L.A. Times letters respond to article on special treatment for female prisoners

Marc A. writes "Last week the L.A. Times printed another biased article about the new movement to create special visitation and counseling privileges only for female prisoners. The article quoted no opposition and never even suggested sex discrimination. Today they printed five letters in response. The first two are supportive of the discrimination. The other three object to it, two of which are from NCFM members and one mentions NCFM in the bio. The first page only gives gives the first 3 letters, so you'll need to hit "next page." And the link will probably break soon."

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Here We Go Again: Anguish Over Dead Female Soldier

Roy writes "Today's headline on msnbc.com reads ---

"4 women among 6 troops slain in Iraq bombing ---
Lethal ambush underscores hardships of keeping women away from combat."

Gosh, by feminist math, that makes women the majority of the casualties, right? (Never mind that of the nearly 2,000 dead and 14,000 wounded, less than 1% have been women.)

But let's focus on the women's "hardships" even though N.O.W. wants the girlies on the front lines.

"BAGHDAD, Iraq - The lethal ambush of a convoy carrying female U.S. troops in Fallujah underscored the difficulties of keeping women away from the front lines in a war where such boundaries are far from clear-cut.
A suicide car bomber slammed into a 7-ton U.S. military vehicle in Fallujah, killing five Marines and a Navy sailor, Marine Corps sources told NBC News, adding that at least four of the dead were women.

Link at --

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8202434/"

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Delegate Ron Grignol hopes to bring equal parenting to agenda

Anonymous User writes "Support for Ron Grignol - Running for General Assembly - Delegate who will fight for father's and children's rights to both parents in Virginia.

I also want to suggest support for Ron Grignol, who is running for the House of Delegates in northern Virginia. Ron is a former submarine officer who heads Fathers for Virginia. Ron has a good chance to win in a seat where the Democratic incumbent has served only one term. Ron is the Republican candidate and is enthusiastically backed by the Republican leadership. Imagine what an open door we would have in Richmond if Ron wins in November!
Please send your much-needed contributions to Ron Grignol for Delegate, 5241 Bally Castle Circle, Alexandria, VA 22315, phone 703/868-0535.
It takes a lot to run a campaign, so please support Ron.
I live in Maryland, but Virginia developments are important to the entire regional development of pro child, two-parent family legislation.
I speak only as an individual, not as part of an organization, in urging support for Ron Grignol.
David L. Levy"

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Male Reproductive Rights on "The View" on Tuesday, June 28, 2005

Kingsley G. Morse Jr. writes "The National Center for Men promptly found a guest
for ABC's highly rated TV talk show named "The
View".

It's a good opportunity to educate the public
about improving the law by legalizing choice for
men.

We're booked for next Tuesday, 6/28, live! Find out
the time and channel for your area at:

http://abc.go.com/daytime/theview/whentowatch

Spread the word."

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Breast cancer - not only a woman's problem

cnewbyuk writes "Very sobering article. Something we need to consider:- Can Breast cancer affect men directly"

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Father's Rights Activist shot by police in Seattle

Yesterday, Father's Rights Activist and longtime participator in the Anti-Peonage movement Perry Manley was killed by police during an incident in which he brought an unusable hand grenade into the downtown Seattle federal courthouse. The hand grenade had been drilled out making it harmless, and Perry had his living will on him at the time he was killed. He also had some court papers on him at the time, but police have so far chosen not to tell us what they were. Story here.



Exactly what Perry had intended this protest to mean is unknown, although this article suggests that he was denied access to his children, had $14,000 in child support taken from him after his children were adults, and recently discovered that he was not allowed to attend his daughter's wedding. My condolences to Perry's friends and family.

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RADAR Alert: VAWA Must Not Discriminate Against Male Victims of Domestic Violence!

The Violence Against Women Act was re-introduced in the Senate and House last week. The number of the Senate bill is S. 1197, and the number of the House bill is H.R. 2876.

Since VAWA was first enacted in 1994, its discriminatory effects have kept innumerable victims of domestic violence from receiving help. Their offense – being male.

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An update on the male birth control pill

Indiana Jones writes "I'm glad that it actually received formal, offical grant from NIH with a statement saying that the male part of the population has been ignored for too long. Story here."

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Donnie Hauser-Richerme

kavius writes "A follow up to an earlier story. The six year-old boy who saved a girl from drowning did die. Last posted, he was in critical condition."

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Fathers 4 Justice Spilt

Raymond Cuttill writes "Fathers 4 Justice have spilt. Sadly men's/father's organisations often do that. I suppose it's a forlorn hope that they can get together again. Partly it is to do with the agreement between F4J and CAFCASS, effectively a truce. CAFCASS, which is a court service that recommends child custody arrangements, has to improve in 3 months and F4J will not target them for protests. If nothing changes, then the protests begin again. Some have split over this new softer policy. The Real F4J press release is on Men's Hour Blog, and more about the cancelled protest and CAFCASS on F4J News"

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Ottawa Men's Centre

Ottawa Men's Centre writes "Ottawa Men's Centre
A dedicated support group whose primary goal is to stem the trend of suicide by fathers. We provide divorce resources, impartial attorney referrals and support for men or fathers who are victims of false allegations, parental alienation and or gender bias.


Email: info-at-OttawaMensCentre.com

Call 1-613-797-3237

http://www.OttawaMensCentre.com"

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Kathleen Parker pulls the "I'm not a feminist, but..." routine

Anonymous User writes "I am giving you a link to Kathleen Parker's latest article not strictly because it's father's day, but because Kathleen is perpetuating a hateful stereotype about the nearest man, and is doing it in a indirect attract and repel way. She's done this before, as evidenced by this previous article I will try to explain below."

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If most missing cases are men, why do we only hear about white women

bandersnatch writes "From Seattle PI:

Most of the missing adults tracked by the FBI are men. More than one-in-five of those abducted or kidnapped are black. But you might not get that impression from the news media, and some journalism watchdogs are now taking the industry to task for what they see as a disproportionate emphasis on cases in which white girls and women - overwhelmingly upper-middle class and attractive - disappear.

"To be blunt, blond white chicks who go missing get covered and poor, black, Hispanic or other people of color who go missing do not get covered," said Tom Rosenstiel, director of the Washington-based Project for Excellence in Journalism. "You're more likely to get coverage if you're attractive than if you're not."

-- In my opinion, this is one of the more obvious signs that feminism has pretty much been composed of white women only concerned about their pocketbook and their reproductive freedom -- if you happen to of color or worse, male, too bad, you're SOL."

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San Francisco Fire Chief Assaults Her Husband

What will the excuse be this time, "job-related stress"? Read it here.

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Happy Donor's Day

Can't wait to read comments on this one.

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