With reference to this story on MANN, MANN received the following from Harold Leist:

Hello everyone,

Earlier we chatted about HB 1737. I have been
informed that today it came up for consideration in
the Virginia General Assembly House Courts of Justice
Criminal Subcommittee.

To refresh your memory, this is the bill where they
will put you in jail for being $25,000 behind in your
child support. Now for some that seems like a lot of
money. To some of you it would take a couple of years
of not paying to rake up that much past due. However,
to some on this list it is about 4-5 months. All it
would take is for someone in this range to have a
serious medical condition or get fired before they can
go to jail.

Click "Read more..." for the rest of Harold's note.

Late last year, the National Marriage Project at Rutgers University released its 2004 annual report on the state of marriage in the US.

One interesting point:

"Challenging the popular stereotype of the marriagephobic male, findings from a new national survey of young heterosexual men, ages 25-34, indicate that while men are delaying marriage until older ages, most men are "the marrying kind." Among all men surveyed, those from traditional, religiously observant family backgrounds are more likely to be married, to seek marriage and to have positive views of marriage, women, and children than young males from nontraditional and nonreligously observant family backgrounds."

Please click "Read More" for further details.

It's time men started filing a load of anti-discrimination law suits. The fact is: Men deserve equal pay for equal work. In this article, Carey Roberts relates some gems from Warren Farrell's newest book, Why Men Earn More. The book can be purchased here.

The demand for Equal Pay for Equal Work should be a bellwether of the men's movement.

Clancy writes "Maj. William Yuhas said the Taylor detachment is 85 percent women, most of them under 25. He said many women have joined because the 228th is the only non-combat unit in the area." as a man, would you complain that women are still given preferential treatment in the military? Or, thank them for serving our country no matter what the capacity?"

Ray also writes "Here is a timely news story reflecting America's Women in War "zeit geist." I take my hat off to women who are willing to accept the same responsibilities put on men, and tangibly be equal to men. Males are still the gender dying in this war over 97% of the time, yet the percentage of women who are experiencing the military responsibilities (historically placed on men for thousands of years) has arguably never been greater. Is it possible that through our never ending desire to show compassion for females (in this case female soldiers) we will somehow increase our compassion for male soldiers? ======
"Maj. William Yuhas said the Taylor detachment is 85 percent women, most of them under 25. He said many women have joined because the 228th is the only non-combat unit in the area." "Spc. Corchado-Reyes said she was inspired to serve by her father, Luis Corchado, a Vietnam veteran.
"I'm sad because I know what people see in war," he said."

Rand T. writes "Looks like we're not that powerless when it comes to reproduction!



"Men play the dominant role when it comes to making decisions about planned parenthood, social and medical experts said.
"In recent years, birthrate research conducted in the US has been focusing on men instead of women, because studies show that men's willingness to reproduce is the key to parenthood"



Full article here"

ArtflDgr writes "This article was posted to physorg... you can read it here.
Given that this subject comes up all the time i thought i would include it."

Anonymous User writes "HealthCentral published an article titled Biothermy for Prostate Cancer, which relates the story of men who are "successfully treated only to have their cancer return a few years later." The new treatment, biothermy, is "very promising," according to Arve Gillette, M.D., a radiation oncologist at Community Health Network in Indianapolis. Biothermy uses high dose radiation -- 10,000-times more powerful than standard radiation seeds. "You can perfectly paint the dose so that every bit of prostate that needs treating gets treated," Dr. Gillette says."

A pending bill (HB 1737), section 1.B, in the Virginia General Assembly would make failure to pay child support a Class 6 felony. Delegate John A. Cosgrove (R-Chesapeake) has introduced the bill and under its conditions would make any NCP in arrears $25,000 or more subject to arrest and prosecution (ie, persecution) for "failure to pay child support". In short, Del. Cosgrove is trying to make Virginia a lot like Michigan in that should a man be unable to find work, have a computer error happen with his payment records, or just plain have a judge not like him and refuse to allow him to submit evidence of payment, he will go to jail, be denied a profesisonal license, and the right to vote, among other things.

Click "Read more..." for more information and contact links.

Anon user writes: "Glenn Sacks' newest column, "New Report on Maternal Homicide Crisis:
Myth-Making and Manbashing" (Lexington Herald-Leader, 1/3/05) criticizes the Washington Post's recent series on maternal homicides. To read the article, go to
here"

Clancy writes "Dad's in Charge in New TV Ads
Monday, January 10, 2005
By Catherine Donaldson-Evans:

They say sex sells in advertising, but apparently, Daddy changing a diaper can also lead to big bucks. Fathers are watching the little tykes without Mom around in ads for carpeting, department stores, nasal spray, wireless technology, cereal and other products — a move that experts say reflects the modern family.

rest of story over here"

Well, readers, have you comments regarding this news story?

I simply didn't know what to list this under so I chose 'News'; it could have been 'Inequality' or maybe even 'Humor', but to the publicly condemned men who are mentioned in the article, there is I am sure nothing funny about it. Well we are talking about N. Korea here so there's no end of discussion we could have about abrogated human rights. But I do wonder if they also have a similar campaign devised to exhort women to wear their hair in a "womanly" fashion? One thing's for sure: stuff like this confirms my belief that the world is a strange place and getting yet more stranger with each passing day.

bandersnatch writes "From WAFB 9, We all know about high school bullying but have you heard of cyber-bullying? It's real and three Loranger High School students have been arrested for it. You're looking at computer equipment confiscated as part of the Attorney General's High Tech Crimes Unit investigation.
They say the bullying started when a 15-year-old female student created a website picking on a 14-year old male student. He responded with his own site featuring poems with threatening language. A concerned parent alerted the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff, and he contacted authorities. One student, 18-year old Joseph Sanchez, was arrested for contributing to the delinquency of a minor; he helped the younger male set up and maintain his website. Was the girl disciplined for her website and teasing? There's no mention of it in the article but my money's on the bet she hasn't nor will she."

Linucs writes "Somebody is doing the math over the latest Washington Post stunt over the VAWA."

Clancy writes "In the news. 2 examples of sexual abuse coupled with the fact that they are both teachers, and women. What are the odds? What are the odds that either will serve time?

Article 1 and
Article 2"

bandersnatch writes "Article 3, A Bay City high school teacher was arrested and charged with having sex with a student, Local 2 reported in an exclusive story Wednesday. Janay Willson, 31, was indicted on two counts of sexual assault of a child. Matagorda County officials said she had a sexual relationship with the 16-year-old male student in December 1999 and January 2000 but it did not come to light until 2004. The student has since graduated. As usual, it's not rape or sexual assault but "having sex" with a minor."

I've also found another article or two you might be interested in,

Article 4 and
Article 5
. Perhaps we should start gender profiling women teachers, after all it's for the children.