For our LaFave watchers, read it here. The stated motivation for the dropping of this set of charges is that they don't want to put the boy through the process of testifying for his own sake, and such would be required since the judge has rejected the proposed plea bargain. Thoughts?

Roy writes "N.O.W. has published an excellent menu of activist suggestions for promoting Women’s Herstory Month. These ideas could be easily adapted by MRA’s to raise awareness of men’s rights. Among the creative ideas -

*MAP IT OUT* Create a timeline of the women's movement on your campus or of women's contributions in your local community... Be sure to use bright colors and pictures! *TEACH IT* Many schools' history programs do not give a full portrayal of women's herstory. Organize a Women's Herstory 101, and talk about the importance of teaching women's herstory in our schools. If your university does not have a women's studies department, consider petitioning the administration to establish one. *SLAM IT OUT* Organize a women's herstory poetry slam.

(WTF, no bake sale of vagina-shaped confectionaries?)"

Anonymous User writes "As usual the media attempts portray all things male as deeply flawed and probably evil. The latest attack on manhood is directed at the President. A laundry list of complaints about Bush is offered in this article suggesting if that he were just more female none of these terrible events, all conserative victories by the way, could have been avoided. Is anyone else tired of being attacked simply beacuse you're man? It's time to stop the hate. Email this troll and let her know how you really feel: marcusr-at-washpost.com"

Anonymous user writes""Donor 401" has fathered eleven babies... now the are trying to find out who this mysterious donor is. There's a waiting list for his sperm! I don't blame this guy (blonde haired, blue eyed, athletic, 6'1) for trying to conceal his identity. If you think one child support is bad... try eleven and counting."

Ed. note: Posted not to belabor the topic, but as an interesting follow-on to yesterday's post on the topic of artificial insemination. All I can say is, the world just gets weirder and weirder. Is this some sort of strange kind of polygamy-at-a-distance thing? If I had any reason to believe this story was fiction, perhaps I would, but don't.

The NYTimes seems to be on this issue fairly regularly. It's a long read but worth the review. My own take is that a lot of things are contributing to the phenomenon, not just the vastly-reduced status of men in our society or even just the perceived importance of fathers in the lives of children, though obviously these are major factors. Anyway, read it here.

Emanslave writes "According to this New York Times article, young black boys in America today are doing worse than ever, thanks in part to unemployment, poverty, incarceration, and abuse! It makes you wonder, when will it be time for black men like me as well as others liberate ourselves from this? Please read!"

This week, RADAR has released a ground-breaking report, "VAWA:
Threat to Families, Children, Men, and Women," (http://www.mediaradar.org/docs/VAWA-Threat-to-Families.pdf)
that concludes that VAWA, although well intentioned, imposes a
one-size-fits-all policy on American families. By treating families
experiencing minor non-violent disagreements as if one party had
attacked the other with a gun, families are ripped apart, the innocent
are penalized, and children pay the price.

Click "Read more..." for more.

Anonymous User writes "The article here found in the NYTimes online describes the plight unwed fathers go through when fighting for babies that are placed for adoption by mothers."

The VAWA Spring Campaign kicks off on Monday, March 20.

Twenty-two organizations around the country will be working together to educate the public and elected officials about the truth of the Violence Against Women Act.

To get in on the action, go to www.mediaradar.org and sign up to receive the E-lerts.

LET'S ROLL.

Return of the King writes "An article about testosterone as it relates to all of society enlightens many issues relevant to the rights of men. After a feminist century, we are in need of a new understanding of masculinity. The concepts of manliness, of gentlemanly behavior, of chivalry have been debunked by a ferocious post-feminist culture. Indications of masculine cultural displacement are everywhere today, in a world in which the power of testosterone is ignored or attacked, with the result that it re-emerges in cruder, weaker and less social forms. Our main task in the gender wars of the new century may not be how to bring women fully into our society, but how to keep men from seceding from it, how to reroute testosterone for constructive ends, rather than ignore it for political point-making."

The online edition of Time Magazine has this to say regarding choice for men. Each day, it seems, men's issues are taken more seriously by parts of the mainstream media.

Return of the King writes "Excerpt:

'ONE OF the myths that Kate O'Beirne skewers in ''Women Who Make the World Worse," her shrewd and refreshing new book on the modern women's movement, is the myth of the gender gap -- the potent edge that Democrats are supposed to have over Republicans when it comes to attracting women's votes.'

Full article here."

Anonymous User writes "I found this British based Anti-Feminist forum. It seems pretty new,
and it's a lot of fun. Enjoy!

http://www.forum.mathews.me.uk/index.php"

Tirryb writes "BBC.co.uk reports here that men now suffer from the same pressures woman have complained of for years - pressure to change your body to conform to society and the media's view of how you SHOULD look.

Apparently as much as 20% of eating disorders occur in men, 25% of men lie about their health/weight etc because they feel pressured to live up to stereotypes and many are unhappy with how they look.

So, are we to be helped in this? Apparently not - quote from the piece:

"He said: "It is often easier to get through to men using image than it is to get through to them on health."But there is a danger with the way that we highlight issues that it can skew perceptions of risk.""

Apparently sounds like its acceptable to screw men up pyschologically, as long as it might benefit their health to do so..."

Return of the King writes "Ellen Goodman once again gives us a biased one sided only perspective on redefining marital happiness. Her sexist muse is a follows: The question is not whether women should lower their expectations (on men - implying that it is men alone who need to change). It's whether men will kick it up another notch and make progressive (feminist) women happy. She wants women to express their feminist views with men they date to scare off future "ex-husbands." Nice."

Ed. note: Saw this in the local paper right above the Goodman article; it discusses how the same-sex marriage rights battle inevitably ushers in the permissibility of legalized polygamy/polyamory. I just laughed, seeing the two columns sitting there on the same page togther.