Covered here on Glenn Sacks' blog. Excerpt:

'We've often discussed the way restraining/protection orders based on false allegations of domestic violence are frequently used to separate fathers from their children. At a recent New Hampshire gathering, fatherhood activist Richard Smaglick asked presidential candidate Mitt Romney about the problem.

In response, Romney, who was governor of Massachusetts from 2003-2007, said that he could not recall a circumstance where such a thing had occurred, but said, "If you’re familiar with such, let us know."

We appreciate Romney's offer, and will take him up on it. If you have had your parental rights interfered with because of a restraining order or a false allegation of domestic violence, please send me your name, phone number, and a brief (100 words max) description of yourself by clicking here. We have a method of getting the letters to Romney.'

Article here. Excerpt:

"Hillary's willingness to tolerate Bill's compulsive philandering is a function of her general contempt for men. She distrusts them and feels morally superior to them. Following the pattern of her long-suffering mother, she thinks it is her mission to endure every insult and personal degradation for a higher cause -- which, unlike her self-sacrificing mother, she identifies with her near-messianic personal ambition.

Story here. Excerpt:

"Bobby's mother filed a discrimination claim with the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights two years ago, and now a settlement has been reached.
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[Bobby's mother]... said she has sworn statements from other parents stating the coach admitted cutting Bobby because she didn't want a boy on her team.

...the coach was also the school's human resources counselor.
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In the settlement agreement, the school admits no wrongdoing but the commission has ordered mandatory training for the principal, teachers and coaches at the school.
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As for the woman who cut him from the team, she is no longer the cheerleading coach."

This article in the St Louis Post-Dispatch is about a law firm specializing in helping men!! Writen with a woman reporters bias, it still gets the message across. FATHERS HAVE RIGHTS! Excerpt:

'The firm's founder, Joseph Cordell of Wildwood, is quick to say he is not a political activist. But he doesn't shy from controversy, nor his belief that feminists have ruled family court.

"Exacerbating things further is the feminist movement and its shrill insistence on women's interests to the utter exclusion of the underlying merits of a given case," he writes on his personal website, fathersworld.com.'

Is this a men’s rights issue?

"Jason Baier, 36, still longs for the child who might have been, with an intensity that bewilders him: "How can I miss something I never even held?"

His fiancee's sister told him about the abortion after it was over. Baier remembers that he cried. The next weeks and months go black. He knows he drank far too much. He and his fiancee fought until they broke up. "I hated the world," he said.

These days, he channels the grief into activism in a burgeoning movement of "post-abortive men." Abortion is usually portrayed as a woman's issue: her body, her choice, her relief or her regret. This new movement -- both political and deeply personal in nature -- contends that the pronoun is all wrong."

(from Jan Brown, director of the DAHMW)

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There are people who make things happen, there are people who watch things happen, and there are people who wonder what happened. To be successful, you need to be a person who makes things happen..

A teenager who falsely accused a taxi driver of rape has been jailed after the man proved his innocence by producing a recorded conversation of her repeatedly asking him for sex.

In court she pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice and was jailed for eight months by Judge Roger Thorn, QC, who told Campbell that her lies might have had devastating consequences. Story here.

Via Marc A. Article here. Excerpt:

'The Domestic Violence Act which was passed in 2005 at the instigation by radical feminist groups, especially the National Commission on Women, who have the quiet sponsorship of the ruling party in India. This law states that "only a woman can file a complaint against her male partner". A man who is a victim of domestic violence has no recourse under the law.

And comprehensive studies by various groups have found that women are no less abusive as men in intimate relationships - yes even in India. Giving such sweeping legal powers to women also tends to give quite a few of them the opportunity to take advantage of the law and hold men to blackmail and legal terrorism. This part of the law is nothing else but systematic legal victimization of men as it is one sided and withholds legal protection to male victims.'

Congrats to MrReality! I am looking forward to seeing it grow and become another great source of news and information for MRAs. The site is http://www.wine-cellar.com/mrreality/.

In an article appearing in the Saturday January 5th, 2008 edition of the Boston Globe the story of a man being filed for failing to register for the draft appears. After working for the IRS since 1991, Michael Elgin was fired when it was discovered that he had not registered for the draft. Despite letters written on his behalf by Senators Kennedy and Kerry, and a son who completed an 18-month tour of duty in Iraq, Michael Elgin's termination by the IRS was enforced.

Story here. Excerpt:

"More than half of men believe the world is dominated by females and that they have lost their traditional role in society, according to recent research.
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The research also shows that just as many women feel their work-life balance has been stretched to breaking point.
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Men say they "feel handcuffed" by political correctness - only 33 per cent feel they can speak freely and say what they think, whereas two thirds find it safer and easier to keep their opinions to themselves."

Story here. Excerpt:

"The Media Coverage of the 2008 National Fatherhood Summit in Grand Rapids, MI was truly impressive! Four different TV News stations, 7 Radio Stations and 6 different newspaper reporters were present at this event!
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There were people from all over the United States! Alabama, California, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania - just to name a few. Many different organizations were present at this outstanding event."

Story here. Excerpt:

"Prosecutors have decided not to pursue a third trial in a sexual assault case that gained national attention because the judge barred the words "rape" and "victim" in court.

The first two trials of Pamir Safi ended in mistrials. He claimed he met Tory Bowen in a bar in October 2004 and had consensual sex with her, but she said she was too intoxicated to give consent and he knew it.
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"To this day, I have not been able to testify truthfully in a court of law," said Bowen. "To me, that's justice denied."

...explaining the language ban, [the judge] said he would allow the term "sexual assault" to be used but not "rape" because "rape" often connotes a vicious and violent sexual assault. In Safi's case... [the judge decided] the charge was based solely on lack of consent."

So, is it safe to buy a woman a drink again on Ladies Night at the local pub?

Story here.

"Barely a third of boys in comprehensive schools are gaining the GCSEs they need to obtain a job or stay on at school, new league tables will reveal...

...However, for boys in comprehensive schools, the proportion struggling to achieve decent results increases. Just over 62 per cent of boys in "community schools" - as they are officially known - failed to achieve the target of five A* to C grades at GCSE, including the two vital subjects.

...Many of the boys who fail to achieve good GCSEs will go on to become Neets - young people not in education, employment or training.

The number of Neets has increased to 11 per cent in the past decade - 210,000 16-to 18-year-olds. It is estimated that the army of Neets costs the taxpayer £2 billion in benefit payments, lost tax revenue and the increased likelihood of them committing crime and having health problems."

I was recently watching television, and I couldn't help but notice a new Molson Canadian commercial. This ad has had a few predecessors, in which a man who claims that Canadians have bad taste when it comes to beer is tied up and put on an airplane, put in the path of a raging bull while holding a red flag, and wrapped in plastic wrap from head to toe, with marker marks all over his face. These ads weren't too bad, in fact, I would even consider them comical. But this new ad, in my opinion goes too far. In this new commercial, it shows the same man tied up to a hockey net. Four targets appear in the exposed corners of the net, then the caption "Take Your Shot at MolsonCanadian.ca", and a fifth target on the man's crotch appears. I rolled my eyes when I saw this, because I think it's sad that people still consider this type of thing to be comedy. Will they ever make a commercial with a woman strung up to a hockey net, with a target on her crotch? It's extremely unlikely, even though the same scenario is less painful for a woman. Looks like the old double standard monster has struck again.

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