Article here. Excerpt:

'Men tend to suffer the same torments as women as long as they stay in abusive relationships, including shock, unexpressed anger, misplaced guilt, and agony over whether to stay or go.

Those who don’t go generally stay for the same reasons women do — fear, dependence or a desire to keep the family together for the children. Men, too, can be beaten and tortured into a state of learned helplessness.

When abused men leave, their experiences tend to be much different than those of their female counterparts. They are less likely to tell anyone the truth about the breakup and must face sexist attitudes from many sources.'

Story here. Is this becoming a trend? On October 10th, men in North Carolina did the very same thing. Excerpt:

'Male students at the University of Central Florida got the chance to strut around the Student Union patio in high heels Wednesday afternoon to make point about domestic violence.

The men were participating in the second annual "Walk a Mile in Her Shoes'' demonstration, part of "Strike Back! Help Break the Cycle of Violence'' hosted by UCF Victim Services in conjunction with Harbor House of Central Florida. Harbor House is an Orange County agency that provides temporary shelter, advocacy and information for individuals in an abusive relationship.'

Ed. note: Looks like it. Another such story here.

'JANESVILLE — More than 80 men marched proudly for a good cause Friday evening in downtown Janesville. They wore high heels.

Story here. Excerpt:

'Instead, there was "rough sex" gone wrong, infidelity and what Mebruer testified Monday was a big mistake.

The 35-year-old was found guilty of filing a false police report after a bench trial before Greene County Associate Circuit Judge Mark Powell.

As punishment for the misdemeanor, she'll have to pay the Springfield Police Department more than $1,350, undergo counseling and spend two years on unsupervised probation.'

Story here. Excerpt:

'A Buffalo, N.Y., mother whose baby boy ate crack cocaine and opiates at a party was spared jail time because a judge was impressed by her efforts to turn her life around.
...
Dixon brought the baby to a party in June where people were smoking crack. He became ill and went to the hospital after he accidentally ingested the drugs.
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In court Tuesday, the judge sentenced the mother to one year of probation and ordered her to submit to Buffalo Drug Court scrutiny to overcome her issues with marijuana.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'But as a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter for Newsweek and CNN, Tyre noticed a trend: As schools across the country cut recess, music and other subjects not required by state tests, the number of students taking medication for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder went up.
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"Boys probably do better in a more active learning environment," Schwartz said. "But we need to be paying attention to each individual child. Boys may need a more active, problem-solving curriculum; gifted and talented students need the opportunity to stretch themselves; our English language learners need intensive support to develop their English language skills. We need to focus on a variety of strategies to help kids succeed better in order to be doing our job.".

Story here. Excerpt:

'DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — The woman who prosecutors determined falsely accused three Duke lacrosse players of rape maintains in a new memoir that she was attacked, a claim that provoked an angry lawsuit threat from one player's family.

Crystal Mangum, who appeared publicly Thursday for the first time since making the allegations more than two years ago, says in her book being made available online Friday that she is not "looking forward to opening old wounds" but that she had to defend herself.'

Story here. Excerpt:

'A domestic violence shelter's new awareness campaign features ads on city buses that show young children alongside disturbing captions such as, "One day my husband will kill me."

The ads, which appear on and inside several Dallas buses, are designed to shock people, said Paige Flink, The Family Place's executive director.

"Children are greatly affected by family violence, even though people think it's a man and a woman fighting," Flink said in Thursday's editions of The Dallas Morning News. "Victims get blamed a lot. If you put an adult battered woman (on an ad), some people would blame her. But children are still seen as innocent."

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The nonprofit group's ads have prompted a few complaints and two billboard companies refused to accept it, Flink said.'

Okay, the place running these ads is called "The Family Place." How many MEN have been turned down by this shelter?

Disgusting.

I am posting this largely for the purpose of demonstrating (as if it were necessary) not only how nuts in general people these days have become but also how skewed law enforcement priorities are. This kind of thing is why I don't bother reading fiction. Reality (such as it is) is... fascinating... enough. Excerpt:

'TOKYO – A 43-year-old Japanese piano teacher's sudden divorce from her online husband in a virtual game world made her so angry that she logged on and killed his digital persona, police said Thursday.

The woman, who has been jailed on suspicion of illegally accessing a computer and manipulating electronic data, used his identification and password to log onto popular interactive game "Maple Story" to carry out the virtual murder...
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The woman had not plotted any revenge in the real world, the official said.'

Story here. The Duke lacrosse accuser has written a book and asserts that she was assaulted on the night in question. Excerpt:

'She declined to answer specific questions about the details of the case on Thursday, and the publisher of the book said repeatedly "the case is closed" and she accepts the conclusions of state prosecutors.'

Does this mean this is a fictional account and she just needs some money?

Via Marc A. Story here. Excerpt:

'ONE in five male sex abuse victims have been abused by women, but they don't want to talk about it, a Brisbane counsellor says.

Spiritus Kinections counselling services co-ordinator Dr Gary Foster said sexual abuse of males by females is often not believed or identified as sexual abuse.

"In actual fact it might have been abusive and quite manipulative," Dr Foster said.

Dr Foster said the idea that a man always wants sex with women and a young man should feel lucky to be having sex with an older woman often make it difficult to report sexual assault by a woman.'

VAWA Reformers --

In just two weeks from now, November 4, will be Election Day. Candidates are now scouring the countryside in search of votes. These candidates are especially willing to hear about the concerns and worries of their voters.

Folks, THIS IS OUR GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY.

RADAR has just completed 45 radio interviews around the country. We’re still riding the momentum from our hugely successful Heritage conference on October 1. We just got news of the historic California victory. And for the first time, the DV industry is being placed on the defensive.

Our challenge is simple: Over the next 2 weeks, we want every candidate at the local, state, and national levels to hear the message, loud and clear, "FIX VAWA NOW!"

RADAR has flyers available on our website: http://www.mediaradar.org/ . We even have an eye-popping poster available to download. Use the telephone, the internet, conversations with neighbors and friends -- tell them we need to "FIX VAWA NOW!"

It’s time to seize the moment. Our children are counting on us. Let’s roll.

The RADAR Team

Video report here. The video suggests women between the ages of 25 and 54 are just as likely as a man to lose their job during a recession. The economy has also negatively impacted women's wages, but no data about men's earnings were provided.

Article here. Excerpt:

"Right now, we know that there's about 4 to 5 percent men in early education, about 9 percent in elementary education. And in high schools, we have about 14 percent," said Bryan Nelson, the founder of MenTeach.org, a nonprofit organization working to increase number of men working in schools.

Nelson cites three main reasons for the absence of male teachers.

"The first reason is stereotypes. People believe men aren't nurturing. The second reason is fear of accusations of abuse. People are afraid men are going to harm children. And the third reason is low status, low pay," he said.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'Mack's reading a book called The Trouble with Boys, and I'm only about halfway through (I'm busy writing a book of my own: I forgot how much freaking work these things are), so I'll give you a full report when I'm done.

The thesis of the book, though, is summarized on page 23: "Let's take a look at how boys are doing. What we find is that, on the whole, in crumbling public schools in poor neighbourhoods, in elite schools that serve the very rich, and in many middle-class suburban schools, boys are doing less well than girls." Some high-performing boys do better than girls, but the trend is across the board, and wherever you look many more boys are in "special education" classes than girls.

Now the author, Peg Tyre, a former Newsweek writer and the recipient of, among other awards and prizes, a Pulitzer, is speaking specifically about how boys are performing in school, why it is and what we can do about it.'

Blog entry here. Excerpt:

'"You've got to ask yourself why was Senator Hillary Clinton not even vetted by the Obama campaign?" Plain continued. "Why did it take 24 years, an entire generation from the time Geraldine Ferraro made her pioneering bid until the next time that a woman was asked to join a national ticket?"

"In the long history of our country, 74 people have held the position of President or Vice-President, and why have the major parties given America only two chances to even consider a woman for either office?" Palin asked. "This glass ceiling, it is still there, but it's about time that we shattered that glass ceiling once and for all."'