AngryMan writes "UK: A math teacher was stabbed to death by his wife and her lover so that she could collect on the insurance, marry the lover, and get him a UK passport. The lover got life in prison, the wife got mental hospital. Story here."

arindamp writes "The fear of being branded a girly swot has long been cited as the reason some boys fail their examinations. Now this may be presented as evidence in an American schoolboy's landmark lawsuit. In a federal civil rights action brought this month, Doug Anglin, a 17-year-old lawyer's son, is arguing that his country's education system is institutionally sexist.

He claims that American teachers push girls into top streams while discriminating against boys, creating an atmosphere in which boys inevitably fail.

With the help of his parents, he is suing the United States Department of Education.

The complete story."

Here's an excerpt from the article.

Robert J. Shoop, professor of education at Kansas State University, has studied teacher sex abuse for 15 years and has written a book on the subject. He said his review of five years of news reports shows that male teachers are likely to get 15 to 20 years in prison, while female teachers typically are placed on probation or go to prison for one to three years.

charger writes "Rutgers University (State University of New Jersey) which just announced a major reorganization of its main campus, preserves the only public single-sex college left in the United States. With the number of men attending college declining, one would hope that there would be programs for men at Rutgers, but that would be politically incorrect."

Natalia writes "Not quite sure what topic this would go under, but it was for Standyourground.com. A few months ago I was glancing through a Vanity Fair that my mother had bought and an advertisement for Rolex had caught my eye, or rather, the slogan had. "Ice is like a man's ego. Fun to crush." I wasn't particularly offended, but I believed that it was a horrible message to be sending to women. I have not been able to locate a contact for them to comment on it directly and I'm not sure if anyone has yet even if the advertisement is old, it is out of turn.

Thank you for your time."

Ed. note: Reverse the sexes in the ad and see how it would go over. It seems magazines like Vanity Fair and other "women's magazines" will go places in topics, writing, and advertising that "men's magazines" would not dare to tread.

Anonymous User writes "She's 13, she claims she was abducted, raped, and the chivalrous police captain proclaims...

"If it turns out to be a total hoax, quite frankly, I feel sorry for (the girl) and her parents..I would not say that precludes us from bringing any charges." Story here."

Anonymous User writes "While in no way do I condone what this teacher did, will you look at the HUGE deal they are making about a text message. The male teacher was arrested, fired, and may be stripped of his teaching credential. The "victim" in this story is devistated and in need of counselling. Funny that when boys are the victims of actual physical rape by their female teachers, the words "victim," "stripped of teaching credentials," "counselling," etc. never seemed to get used."

Anonymous User writes "Sound fishy to you? David Hasselhoff's wife claimed domestic violence AFTER the divorce proceedings had started. Who wants to bet this was yet another bogus DV charge made up by an ex-wife for advantage during divorce? AMAZINGLY, NO RESTRANING ORDER WAS ISSUED! Now that we have two male celebrities inside of week being nailed with fake DV charges the public will start to pay attention?

Maybe one man can make a difference?"

amperro writes "Don't expect feminist support, but it's on the major news now."

MANN also received this submission on this story as well, so the posts are combined:

Anonymous User writes "The reaction to "Roe vs Wade for Men" on Fark.com is interesting for its length (many posts) and for the overall position that responsibility for and rights with respect to pregnancy is way out of balance and needs some redress."

Despite taking more P/T jobs than men (three guesses as to who makes up the income difference-- hint: choices are: husband, boyfriend, ex-husband), the BBC once again paints women-as-victims despite the better educational levels and opportunities presented to them. Of course in response, "something must be done", and the EC plans to do just that. Read it here.

Anonymous User writes "For Men, it's 1962"

Anonymous User writes "A woman is required to get her ex-fiance's permission to use their stored frozen embryos. This is a score for men, finally. In this case HE has the "choice" of wether or not a pregnancy proceeds. Link is here"

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."