The case we saw a couple of months back has concluded.

"Two Mormon women who beat children in their care with rolling pins and forced them to eat chilli powder were jailed for 19 months each yesterday.

Maria Keable and Deirdre Carrington forced six children to eat tablespoons of chilli powder and raw eggs for not keeping to a strict regime of chores between 1997 and 2006.

The children – all aged under 16 – were also stung with nettles and punched."

Hello? 19 months? A team of two men doing this would have got 10 years at least. Strangely, the judge seems to think he treated them harshly:

"Judge Nash said the pair's lack of remorse was a factor in sentencing."

Story here.

The Psychological Today story: The Making of a Modern Dad, by Douglas Carlton Abrams illustrates in vivid, scientific detail how fathers are no different in their biological programming than mothers when raising children. That divorced dads who "feel" a need to be with their children, is not only an emotional reaction but a biological one as well. Article here. Excerpt:

'This evidence hits hard at social workers, family court judges and elected legislators who abide by archaic research and outdated laws which state that it is in the best interest of the child to be with the divorced mother - not the divorced father.

"Here is the first hard evidence that men are biologically prepared for fatherhood," says Psychology Today. "In fact, this is the first evidence that to nurture is part of man's nature."'

This essay is a bit old (late 90's) but it still has relevance regarding todays modern gender issues.

"Male chivalry and the deeds it inspires represent men’s weakness before the image of female omnipotence. Serving female omnipotence, after all, is what chivalry is all about. But this observation illuminates a stunning paradox. It is that chivalry, which has as its aim the expansion of the sphere of the maternal, the project of making the word a safer place for the maternal expression of love, makes it impossible for men to resist the idea of putting women in combat. But war is hell, as General Sherman observed, and the power that the virgin wields in fantasy may well result in the slaughter of women in reality. Even if there were no other considerations involved, men’s understanding of their impotence in this regard would be felt as castration."

Listen to the shocking radio interview with Robert Pedersen and Carol Rhodes. Carol Rhodes is author of the famous book "Friend of the Court Enemy of the Family" and a former Calhoun County Michigan Child Support Enforcement Officer. This interview was done on the nationally syndicated radio talk show "The Message" with Richar Farr on KRights Radio.

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NCFM-LA helped this man from Los Angeles, Bert Riddick, get the laws changed in 2004 and filed the paperwork to overturn his 13-year nightmare paternity fraud case. His hearing is coming up soon. His story is remarkable. Excerpt:

'After 13 years of paying child support for a girl he did not father, Bert Riddick finally sees an end to an ordeal that nearly tore his life apart.

Now that a second DNA test has determined there is no chance he is the father of the girl, now 18, Riddick is again asking the court to dismiss the paternity case against him.

And, at a hearing scheduled for June 27, he's going to try to get back every penny seized from his wages since 1994, when the state began taking $1,400 a month from him.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'First it was dismissed by police as a township rumour. But yesterday Tembisa police confirmed that it appeared there were women on the rampage in the area who were “raping men”.

One of the alleged victims was treated for a bruised penis at a local hospital after three women allegedly forced him to have sex with them.'

Of course the author can't even find enough compassion to not use quotation marks around "rape". After all, as everyone knows, men always want sex with any woman who comes along, so how can it be rape?

Story here. Excerpt:

"Four men who were allegedly refused ladies' night discounts at a Los Angeles nightclub have the right to sue on the grounds of discrimination even if they never demanded equal treatment from the club, the state Supreme Court said Thursday."

Story here.

Its about time the title of an article used the correct term, rape. It seems this boys mother prostituted her young son for money. It remains to be seen if she permanently loses custody. Excerpt:

"Police in Lancaster County say a 12-year-old boy told investigators he had sex with a 24-year-old former York woman — and his mother accepted money for it from the woman.

Columbia police Detective Dan Bell says the mother has since moved to another part of the state, and the boy has received counseling and is living with his father."

McElroy writes:

'I HOPE YOU GET GANG_RAPED 20 times and nobody believes you. So read the subject line of an email I received from a feminist who uses the name "Olivia Gonzales".

I merely point out that, in my experience, viciousness and hate-mongering are equally prominent in email I receive from women. If you disagree with gender feminism, then (surprisingly often) you will receive emails wishing you become a rape victim. Sometimes they go into detail. And, remember, for gender feminists being raped is a fate worse than death.'

Court Revives Claim That Club Was Biased Against Men - June 1, 2007

"Business patrons alleging discrimination need not show that they demanded and were refused equal treatment in order to obtain redress under the Unruh Civil Rights Act, the California Supreme Court unanimously ruled yesterday."

"The justices reversed a ruling by Div. Five of this district’s Court of Appeal, which held a group of male club patrons could not recover damages for allegedly discriminatory pricing because they had not asked to be charged the same rate as female guests."

Writing for the high court, Chief Justice Ronald M. George rejected the view that the “denial” of rights referred only to a business establishment’s response to the demand for equal accommodation."

Story here. Excerpt:

"Just over one in 10 men do not volunteer to work with children because they are worried people will think they are a paedophile, a survey suggests.
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More volunteers will have to be checked because of a new child protection law being introduced next year.
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In all, 13% of the men questioned said they would not choose to volunteer to work with children due to fear of being perceived as a paedophile.
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Both the NCH and Chance UK are calling for men to come forward and mentor boys aged five to 11.

The NCH's chief executive, Clare Tickell, said: "Many children, especially boys, are desperately in need of a male mentor, which is why we urgently need men to come forward despite any fears they may have about public perception."

Review here. Excerpt:

"Instead we were subjected to a two hour feminist screed against men. The opening line said it all "Oh my Johnny I love him so, but why he beats me I don't know". It gets worse from there. Scene after scene details in painful minutia how men are to blame for every ill that ever befell the authors life, and the life of every woman in history. Her Grandfather the alcoholic, her Father the abuser, the boys she dated, the boys who dated her friends, even the boys who dared to not call her in high school. We were both sickened. We stayed to support our friend, but I refused to applaud. Looking around, I noticed that almost every man in the audience was sitting stock still, a look of pained tolerance on his face. None applauded but the outwardly gay man in the front row."

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Ed. note: Official site for this musical is http://www.respectamusicaljourney.com/.

Article here.

I know some here have some issues with Sommers, but overall, she is the biggest ally towards the improvement of boys education. This is the same book Wendy McElroy has discussed and praised in the past. Excerpt:

"Parents and educators are wringing their hands over the poor academic performance of boys. Girls are better readers, earn higher grades and are far more likely to go to college. America does a much better job educating girls than boys. But now, out of nowhere, comes a book that may hold the secret to male learning.
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They are mothers who happen to notice that their sons have fallen in love with this wonderful, wholesome, delightfully instructive anachronism of a book."

Sent by Tom to the MR2007 list, and re-posted here:

"Time to start thinking about finalizing your plans for the conference. We are only six weeks out! Don't forget that your hotel reservations need to be made by June 13th. After that you will have to pay the full rate which is considerably more expensive. Do it now!

We now have a brochure online for the conference:

http://www.trueequality.com/boys.pdf

We are hoping that you will have a look at it and download and print a copy or two to hand out to your local schools or maybe the local police departments or boy scouts. Wherever you think people might be interested in learning more about boys. You could also email the link to people you think might want to attend.

Soon we will have the conference schedule up and running.

Let me know if you have questions.

To register online go here:

http://www.trueequality.com/reg07

Tom

Essay here. Excerpt:

"The intrusion of the federal government into the private business between proprietor and customer, employer-employee indeed, husband and wife - has led to the environment that allows feminists to work their mischief. If women want a women only floor, hotel, club, sports organization or business, they have every right to do that. Men should consider ventures such as this a “green light” to segregate their own organizations as they see fit, and leave it to feminist groups to object (as they surely will, with no trace of irony). By putting the onus back upon women to seek federal redress of the alleged inequity of such organizations, feminists invite unwelcome attention to their sacred cows."