Luek writes "Well, almost. She did plea down to 5 years in prison for letting her infant daughter die from heat stress.

When the police found her passed out in her car from drug and alcohol intoxication they revived her and let her drive off though she had two outstanding warrants against her for failure to appear on two charges of driving with a suspended license.

This happened in Florida the same state that arrested the singer Yanni under the VAWA law for allegedly hitting his freeloading treaspassing girlfriend. Freeloading girlfriends in Florida have more priority than children in danger from drunken moms, it seems."

Dittohd writes "Glenn Sacks is supporting a new law in New York that would presume shared parenting over sole custody in divorces. You can read about this new law and easily send an email to all the committee members presently considering this change by clicking on the link."

Roy writes "Slate's culture editor Meghan O'Rourke reviews a new research study that links feminist beliefs with female unhappiness: "Feminist ideals, not domestic duties, seem to be what make wives morose. Progressive married women — who should be enjoying some or all of the fruits that Freidan lobbied for — are less happy, it would appear, than women who live as if Friedan never existed." DUH? Only a university educated neo-feminist journalism major would be flabbergasted by this "discovery!" Good read and excellent debate link here."

robrob writes "This is the latest attempt in the UK to "increase" conviction rates for rape. In short, if a woman is drunk and has sex with you, the onus will be on you to prove she consented. This is another example of the "Adult-Baby" defence. A woman can be adult enough to drink alcohol, own a house, and invite men back. However, if she wants sex and even consents to it, but can't remember doing so the next day, she can claim rape and the responsibility will be on the male to prove she ever gave consent. It's amazing how Rape Laws are continuously tweaked compared to any other legislation, isn't it?"

Anonymous User writes "The New Age musician Yanni was arrested on "domestic violence" charges. As usual a woman lied and a man got punished. Hopefully, this incident will bring public's attention to the epidemic of false DV charges and the corrupt system of mandatory arrest and no-drop prosecution under which American men suffer..."

It seems that false accusation of rape is now an overt political tool.

Recently Plan USA started a new campaign: Give a girl child an equal chance. Recent recipients of donation reminders face a well-directed solicitation for this new program on the back of their remittance envelopes.

If you feel so inclined, contact them at: DonorRelations-at-planusa.org or 800-556-7918 and let them know what you think of their highly selective vision regarding the well-being of children. May I suggest sending them facts about the state of boys and men in the world and remind them of the many ways in which males die at alarmingly (for some anyway) higher rates than females in all sorts of contexts and for many reasons that are a direct expression of how they are perceived, treated, and USED, simply due to their maleness.

Tirryb writes "News.com.au reports here that a doctor got divorced, and due to the stress gave up his high paid job to take a part-time much lower stress position.

However the Child Support Agency decided that he had earning 'potential' of at least twice what his new job paid, and he's got slugged with child support payments at that level - equivalent to half his current income.

The moral of the story is simple - we divorce, and we're slaves. Work harder or go to jail, what a choice."

garypc writes "I submit the following article in its entirety from the Wall Street Journal, since they require a subscription for access. The Wall Street Journal has increasingly been championing the ideas of men's right and the virtues of masculinity. This article is the latest, and interestingly has a female author."

Click "Read more..." for the article.

Tirryb writes "News.com.au reports here that a woman dresses in camoflage gear, lies in wait in a snipers 'nest', and shoots her husband dead - but of course she's found not guilty of either manslaughter or murder...

The reason of course is that she was abused mercilessly during her marriage. Even if her version of the marriage is completely true she could have left or had him arrested, but instead chose to put a bullet through his heart and end his life. Not guilty. Go figure."

Anonymous User writes "Yet another one... at Disney World no less. Imagine my shock when I saw it was yet another false rape accusation..."

Without condoning what the boy reportedly did, is it fair what happened in this case, particularly to the 20 other students? Would the school have taken these steps if a girl had done the same thing, only with a boy as the target of hostility?

I don't know if his actions were related to what went on between him and Indiana University, but what happened is mentioned in this news item. Rest in peace, Mr. Izard.

SacredNaCl writes "Apparently, blaming the "man" extends all of the way to the tender age of 4, as in the case of this 37 year old, accused of having sex with a 4 year old boy. In her statement she said: "Sources tell us in what amounts to a bizarre confession that the suspect is actually accusing the four-year-old boy of seducing her. But police are not buying that explanation as they investigate several instances of rape and sexual abuse inside the day care center over a six-week period."

Roy writes "Citing a new research study by the American Association of University Women, N.O.W. admits that female students sexually harass males:

"Male and female students are nearly equally likely to be sexually harassed on campus... Female students are more likely to be the target of sexual jokes, comments, gestures, or looks. Male students are more likely to be called gay or a homophobic name."
The definition of sexual harassment is so broad and subjective as to make most inter-gender communication suspect -- "Sexual harassment is unwanted and unwelcome behavior which interferes with your life...
Such as, a person made sexual comments, jokes, gestures, or looks..."

Full AAUW report here (.pdf file)."

Ed. note: This is somewhat 'old news' in that the AAUW report has been out since 2005. However that N.O.W. is "announcing" it at this time is a recent event. Read the N.O.W. release carefully; it downplays heavily the harassment men suffer and up-plays heavily the harrassment of women. Of course the very definition of harrassment, as pointed out by Roy, is not too close to the average legal or dictionary defintions. By their defintion, sexual harassment is pretty much anything you don't like that someone says or does in your presence. I suppose I could say then that just about everyone I ever met has sexually harassed me in some form or another-- that's it, gonna call a lawyer right now and sue everyone!