Huzzah to F4J for their latest attempt to draw attention to the plight of fathers. Great work, lads!!

RandomMan writes "Despite the insulting title - consider what would happen to a male columnist using that phrase to describe women - this piece by a female medical columnist is very refreshing, especially on Father's Day. It's a pleasant departure from the NY Times old habit of running a 'women's health' pull-out section on Fathers Day, as they have in the past.

An astonishing note from the article: the author claims that studying diseases that affect both genders in men only was 'sexist', and she describes the current focus on women first and women only in healthcare as something along the lines of 'atonement', but this is the first time I've heard a female opine that only studying diseases that affect women while neglecting men entirely is 'sexist' as well.

If this continues, men might actually start to matter one day. I'm not holding my breath, but it's refreshing, nonetheless."

Anonymous User writes "The BBC reports here that Professor Murray Strauss' latest research in Europe shows that a large percentage of women believe that it is acceptable for them to hit their male partners. He says 'The bottom line is that we need make the same "big deal" about violence by women as we do about men who behave violently.'

This study is due to be published in the European Journal of Criminology. It is unfortunate then that this journal's editor found the results 'surprising' and that 'the number of women who admit to assaulting men is interesting as it's well known that men are more violent than woman.'"

mens_issues writes "Just in time for Father's Day, Focus on the Family (with James
Dobson) has aired a two-part series about the importance of involved fathers. Unfortunately, the two-part series takes the view that it is fathers who are abdicating their responsibility to their families, while mothers are taken for granted."

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bull writes "Woman acted as her own attorney during four-month trial

Interestingly enough, even though she came across as delusional, she was allowed to represent herself and ultimately found guilty. If she appeals, and gets backing from a feminist organization, will the verict probably be overturned?"

Raymond Cuttill writes "Come and help plan the way forward at the United Equal Parenting Conference – The Way Forward, this Saturday, June 17th 10:00 AM at the Central Hall Westminster, London (opposite Westminster Abbey and close to Parliament).



Hear from authors Barry Worrall (“Without Authority”) and Neil Lyndon (“No More Sex War”), hear from Philip A. Else, Equal Parenting Alliance and Mike Kelly, Real Fathers For Justice (hopefully with video of the protest at Tony Blair’s house on Friday) and others."

Anonymous User writes "Finally some progress in seeing that women do get off easier than men do in the courts."

Recently reported here on MANN, this made it to cnn.com. While it has a few more details of the case and represents broader exposure, it doesn't discuss the case against circumcision and of course, just has to throw religion into the mix as well.

AngryMan writes "A businessman is on trial accused of abusing two girls more than 25 years ago. It is alleged that the mother did not report the supposed abuse to the police but instead tried to blackmail him for £100,000 per girl. He refused and chose to got court instead - sounds like he believes himself to be innocent. It will be interesting to see how this one turns out. If he is acquitted maybe we will see the mother on trial for blackmail."

bandersnatch writes "From Nine MSN, A teenager was doused with kerosene and set alight in a "vigilante" attack sparked by false rumours he was a rapist, a Melbourne court was told. Prosecutor Gavin Silbert told the County Court there was an unsubstantiated rumour circulating amongst a group of teens who congregated at Greensborough Plaza that 19-year-old James Merrett had raped a girl and cheated on his girlfriend. The girlfriend then made it known she wanted retribution, telling one man: "He's gotta be bashed. He cheated on me." -- Wow, she sounds like our superhero ex-girlfriend."

bandersnatch writes "One of the trailers playing on all the latest films is for a movie called My Super Ex-Girlfriend."

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Anonymous User writes "Today (15th June), the First Elder Abuse Awareness Day is being observed. I think this is related to men's rights because it clearly shows that DV is NOT a gender issue. Here (.pdf file) is a World Health Organization fact sheet (prepared in 2002) which clearly states 'elder men are at risk of abuse in about the same proportion as elder women'."

F4J is now in the USA!

Rally for Equal Parenting

Saturday June 17th, 11:00 am to 1:00 pm

Ohio Statehouse, downtown Columbus (Map here)

Plan to attend!

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mens_issues writes "I was watching the news this afternoon, when a commercial for the Cadillac SRX Crossover came on. It showed a few women returning from a vacation together. One of them commented on how nice it was to have a vacation with 'No stress,' and then all of them said 'No husband!' in unison. As they got out of their SUV in an upper middle class residential neighborhood, one of them then said 'Back to reality!'"

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AFG writes "Canada's National Post, one of the country's largest daily newspapers, has devoted an entire page to men's rights in its 'Issues & Ideas' editorial section. One article, by Barbera Kay, is called Welcome to the Matriarchy; the other, by Prof. Don Dutton (author of Rethinking Domestic Violence) is called Domestic Violence isn't One-sided. These articles appear under the header 'Stacking the Deck Against Men.'

Note: The Post has featured many anti-feminist editorials in the past, and next week, Barbara Kay will continue the assault by writing about a family court system that exiles 'disenfranchised fathers to a Kafkaesque non-custodial limbo.'"

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