There was a recent thread about a "Stride Gum" commercial featuring a ram battering a man, in which a comparison was made with an older Trident ad called "The Fifth Dentist". Tonight I was watching TV when that old "The Fifth Dentist" ad by Trident came on. In case you're not familiar with it, the announcer states that "Four out of five dentists prefer Trident gum, but what about the fifth dentist?" A squirrel runs up the fifth dentist's leg and an audible "crunch" sound can be heard (presumably from the dentist's testicles being bitten). The dentist then screams "Nooooooooo!"

I sure hope that this commercial wasn't re-aired out of spite for the previous protest emails about Stride gum, but I wouldn't put it past them.

You can contact Cadbury Adams about this inane commercial here.

Story here. Excerpt:

'BRADENTON, Fla. — Authorities say a woman has been arrested in west Florida after pouring scalding hot water on her husband's groin.

Manatee County Sheriff's Office deputies arrested 52-year-old Maverna Theresa Turay on Wednesday on a charge of aggravated battery with great bodily harm. She was being held at the Manatee County jail on $7,500 bond.'

Read it here. She says there is nothing to be gained by informing the "could be" father of his little son. Excerpt:

'...However, two years later I have a beautiful baby boy who looks nothing like my husband and has the personality of the other man. In my heart I am convinced he is not my husband's son. The other man is currently serving a tour in Iraq. Do I tell him about his son?
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[Reply:]
Your little boy has a dad, and it would turn your life upside down to tell this man he has a son. Nothing good would come of it ... but you might wind up with a custody suit or a divorce.'

Article here. More bias against men. Excerpt:

'MUMBAI: In a progressive step with far-reaching implications, the state cabinet on Wednesday gave its green signal to amend Section 125 of Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) which seeks to protect the pecuniary interests of the 'other woman'. However, it would need the Centre's stamp of approval to become a law.

...This amendment would cover the interests of women involved in polygamous or live-in relationships, say officials. The only catch is that the state has not specified the term 'reasonably long period' that a woman needs to stay with a man to be called his wife.
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Explaining the need for such an amendment, state law department officials said most bigamy cases lead to problems for the 'other woman' not recognised by law in presence of the official wife. “The other woman is on the streets in dire straits if the man decides to dump her for someone else. She is not entitled to any maintenance as her status is not that of a wife,'' said officials. '

Article here. Must be nice to be able to throw any boy you hate in jail by sending naked pictures of yourself. Excerpt:

'SANGER - A controversy has arisen out of Denton County involving a 13-year-old boy, a cell phone and a text message. That message has landed the middle schooler in juvenile detention on child pornography charges.
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...[He] spent the night in a juvenile detention center after an eighth grade female student texted him a naked picture of herself.
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“I know some girl was taking pictures of herself and sending it to multiple guys. Obviously, they’ve still got their picture on their phone because they are now getting in trouble,” said Bethany Mitchell, a classmate.

So far only the 13-year-old boy has been arrested.

Today I watched the most recent episode of South Park, and I was truly offended. It had the most gratuitous brutal violence against male genitalia that I've ever seen in a show. Not to mention, a plot that's based around Indiana Jones getting raped by Stephen Spielberg and George Lucas raping Indiana Jones. Yeah, you read it correctly. That's not the truly offensive part, though. It's obviously meant to be symbolic of how they've destroyed Indiana Jones movies by butchering the remakes.

Getting to the brutal violence. Cartman thinks that the Chinese are going to take over America, so he goes to P. Cheng's to try to find out what he can from the owners of the restaurant, with Butter's helping him. Butter's accidentally shoots three men in the dick in the episode. Granted, it is just a cartoon and Cartman does Butters a verbal reaming for doing it, and South Park has actually had an episode in the past where Oprah's vagina and ass pulled guns on themselves and shot themselves. But this is actually presented in a truly sadistic, expected to actually laugh at the pain of the poor men, kind of way.

Story here. Excerpt:

'ORLANDO, Fla. -- A tape recording of what a mother is convinced is abuse inside a Central Florida day care has prompted a Department of Children and Families investigation, Local 6 has learned.

Miranda Asura said that her 2-year-old son came home from Orange County's Brighter Beginnings day care with bruises so she sent him back with a tape recorder stashed in his backpack.
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Asura played another portion of the recording in which the teacher apparently tells a young girl to hit her son.'

Story here. Excerpt:

'ST. CHARLES, Ill. — A woman is accused of badgering her daughter's teenage ex-boyfriend with hundreds of e-mails and text messages and threatening to post nude images of him on the Internet unless he started seeing the girl again, a prosecutor said Wednesday.
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Police are pursuing counts of intimidation, harassment and child pornography possession in the case, according to the newspaper. Investigators are analyzing cell phones and computers seized from the girl's home and school.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'Whether they admit it or not, a lot of women will hold certain expectations for the behavior of men, regardless of how roles have changed through the years.

Deep down some women still appreciate and judge men on their willingness to do things like open car doors, pay for a meal or pull their chair out before sitting at a restaurant; however, they may not always show this side of themselves.

Unfortunately, these standards are slowly drifting away, and many men are not participating in these so-called acts of chivalry.

In turn, women are excusing the fact that men are not making this effort, thus allowing for the change to occur.'

Contact info for the paper is here.

Story here. Excerpt:

'ST. JOSEPH, Minn. – Two men will discuss sexual discrimination during a presentation Oct. 22 at the College of Saint Benedict, St. Joseph.

Jim Sterba, professor of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, and Warren Farrell, a researcher and international speaker on men’s issues, speak on “Does Feminism Discriminate Against Men?” at 7 p.m. at Alumnae Hall, Haehn Campus Center, CSB.

Their presentation will focus on issues of discrimination in the workplace and in schools. Sterba and Farrell will also demonstrate how to engage in controversial conversations in constructive ways.'

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Ed. note: CSB is a women's college.

Article here. Excerpt:

"A SHATTERED reputation is most likely to lead to suicide among middle-aged men, according to a new analysis which warns naming and shaming must be carried out with caution.

Tasmanian researchers have reviewed 33 cases of suicide linked to a tarnished reputation but no previous mental illness.
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This paper suggests that loss of reputation increases the risk of suicide, lead author Saxby Pridmore, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Tasmania, wrote in the journal Australasian Psychiatry.
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`Thus, naming and shaming needs to be conducted with great caution.'"

Story here. Excerpt:

'The mother of two young brothers who died at a house fire in Eastbourne was arrested today on suspicion of manslaughter and child neglect.
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Neighbours said that they had become trapped in the house after their mother, Denise Goldsmith, 29, ran to get help and accidentally locked the door behind her.
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The cause of the fire, which led to the deaths is part of an ongoing investigation of this tragic incident, but at this stage it is not being treated as arson.'

Story here. Wonder why no boys are ever given such a deal? Oh yeah, they need to actually earn their heroic status in society by killing people or losing arms and legs first. Excerpt:

'KATMANDU, Nepal - Hindu and Buddhist priests chanted sacred hymns and cascaded flowers and grains of rice over a 3-year-old girl who was appointed a living goddess in Nepal on Tuesday.
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Devotees touch the girls' feet with their foreheads, the highest sign of respect among Hindus in Nepal. During religious festivals the goddesses are wheeled around on a chariot pulled by devotees.

Critics say the tradition violates both international and Nepalese laws on child rights. The girls often struggle to readjust to normal lives after they return home.

Nepalese folklore holds that men who marry a former kumari will die young, and so many girls remain unmarried and face a life of hardship.'

Critics say the tradiaiton is bad for the girls, while boys and men are busy wheeling her around in a chair for what, 5-10 years? It's bad for HER?

Article here. It's no more attractive when men do it. Of note is that he seems to have no shortage of clients. So much for the women-wouldn't-do-that line. Excerpt:

Article here. So much for the "she has no other option" line. Excerpt:

'...Dancers pay the club a fee to use their premises. After that, essentially, they are self-employed and can earn anything from £20 to £400 in a night. Girls say that the financial security counters any feminist argument against stripping. ... Some girls, though not many, are paying their way through university. Others are single mothers, supplementing a wage. Younger girls do it for the extra cash and party lifestyle.

Zoe, 22, has been dancing for five years....“I have never had a job where I've felt so empowered,” she says. “I've just got myself through university, I've got my own car, my own house."