This article is something of a follow-up to other posts under "Men's Health" on the same or a related theme. It suggests that the likeliest reason for the recent drop in teen pregnancies is not the effects of abstinence or education programs, but instead from the steady and significant decline in human sperm count over the past 100 years, which doesn't seem to be slowing down. Even worse, since the causes are likely to be environmental and irreversible for the near future, we may not be able to stop this phenomenon in time to keep it from becoming a serious threat to our species.

Didn't know if posting this under 'Humor' or 'Men's Health' was most appropriate, but in the end, I picked 'Humor' simply because it is so funny. Enjoy!

AngryMan writes "More bizarre drivel from Germaine Greer to the effect that a woman's work is never done. "The typical world citizen - who is still female, illiterate and an unpaid family worker - knows only too well that if she is ever to be seen with her hands in her lap, a job will be found for her."

Yes, Germaine. It's time for your medication now."

dschmidt writes "WFAA is reporting that a Tyler, TX woman who molested her then 14 year old stepson while supplying him with drugs and alcohol has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.


Note the article refers to "an affair" and "a relationship" rather than repeated molestation/statutory rape/rape due to the victim being under the influence."

Misandrope writes "Mike Nifong has won the Durham NC Democratic Primary for DA. There being no Republican opposition, he will continue as DA in the Duke Lacrosse case. I see this as a loss for men, because in my opinion the case has been trumped up for votes, and is mostly based on predjudices against the accused men. Nifong orignally based his case on his claim that he would absolutely find DNA from the purported rapists. I wonder, how would you tell DNA from a paying client from DNA from a rapist? But there wasn't any DNA. More here."

AngryMan writes "False accusations against male teachers are reaching epidemic proportions over here. In 2003, teacher Alastair Wilbee committed suicide after being accused of a sex offence against a boy. Now the Conservative Party is calling for greater protection for accused teachers, including anonymity. Story here."

Misandrope writes "I keep getting told that there is a mythical pendulum of rights that was very in favor of men at one point, that now has swung in favor of women, and against men - but just how long has the pendulum favored women? Over 111 years, I found out."

Hard to believe, or is it? Read it here. Excerpt:

Cozad was in assistant Principal Martha Beseau Bock's office Oct. 11 at Park Glen Elementary School in Fort Worth to discuss her son's one-day suspension for a fight on a school bus, according to Fort Worth police reports. Park Glen is in the Keller school district.

After the door was closed, Cozad took a handgun and holster from her purse and placed it on a shelf near the assistant principal, according to reports.

No shots were fired, and Cozad left the office with the gun, police said.

She got probation. Wonder what 'dad' would have drawn at court had he done the same thing?

Tirryb writes "News.com.au reports here that a "sex expo" in Perth, Australia is opening a Sex Train Ride - kind of like a ghost train, but with simulated sex scenes instead of coffins and skeletons.

Nothing wrong with that, until you reach this paragraph:

'And then there's the reenactment of the infamous 1993 Bobbit attack, in which American woman Lorena Bobbitt cut off part of her husband John's penis.'"

Click "Read more..." for more.

Doug Baker writes "Missouri’s second largest college is charged with teaching male-discrimination. As part of a course, a male student says, 'the class was assigned to read and discuss 96 pages of text that denigrated men and elevated women, which I believe discriminated against males. I was then denied educational opportunities when the school provided no way to avoid the discrimination except to drop the class. Similar data is being taught in other courses and throughout higher education nation-wide. The government has failed to objectively investigate my complaints.'

Go to http://EmasculationOfAmerica.com/ for the entire story, full case documentation, and a wealth of research information."

Change is in the air!

In the past month and a half, RADAR has
orchestrated a campaign to inform legislators about civil rights
abuses under VAWA that Congress surely did not intend.

Twenty-seven organizations across the country co-signed a
Resolution Regarding the Violence Against Women Act.
(See http://www.mediaradar.org/docs/VAWA-Resolution.pdf)

Click "Read more..." for more.

Anonymous User writes "Perhaps these two stories should be read in conjunction.

One is about the effects of pesticides containing estrogen like compounds on male fetal development, how overexposure can result in decreased penis size and abnormalities and potentially effect fertility.

The other is about a teenager driven to suicide over his belief his penis was too small.

I'm sure we have all heard about the increasing concern over chemical compounds containing pthalates which have an estrogen like effect. The EU has gone so far as to begin considering restrictions if not bans on the plastic softeners, but the US does nothing."

If you are past a certain age and don't find what this article reports as even a wee disturbing, then perhaps you are not past that "certain age" just yet. Excerpt:

To her, the tension-and-release cycle that accompanies cinematic terror brings about something like a gambler's high. "It's not that I'm a self-mutilator," she said, "but it's just a powerful rush when you can overcome some pain."

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Of the 25 top-grossing movies released so far this year, almost a quarter are horror films. David Edelstein, a critic for New York Magazine, equated some with "torture porn."

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"I loved how the women used their bodies to deceive," Ms. Zelez said, referring to the women in "Hostel," who appear to be sexual playthings for the victims but actually lure the men to their deaths. As women, she asserted, "We use our bodies and get what we want. And they definitely got what they wanted."

I wonder how popular these movies would be among teenage girls and young women if both the slashers and slashees were female.

MANN Admins received the following from the author of the MANN submission found here.

"I recently submitted a story to the site about Twyana Davis.

This is a woman who recently confessed to raping her 12 yr old male cousin some 10 yrs ago. The rape resulted in a pregnancy, she then hid the pregnancy, threw the baby out, lied and said the child was the result of her being raped, and recieved leniency from the court, getting no jail time and eventually regaining custody of her child. She then wrote a book about her tragedy, continuing her lie about the rape and was featured on 20/20 and Oprah."

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Some good news here. Of course there has to be the ding on men with this thrown in there:

However, far fewer women said they would trust men in general to use the contraceptive.

Still, it's good news, and the Pill-4-Men can't come too soon.