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."

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."

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"

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"

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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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."