Article here. Excerpt:

'Several parliamentary parties are considering creating legislation that would spare all children from circumcision - not just girls.

A proposal to ban circumcision for boys may be on its way to parliament after intense discussions by MPs over the past week, reports Kristeligt Dagblad newspaper.

Although circumcision of girls was outlawed in response to the practice being common among immigrants from some Muslim countries, boys may still be circumcised if a certified physician is present.'

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Ed. note: Not surprisingly, there is a great deal of resistance to this from religious quarters. Story here.

I just wanted to thank the readers of Mensactivism.org. The first week's numbers for my new internet radio show at BlogTalkRadio were very respectable. The more avenues of media we can utilize to advance our concerns will only help grow the momentum that has already been established by organizations/individuals like Mensactivism.org.

This week, I will discuss how authorities are changing their approach towards prostitution, which involves compassion for the prostitutes, and jail for the johns. Isn’t this gender discrimination?

Also, the different reaction in society between advertising that offends men, and advertising that offends women (DART vs. Motrin).

And finally, how research released this week proves feminists lied about girls and education.

Link to my show's web page: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/J-Soltys

Joe Soltys

Story here. Excerpt:

'NOVEMBER 20--A 10-year-old Wisconsin girl drafted a hit list containing the names of 21 classmates and four teachers who would be targeted "when I go on my killing spree." The handwritten list was confiscated Monday afternoon by a teacher in a McKinley Middle School classroom, according a Kenosha Police Department report, a copy of which you'll find below. At the top of the one-page list the sixth grader wrote, "When I go on my killing spree the victims are..."'

Story here. Excerpt:

'A Florida kindergarten teacher was suspended for polling her students on whether an autistic boy should remain in class.

Alex Barton, 5, lost the vote 14 to 2.

Barton, a former student at Morningside Elementary School in Port St. Lucie, Fla., had received two discipline referrals to the principal's office May 21, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported. The school was aware that Barton was in the process of being tested for Asperger's Syndrome.

This week, the St. Lucie County School Board voted unanimously to suspend his tenured teacher, Wendy Portillo, for one year without pay. Superintendent of Schools Michael Lannon recommended discipline after Portillo took Barton to the front of the class and asked students to tell the boy what they didn't like about his behavior and how it impacted them.

Barton said the teacher allowed his classmates to call him "disgusting" and "annoying."

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Article here. Excerpt:

"The Kingston university has hired student facilitators to step in when they overhear homophobic slurs, remarks bashing women or racially tinged insults, along with an array of other language that could be deemed offensive.
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'If people are having a conversation with offensive content and they're doing it loud enough for a third person to hear it ... it's not private,' said Jason Laker, dean of student affairs at Queen's.
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Patricia Gurin, professor emeritus of psychology and women's studies at the University of Michigan, is one of the founders of the intergroup dialogue concept.
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She said that facilitators who haven't been trained properly could end up reinforcing defence mechanisms of privileged students.

"White males say 'This is more white-male bashing.' What are they learning from that? Reinforcement of defensiveness rather than opening up and exploring is the consequence."'

Story here. Excerpt:

'SALISBURY, Md. — A Salisbury Christian School music teacher was arrested on sex offense charges this morning after law enforcement officers were notified of an improper relationship with a former student, police said.

Carole Leigh Mayers, a 41-year-old Eden resident, is charged with five counts of third-degree sex offense, five counts of fourth-degree sex offense, five counts of child abuse and perverted practice, according to police.'

Story here.

'A former Elmhurst College student has pleaded not guilty to charges of falsifying a police report.

Investigators say 19-year-old Safia Jilani reportedly told them she was attacked in a campus bathroom last month because she is Muslim.

After an investigation, police say Jilani made up the story. She has been expelled from the college. Her attorney said Jilani is in treatment but would not discuss details.

She could face three years in prison if convicted.'

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'OLATHE, KAN. -- An Olathe junior high school student could face sexual battery charges after allegedly giving a school social worker an "inappropriate" hug, police said on Tuesday.

According to Olathe Police, a school social worker at Chisholm Trail Junior High School told an assistant principal that the boy, 13, hugged her in a way that she thought was inappropriate.
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"The report has been taken and the incident was documented and it has been forwarded to the district attorney's office," said Sgt. Johnnie Rowland of the Olathe Police Department. "They will review it and decide from that point what action should be taken."

Nicole Littler from MOCSA, the Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual Assault says some teens don't understand sexual harassment, and she urges parents to talk to their children about it.'

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'SAN ANTONIO — A 27-year-old woman has been arrested on charges of distributing harmful material to a minor after a 14-year-old's parents found a topless photo of her on his cell phone.

Victoria Ann Chacon, a former middle school teacher, allegedly met the boy at their church, where she was a Sunday school teacher. Authorities at Somerset Independent School District said they found no evidence of any inappropriate relationships with students; the 14-year-old attended school elsewhere.

The boy's parents called police in March after finding racy letters in which Chacon professed her love. The boy initially refused to give a statement about the relationship, the arrest warrant says.'

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Story here. Excerpt:

'York, Neb. — Attorney General Jon Bruning says he’s dedicated to preventing domestic violence and will ask for legislation next year that would require high school classes on the subject.
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“I was shocked to see how much domestic violence, date violence, is happening at the high school level and even at the middle school level,” Bruning said. “I want the Legislature to pass a law, this coming year, that will help bring that to a stop. I will be asking for that bill, and I want it passed.”
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The Rhode Island law requires all school districts to have a dating violence policy. It also requires annual dating violence education for students in the seventh through 12th grades, through the health curriculum.'

I just hope these classes present both sides of the issue.

Today is the day to celebrate! It is International Men's Day. The idea of an International Men's Day was initiated at the UN by Mikhail Gorbachev.

First celebrated on November 19th, 1999 in Trinidad and Tobacco, India did so for the first time in 2007 and then again in 2008. Abhinav Bindra was the first individual Olympic gold medalist from India to put his support behind it. The reasons why we need this day are succinctly put here.

Australia is celebrating this day as well, with Dads4Kids taking the lead.

How is this day being marked in India?

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'When Walter Andre Sharpe Jr. signed for a certified letter from Dauphin County Domestic Relations in 2001, he didn't know he was signing on for a seven-year nightmare.

Since then, the Philadelphia man has been thrown in jail four times, lost his job, become estranged from his four children and spent more than $12,000 to support the child of another man.

It finally stopped in May 2007 when a judge reversed a finding that he was the father.'

Story here. Excerpt:

'Police say a 35-year-old Worcester woman raped and abused her teenage niece, forcing her to be a live-in housekeeper in what police are calling a sick, real-life “Cinderella” story.

Mara L. Escobar pleaded not guilty yesterday in Central District Court in Worcester to two counts of child rape, five counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, three counts of assault and battery on a child causing bodily injury and one count of domestic assault and battery.

The alleged victim, now 16, was reportedly beaten with thorny rose stems, assaulted with frozen hot dogs, slammed against the floor and kicked and punched in the eye on numerous occasions starting in 2005 while living at Escobar’s home, according to court documents.'