Submitted by Matt on Fri, 2006-06-02 18:59
AngryMan writes "If you get falsely accused in Scotland, you won't even get a lawyer to defend you, unless you are rich enough to pay for it yourself. Lawyers are planning to refuse sexual offence cases unless the government pays them more. Story here."
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Submitted by Matt on Fri, 2006-06-02 00:23
... it just never seems to end, really (though you wouldn't know it by watching Dateline): Woman jailed for hiding child groom. Excerpt:
DOUGLASVILLE, Georgia (AP) -- A 37-year-old woman who married one of her son's 15-year-old friends pleaded guilty to helping her young husband escape from state custody.
Lisa Clark was sentenced Wednesday to two years in jail and three years' probation after entering the plea to two counts of hindering the apprehension of a child.
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Submitted by Matt on Thu, 2006-06-01 18:23
NBC could use some education on the topic of sexual predation. Take a look at Dateline's main page and see how they are dealing with the issue of Internet predators. In case anyone has been following this series, they are catching men who make illicit contact with supposed underage girls for sexual encounters, and then when they show up, they are getting interviewed by Dateline and then arrested by local police. This is a good thing and NBC should be commended for having the courage to go this far in addressing this sort of problem. Where NBC is failing is in how they are not reporting in a balanced fashion. Next week's episode promises to review the Mary Kay Letourneau case and all but makes it out to be a matter of love-denied-by-evil-society. The reality contrasts sharply with the perception.
Feel free to send them an email from their web form at the lower center portion of the series' home page.
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Submitted by Matt on Thu, 2006-06-01 18:16
AngryMan writes "A German woman has been found guilty of the manslaughter of eight of her newborn babies. A ninth baby also died, but too long ago to allow prosecution.
Sabine H, 40, was sentenced to 15 years in prison, the maximum jail term the Frankfurt court could hand down. Story here."
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Submitted by Matt on Thu, 2006-06-01 18:13
Anonymous User writes "I got my first one these coins the other day in my change and couldn't help wondering if there will ever be a coin for prostate cancer victims. Obviously there never will be. I don't know the statistics but I'm sure prostate cancer kills a number on par with breast cancer. Not only is there this coin but the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation also organizes a marathon in large cities every year that recieves a lot of press."
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Submitted by Scott on Thu, 2006-06-01 02:30
This morning, New Hampshire Public Radio's "The Exchange" program covered the problems boys are facing in education. Interviewed are both Dr. Michael Thompson (author of Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys) and Kathy Stevens, (co-author of The Minds of Boys: Saving Our Sons from Falling Behind in School and Life). The program was generally very male-positive and can be listened to on-line here.
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Submitted by Matt on Wed, 2006-05-31 23:59
Hang in there, Mr. Starr. The power of cognitive dissonance knows no limits and soon, you too will be back to thinking of them as goddesses on Earth (just as many of them also do, apparently).
From
Why are women athletes in college choosing to mimic the worst behaviors of their male counterparts?:
Instead they appear to be mimicking the basest instincts of male athletes, embracing a pathetic notion that predicates acceptance on the willingness to share humiliating rituals. Indeed there is almost nothing that distinguishes this Northwestern affair from the seamy and demeaning antics of the Duke men’s lacrosse team at their team fiesta—except, of course, that at Duke it escalated into allegations of criminal behavior.
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Submitted by Thomas on Wed, 2006-05-31 04:58
A Men's Studies curriculum will soon be established at Nottingham Trent University in the UK. The program will offer degrees.
The course convener, Jim Wild, states, "...we need to apply what we have learned from feminists about men's abuse within the family, and apply it to day-to-day work."
The article goes on to state, "Wild is keen to emphasise the high levels of physical, emotional and sexual violence men inflict on women, children and one another. Students will explore why some men are abusive and how the structures that maintain this behaviour can be challenged. 'I want the course to contribute to ways in which statutory and voluntary agencies can assist men to break out of these patterns of behaviour and, as a consequence, protect women and children from such abuse.'"
The article makes no mention of violence by women against anyone.
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Submitted by Matt on Wed, 2006-05-31 00:52
Kyle Knutson writes "Save the Males
by Richard Doyle of Forest Lake, Minnesota
Available at http://www.lulu.com/content/279780
Prices: $6.95 Download, $16.45 Print
Description:
"Save the Males" presents a common sense approach to gender issues.
The 236 page book is divided into three parts. In the first part,
author Richard Doyle examines differential treatment in four areas -
criminal justice, family law, employment and image - finding that
men, as a class, are shortchanged nearly everywhere. Part II
concerns itself with the search for causes and culprits. Among the
culprits he finds legislators, judges, attorneys, politicians,
feminists, the media and even men themselves. Part III, "Reality,
Sensibility, Liberation," explores ideas for solutions to the
problems identified in the first two parts.
The book is intended to restore men and traditional families to their
formerly respected status by defeating the widespread discrimination
against men throughout society. Warning: this book is incorrect
politically. It has `attitude. A philosophic street-fighter, Doyle
takes on highly sensitive issues such as feminism, homosexuality and
SNAGS (sensitive new age guys)."
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Submitted by Matt on Tue, 2006-05-30 05:04
Roy writes "Story here. Excerpt:
'ALL couples were advised last night to sign prenuptial agreements before getting married after a landmark ruling that gives wives much bigger divorce settlements... In the most important judgment on divorce for more than 20 years the law lords ruled that women who sacrifice careers to bring up children and look after the home should be compensated and may claim a share of their husband's future income.'"
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Submitted by Matt on Thu, 2006-05-25 21:15
AngryMan writes "This story describes the seizure by police of a £4.4m haul of the drug GHB in Lothian, Scotland. The story states that the drug "In small doses...can have a relaxing effect, lowering inhibitions and making the user feel talkative and elated." The story seems to imply that the purpose of the drug is for rape, that only rapists would buy it, and that rape is some kind of lucrative industry. We could equally say that GHB is a robbery drug, or that alcohol is a rape drug. This story has nothing to do with rape. Thanks once again, BBC feminists."
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Submitted by Matt on Thu, 2006-05-25 21:06
Boy Genteel writes "Letter found here (it's the second one on the page). Excerpt:
'Let's turn this around: If a man had ripped his wife's breasts off with his bare hands, would your writer have turned out a similar story? If a man mutilated his wife's vagina, would there be a double entendre on the cover?'"
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Submitted by Matt on Thu, 2006-05-25 21:01
mens_issues writes "The Reader's Digest printed a demeaning and insulting anti-male
story in its "Life in These United States.""
Click "Read more..." for more.
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Submitted by Matt on Thu, 2006-05-25 04:33
RandomMan writes "A 15 year-old girl decided that given the climate of racism and misandry in western society, it would be easier to destroy an innocent cab driver's life than to pay the fare. Of course, the girl's clearly criminal acts of fraud and filing a false police report have not yet resulted in charges against her. Story here. From the article:
'None of the girl’s allegations — that Otunba-Payne offered to waive the fare in exchange for a sex act and then tried to rape her in the back seat of his Metro Taxi cab before she managed to escape — turned out to be true, police said. The case is still under investigation, Moscato said, and the girl could be arrested herself for making a false report.'
How nice. An innocent cab driver is arrested without the slightest bit of evidence in order to further this girl's attempted fraud, but when there is clear evidence of wrong-doing and criminal behavior on the part of said girl, no charges are filed."
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Submitted by Matt on Wed, 2006-05-24 23:29
Marc A. writes: "Link here. Excerpt:
'A 32-nation study by University partners that about a third of dating partners had been violent, and most incidents of partner violence involve violence by both the man and woman, according to Murray Straus from the University of New Hampshire. The second largest category was couples where the female partner was the only one to carry about physical attacks, not the male partner.
Straus’ new research also found that dominance by the female partner is even more closely related to violence by women than is male dominance. These results call into question the widely held belief that partner violence is primarily a male crime and that when women are violent it is self defense.'"
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