Story here. Excerpt:

"The mother of two young children whose decomposing bodies were found wrapped in plastic bags beneath a house this week was arrested Saturday and charged with capital murder.

Valerie Lopez, 19, was arrested early Saturday along with her boyfriend, authorities said.

Lopez confessed to beating to death Sariyah Garcia, her 18-month-old daughter, and hiding her body beneath her home, Police Chief William McManus said. Sariyah died Christmas Eve."

"The boyfriend, Jerry Salazar, faces a charge of injury to a child by omission. He was aware Lopez was abusing her children"

I wouldn't be surprised if he receives a longer prison sentence than the mother.

This article gives women the ultimate aliby - "it's genetic" when they are angry, abusive, catty, bitchy, murderous? Excerpt:

'Not your fault

The results counter some common beliefs that women are to blame for their hostility. And genetic tests for anger could help predict a woman's likelihood of other anger-related diseases.

"Aggression and hostility are predictors of hypertension, glucose metabolism and heart diseases," Halder said. "The genetic marker we found for hostility also may be useful for predicting a person's predisposition to such diseases."'

Article here. Is it a bit ironic that the feminist movement has for years pressured politically correct speech, congressperson, mail carrier, etc, but none of them ever thought to push for a woman version, or gender neutral version of manhunt? Excerpt:

"The abduction sparked a manhunt and multiple Amber Alerts in Texas and New Mexico. Tips about the abduction came in from across the region and the country, Hudgens said.
...
Just before midnight on Saturday, Lubbock investigators received a call from a person who reported that a woman matching the description of the person who had abducted Mychael, Lubbock police said in a statement."

Had to read five paragraphs before it mentioned the kidnapper was a woman.

A new activist group has formed called the True Equality Network. They are already quite active in working to stop I-VAWA and other such institutionalized injustices. Please take a moment to visit their site and sign up for their e-newsletter.

'"The question to those who support VAWA is: What are the scientific, ethical, and moral bases being used to justify supporting a system that knowingly excludes the majority of abuse victims and their children from receiving any support or services, while ignoring the majority of the perpetrators?"
-- Terri Lynn Tersak, True Equality Network'

Story here.

This guy obviously went too far, but it does show how fed up men are with the inequities of divorce. Excerpt:

"A 43-year-old German decided to settle his imminent divorce by chainsawing a family home in two and making off with his half in a forklift truck.
...
After finishing the job, the man picked up his half with the forklift truck and drove to his brother's house where he has since been staying."

Canada's Governor-General (our appointed head of state) made a visit to Afghanistan yesterday too visit the troops for Women's Day.

After the photo op she "jokingly" told the male soldiers that they should "get down on their knees and pay tribute to women soldiers".

http://www.metronews.ca/story.aspx?id=34774

The GG has a blog with forums that users can post comments on here:

http://www.citizenvoices.gg.ca/en/forums/

Don't bother looking for a men's section to leave a comment on. Only "women", "general" and "belonging" appear to apply. But there's plenty of threads started relating to men's issues in those.

This is a surprisingly balanced story (in a US newspaper) on India's new DV law.

I sent this mail to Ms Jaisingh who drafted this law, and is quoted in this news item. Let's see if she responds to my mail!

"Dear Ms Jaisingh:

I read your comments on India's DV law in this US
newspaper http://www.centredaily.com/220/story/35314.html This is what you say about the law Despite a few flaws, say lawyers like Ms. Jaisingh, crimes against women have always been dramatically higher than those against men. "The aim of this law isn't to go against men," she says. "It's to stop violence in homes."

Just two questions:

Full Story.

She had taken the team to two Final Fours, was 90-14 as LSU's head coach, and making "close to $400,000 a year" (plus post-season bonuses). Excerpt:

'BATON ROUGE, La. -- Pokey Chatman resigned as the head women's basketball coach at Louisiana State on Wednesday after the university became aware of an alleged inappropriate sexual relationship between Chatman and a former player on Chatman's team, sources told ESPN.com.

The university, the sources said, learned of the relationship from an employee within the basketball program. It was unclear when the alleged improper conduct took place. '

The news link is here. Ends with a slogan,
"We bear the double burden and that is why our day is also double."

Article here. Excerpt:

"Police said Lauren Jones, 24, of Sarver, Butler County, admitted to giving birth to the newborn in the basement of her mother's home, and then stabbing it in the throat afterward."

Ridiculous case about a woman suing after she was injured while holding a door open for someone. Excerpt:

'A woman who was injured while holding open the door for customers at the Edwardsville Pizza Hut filed a personal injury suit against the restaurant and the man to whom she extended the courtesy.

Amanda Verett claims she was walking out the door of Pizza Hut on Feb. 12, when she held open the door to allow herself and co-defendant Clarence Jackson to exit.

"Jackson grabbed the door in such a fashion that it caused the door to suddenly and sharply move," the complaint written by Edwardsville attorney Tom Maag states.

Verett claims she was injured as a result of the sudden and sharp movement of the door.'

Thanks to Deb C. for the heads-up on these two vids:

"Anti-male laws regarding DV":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-6ArB3Db9I

"Why men should not get married":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaF1dSDTw4k

What is so great about these vids is that they were made by a young man. It shows he is aware of these issues and isn't going to let himself get fooled.

Want to save these to hard-drive? The how-to is here.

In response to an inquiry, we copied the guidelines for submissions from the old site archives here to the Freq. Asked Questions menu item (look to the left under "Main Menu" for this link).

Also, please when submitting a question to MANN admins, use the admin@mensactivism.org email address. This allows us to respond directly to you and also to respond faster, as well as guaranteeing that the entire MANN admin team will get to read your note.

Yes that's right. Raping. R-A-P-I-N-G. Not "abusing", not "contributing to the sexual experience of a minor", not "making happy time with little Timmy", or one of the other ridiculous charges that come up when it's a female perpetrator. Article here. Excerpt:

"Marcia Amsterdam, 30, was charged with second-degree rape, second-degree sex abuse and endangering the welfare of a child, according to a statement released by the special commissioner of investigation for the New York City School District"

The following excerpt is from Sen. Joe Biden's latest letter to Congress soliciting support to fully fund the 2008 VAWA budget, at over $1 BILLION!

"In 2005, Congress reauthorized the landmark Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), which both continues successful and lifesaving programs and crafts new initiatives to end sexual assault, domestic violence, and stalking. While the federal fight to end these crimes is over ten years old, our resolve must not fade. Nearly 25 percent of u.S. women report that they have been physically assaulted by an intimate partner during their lifetimes and 1 in 6 have been the victims of attempted or completed rape.

The cost of intimate partner violence exceeds $5.8 billion each year, $4.1 billion of which is for direct medical and mental health care services. In fiscal year 2008, we must remain committed to ending domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking. Accordingly, we urge you to fully fund the VAWA programs in the Department of Health and Human Services at the authorized level of $320 million and fund the Department of Justice VAWA programs at the authorized level of $683 million."