Article here. Excerpt:

'It doesn't matter how wealthy, powerful and privileged a woman is, in divorce some women still love to play the victim. Latest case in point--Madonna.

Madonna is worth an estimated $850 million. Whatever one thought of her music and her racy image, she is in many ways the model of the empowered modern woman--a successful businesswoman who rose from nowhere to become rich and famous.'
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According to the UK Telegraph:
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"They include allegations that he told her she 'looked like a granny' on stage compared with her younger backing dancers. He is also alleged to have declared that she could not act, and was 'past it' after she turned 50.

Her lawyers say that 40-year-old Ritchie's comments made Madonna feel worthless, unattractive, unfeminine, insecure and isolated during their eight-year marriage."

Article here. Should I be surprised there's no mention that men still make up the majority of suicides? Excerpt:

'The number of women committing suicide has increased dramatically over the past decade and is driving up the nation's suicide rate as a whole, a new study finds.

The rate of suicide in the United States has risen for the first time in a decade and, for once, middle-age women are being looked at as the culprit driving the increase, according to researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Center for Injury Research and Policy.

The overall suicide rate rose 0.7 percent over the study period, but increased 3.9 percent for middle-age white women and 2.7 percent for white men in the same age group.'

Press release here. Excerpt:

'The case (Woods. v. Shewry) was filed by four men and the daughter of one, against the State of California and its agencies. The lower court dismissed the case on the ground that men and women are "not similarly situated" as victims. The Court of Appeal reversed the decision on October 14, 2008, holding "male victims of domestic violence are similarly situated to female victims for purposes of the statutory programs" and the laws "violate equal protection."'

False claims hurt true victims of violence. Under the Violence Against Women Act, false allegations have reached epidemic levels:

• According to the RADAR Report, "Without Restraint: The Use and Abuse of Domestic Restraining Orders,"[1] at least one million restraining orders are issued each year in which no violence is even alleged.
• A recent analysis found 81% of temporary restraining orders in West Virginia are false or unnecessary.
• In San Diego, prosecuting attorney Casey Gwinn admits, "I would say it’s in the thousands of people who take the witness stand and somewhat modify the truth."

RADAR recently released a White Paper (.pdf file) that analyzes the problem of false allegations. The White Paper presents 10 needed changes to federal and state domestic violence laws to correct this insidious problem:

Story here. Excerpt:

'New Westminster - A 21-year-old woman is facing a life sentence in prison for conspiring to murder her mother's common-law husband.

Ashleigh Hiebert, who was 19 at the time of the alleged crime, was originally charged with first-degree murder but has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit murder.

The Crown alleges that Hiebert was a go-between in the alleged murder plot of 26-year-old Jeffrey Sabine, whose body was found by a passerby on Feb. 10, 2006 on the shore of the Fraser River in the 1500-block of Cliveden Avenue on Annacis Island in Delta.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'Before he was a best-selling author, respected social philosopher and corporate consultant, Michael Gurian was a 7-year-old boy whom no one seemed to understand.

...He presents evidence that boys think and behave differently than girls based on their brain structures and brain chemistry and encourages public schools and families to embrace all that is enigmatic about boys.

Article here. Excerpt:

'The point is not to suggest that either Obama or Biden should come out swinging ugly slurs, half-truths or outright lies. But the conventional wisdom seems to be that the men on the Democratic ticket can't tell Palin precisely what they think of her moose, her hockey pucks and her Joe Six-Pack-isms. If a fella should try, he will be perceived as a bully, as condescending, as ungentlemanly.
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But the reality is that women can deliver a straight-up beatdown as well. In a post-feminist, Title IX culture, there is significant evidence that women are fighting more like men -- and men don't know how to respond.'

Read this. Imagine a man writing such a thing saying he wanted a boy and when the ultrasound came back that it was a girl, he said all these things? Suppose he'd get sympathy or condemnation from the public? Excerpt:

'...We had the prettiest pink outfits. Then the ultrasound said it was a boy.
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I immediately withdrew. I wanted to die and I wanted the baby to die."

Now she goes on to say she 'got used to' having another boy and now she really loves him. Well, good for her! That makes it all right then, doesn't it?

I am reminded of the fact that boys are aborted disproportionately higher that girls here in the U.S. Yet the press can't run enough with the feminine infanticide-in-China ball, can they? Clue to the MSM: How about covering both problems and championing the suggestion that the parents involved get their heads on straight and just be glad if they can actually produce a healthy child. Or does that make too much sense?

Via Marc A.: Some MRAs think I have overstated the threat of a "man tax" in the U.S. Well, maybe so. But here it is again. Professor Alesina is now calling for Obama to implement it. My posted comment:

'Alesina's "man tax" theory was debunked by one of Europe's most prominant labor economists, Professor Gilles Saint Paul, in his article, "Against gender based taxation: Abolishing equality before the law is wrong and dangerous." http://www.voxeu.org/index.php?q=node/922

Alesina also ignores people's right to equal treatment. Article 2 of the United Nations universal declaration of human rights says "Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race . . . sex . . . ."

Apparently Alesina doesn't think that matters much.

In fact he treats humans as "goods of sale" and forgets that people have a fundamental human right to equal treatment regardless of their sex

Article here. Excerpt:

'Who would do that? Lie about being raped?

Well, people lie about everything. Only this kind of fabrication isn't talked about. It's awful to think someone would lie about rape when real victims suffer. Or ruin the life of an innocent man with accusations.
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But according to the FBI, which compiles nationwide crime statistics, forcible rapes have a higher unfounded rate than other crimes. "Unfounded," in police speak, means baseless or false, or "no crime was committed," said Joe Pollini, a retired veteran New York detective who teaches police law at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'One reason we're possessive of the parental crown may be that, although society's changed, we still get traditional messages about women's roles. "A lot of our mothers, our workplaces, our TV shows still tell us that moms should do most of the childcare," says Liz Park, Ph.D., a marriage and family therapist with three kids in Crownsville, Maryland. We moms can be good at taking such messages to heart.

"For women, no matter how far along you are in your career or no matter how much of a feminist you consider yourself to be, at some level you're coming from an assumption that women are caretakers," says Heather Gerken of New Haven, Connecticut, a law professor and the mother of Anna, 6, and Ben, 2. "When Anna was a baby, I would feel guilty about the time away from her," she says.'

Article here. Excerpt:

"It’s also known as bachelorhood and, according to Deeson, the age at which he should make his way to the departure gate is 35. This is when a man should start thinking about finding a good woman and settling down. Shortly afterwards, he should also consider trading in the sports car for a Volvo, donate the Xbox to a children’s charity and decommission the DVD collection. The reward for doing so is a life of simple bliss, where he lives longer and happier, snuggled up in the warm embrace of a loving relationship."

Well, not so fast, Deeson. Not everyone feels this way."

Story here. Excerpt:

'At about 4 p.m., Brenda was in her office, getting ready to head home when all hell broke loose. "A good teacher friend of mine -- sometimes I think it was a blessing it was her -- was on her way home, and she walked by my car," Brenda says. "She ran into my office and she said, 'Brenda, your baby's in the car.'"
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When she got to her car she found Cecilia in the backseat, still strapped into her car seat. Brenda says she grabbed her daughter out of the car as fast as she could, but she knew it was too late.
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Article here. Excerpt:

'It had offered a mere 76 courses. Now with addition of "Gender and Sexuality in Ancient Greece" and 29 others, the curriculum is at last worthy.

I was pleased to see that Harvard has updated its curriculum. Under former President Larry Summers, Harvard neglected feminist and women's studies. Fortunately, under Drew Gilpin Faust, Harvard has added 30 new courses this year in these disciplines'

Story here. Excerpt:

'The 15-year-old boy's foster parents noticed improved study skills, better behavior and a more positive attitude during the few months he worked with Sheila Vasquez.
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Friday, she was sentenced to two years on home detention and four years on probation for sexual misconduct with a minor. The offense requires registration as a sex offender.

She could have faced up to eight years in prison under her plea agreement. But in meting out a six-year sentence, Marion Superior Court Commissioner Stan Kroh noted her blank criminal history, remorse and responsibility for three young children.

The last four years will be spent on sex offender probation. Kroh recommended she continue with counseling.'