Roy writes "Trudy Schuett of desertlightjournal blog has posted two excellent essays examining the Washington Post's current campaign in support of reauthorizing funding for VAWA (Violence Against Women Act). She exposes the dangerous, fraudulent, sexist lies that underlie VAWA's assault against men, women, and families.

(1)

Why YOU Should Fight VAWA

(2) Washington Post Series -- Part Two

"Rape Hysteria" Takes a New Turn"

An excerpt:

"All it takes for a woman to begin turning the wheels of VAWA in her aid is an accusation. No proof or demonstration of need is ever required by women’s shelters, because it is presumed that no woman would ever misrepresent or lie about being abused. An accused man has no recourse in defending himself, guilty or not. Generally, an Order of Protection is arranged for ex parte, that is, separate from the accused. Some locales even allow for application for the orders to be made online. Often an accused abuser has no knowledge of the order, and finds himself informed of it only after he’s violated it by going home. In one extreme case I’m aware of, the accused was hauled out of his bed by police and arrested. His wife had not bothered to even tell him about his violation, or of the order itself. They’d had dinner and spent the evening as usual, and this man had no hint of what was in store for him after he fell asleep.""

bandersnatch writes "From the Guardian:

'The trouble started a few days after the teenager made the recording, when someone tried to sell a video clip of him and his 16-year-old girlfriend on the Indian online auction site Baazee.com. The firm is a subsidiary of the US auction giant eBay.

'On Friday detectives arrested Baazee.com's chief executive, Avnish Bajaj, a US citizen and Harvard graduate. On Saturday a court bundled him off to jail for a week.

'Yesterday the police arrested the 17-year-old boy as well.'

Not surprisingly, the girl has not been arrested."

CJ writes "Story here. A Father is held in jail with a $100,000 bail set for 'abducting' his own children from state social workers - while his wife, who is divorcing him and has accused him of abuse is under treated for depression and other mental illnesses. An Amber alert was activated so the entire police force in his state was notified of this event.
The article paints this man as a monster, likely he was just fighting for his right as a parent. The tone of this article (in typical feminist fashion) makes this man look like a monster and depicts the social service programs as a solution. Since when is an Amber Alert supposed to be used on fathers?"

Click "Read more..." for excerpts.

AngryMan writes "A civil servant has been acquitted of rape after a 14-month ordeal. The accuser said she was too ill to continue the trial. One thing to notice about the case is the lack of anonymity for the accused man - his name, photograph and place of work are openly published, but his accuser is described as 'a woman'. This anonymity gives shelter to serial false accusers. Story here. Check out the 'See also' links on the right for the history of the case."


Luek writes "

The Innocense Project has used DNA to vindicate another innocent man accused of rape. He had served 17 wasted years of a 75 year sentence.

The article states that whe *MAY* be eligible to receive a measley $25,000 from the state for each year he was incarcerated.

It is time to review the rape laws in this country and impliment effective safeguards that will prevent state atrocities like this one happening again! No more of this "he said, she said" and her word rules garbage."

The last of a three-part series on Domestic Violence which utterly ignores male victims by the Washington Post concluded Tuesday, Dec. 21 with, as predicted, more of the same. Please click "Read more..." for a review and a response, as well as actionable contact information for the Post.

Anonymous User writes "Jack Shafer, who is editor-at-large for Slate magazine, writes a decent analysis of pregnancy murder statistics in response to the Washington Post's sexist policies. As you all know, the Post has been arguing for the VAWA act, without arguing for changes that would provide adequate and comparable services to male victims of domestic violence. The Post is creating news at a time where there would otherwise be none, designed to coincide with politicians' push to re-fund VAWA. The Post continues to neglect the problem of female-on-male DV."

bandersnatch writes "From CNN, Action film star Wesley Snipes sued the city Monday, charging that it had no jurisdiction to seek his DNA in a paternity suit filed in Indiana by a woman he said was crack-addicted and mentally ill. Always nice to see a man who can fight back, does against these dingbats."

Following on its opening story of yesterday, the Washington Post continues promulgating half-truths and half-picture reporting on DV in an effort to support re-funding VAWA. Click "Read more..." for the details.

Trudy W Schuett writes "We've activated our resources and were prepared when the WaPo story hit!

To launch the campaign, there's an essay entitled Why YOU Should Fight VAWA here.

Click "Read more..." for more from Trudy

Many of you have seen different reports about this story in the news recently, but to not mention it would be ignoring the proverbial 800-lb. gorilla. It is just too unspeakably horrible to contemplate and maybe that is why no one posted it on MANN... until now. Anway, I am at a loss for commentary, except to say, just imagine how this story would have read if the perp had been male.

Linucs writes "I found a good translation of the news item about the italian father shelter in Bolzano.

'Divorced and separated men who have been _forced_ to give up their houses and empty their pockets for child support can apply for one of the five rooms with private bath in the communal home which could soon be copied across Italy.'"

Click "Read more..." for more from the submitter.

Anonymous User writes "An article of interest appeared at MSNBC today concerning the recent increase in killings of new, expectant mothers. The article quoted Pat Brown, a criminal profiler based in Minneapolis. She said:

'For some men, the situation boils down to one set of unadorned facts: if the woman doesn't want the baby, she can get an abortion. If the guy doesn't want it, he can't do a damn thing about it. He is stuck with a child for the rest of his life, and he's stuck with that woman for the rest of his life. If she goes away the problem goes away.'"

A follow-up report on the Washington Post's pro-VAWA series, with links and actions to take. Please click "Read more..." for more.

A reader in the DC area who is involved in men's rights work has sent me the following item. This is definitely an activism item for us MANN regulars and for anyone else interested in stopping legislated bigotry and institutionalized judicial inequality.

Please click "Read more..." for the details and, as they say, "follow the directions!"

Anonymous User writes "

This new research shows that when adults' automatic attitudes are measured, they have more positive feelings about women as a group.

"Even though men are often perceived to be at the top, especially in the corporate world, new gender research shows that men are not generally the preferred gender. This new research shows that when adults' automatic attitudes are measured, they have more positive feelings about women as a group.""