Domestic Violence and Murder/Suicide

Shattererd Men writes "The Early Show (CBS) has a segment about David Brame. He was a police chief who murdered his wife and then took his own life. There have been charges of domestic violence but we are only hearing one side of this story.

Check Shattered Men for the other side of the story."

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RADAR Alert: Lynch Language in OK Child Abuse Story

A recent article in The Oklahoman, the largest newspaper in
Oklahoma, sticks to the old formula about domestic violence and child
abuse: men = abusers, women and children = victims. The article, by
columnist Tom Lindley, keys off the recent deaths of Kelsey
Smith-Briggs and Caitlin Wooten.

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Articles on the Education Crisis among Boys

Surprisingly, MSN features these two stories, this one by "a feminist scholar" and this one which includes off-links to the works of Lionel Tiger and Michael Thompson. It seems they are part of the Jan. 30, 2006 issue of Newsweek.

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NYT Reviews "Self-Made Man" by Lisa McNulty

Here is the review. Excerpt:


"But in its best moments, "Self-Made Man" transcends its premise altogether, offering not an undercover woman's take on male experience, but simply a fascinating, fly-on-the-wall look at various unglamorous male milieus that are well off the radar of most journalists and book authors.


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"Ned's whistle-stop tour of modern manhood also takes him to a Roman Catholic monastery, a lap-dance club, a men's consciousness-raising group and on a series of awkward dates with women. (Amusingly, Vincent is utterly astounded by the amount of rejection and hauteur that heterosexual men put up with.) Conspicuously absent from 'Self-Made Man,' though, are men leading full, contented lives. Perhaps this is a function of the limitations of Vincent's experiment - after all, a "man" created out of thin air and stoppelpaste can't very well insinuate himself into an elegant country club or a loving nuclear family."

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Husband Killer Gets Life

Luek writes "Here is a good article about a woman who lost custody of her children to her ex and ambushed and murdered him to regain custody. She was also $7,000 behind on her child support; another deadbeat mom. The ex also got the house too!

It is significant to note what the now convicted murderous felon's mother said at the sentencing. She said, "You cannot take your children away from a mother and come out with the same person," Betty Rountree said. "It's almost like God gave children to a mother, and the father comes second."

Only a real misandrous b1tch would say something like this but unfortunately too many family court judges have the same negative attitude."

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14th Annual Conference on Men and Masculinities Scheduled

Posted on behalf of Peter Allemano of NCFM-GNY:

The American Men's Studies Association ("AMSA") has scheduled its 14th Annual Conference on Men and Masculinities for April 7 - 9, 2006 at the Ypsilanti Marriott at Eagle Crest, in Ypsilanti, Michigan (which is near Detroit); this year's theme is "No Man is an Island: Masculinities-in-Relation."

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Homeless Men Ignored While "Bag Lady Syndrome" Makes News

I saw this and wanted to scream. The media ignores the relatively much larger numbers of homeless/shelterless men as compared to homeless/shelterless women, all while running "stories" like this one?? Yes, believe it.

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No Jail Time for Female Statutory-Raping Citrus County Teacher

Anonymous User writes "No jail time for Citrus County, FL teacher. Excerpt:


'Howard said Lilley received the reduced sentence because the girl's father didn't want to press charges. The vocational teacher and softball coach was arrested Nov. 1 after the girl told deputies about their three-month relationship that began in September. Lilley said it was consensual.'"

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Corporal punishment/double standard/mocking tone

Anonymous User writes "The usual frivolous take on a disgusting double standard. Excerpt:

'Singapore‘s drug laws, which include the death penalty for possession of certain amounts of drugs, provide for different punishments for males and females.

While male offenders can be punished with up to 15 strokes of the rattan cane for drug-related offences, female offenders are exempt from caning.'"

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Men Get Jail, Women and Children Get Housing

bulldogo.1 writes "Most Australians are appalled with the way the conservative Federal government treats political asylum seekers here. They are routinely rounded up and immediately placed in detention centres (jails), where they are held for years. In the past some have been freed, but only if they are women or children. The latest chapter in this sorry story again has humane Australians up in arms. But no-one, now or in the past, comments on the gender discrimination of it all."

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News Article Describing Men as Lacking Empathy

Dan writes "This was a study to determine gender differences in seeing pain in other people. It is slanted to say that men like to see others suffer.
The last paragraph of the article does say that the study might be flawed because the men felt threatened."

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Sacks Article on Abuse of Restraining Orders

Marc A. writes "Glenn Sacks just had an article printed in the Alburquerque Tribune re the David Letterman example of the abuse of restraining orders."

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Netscape.com Rivals MSN for Guerrila Anti-Male Spin

I guess the Netscape folks want to compete with MSN so they maintain their "news" portal in much the same vein as MSN. You need only visit their main page to see articles and stories the likes of these: No. 1 Reason Women are Unfaithful (complete with racy strip-tease-like picture) and Man Said to Fake Death, Keep Child Support (complete with inside-the-prison picture).

Summary: Cheating women get sexualized while desperate men get demonized.

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F4J Disbands After Blair Planned Kidnap Story

AngryMan writes "The UK fathers' rights group Fathers 4 Justice has decided to suspend its activities following newspaper reports that fringe elements were plotting to kidnap Tony Blair's son Leo as a publicity stunt. Story here."

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"Just Another 12 Dead Men"

Feature submission addressing the deaths of the 12 miners in West Virginia, and how they are part of a flood of largely unrecognized male victims of workplace accidents/violence.

Click "Read more..." to read this outstanding essay.

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