The entire first chapter of comedian Bill Cosby's new book is on-line:

In "Come on People, On the Path From Victims to Victors" Cosby condemns the epidemic of fatherlessness in the black community and in the nation at large that has devastating consequences:

"A house without a father is a challenge. A neighborhood without fathers is a catastrophe, and that’s just about what we have today. ... Why is the problem so grave? A mother can usually teach a daughter how to be a woman. But as much as mothers love their sons, they have difficulty showing a son how to be a man.... We can’t speak honestly of black culture in America unless and until we honestly address the issue of the estrangement of fathers and their children."

There's humor as well, with Cosby taking on the gansta rap culture that too often celebrates the street as real education -

"You can’t land a plane in Rome saying, “Whassup?” to the control tower. You can’t be a doctor telling your nurse, “Dat tumor be nasty.”

Via Marc A. Article here. Excerpt:

'His divorce did nothing to put him off the fairer sex and he has a long-term partner.

So why is he co-authoring a book called That Bitch (Protect Yourself Against Women With Malicious Intent), a title guaranteed to get a knee-jerk, hackles-rising response in the most placid-natured members of the gender?

"It is a provocative title," he concedes. "We can't use it in America. They can't deal with the directness. It is going to be called Venus: The Dark Side. But the book is aimed at guys and as everybody says guys don't do subtlety we thought we are not going to pussy foot around here.
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The book is a survival guide for men (and women) on how to protect themselves against a (Roy is at pains to stress) small group of vindictive, violent or self-serving women who use and abuse partners, colleagues and even children.'

Via Marc A. Article here. Excerpt:

' Apart from the longer overall hours put in by men than women, Warren Farrell, author of ``Why Men Earn More: The Startling Truth Behind the Pay Gap - and What Women Can Do About It,'' said male workers are more likely to be open toward factors that lead to higher pay.

Relocating or traveling extensively for work, taking on more hazardous assignments, working in the hard sciences, taking jobs requiring greater financial risk and working in unpleasant environments are some of the conditions Farrell mentions in his book.'

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Of course, the cadres of women studies majors and government-sponsored feminist organizations have started ticking away at their keyboards, organizing to artificially inflate the numbers for Feministing.com. But the grassroots movement of equality-seeking men and women are making their voices heard: You'll also find Feministing nominated for Worst Blog of All time, and Most Obnoxious Blogger.

This is a horrendous story, but a positive outcome in that (for once) she isn't seen as the victim and needing help.

The mum was angry because the boy's father hadn't turned up to see him on this particular day - so she boils a kettle, calls him into the kitchen then pours it over the boy, scolding him over 20% of his body.

Excerpt:
'The judge at Cardiff Crown Court told the 36-year-old, who cannot be named, that she had "failed her first and greatest responsibility as a parent". Judge Phillip Richards added the mother had become "the danger" to her son.

The victim had told the court that he was still full of rage over his mother's actions and wanted to make her pay.

He said he did not tell anybody about the incident until the autumn of 2004, because she had told him she would kill herself if he did.'

Like I said, unbelievable she would do it to her own son but so positive that she's facing serious jail time and (at least in this article) nobody is rushing to defend her and make her out to be the victim.

Story here. Oh how the press eats it up! Sexy ex-stripper goads fiance #2 to kill fiance #1 using a Hollywood script and her own "wiles". Has all the makings of not one but five Oprah episodes and dozens of made-for-TV movies.

Body count: 2. Fiance #1 dead, fiance #2 in jail

Meanwhile a sociopath gets all the limelight she can handle. Let's see how much time if any she actually gets. She'll probably make a fortune on book deals and appearances.

Excerpt:

'ANCHORAGE, Alaska - In the 1994 movie “The Last Seduction,” a femme fatale coaxes her lover into killing her husband for money. Prosecutors say a beautiful stripper obsessed with the film followed the script to its murderous end.

Mechele Linehan, 34, is on trial on charges she masterminded the decade-old slaying of her fiancé in hopes of collecting $1 million in insurance.

Life and art were so similar, prosecutors say, that they even sought, unsuccessfully, to have the movie shown to the jury.'

Story here. Excerpt:

'But Clinton is campaigning in large part on her gender; she noted during a swing through the state this week that she couldn't run as anything else. She is making appeals to women and the voters who support them in subtle and direct ways.

She says she's not running because she's a woman, but because she is the most qualified and experienced person for the job. But at every stop, she used her potential to break through the ultimate glass ceiling as part of her closing argument for voters to elect her.'

Every now and then, something is written in the sub-MSM world that just about sums it all up. This reports on a recent exchange between a woman seeking to become a trophy bride and a man who explains why he wouldn't take the deal. Original posting duplicated here. You will enjoy it.

Story here. Excerpt:

'A man who spent a dozen years in prison for a rape he didn't commit was freed Tuesday, the third inmate to be released because of problems with the Houston Police Department's crime lab.
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Houston officials have been struggling to fix the crime lab for years. An independent audit in 2002 raised concerns about DNA analysis procedures. In June, a former U.S. Justice Department inspector hired by the city cited hundreds of "serious and pervasive" flaws in forensic cases handled by the lab.'

Via Gary. Story here.

Gary writes: "Hmm, does it really take Sherlock Holmes to work this one out? Man is worth two and a half million pounds, tells his wife he wants a divorce. Wife says “You will NOT divorce me”.

Husband goes out to shed, which then mysteriously explodes, burning him to death. Whilst he is burning to death, the wife BRINGS IN THE WASHING!

She then takes the cash and moves to Australia with the riches to buy a house where she sets up with her boyfriend.

Now, I wonder who did it – couldn’t have been a woman, MUST have been a man..."

Excerpt:

'As Jennifer Chubb professed her innocence in Bellingen yesterday, a British court was told she allegedly rushed to take washing off the line while her husband Andrew burned to death when his backyard shed burst into flames in 2001.

Andrew Chubb, 58, died in the shed fire after he apparently told his wife he wanted a divorce so he could move in with his lover Kerry Sparrow.

Thanks again everyone for your understanding - web-based story submissions are now working again. I don't say this often enough, or often at all, but the news story submissions from our users are the thing that makes Mensactivism.org what it is today, and I greatly appreciate all the time and effort people put into creating content for this site.

I realize at the same time there are improvements we could make to help resolve the inevitable disputes that have occasionally come up regarding what content gets posted as stories and what doesn't. I want you to know that I'm continuing to look into solutions that will better address these problems. Keep an eye out for more site changes along these lines by the end of this year.

Via Marc A. Story here. Excerpt:

'Angelucci said only two shelters exist in California that serve male domestic violence victims as well as female. In the past, many domestic violence shelters would even train their staff to treat all male callers as perpetrators no matter what the circumstances, Angelucci said.

Martin Fiebert at Cal State Long Beach said the mass media often contributes to this neglect of male victims by framing domestic violence only as "battered women" or primarily as male crime, and by citing inaccurate data.'

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Ed. note: The Sundial is the student paper of California State University, Northridge.

I believe this is a direct result of our news release. They don't mention NCFM but they cited the same data we did, and in the same way. Marc A.

Article here. Excerpt:

'Cultural stigmas attached to males prevent society from recognizing domestic violence cases the gender suffers from.

Kathleen Holgerson, the director of the Women's Center, said that the cultural stigmas attached to men often keep male victims from reporting their domestic violence cases.

Men are stereotypically "tough" and thus many men feel it is considered a weakness on their part to allow their partner to subject them to such abuse.'

Via anthony. Article here. Excerpt:

'A recent survey by the Centers for Disease Control found that among physically aggressive couples, 71% of the instigators in nonreciprocal partner violence were female. And last year Renee McDonald of Baylor University published a study in the Journal of Family Psychology with almost identical results.
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The problem isn't just gals who clean their boyfriends' clock in a drunken rage. These high-testosterone females abuse their men and then come clean with a swaggering braggadocio.

A few months ago ABC Primetime did an experiment. The producers hired two actors - male and female - to feign partner violence in a public park. They wanted to see what passers-by would do when they spotted the woman pounding her boyfriend with a rolled-up newspaper.'

Via anthony. Story here. Excerpt:

'Renesia D. Smart, 18, Humble Avenue, Cairo, was arrested late Thursday and charged with giving false information to the police.

“While we were doing the investigation into the reported rape (Thursday) some of the details conflicted with what some of the evidence was showing us,” said Sandefur. “As evening progressed and we spoke with other associates of the reporting party, we discovered that this was a fabrication.”
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Her charge is a misdemeanor offense; Sandefur said Smart must go in front of a state court judge.'