Stanley B. Gaver writes "I've always been skeptical about the effectiveness of online petitions. However, after writing a pointed letter to Senator Joseph Biden about VAWA, I didn't feel that it was sufficient only to write a letter that would likely be ignored by Biden anyway.

VAWA is such an incredibly biased and bigoted law, I think that it's time to turn up the heat on "VAWA Joe", using any legitimate avenue available. I have created a petition on PetitionOnline that summarizes why VAWA is such a bad law and requests Biden to make it gender neutral."

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Tirryb writes "This story on News.com.au explains how guards in a certain part of India are being forced into letting timber thieves go - because the women with them begin to strip and call for help. Scared of 'trouble with the police', the guards are forced to let the thieves go. What does that say about the gender inequalities existant in the Indian legal system today..?"

Anonymous User writes "Tucker Carlson, host of MSNBC's "The Situation" had a discussion with a female Navy captain on the issue of women in combat. Suffice it to say that Carlson flatly states that violence against men and violence against women are different.

The transcript is here (but you will have to scroll down quite a bit for the topic)."

Marc A. writes "The Sheriff of San Bernardino County in California has refuted some feminist myths about domestic violence on its website. They refute the 95% myth, the "female violence isn't serious" myth, and the self defense myth. Of course, there's much more they could cite, and refute, and unfortunately they then go on to use gender-exclusive language about things that are true about both sexes (thereby spreading other falsehoods). But this is still a good sign, and I'd say quite surprising for California. There is no doubt that the work of MRAs in stirring things up have helped prompt this kind of thing. We look forward to it increasing."

AngryMan writes "Up to 1,000 teenage boys have been separated from their parents and thrown out of their communities by a polygamous sect to make more young women available for older men, Utah officials claim.


Many of these "Lost Boys", some as young as 13, have simply been dumped on the side of the road in Arizona and Utah, by the leaders of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (FLDS), and told they will never see their families again or go to heaven."


We only ever hear about the effects of polygamy on women. This is the other side of the coin. Story here"

The first Violence Against Women Act was signed into law by President Clinton in 1994. Since then it has mushroomed into law that not only turns a cold shoulder to male DV victims, but also promotes malicious stereotypes about men as abusers and batterers.

The current VAWA law expires on September 30, and renewal legislation was recently introduced. Please make note of these bill numbers, and be sure to refer to them in all communications with your elected officials:

-- Senate bill: S. 1197

-- House of Representatives bill: H.R. 2876

A powerful lobbying coalition has now been assembled to make VAWA male-inclusive. But in the final analysis, our elected officials are looking for votes -- and that’s where you come in.

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Bryan Cohen writes "A Guy’s Tale shows the mind of a 22-year old male as he goes through a long-term dating relationship. It probes into how a guy thinks when meeting a girl, what he loves about her, what sex means to him, and how much it hurts when she breaks up with him. The protagonist, Mike, dispels myths about what a man should be, discussing how a true man should treat women and how he should be treated in return."

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."

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/"

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"

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."

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

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.

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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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."