CJ writes "485 men living North of Boston have taken a pledge to effect change on other men though “attitude” — by stating the need for men to stop abusing women and children and then taking this attitude into places of work. These men are part of HAWC - which has billboards stating that they “Make Domestic Violence their BUSINESS” all over the Boston area. HAWC has Clear Channel sponsoring anti-male billboards on every major route North of Boston, every month. HAWC has put posters in just about every store front including state run facilities (even motor vehicle registry) with their anti-male DV propaganda. The state has placed actual road signs along all major roads entering many communities that read “you are entering a domestic free Zone.” May 2nd there will be a major DV walk. Bumper stickers that state “Strong men don’t bully” are all over Northern Boston area. If you look at the websites, it is easy to tell that this activism is blown out of proportion. This shelter has room for 6 people, yet the amount of presence HAWC has in many communities can not even closely be matched by any business. HAWC is perpetuating a sexist one sided feminist model on a complex sociological problem. HAWC would label and prosecute you as an abuser if you have ever “disregarded your wives thoughts.” At the same time, HAWC wants all women to study martial arts. Any ideas about doing some activism on HAWC’s Walk day? This organization is out of control.

12 things and
Men for Hawc"

Luek writes "Here is a blast from the past about a man who was convicted of rape and was tortured by the state for 8 years before the false accuser recanted. Even after she told the truth Gary Dotson still was not released from prison by the sadistic state!"

Foster's Daily Democrat printed this article about the April meeting of the NH Commission on the Status of Men. One of the noteworthy eye-openers of the meeting was testimony by Lee Newman of VIP/SAFE-NH, who explained that the NH Coalition Against Domestic Violence refuses to designate "grantee status" to his program because he works predominantly with male victims. The Commission continues to make headway in research on male suicide in NH, but little else appears to be in the works. Only two of the seven Commissioners showed up at April's meeting, which also hindered progress since a quorum was not present.

mens_issues writes "Sometime last year someone posted here about a Trident ad called “The Fifth Dentist” featuring a squirrel biting the testicles of a man.

To view (and rate) the commercial online), please go to:

here

You can now go to the Trident website to email your contempt for their advertising practices at this

link

Select the "Contact Us" option at the top of the page to do so.

Note: Last year Trident's "Contact Us" feature did not work.

Steve"

Philalethes writes "This guy found his ex-wife's wedding dress in the attic ('she took the $4000 engagement ring but left the dress') and put it up on eBay, hoping to recoup the $1200 it cost him when 'my drunken sot of an ex-father-in-law swore up and down he would pay for but didn’t so I got stuck with the bill. Luckily I only got stuck with his daughter for 5 years. Thank the Lord we didn't have kids. If they would have turned out like her or her family I would have slit my wrists.' Seems he hit a nerve; it's been forwarded around the 'Net (I heard about it from a friend's mailing list), and after six days the auction's had more than 4,800,000 hits (yes, that's four million eight hundred thousand -- 25,000 in the last four minutes), the bidding's over $15,000, and he's had a lot of emails, both negative and supportive. And media invitations. (The auction ends today, but the page should remain accessible for 90 days.) Looks like a possible new career for this guy."

I think the regulars here will be interested in visiting the Men's Tribune and just recently, the site has been updated with E. Belfort Bax's book The Legal Subjection of Men and also his other book The Fraud of Feminism As they were written around the early 20th century, there are must reads.

Anon user writes "The National Fatherhood Initiative has launched an insulting billboard and bus-card campaign depicting small black children who have biting words for their fathers. Reginald Brass and Alvin Thomas of My Child Says Daddy and NFI president Roland Warren had a spirited debate on the issue last night on His Side with Glenn Sacks. To see the anti-father billboards and to listen to the show archive, click on here"

35699 writes "Latest commercial from Cooper Tires focuses on the wife telling her husband what a moron he is. Just a dumb person in a brown sweater who obviously bought another brand of tires and she's not happy. I emailed Cooper tires and told them they lost my business...you should do the same."

Come on people, let's get some contact info and do some activism.

Genital Integrity Awareness Week

The fourth annual Genital Integrity Awareness Week is in Philadelphia May 1-7 with demonstrations at the Pennsylvania Convention Center lead by the International Coalition for Genital Integrity (ICGI) picketing the national conference of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) for performing non-therapeutic infant circumcisions.

More details... click "Read More"

Luek writes "
Here is an article about how slowly but surely domestic violence against men is being recognized in Britain.

According to the article there are now 3 shelters for men in Britain but women still have something like 500+ devoted to them only.

article here

BTW: How many have contributed $ to the only domestic abuse helpline for men that I know of in the US at:

No Excuse For Abuse"

Anonymous User writes "Here are some more anti-male commercials for you guys to ponder. One is from SuperCuts, a hair salon/barbershop. In the commercial it shows young men trying to describe what kind of hair style they want. The stylists (female) always interrupt them with a smart-ass remark like, "soemthing that says I don't live in my parents basement" or something to the effect of not looking like a failure in women's eyes. Also, Ford has not listened to you guys - they have come up with a commercial that shows a wife folding seats and preparing the kids safety seats while the husband struggles with the stroller. At the end she does it for him with ease and he's left standing there."

It's activism day today, so can anyone verify?

LSBeene writes "A girl who had consensual sex with 3 boys in a school bathroom later claimed it was rape. The boys went through the hellish ordeal of being accused rapists. The girls story quickly fell apart and she confessed to lying. The interesting parts: 1) the forensic evidence originally said to be VERY CLEAR that she WAS raped. Now that same evidence is "inconclusive". 2) The boys (15-18/yo) have had their names dragged through the "accused rapist" mill, while the girl, even after she confessed to lying, will remain anonymous. 3) Also, the DA says no charges will be filed, and that he'll recommend the girl get "help". 4) At the high school, AFTER the confession, administrators, parents, and students had a meeting to discuss "the incident and other safety issues". The feminist buzz words for concentrating on rape, which didn't happen, the girl, who is the only criminal here, and boys sexuality. No mention of a discussion on how to safeguard boys from false accusations or any invites of men's advocates mentioned. (big surprise)
Link to article:here

Let's write a few letters on this one? I have all the E-mail addresses and will post them as my first post, with my letter, once this gets "up".
Steven"

Tom James writes "Family Law Source is a new web site that has been set up to provide information on family law topics, including custody, child support, domestic violence, and many others. It includes links to the laws of all 50 states and the federal government, books, articles, and a growing list of links to related web sites and helping organizations."

Here is an interesting essay from the Website Men for Justice. It discusses the extent to which feminism has been waging war on male sexuality for decades. And for those, who are inclined to fall for the lie that feminism was a noble movement in the 60s and 70s, I'll emphasize the dates of the following quotes from feminist leaders.

"The nuclear family must be destroyed, and people must find better ways of living together.... Whatever its ultimate meaning, the breakup of families now is an objectively revolutionary process.... No woman should have to deny herself any opportunities because of her special responsibilities to her children...."
" Functions of the Family," WOMEN: A Journal of Liberation, Fall, 1969 - Linda Gordon

"We can't destroy the inequities between men and women until we destroy marriage."
From Sisterhood Is Powerful, (ed), 1970, p. 537 - Robin Morgan

Marc Angelucci writes "Mineke Schipper is a feminist who is getting publicity for her book in which she digs up proverbs, from all over the world, that are negative toward women and then uses these proverbs to help spread stereotypes and one-sided distortions about gender and domestic violence. The Los Angeles Times ran her op-ed a few days ago. Today they printed this http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/letters/la-le- violence23apr23,0,7034554.story?coll=la-news-comme nt-letters letter from NCFM-LA in response. Unfortunately they cut out the web link to Dr. Fiebert's bibliography, but at least they printed the letter. Note the interesting letter following it by a Rabbi who quotes female-positive proverbs from the Bible that Schipper never mentions, and then says, "I guess this makes the Bible a radical feminist document." (The web link will probably break after about a day or two.)"