Story here. Will we see this in the MSM in America or Britain, I wonder? Excerpt:

'Add to the many hardships in Myanmar today one more danger: being a boy. According to a report that was to be released Wednesday, the military, struggling to meet recruiting quotas, is buying, kidnapping and terrorizing boys as young as 10 to join its ranks.

The report by Human Rights Watch, the New York-based rights group, says military recruiters and civilian brokers scour train stations, bus stations, markets and other public places for boys and coerce them to volunteer. Some may simply disappear without their families' knowledge and spend years on the front lines of a brutal war against ethnic insurgencies.'

Via Marc A.: "Some of the blunders in this article are humorous. They actually take a quote from me and say Dr. Witaker of the Centers for Disease Control is the speaker. They also quote me as saying the "the National Family of Violence industry," of which there is no such thing and it is a mixup of my comment about the "domestic violence industry” with my comment about the "National Family Violence Survey." But I'm still very thankful to this reporter for doing a fine job and having more guts than most journalists. Marc"

Article here. Excerpt:

'The term "domestic violence" is generally linked with violence against women in today's society. But what isn't usually thought of is the fact that men are victims of violence in relationships as well.

Article here. Excerpt:

'According to recent study by Professor Murray A. Straus of the University of New Hampshire, men are less physically abusive than previously thought. In fact, the examination showed that women were found to be more abusive in mutually abusive relationships.

The study, which observed 13,601 university students over a 12-month period, showed that nearly a third of both male and female students physically assaulted their partners over time. The study also shows that young men and women are particularly prone to aggression.

According to Marc E. Angelucci, Esq., president of the Los Angeles chapter of the National Coalition of Free Men, a non-profit group that examines sex discrimination affecting men and boys, the reason that these findings did not surface previously is that men often fail to report domestic abuse, making crime statistics unreliable.'

Nov. 1, 2007 Update:

PLEASE NOTE: It seems Amazon.com had simply run out of the book due to its high sales volume (a good thing), so while this original post is being kept, note that the substance of story was basically an incorrect assessment of the situation. -- Matt

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It appears Amazon.com is no longer offering "Taken Into Custody" by Stephen Baskerville. I cannot think of a good reason for this. The book was selling well.

This is a huge obstacle to this important book getting the exposure it needs.

Taken Into Custody listing at Amazon.com

Virtually every week you read, hear, or see stories about female teachers having sex with their pupils. Yet, contrary to the experience of everyone reading this alert, the Associated Press just published a multi-part series on sexual predators claiming that 9 out of 10 were male. The false 9 out of ten claim was in the lead and longest story.

The empirical research reality is found in a report by the U.S. Department of Education (.pdf file) which notes on page 24 that 2 large survey studies found that about 43% of students reported that their abusers were female sexual predators.

Additional information can be found on Google under "Female Sexual Predators."

Shocking and true! Dr. Baskerville, Dr. Sanjari and Carol Rhodes interviewed on Ronald Smith's Radio Show. Carol Rhodes is author of "Friend of the Court Enemy of the Family" and was part of the 2007 Equal Parenting Bike Trek Crew. Listen to this interview with zero download time on DaddyBlogger.com.

This article states: 'October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The month is designed to increase awareness of how to make our homes safe from partner violence. So what is the truth about intimate partner aggression? Nearly 200 scientific studies point to one simple conclusion: Women are at least as likely as men to engage in partner aggression.

Irene Hanson Frieze, in Psychology of Women's Quarterly, says "Research indicates that women can be just as violent as their partners." Don Dutton from the University of British Columbia notes that "Recent evidence from the best designed studies indicates that intimate partner violence is committed by both genders with often equal consequences." And the Journal of Family Psychology in 2006 tells us that "Differences were observed in the rates of male and female partner violence, with female violence occurring more frequently."'

If anyone needs a laugh, check out this video! I'll say it again, this is a classic for the archives. (I'll be shocked if Matt actually posts this).

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Ed. note: Well I am not *completely* without a sense of humor! :)

Via Marc A. Story here. This is great news, "some justice" as they say. Excerpt:

'ATLANTA -- Georgia's Supreme Court on Friday ordered the release of a young man who has been imprisoned for more than two years for having consensual oral sex with another teenager.

The court ruled 4-3 that Genarlow Wilson's 10-year sentence was cruel and unusual punishment.

Wilson, 21, was convicted of aggravated child molestation following a 2003 New Year's Eve party at a Douglas County hotel room where he was videotaped having oral sex with a 15-year-old girl. He was 17 at the time.'

Watch it here. Sounds more like a girls' reformatory to me. Note how openly she advocates only for black children, girls in particular? There is nothing to be proud of with this racist, sexist "institution". She is happy to provide for children provided they are the "right" ethnicity and gender, but it looks like those kids are paying a price they didn't count on. "The Big O" can add this to her list of accomplishments, right after the one that describes her profit-making venture in Africa that relies on the "culling" of the foreskins of African men and boys for her very expensive skin cream.

God, she makes me sick.

Article here. Excerpt:

'Texas voters will decide on November 6 whether to approve
Proposition 13, a dangerous measure which will harm innocent men by greatly eroding the rights of those accused of domestic violence. The measure grants judges the ability to hold without bail those accused of nonviolent, trivial, or accidental violations of temporary restraining orders.'

Story here. Excerpt:

'Police say a special education teacher at a Tampa high school has been arrested and charged with having sex with a ninth grade student.

According to investigators, 33-year-old Christina Butler, who teaches at Middleton High School, faces charges of lewd and lascivious battery after detectives say she had sex with a 15-year-old boy who is reportedly one of her students.

Detectives say they discovered the relationship after they caught the boy driving Butler's car on Tuesday night.'

Story here.

"A woman who stabbed her tied-up lover so she could drink his blood has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Tiffany Sutton told Maricopa County Superior Court Judge David Udall that she was sorry for the incident and said she never meant to hurt anyone, but received the stiff sentence anyway after he called the crime especially heinous."

"Robert McDaniel, agreed to be tied up during sex but became alarmed and asked to be untied when Sutton pulled out a knife and said she liked to drink blood."

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MANN's most previous entry on this story is here.

Story here. Excerpt:

'CAMBRIDGE - After Anna Tang and her boyfriend broke up three weeks ago, prosecutors say, the Wellesley College junior began sending him e-mails telling him she would kill him.

Yesterday, police said, she almost succeeded.

At about 6:30 a.m., Tang sneaked into his dorm room at MIT, climbed on top of him as he slept, and plunged a knife into his back, Assistant District Attorney Suzanne Kontz said in Cambridge District Court yesterday, where Tang was arraigned.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and some researchers are urging the public to take a closer look at both sides of an issue that’s often presented from one viewpoint.

The media often frames domestic violence as a women’s issue, with stereotypes of “abusive husbands” and “battered women” prevailing in many stories on the topic. However, abuse by the female half of the relationship is just as common, studies are reporting.

The National Coalition of Free Men, a nonprofit organization that examines the way sex discrimination affects men and boys, issued a press release citing recent research into domestic violence.'