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.

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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.

klp writes "The Washington Times has this article on a simple regimen to lower risk of prostate cancer. No mention of the funding source for this research, interestingly."

Anonymous User writes "Accused of biting a student, she is initially reassigned to non-instructional duties even though in 2004 and 2005, administrators had warned her to avoid being physically confrontational with students, according to her termination letter. God, can you imagine if this were a male teacher -- oh that's right male teachers are being drummed from the field because they are all perverts... story here."

Tirryb writes "News.com.au reports here that a female teacher has been bailed on 92 charges of sexual abuse of a student, now aged 16, over a 2 year period.

What will be interesting to see here is whether her treatment differs because the student is female. We've all seen so many cases lately where female teacher/male student equates to a slap on the wrist, I wonder if she'll get more because it was (shock!) a girl that suffered and not a boy. I'll try and keep a trace on this story..."

Equal protection under the law. Due process. Innocent until proven
guilty.

Those principles, enshrined in the U.S. Constitution, are foundations
of a free and just society. Those concepts are routinely violated
every day by the Violence Against Women Act. Each and every day in the
United States, over 2,000 Americans have their civil rights violated by
VAWA.

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