf file), reveals some disturbing facts about the country's 1,200 abuse shelters.

Based on research studies, reviews of shelter websites, and interviews with former shelter residents and staff, the report reveals that only one in 10 persons are in shelters because of they are victims of battering. Instead, shelters are filled with homeless persons and substance abusers. This makes it hard for true victims of domestic violence to get the help they need.

Story here. Excerpt:

'A Sacramento mother convicted earlier this year of killing her 3-year-old son wanted a do-over, but a judge ruled Friday that once was enough.

No new trial for Carline Balbuena.

The judge's decision brought to a close – for now, anyway – an ordeal that began in November 2005 with the beating death of Keith Carl "K.C." Balbuena, a little boy with a winning smile and an agonizing, short life. The case graphically illustrated the vulnerability of a child in an abusive home, where both adults – a lovesick mother and violent boyfriend/roommate – had lied about his numerous injuries.

Story here. Excerpt:

'Snip, snip! No, that’s not the sound of your baby boy’s foreskin getting nipped—it’s the sound of Medicaid cutting the benefits that cover circumcision.

Thousands of male infants aren’t being circumcised this year because their states don’t cover the procedure. There are currently sixteen states that don’t cover circumcisions through Medicaid, which costs between $250 and $300 on average.
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Get it together, Medicaid. Forcing the next generation of men into a lifetime of smooth, unaltered genitals is no way to govern a nation. Our forefathers fought hard so that American men would have the sculpted penile curves of a Ferrari, and denying them that right is simply unconstitutional.*

*Yes, I'm being sarcastic. The style of one's genitalia is a personal choice and the debate on whether circumcision is beneficial or unnecessary continues. Do you believe circumcision is an outdated practice? Aesthetically pleasing? Mutilation? Share your opinion (nicely)!'

Article here. Excerpt:

'Matthew Hess, the group's president, argues that boys are being treated unfairly when it comes to circumcision.