CJ writes "For the past five graduating classes, girls have made up a majority of Boston's top-ranked high school seniors. The girls' share of the No. 1 rank started creeping up and reached 80 percent this year. This numbers reflects decades of local and national efforts to broaden girls' career aspirations and guide them into college, educators say (when will the boys receive the same?) “A lot of the reasons women made gains are the specific programs made for them -- programs for math, for science, mentoring that give them a high level of support," Said Andrew M. Sum, director of Northeastern University's Center for Labor Market Studies. Other quotes from the article in the Boston Globe: “it is girls' nature to be more focused,” "Guys are not as organized as we are,” "They're boys -- they mature a little bit after we do." As graduates lined up Friday afternoon in the gymnasiums, seniors pointed out the academic divide, far more girls wore honor society vests than boys. It is clear that secondary academic institutions (especially in MA) have become hostile environments for boys, and nurturing empowering environments for girls. Feminism is to blame for the war on boys. If boys are achieving higher scores on standardized testing, why are they so behind in academia? Please write your opinions to the Globe on this article, and do what you can to support programs that will restore academic honesty and equality to secondary education.

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mens_issues writes "I normally don't get the Denver Post, but the Sunday paper was being offered for free at the local supermarket today. In the Parade Magazine section, I found this in the Ask Marilyn column:



Why do so many women complain so much about men? It seems to go on 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. This just blows my mind! David Alston, Silver Spring, Md.



Please click on "Read More" for Marilyn's reply."

Toaster writes "Women during wartime can be brutal, sadistic, sexually depraved and
equal to their male counterparts in the worst possible way.

women might "forge whole new ways" to torture and sexually
humiliate their victims.

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A certain kind of feminism, or perhaps I should say a certain kind of
feminist naiveté, died in Abu Ghraib," wrote noted feminist Barbara
Ehrenreich in a recent Los Angeles Times column. "It was a feminism that
saw men as the perpetual perpetrators, women as the perpetual victims
and male sexual violence against women as the root of all injustice."

And of the seven U.S. soldiers charged in the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse
scandal, three are women."

this is not equality writes "I'll bet (my opinion) most of these women and girls felt that the David and Goliath shirts were no big deal, but look at their successful actions and comments once the tables are turned! "Any violence against women is not a good thing to be advertising" or "It's not funny."

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Dr. Dan writes "In this Savannah Morning News article Destiny Hunter says she sought to know "why [men] struggle to say they're sorry." She concludes with apology instructions summarized with: "this means you are going to have to put down the remote and talk to your sweetheart." Stereotype alert! And guys are supposed to accept this misandrist drivel. Are women really better than men at apologizing? Do only guys have to say "I'm sorry"? I don't buy it."

alphamale writes "Once again, Reuters.com has an article about a woman assaulting her male partner with a weapon and has placed the article in their 'oddly enough" section. It boggles the mind how this sort of domestic violence always ends up as being considered "odd." If I were to stab my wife because I didn't want to watch some show she was watching (think "Extreme Makeover"), would the article about me stabbing her show up under the "oddly enough" section? Not likely. I'd be on the front page of every newspaper and be branded a violent, typical male who should be locked up forever. Providing yet another excuse for female chauvinists to demand that billions more should be spent on preventing violence against poor, helpless, innocent women."

Rand T. writes ""A British woman lost her legal battle on Friday to have a baby using frozen embryos which her former partner wants destroyed."

Read the full article
here"

Anonymous User writes "Men are the only ones who do anything wrong
here
"The campaign targets men age 18 to 29. The campaign hopes to change the norms around relationships with minors, making it no longer acceptable for adults to engage in sex with minors. “We encourage adult men to talk to their peers and discourage them from pursuing teenagers. What they are doing is unhealthy and against the law,” said Robert Franklin, male outreach coordinator for sexual violence prevention at the Virginia Department of Health.""

Anonymous User writes "Seventy per cent of men say their work is suffering because they're working too hard.

The modern euphemism, used in the survey conducted by a men's magazine with the Department of Trade and Industry, is 'work-life balance' but what it really means is that working in the country with the longest working hours in Europe is knackering.

In the survey, more than half the men questioned (52%) said their personal relationships were their main priority. Almost a quarter (23%) named their health as the main issue. Despite this they were working longer than they wanted to and didn't have time to exercise. Article

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Anonymous User writes "Ladies Nights (where bars, etc. charge women less than they do men) have been banned in New Jersey. However, Assemblyman Joseph Cryan (D-Union) has introduced a bill that would allow facilities to have gender-based prices but "for economic purposes only". The New Jersey Restaurant Association opposed the ban on ladies' nights for reasons of revenue and the good of the community. The owner of the restaurant where the ladies night policy was originally challenged claimed that ladies nights are a benefit for men. A university professor said that ladies nights were examined by 15 states in terms of discrimination, and that 12 states banned the practice with no bad effects. None of those other states have legalized ladies nights so far. In another article, an individual claims that the man would not have challenged ladies nights if he had a girlfriend. Some men supposedly preferred places with more women. The executive director of the ACLU in NJ said that ladies nights discrimination was not as serious as discrimination against women and minorities but that she did support the ban.The second article compares ladies nights to senior discounts or McDonalds Happy Meals for kids, but virtually everyone is a kid at one time and a senior at one time, regardless of gender. On the other hand, gender itself never changes. It might be worth considering what would happen if a mens night was implemented somewhere. What would be the reaction?"

Luek writes "Please take a little time out of you day to send some kind of letter of support for Mr. Hetherington. Thanks!

From: QT - Joe O'Connor
To: QT topic subscribers

Reply by email or visit here I just received a letter from Wil stating that he's coming up for
parole soon and that he needs as many letters as possible to the parole board asking for his release.

The address is:


Michigan Parole Board
c/o Executive Secretary
P.O. Box 30003
Lansing, MI 48909



Wil says he would like everyone sending out a letter to make 2
copies for him and send them to his address. He would also like a copy, if possible of the response the parole board mails out.

His current address is below:



William J. Hetherington #186155
1790 E. Parnall Road
Jackson, MI 49201-7139"

OldManSenile writes " Finally, Score one for the good guys and gals. This 20 yr old tried to play the "I'm sorry" cards and got shwacked. The only bad thing is, they never said anything about the father IE... where is he, his feelings, or even if he would have taken the baby so she didn't have to kill the son. Here is
the link."

Hunchback writes "By now everyone should be aware of the Bridget Marks case, championed by the NY Daily News. This latest insult to falsely accused fathers everywhere has to be seen to be believed. The authors' book should be titled "Why Women are Running Family Court." (Letters to the Daily News should be under 60 words--written letters with name, address, and daytime phone seem to have a better chance of publication than e-letters.)"

I could hardly believe my eyes, but there it is in black and white. The New York Times itself has published this article in its Week In Review section, an article which appears to unabashedly sympathize with the plight of the "modern" married man.

Happy Father's Day!

Nancy writes "To all of you who are fathers, step-fathers, 'big brothers', uncles, grampas, role-models and friends. This is your day. HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!!!!!!!!!!"