Given some conversations I have heard, this one comes to mind....

Once upon a time, living in a cotton field, was a rather large community of boll weevils. There happened to be in one weevil family two brothers. The first was rather lazy and spent a lot of time hanging out drinking beer and smoking. He got little or no exercise except for jumping to conclusions, watched TV a lot and generally didn't lift a finger all day. Predictably, he didn't do a lick of work. Why his parents put up with him is anyone's guess since he lived with them well into adulthood. Now, the second brother was studious, industrious, and thrifty, always looking for ways to better himself. He got lots of exercise, worked hard, saved money, went to college, and otherwise made his parents proud as punch, opening no fewer than three new businesses, writing 4 books, and did a successful break-out marathon on the book-signing and talk-show circuit. He had his sites set on the governor's mansion and he was only 28 years old (in weevil years)! He positively shown bright from among the weevil peoples.

So naturally the first of the two brothers was known among the insects of the field as the lesser of two weevils.

=)

Buddy-Rey writes " After seeing a TV commercial for http://www.seeitandstopit.org/, an anti-Domestic Violence group sponsored by the Ad Council, I visited their website, just to see what the whole thing was all about. It seemed pretty harmless, but then I noticed something. Out of two TV spots, one radio spot, and six profiles, not ONE featured a female abuser, or referenced a woman's capacity for violence, except toward female victims.

If you’re as incensed as I am after seeing it, contact here."

Anonymous User writes "MassMutual is engaged in misandric advertising. One of the television commericials show the need to save for a girl who overcomes the glass ceiling to be a success. The other television commerical shows the need to save for a "deadbeat" son who never leaves home. Go to the MassMutual website and let them know how you feel about their misandry."

Anyone else seen this? If so, kindly verify.

Jacob Kandlaker writes "Here is an interesting article I found about Feminist
political action in Canada actually planning to arrest
men that have the nerve to critizise Feminism in the
Internet!

Canadian Feminazis Shock Plan To Jail Men For Questioning Feminism - by Steven Stevenson"

AngryMan writes "Two nuns in Tunja took turns in shooting a burglar as he lay motionless. They were acquitted of murder on the grounds of self-defence. Story Here"

mens_issues writes "I got rather annoyed when reading about how John Kerry felt he had to deprecate men in order to pander to the women's voting bloc. He predictably throws in the old canard about the "wage gap" as well. I'm voting for Badnarik for President anyway (and Libertarian for the U. S. Congressional races as well). The CNN article is here (originally in Reuters):

here"

The Washington Times reports here on another step by the Pentagon to move women closer to direct combat roles.

AngryMan writes "This article is an unusual ray of optimism, showing what can be done to improve boys' educational performance. In short: stop treating them like girls."

Steven Brown writes "A truly terrifying turn of events here. All pregnant women in Britain, will in future be asked if their husbands (or boyfriends I guess) are beating them! Words fail me...

here"

robrob writes "A female prison officer has successfully argued that it is sexual discrimination against her that she has to strip-search male inmates. Of course, female inmates enjoy the privilege of only being strip searched by female officers. She, the employment tribunal and the BBC seem oblivious to the double standard. Men can be strip-searched by men or women, women can be strip-searched by women only. The female officers that strip-search the men are discriminated against. Mind boggling......read it here."

AngryMan writes "Russia has 2-years compulsory military service for all men (none for women!) However, the army is crippled by a culture of bullying which causes widespread misery, has led to suicides, and reduces combat effectiveness. I wonder if other armies are so different. This is another issue to consider when talking about the draft. Article here"

AngryMan writes "Live Aid organiser Bob Geldof speaks out in defence of marriage, the traditional family, and father's rights. Interestingly this article is on the Women's page! After all, where else should a story about parenting go? Here is a much better commentary by journalist Melanie Phillips."

amperro writes "This article speaks for itself.

here"

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."