It's great they are taking this problem seriously. I just wish they would take MGM just as seriously, which instead of receiving widespread condemnation is in fact covered by most health insurance plans.

Story here. Excerpt:

'LONDON - Female genital mutilation, commonly associated with parts of Africa and the Middle East, is becoming a growing problem in Britain despite efforts to stamp it out. London's Metropolitan Police, Britain's largest police force, hopes a campaign beginning on Wednesday will highlight that the practice is a crime here.

To make their point, police are offering a $40,000 reward for information leading to Britain's first prosecution for female genital mutilation, Detective Chief Superintendent Alastair Jeffrey said.

In Britain, the problem mostly involves first-generation immigrants from Africa and the Middle East.

Article here. Excerpt:

'U.S. Sens. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and Evan Bayh, D-Ind., recently introduced the Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Families Act of 2007, which they say will address our "national epidemic of absentee fathers."

"Most "deadbeat dads" are low-income men who are unable to meet the demands of the child support system, because of their employment problems. Stepping up already draconian enforcement only makes it more difficult for them to play a meaningful role in their children's lives.'

Story here.

A judge in Omaha has understandably barred a rape accuser from using the words "rape" and "sexual assault" at trial, since these words are inflammatory statements. Their has already been one trial on this case that ended in a hung jury. Of course, the woman wants to bring drama into this trial to make sure there is a conviction this time...so she's pulling a media stunt by saying that she will use these words anyway, defying the judges order. She skews the issue further by saying that she has first amendment rights to say whatever she wants in the courtroom. This article sickens me...yet another possible precedent to make sure rape accusers get to pull out all the stops and make their own rules (with the help of the media) to make sure there are more convictions (based on emotion not facts, of course).

I'm really afraid that she will get everything she wants and more.

Story here. Excerpt:

'Across the United States, the number of households headed by single fathers almost doubled between 1990 and 2006, from 1.15 million to 2.1 million – or 20 percent of all single-parent families, US Census Bureau figures show. No longer willing to accept that the mother should automatically look after the children – the "pay up and shut up" narrative in divorce – fathers now are competing more aggressively for custody and are winning cases.'

Article here. Excerpt:

"Very few fathers file for divorce Why? Consider Massachusetts, where custody is granted to the father in only 2.5 percent of cases, but the mother gets it 93.4 percent of the time, and joint custody is permitted in only 4 percent. In a divorce, fathers lose regular access to their children."

Article here. Excerpt:

"In the article "Day of the dad: paedophilia hysteria leaves men afraid to help," The Telegraph raises a question that applies equally to North America. Have high profile cases of pedophilia created such public hysteria that the average decent human being, especially a man, is now reluctant to approach a child in need?
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Child abuse must be addressed but it is worse than folly to punish those who help children. Our society is creating Clive Peachey -- decent men who will walk away from a child in need."

Essay here. Excerpt:

"Here's the reality: I was the token male hired in a department of 13 women. These women resented my recognition from managers and practiced reverse sexism in the process. When I attended department meetings, I was ignored, as my perspective differed from the group-think status quo. I was hired only because of a mandate from human resource management to hire a male."

Story here.

Is it me, or is the United Kingdom leading the way regarding the improvement of boys educational needs? In this case, equality in the enrollment process. Excerpt:

'HOWELL'S private preparatory school, in Denbigh, has announced that it will start accepting boys.

From September this year the prep school will be fully co-educational but it is very unlikely that this will ever be the case for the senior school.
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"School Principal Rachael Hodgson, who joined the school last summer from a co-educational background, believes that the boys will add to the 'Howell's experience', whilst benefiting greatly from it themselves."

"The nursery, has been mixed from its inception; I am so pleased that we will no longer have to say goodbye to our boys. I am delighted that the splendid facilities will be used even more."'

Article here. Excerpt:

'Many labor experts say men are less likely than women to speak up about such cases of harassment for fear of being mocked by coworkers, and even fewer would take the charges to a government agency and risk widespread knowledge of their plight.

“Many people mistakenly believe that harassment is limited to females,” says Roberta Chinsky Matuson, a human resource expert. “The truth is that this type of experience is just as damaging to men.”'

Jack Kammer let me know that his book Good Will Toward Men is going to be available again. It was originally published in 1994 but has been out of print for several years. As Mr. Kammer describes, "It's a collection of interviews with women who love, appreciate and understand men -- and who are happy and eager to defend men against the ill-feeling and ridicule that is so strong in America these days." You can buy Good Will Toward Men as either a printed paperback or as a PDF download.

Excellent Associated Content Video (Michigan Democrat Blog) on how those who oppose Equal Parenting most likely profit from the destruction of families and children. Additional links of interest as well.

Story here. Excerpt:

"AKRON, OHIO: An American woman accused of offering her lover a share of her husband's multimillion-dollar estate if he would kill the 69-year-old Indian doctor was convicted of murder-for-hire and other charges.

The defence had argued that Donna Moonda’s 25-year-old lover, Damian Bradford, had acted alone and that Moonda had tried to revive her doctor husband after Bradford shot him along the Ohio turnpike. Federal prosecutors said the two were in it together and portrayed Moonda as a perpetual liar, thief and drug user.

The 48-year-old former nurse could receive the death penalty or life in prison without parole. Bradford, the key witness, has admitted to shooting Dr Gulam Moonda in the side of the head on May 13, 2005, after his wife pulled over on the turnpike south of Cleveland, supposedly to let her husband take the wheel. The jury also convicted Moonda of interstate stalking and two counts of using or carrying a firearm in the commission of a violent crime."

How horrible! A MAN *gasp* told two different women they were beautiful. We've got to put these nasty predators in jail so they won't be a threat anymore.

Steve

Surprise, surprise: infertile men suffer, too. You would easily find out if you only cared to ask them.

From Eurekalert:

Lyon, France: Although most psychosocial research into infertility is centred round the unhappiness it causes women, men suffer just as much, a scientist will tell the 23rd annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology today (Wednesday 4 July). [...] “Perhaps surprisingly, though, we found that men in all four groups suffered equally. Infertile people appear to rely particularly on their social environment for support, and this seems to deteriorate over time. Couples should be made aware of the possible decline in their social support network and encouraged to organise support systems that no not solely include close friends and family.”

Story here.

An Israeli Knesset (parliament) committee has decided to investigate whether women who make false accusations go unpunished. Excerpt:

'"We contend that the police do nothing when it comes to light that women are lying in their accusations," said Gil Ronen, head of a group called Familists, which asked for Wednesday's meeting to follow up a similar one held last year.

Ronen said the failure to prosecute these women was particularly common in divorce proceedings, where, he said "lawyers advise their female clients to do this in order to win [key elements] in divorce cases."
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"Many of these men's groups claims of discrimination are baseless," Kramer told the Post following the meeting. ...

She said she hoped that discussing the issue in an official forum would not deter female victims of rape and sexual assault from coming forward in the future.'