Article here. Excerpt:

'Incoming Girls School Association head Jill Berry said parents were worried about achieving a balance between school achievement and happiness.

Mrs Berry also said that girls could put themselves under a lot of pressure.

A poll of 1,000 parents surveyed for the association said their top concern was their daughter's education.

Girls tend to outperform boys in all stages of their education, and this can lead schools to assume all girls will do well.

Mrs Berry said: "There is no doubt that many mothers and fathers are worried about getting the balance right between their daughters realising their academic potential while at the same time being happy and safe."'

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'A crack-addicted woman was handed a 13-month conditional sentence yesterday for corrupting her developmentally challenged daughter, who was used for sex and given cocaine by other crack-users at the family's Rexdale flophouse.
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"A mother has totally failed her daughter in the worst kind of way. She was sexually assaulted and became a drug addict by being given drugs over a 12-month period," said Strasberg, who demanded a prison sentence in the "range of 18 months."

Strasberg said the mom would be smoking crack in her room while the daughter performed sex acts in the living room. Drug testing confirmed the girl's drug use with "high level of exposure."

Justice Lloyd Budzinski rejected the prison term and agreed with defence lawyer Donald F. McLeod's call for a stay-at-home sentence. The judge said the remorseful mom pleaded guilty, sparing her daughter the anguish of reliving the horror from the witness stand.

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Story here. Excerpt:

'WASHINGTON – The House has passed legislation to assure that employers live up to their four-decade-old legal promise to provide equal pay for equal work.

Democrats led lawmakers in approving a bill making clear that women who are victims of gender-based discrimination can sue for compensatory and punitive damage.
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"Equal pay is an issue of fundamental fairness," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said. "But as families grapple with difficult economic times, equal pay for equal work is often about daily survival for millions of families."

Republican opponents saw the measures, introduced in the first week of the new Congress, as an incentive for people to file lawsuits that will benefit trial lawyers. It's "little more than an earmark for the trial bar," said Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn.

Video report here. Casey Anthony is the prime suspect in the case of her young missing daughter, whose body was found not long ago. Despite so much evidence pointing to her as a prime suspect, this case has dragged on for months as people seem incapable of believing she murdered and probably dismembered her daughter's body. Note how much sympathy she is getting in this report despite the evidence against her. This is one to watch.

An article inspired by the book "The Myth of Male Power" by Warren Farrell. Excerpt:

'Feminists have used this word very judiciously to bargain for unwarranted concessions for women from the society. And the fools that men are, easily bought this stupid argument of men being chauvinistic as well and started giving concessions to women...
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...Power, as misunderstood, is not the LIBERTY to do something at WILL. Power is the ability to control your own life the way you want and have the choice to do so. Something which men do not have currently, women however have it. Hence it’s the women who are more powerful than men.

Article here. Excerpt:

'One can spend a long time in jail in the U.S. without ever being charged with a crime.

Blog here. Excerpt:

'That's right, today's feminism (or third wave feminism) is not about making men and women equal, it is about advancing women's rights at the expense of men (and sometimes other women). This crap can be seen in the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). The name alone reeks of 'protected class'. Isn't ALL violence bad? Where is the Violence Against Men Act? Why not rename it the "Violence Against Humans Act". To me. this seems more egalitarian.
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If feminists want economic equality, they are truly dreaming. Everyone has their own skills and education. To make everyone truly equal economically would send the world into mediocrity. Everyone would earn the same wage, regardless of the work involved. This way Bill Gates and the burger flipper at McDonald's can be roommates. Bill Gates is where he is because of the contribution he (and Microsoft) made to society. If Bill Gates never mainstreamed Windows and brought the rise of the home PC, you wouldn't even be reading this rant.'

It is interesting to note that this article was posted in the same rag the very next day. I suggest that you read all of the comments. The overwhelming majority are with the man on this issue. For those of you who do not know the Toronto Star it is a Liberal bastion which makes the support of the male all the more astounding. Perhaps the word is getting out there. One example of the comments:

Ridiculous
This coming one day after an editorial by a star journalist slamming men and praising feminists. And to boot, the woman was trying to increase the money they were receiving and decrease the amount of time the father got to spend with his "children". Absolute Farce!

It is also interesting (though not surprising or unexpected) that the judge is a female.
Though as we know it wouldn't matter the gender pandering is done by both sexes to the Princesses of Privilege.

Story here. Excerpt:

'A Guyton woman beat her 5-year-old child with her hands, then a mop handle, and attacked a man who intervened with the mop handle, according to the Bulloch County Sheriff’s Office.

Then, she tried to run the man over with her vehicle, said Bulloch County Sheriff’s Chief Investigator Capt. Todd Hutchens.

Stacey Lynn Thomas, 31, Barrister Circle, then tried to run over the man with her vehicle, said BCSO chief investigator Capt. Todd Hutchens.
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Thomas has been charged with cruelty to children, simple battery, disorderly conduct, aggravated assault, striking a fixed object, DUI (refused test), obstruction and DUI: endangering a child, he said.'

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'Lawson’s investigation revealed the woman had made threats to harm Davenport’s children, according to Murfreesboro Police spokesman Kyle Evans. Judge Davenport had ordered Vaughn’s rights to see her children revoked on two occasions.

“In November 2006, Vaughn was arrested on aggravated child abuse charges by Detective Lawson,” Evans said. “Because of that, she lost custody of her children and had to see her kids through the Murfreesboro Exchange Club.”

Evans said Vaughn’s rights to see her children through the Exchange Club were revoked on Dec. 18, 2008.

“Due to her angry temperament and the cussing out of staff members, those rights were also revoked,” Evans said. “Staff members at Realist Interventions have been working to help Vaughn with parenting issues and anger management.”'

Article here. Excerpt:

'So, what might be going wrong? One of the less edifying aspects of our education system is that it seems to be influenced by ideology rather than what we know about human development. It ignores what the influence of our evolutionary history might be on the structure of our brains and any innate predisposition for learning, which may also be influenced by gender.

The inclination of many boys to be interested in objects that move, movement itself and rigorous exploration and play, can sometimes be interpreted as a 'problem', while perhaps the inclination for girls to sit and talk is seen in a more positive light. Political correctness which, at its extreme, may try to deny physical/physiological/neurological differences between boys and girls, can also work against the very concept of equal opportunities which it is meant to espouse, as it appears to suggest that learning opportunities and learning contexts for boys and girls are almost interchangeable.

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'Fewer than 50 percent of boys in low-income families in Allen County are passing third-grade reading, compared with 61 percent of girls from low-income families. That issue is the impetus for the United Way of Allen County's Real Men Read program aimed at closing the reading achievement gap.

Beginning in March, Real Men Read volunteers will be in classrooms to read with students and model the importance of reading. Boys will see diverse men who value reading and education as they listen to and read along with their mentors.

Each mentor will be assigned to a third-grade classroom and given books with guided reading cards for March, April and May.'

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'Oxford University Press (OUP) claims the "truly boy-friendly" content and structure of its Project X books will appeal to boys up the age of nine.

The books have been tested in 2,000 schools and can be used interactively through CD-Roms and whiteboards.
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Professor Elaine Millard from the National Association for the Teaching of English said the books were a shallow response to the problem of boys not enjoying reading.

"It's counterproductive - we want them to engage with the text so that they enjoy the pleasure of words.
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But Elizabeth Blinkhorn from OUP said the books were aimed specifically at getting boys involved.

"We know that boys are very motivated by facts and 3D images and gripping story lines. There are short chapters to keep them motivated.

"And boys really want to be part of the story and in Project X they are part of the story."'

Article here. It's subscription only, so the whole article is below.

'Walt Disney Co. is making a push to crack a market that few media companies have been able to conquer -- boys aged 6-14.

Next month, the company will launch a boy-focused entertainment brand called Disney XD, consisting of a new cable television channel, a comprehensive Web site with games, music, videos and social networking.

For Disney, the move marks a new push designed to replicate some of the success it has scored in recent years with its largely girl-targeted entertainment franchises such as Hannah Montana, High School Musical and the Jonas Brothers.

"We looked at the landscape and feel that girls are being served -- if not super-served, and preschoolers are also well served, but boys really haven't been," says Rich Ross, president of Disney Channels Worldwide. "If boys have been served, it's been mostly in animation, which [is] only a narrow portion of what boys are interested in."