Trudy W Schuett writes "The two major urban legends related to Domestic Violence -- "95% of victims are women" and "a woman is battered every 15 (9 or 6) seconds" have been debunked and laid to rest at the DLJ. Please feel free to pass this info along to anyone you care to inform!

Thanks to Jan at DAHM for contributing info!"

Ray writes "Here is an upcoming TV show here Series: The Most Extreme, Episode: Battle of the Sexes,

"It's all about who's in control and the males and females of the animal kingdom will use size, speed, strength, and brains to come out on top. Find out which gender will rule the roost in this epic battle of the sexes."

Oct 19, 2004 @12:00 AM on The Animal Planet. Other times and date are listed too so check your local listings.

IMHO, Gender can be a modern social construction to the degree that homo sapiens have the ability to intelligently manipulate their role in their environment and still survive as a speices.

Beyond that I see gender purely as a construction of nature/evolution with the intent of survival of the species as the ultimate goal of the "constructed genders."

Given how gender is being legislated by lawmakers like Sheila Kuehl, and others, to suit gender feminist ideology here , this episode of the The Most Extreme looked interesting."

Cathy Young has published this brief analysis of the case for joint parental custody after divorce. She's presented some references, though not specific citations, and debunked the feminist distortion of the 1989 Gender Bias Study of the Massachusetts SJC.

This good read was published in the Boston Globe.

Pradeep Ramanathan writes

Lords & Ladies,

Recently, someone on the Mensactivism site enquired as to what was the difference between provisional chapters of NCFM and regular chapters. Also, there was some question as to how to start a chapter. As Vice President of NCFM, it is my responsibility (among other things) to assist with chapter development. The following is a brief excerpt from a 12 page pamphlet that Tom Williamson and I wrote years ago to assist with chapter development. I have not included comments on how to go from provisional to official since that takes place over a year after establishing the chapter. Hope this helps.

Please see "Read More" for details.

Ed writes "Columnist Suzanne Fields has just unleashed another attack on men, "A Long Way from Kabul, Baby," which recently ran in the Washington Times. How's this for enlightened political commentary:

'Many Afghan men fear that the presidential election marks the loosening of their traditional power and control over their women, and we can rejoice that they're probably right. Warlords and tribal elders are particularly threatened.'

You can view the whole article here.

Here's the e-mail for Letters to the Editor:

Letters@washingtontimes.com

And while you're at it, here is Fields’ e-mail: sfields1000@aol.com"

frank h writes "I submit this article from WND because I'd like the perspective of this group. I rememebr reading excerpts from Kinsey's research when I was a kid hunting for some titillation in my mother's Good Housekeeping magazines. I really don't recall having much judgement on the value of the research, but I do recall his work being the justification for a lot of talk on sexual liberation. Here's the thing: the person attacking him is a woman named Dr. Judith Reisman. She wrote a white paper here In PDF Format, that appears, on a cursory inspection, to attack men as exclusive perpetrators of sex misbehavior.

More recent examination of sexual misbehavior now includes women as perpetrators, and it appears to me that Dr. Reisman still lives in the world where all evil comes from men, and so my analysis of her response to the Kinsey movie is that it is decidedly baised against men, and therefore specious."

Aquix writes "The National School Board Association, here, suggest specific dress code restrictions on boys only. Girls should be allowed to wear pants and dresses, but boys should not be given the choice of the two.

While many may agree, it's yet another example where girls get a choice and boys are excluded."

Damn. This essay would belong in the lowest of tabloids, if only it didn't contain so much truth. It really captures how bad things have gotten.

In his examination of anti-male discrimination throughout society, including the police forces and courts, Michael Gilson De Lemos states, "Increasingly, thanks to the Internet, a variety of eccentric but informative sites have emerged as men begin to talk to one another and realize that if the Nation had been invaded by psychopathic infiltrators from Mars who had jimmied the entire legal system and brainwashed their very families, things could scarcely be worse."

I was happy to see De Lemos go on to say, "these (Internet) sites regularly collect hard-to-find government statistics, collate similar stories from many sources and countries, and act as an intellectual underground for academics who go to them to track down contrarian information that has disappeared from State University research libraries — and, as I found recently, which sites are censored so they cannot be accessed from some Public Libraries."

By the way, De Lemos is on the US Libertarian Party's National Committee.

Folks: We are having a powerful impact. Group hug! Group hug!

P.S. Thanks and a tip o' the hat to Angry Harry, on whose site I found the link to this article.

MANN admins received a request from a reader who asked that her inquiry regarding Spike TV and how it portrays men be passed along to MANN redership. Please see "Read More" for the details and her contact information. Also please note that this request for feedback times out in two weeks (ie, on Oct. 28, 2004) since it is pursuant to a college assignment.

Well, I was conflicted with myself on posting this. Surely there are supporters of Sen. Kerry as well as Pres. Bush who are MANN regulars. In the end though this is about getting the facts right and discouraging pols from pandering to feminists by promulgating their falsehoods. Regardless of whether you are a Bush or Kerry supporter, most MANN readers would agree that any politican promulgating the wage gap myth does a disservice to men, to the truth, and also ultimately to women and children as well. So please contact the Kerry campaign by phone or fax regarding Sen. Kerry's incorrect statement in last night's debate that asserted the standard falsehood that women underearn men 76 cents on the dollar for the same work under the same circumstances. Please see the transcript if you need to, searching on "76 cents" to find the line.

Luek writes "
Seems that the misandric self hating Attorney General of Michigan Mike Cox has backpedaled on one part of a campaign to further marginalize and criminalize non custodial parents (90% of the time this is fathers) in a bizarro contest aimed at the children of broken homes. Their artwork was to be used to help keep the child support racket going. Note: Father's rights groups were instrumental in getting this Cox cretin to back off!"

Just to allay any doubts that may have existed, the femboy, Alex Linhardt, is still Associate Arts & Entertainment Editor at the Cornell Daily Sun.

dougwells writes "Here is yet another grossly misleading domestic violence article by a university student newspaper (Idaho State University) that quotes a number of false (anti-male) statistics. Please let them know that such dishonest (or lazy) reporting should not be tolerated."

Indianmale writes "This report comes from Singapore. The coverage is very pro-male, comprehensive. During the last six months, I've read stories on this topic from India, South Africa, Barbados, Malaysia, and now Singapore. I think it's a good beginning."

Trudy W Schuett writes "

We’re only two weeks into October, and I’ve tracked about 175 news items from traditional media and blogs all over the US. The first ten days was mainly about various fundraisers and events, now we get into the important news!

There has never been a better time to contact your local media and government officials and have your voice heard! Communities all over the country have begun to question their domestic violence programs, laws, and procedures. It’s time for you to speak up and be a force for change! You can have the most impact at the local level, which is where the changes are beginning. District attorneys, law enforcement administrators, public officials of all kinds will soon be involved in re-visiting old policies that no longer serve their communities.

Every media outlet mentioned in the DLJ has heard from me – now it’s your turn to add your voice! Check the DLJ for activities in your local area.