Congress reconvenes after Labor Day, a mere three weeks from now. Since the Violence Against Women Act expires September 30th, it's likely that the 2005 reauthorization bill will be one of the first things to be considered by Congress once they're back in session.

During the coming three weeks our lobbyists will be meeting with congressional staffmembers, working to convince them to remove the gender-bias from the bill. But those who want the discrimination to continue will be lobbying hard as well.

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VIP SAFE NH writes "Lee Newman, Executive Director of SAFE-NH was nominated, recently elected and named Co-Chair of the Greater Derry Domestic Violence Coordinating Council.

Mr. Newman has been an active and contributing member of this council for 2 years and is pleased to be able to continue his necessary and important work with the council in this new capacity. Mr. Newman will also be the council's Administrative contact for it's website which is in development."

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Roy writes "AP reports today that Pamela Rogers Turner, a 28 year-old former elementary teacher in Tenn., pleaded no contest to charges of sexual battery and statutory rape, and was sentenced to 9 months in prison, eight years of probabtion, loss of her teaching license, and registration as a sex offender. In my state, a man's average sentence for rape/sexual assault is 15.7 years, with a mandatory minimum of 6 years. Feminist justice in action?"

Subhuman writes "Reuters reports that one out of 25 men (at least in Britain) is thought to be raising another man's kids.

I know mine are mine... I had to prove it via DNA test during my divorce with their mother."

Anonymous User writes "A Pasco County woman pleaded guilty Monday to charges of lewd or lascivious battery after admitting she had a two-year sexual relationship with a 15-year-old friend of her daughter. Story here"

Anonymous User writes "This is from TribuneIndia Aug 2003. I posted it because it's really male friendly. And it features in `Her World' section of the newspaper!"

Evil White Male Oppressor writes "A radio station that held a contest for concert tickets where women voluntarily slap each other is busted and forced to donate money to a nonprofit group that promotes awareness of domestic violence. So what the hell is boxing?!?"

Tirryb writes "The BBC reports here that an exclusive London hotel has banned men from an entire building/wing (68 rooms) to make a female-friendly environment."

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apetr writes "This article looked promising but started off on the wrong foot. I was offended to say the least.

Opening lines:

"Get out the spittoon. Men produce twice as much saliva as women. Women, for their part, learn to speak earlier, know more words, recall them better, pause less and glide through tongue twisters."

How about this intro: "Women can only produce half as much saliva as Men, while men commmand better math and spatial abilities, excel in physics and calculus and tend not to run off at the mouth."

Here is the entire article."

Roy writes "Way back on 20 July '05 I posted links to the Senate Judiciary Committee's web site for VAWA's 7/19/05 hearings. Mysteriously, the lead-off testimony by Diane Stuart, Director of the DOJ's Office on Violence Against Women, has never appeared on the site. It has been published on the OVW's site now."

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Let's be realistic. After 30 years of the one-party gender system, it's going to take awhile to reform all the unjust laws that discriminate against men. The Violence Against Women Act is one example of these unfair laws.

We have to work for the changes that will do the most to reduce bias against men, and have a good chance of success.

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Anonymous User writes "An article by a pro wrestler that discusses the serious problem of steroids and the dangerous effects on men and young boys that the media never covers.

From the article:

'Steroids are the male equivalent of female eating disorders. Women starve themselves to reach their unrealistic body image standards; guys are taking steroids to reach theirs. This is a very dangerous situation because unfortunately we look for results first and worry about the consequences after. I think we owe it to our kids to be better than that!' "

Tirryb writes "In This story on the BBC, a mother moved to Turkey and left her 14/15 year old daughter alone to fend for herself. This was a permanent move, not just a 'quicky holiday escape'.

Of course, there is no talk of charges. "The police have confirmed they are trying to trace the woman's whereabouts with a view to bringing her back to the UK." A slap on the wrist seems likely."

NextEntity writes "Another case where if one were to reverse the genders, the "you go grrl" clique would come out of the woodworks chanting "Down with the patriarchy!".


BANGOR - Fed up with comments such as "men are jerks" and "men are idiots," a former male nurse at Eastern Maine Medical Center has filed a lawsuit in federal court alleging he was sexually harassed by the female nursing staff and discriminated against on the basis of gender.


Check out this article to learn more."

Anonymous User writes "A man who spent 26 years behind bars as Florida's "Bird Road Rapist" was released from prison Wednesday after DNA evidence cleared him in two of the attacks and cast doubt on whether he was responsible for any of the crimes. Story here."