bharati writes "A three-year-old girl is jailed in a false dowry harassment case. This link is from Save Indian Families.

There is also travel advisory warning in USA regarding the misuse of Dowry Act. False acccusation have reached such a huge proportion that even the United States government has been forced to recognise it in a travel advisory here (search on "dowry" to find the relevant text).

Lisa Tsering exposes the dowry fraud in this article here and the history of the travel advisory here."

The Rocky Mountain News in Denver, Colorado just ran a column by Dora-Lee Larson titled, “Why is it so Hard to Call it Like it Is? Domestic Violence is a Crime.” Larson is the executive director of the Denver Domestic Violence Coordinating Council. Larson’s column was printed in response to a series of articles on "Battered Justice" that ran in the Rocky Mountain News February 5-9.

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Tumescent writes "This is commentary piece from a professional newspaper writer in Portland, OR. She expresses a fairly common attitude and opinion many women hold these days..."

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ArtflDgr writes "The article can be found here

The article details in short with a 12 year old "tiny terror" that has been charged with killing her sister in a fight over a hamburger.
the detectives note that it must be "devastating to the mother"
Of course there is no mention of dad, and it seems to me that all the children are getting more and more seriously violent at earlier and earlier ages. as the article mentions...."It's a true tragedy""

bandersnatch writes "From Omaha Channel, The state of Nebraska is trying to collect child support from a dead man. This is not child support he owed when he was still alive, but instead, the debt accumulated after he died. The government had intercepted $1,867 of her tax refund to pay her husband's child support. Harriman protested some more, but got nowhere.
Much to Harriman's surprise, that is the law. Nebraska statute 43-513.01 states: "A judgment for child support shall not abate upon the death of the judgment debtor." In other words, a dead man can still owe child support."

MSN has come out with this story. You know, I can't keep up with them. Today women are just fine without love, the next day, without love they are miserable (and the blame is usually placed on men).

Sadly I am quite sure there are people out there who actually take MSN's babblings seriously.

Ray writes "Here's a study presented at the 2nd International Conference on Women, Heart Disease and Stroke - Marital stress kills . "Elaine D. Eaker worked with colleagues from Boston University to analyze marital discord and its effects on heart disease and overall mortality." "While the men who kept quiet during a conflict did not suffer harmful health effects, the women did, she found." Whoa Nellie! Could this story be just one more example of advocacy research, propagandized through our feminist controlled news media??? If this story is true, then this fact strikes me as even more amazing - MEN HAVE A 70% GREATER RISK OF DYING OF HEART DISEASE THAN WOMEN . What's going on at the American Heart Association? Is the American Heart Association now spending the money donated to it on an agenda driven by gender feminist ideology, instead of spending that money on an "as needs dictate" basis?"

Ray writes "Here is a intriguing episode of "animal sexuality" that borders on the bizzare, Women Allege Monkey Business Caring for Gorilla
. I know at times we primates have all been treated like a monkey's uncle, but can a gorilla really use sign language to say, "Koko's your daddy???" Keep abreast with all the news that's fit to report, and some that isn't, or you too could wind up on the short end of the long arm of sexual harassment law. Once again the poor, lonely male, who was already behind bars this time, was just hoping for a little bonding with the opposite sex, albeit cross speices. I suspect diversity training will take on an all new meaing for Zoo administrators across America after this episode, and Koko will need to be re-educated in the politically correct use of sign language."

Ed. note: Koko is in fact a female gorilla (see this page). The person being sued, Dr. Patterson, is also female.

Locksley2k writes "This NY Times article exposes the counterproductive measures of punishing indigent men who are unable to pay court ordered child support."

The ignorance leading to this attack is truly astonishing. I don't know what else to say.

Ahh, MSN at it again with this. Were the sexes/roles reversed, who doubts that in that case a female partner to the famous one would not be touted as "empowered" or something else. Instead, in this case, he is called "controlling".

CJ writes "Story here.

Quotes:

'Two young women charged with the fatal stabbing of a 19-year-old woman were denied bail a second time. They stabbed the victim several times in the throat and stomach with broken beer bottles and steak knives. The confrontation apparently stemmed from an argument over a boyfriend. In MA, judges routinely deny men bail on simple charges alone if related to DV - it is rare for women to get denied bail unless the case is extreme like this one.'"

Despite one of the contestant's suicide, the show nonetheless will be aired.

Anonymous User writes "The presidents of MIT, Princeton, and Stanford have written an opinion column about "women in math, engineering, and science." What about all those female math and science teachers and all those nursing science majors? Well, the column is really about women holding elite research positions in math, engineering, and science at places like MIT, Princeton, and Stanford. Few women hold those positions. And this is a HUGE problem, or so these university presidents argue. If you have any young children, see if even they can spot the emptiness of the university presidents' "reasoning". Then teach your children to fight against real, major injustices."

Tumescent writes "The latest Newsweek cover is The Myth of the Perfect Mother.

What does this story have to do with men? To me it highlights that in many ways, women have more choices than men. The choice to have children, the choice to work or stay at home, the choice to work part time or full time, the choice to go back to school or not. Men with children rarely have these sorts of options. Ultimately, the article highlights that women who "choose" to have it all rarely end up obtaining their unrealistic dreams. Meanwhile, the men in these women's lives are left to go to work to bring home the bacon that allow these women to eventually "find themselves". Something about the article really bothered me. Being a mother, holding a job, and being a wife is hard----but women need to stop bitching about it."