Tirryb writes "News.com.au reports that a study of 10,000 children from birth age up has shown that girls outperform boys almost from day 1, learning to walk and talk earlier. Quote: "Boys lead girls in every measure of disengagement and psychological disorder from attention deficit syndromes to at-risk social behaviour. The latest neuro-imaging research has identified gender differences in brain maturation, with boys slower to develop impulse control and executive planning skills.

Although boys and girls are parented in a similar fashion, levels of hostile parenting were higher for boys than girls."
So given this evidence, what does the (female) federal Minister for Family and Community Affairs say? "I have consistently said that children are better off in a household where both parents have a job," she said...."

AngryMan writes "In British high schools, 'girls are up to 115 per cent more likely to achieve an A or B grade than boys.' Boys problems at school are still not being effectively addressed. Not surprising when one school principal 'David Haywood believes this is to do with the intrinsic ability of boys rather than the school's educational ethos.' Article here."

It is not good news that British female alcohol consuption is skyrocketing, outpacing any other group in Britain. What is also bad is that in an effort to reduce it, the UK gov't is using scare tactics with men as the target pariah group to try to discourage it. Not to put too fine a point on it, but it is reminiscent of the anti-Semitic posters used by the Third Reich to get the Germans to fear and hate Jews, isn't it?

Ray writes "Taron James is member of the National Coalition of Free Men, L.A., and a veteran of the 1st gulf war. For a long, long time he's been fighting an act of paternity fraud commited against him. "After more than a decade of legal battles the court ruled he wasn't the father, but his child support judgement has yet to be reversed." XETV, Fox 6, San Diego has a story on his struggles here , Scroll down the page of listed videos to the one titled "Paternity Fraud" and click on the link to the video. In the video there are also shots of NCFMLA's protest at the "Deadbeat Dad's Courthouse," comments by Marc Angelucci, NCFMLA President and Taron's attorney, and near the end is a shot of "the truck" with a 4' X 8' sign in the bed saying PATERNITY FRAUD IS DEADBEAT GOVERNMENT."

Ed. Note: Requires use of IE for the in-line video player to work. Also this post is time-sensitive since the video may be bumped by new stories at any time.

bandersnatch writes "From This is London, Scotland Yard today revealed it has been unable to trace all but two of 300 black boys aged four to seven reported missing from school in a three-month period. Child welfare experts say the number highlights the scale of the trade in children brought to Britain as domestic servants and covers for benefit fraud. Detectives asked each London local education authority to give them details of black boys aged four to seven reported missing from school between July and September 2001. It emerged 300 had vanished, 299 from Africa and one from the Caribbean. *gasp* You mean it's only not young girls being trafficked? Imagine that!"

Ed.: Also this is covered here.

Kyo writes "Japan's "women-only train car" fad is covered by the Wall Street Journal here, with allusions to other women-only venues such as sports clubs, hotels, and even internet cafes. The journalist is surprisingly even-handed, presenting valid reasons why the trains discriminate against men along with a quote from a male-train-rider activist group."

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Anonymous User writes "
This MSN article says it's unlikely a male birth control pill will be developed. They don't say why.

Indiana Jones writes "Wow.... [In Italy] Men must pay damages to women if they don't offer them sex.

Now, if its the other way around.....men forcing their wife into sex, he would lose everything in court."

AngryMan writes "This article from the BBC covers a new report into international forced labour. I'm sure we're all opposed to slavery of every kind, but the article concentrates solely on prostitution. If you download the report (PDF on the right), turn to page 12 and look at the pie chart, the report identifies 3 categories of forced labour: economic, military and sexual. Of these 3, sexual is the least significant. It's interesting that most forced workers and soldiers are male, but these get ignored. The BBC concentrates solely on women. The article turns this report into another attack on male sexuality. The implication is that all prostitutes are slaves. Thanks once again BBC."

Dittohd writes "In Tennessee, the maximum sentence for statutory rape is only two years? Would this maximum sentence be the same if the gender roles were reversed in this situation? Is this situation getting to feel like an epidemic to you? I wonder if this is really new or just women being afforded a taste of equal responsibility along with those so-called equal rights."

mens_issues writes "Please consider sending a donation to Jan Brown at the Domestic Abuse Helpline for Men so that she can present the case for male victims of DV at the 9th International Family Violence Research Conference in New Hampshire. Karen Clay (of Stop the Violence) would also like to attend.

Steve"

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CJ writes "Not finding actual issues of violence or assault to deal with, this university's Womyn's Center has worked with campus police to develop a stalking policy, has just published an informational brochure for students on stalking. Here is a fine example of Marxist feminist paranoia propaganda at work; every incoming freshman is lectured about stalking issues, and simple “looks” now constitute stalking behavior, and students are held accountable for actions that may or may not be stalking behavior,and as we all now know, allegation alone is sufficient evidence to ruins one's life path."

The lace curtain is weakening! Both Ray and Tumescent had comments on this site that were quoted, (althought Tumescent wasn't named), in Sunday's edition of the Star Tribune. This refreshing article about the double standards in the Willbanks incident, (AKA, the runaway bride), talks about the reaction from men on the net.


"Does anyone else in this country see a pattern of lying by females about crimes against them?" asked a man named Ray in an online news posting."


"One man [Tumescent] predicted Monday that "now it's time for all the psychobabblers to come out of the woodwork to give us a laundry list of 'issues' and 'syndromes' to excuse this spineless Cinderella's actions. Maybe all the desperate housewives out there will see her on 'Oprah' real soon.""

We're making waves guys, keep it up!

Indiana Jones writes "Feminist and unfair TITLE IX already grants American women more money and scholarships than men, so what does
this have to happen??

Furthermore, the university has 5 more female sports team than men. Clearly, this march benefitting women-only sports should be illegal since Title IX grants men and women EQUAL oppertunity. Clearly, if women gets more sports money its good, when men gets more sports money its considered to be gender discrimination."

Roy writes "The NY Times Magazine today published a major 10-page article on the Father's Rights Movement, covering both U.K. and U.S. groups and issues: The Fathers' Crusade

The piece is on whole a balanced overview of the movement of fathers fighting for more fairness in child custody decisions and in the Family Courts.

Lots of quotes from men leading the F4J campaigns, speaking in their own voices rather than being "spun" by fluff reporters."

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