Ray writes "NOW-NYS Demands Federal Investigation - Family Courts Fail to Protect Abused Children: A National Crisis (click) For Immediate Release Maybe we should support this, but not for the reasons given by NOW... Is it possible they really don't get it?"

Anonymous User writes "A man who harassed more than 40 women whose names he got from accident reports and obituaries that ran in local newspapers was sentenced to 15-225 years in prison along with 46 years of probation after his release. The guy definitely has some problems, but I would suspect that if the sexes were reversed in this case, this story wouldn't have even made the news, and the woman would have got nothing more than a little slap on the hand. article"

mcc99 writes "The ACLU has, like Amnesty International, been overtaken by feminists. Like AI they try to keep it quiet but it comes out every now and then unequivolcally in what they choose for their causes. Thus an organization that started off as being good and noble and a necessary corrective has become a force for feminist indoctrination and promulgation of women's-interests-only-need-be-considered thinking. ACLU won't touch men's issues with a 20' pole but will happily promulgate feminist myths of all kinds. Like AI it champions a number of gender-non-specific causes and then when it finds a feminist one, it goes all-out advertising it and pushing it. They try to avoid getting noticed for their bias but alas they cannot help but be scrutinized.

ACLU's latest offense can be seen in their recent action item at: http://www.aclu.org/CriminalJustice/CriminalJustic e.cfm?ID=9955&c=249

Here we have a interesting article called Heather's Compromise by Terrence O. Moore which is quite simply,
A morally bankrupt shaming ploy. Indeed, the whole article can be summed up this one quote "Though women can command higher salaries, they have ceased to be able to command men."
He also wrote an similar entilted article Wimps and Barbarians given the spate of articles like this, the status quo folk must getting worried about our advocacy efforts. It is crucial that we as men are not dependant on others for our self worth, and that we are not shamed into doing things for certain demographic groups (you know who you are!) that harm and compromise us. Still, at least the self flagellant stance in the articles will make for a good discussion eh?

CJ writes "No one here will be suprised to learn that a woman fabricated a story for personal gain (yet she still is a "victim")and the system was easy on her. In this case a Woman closed an airport to avoid a vacation with boyfriend. The threat prompted authorities to shut down Germany's third busiest airport on a busy Sunday in September, stranding 64,000 people for hours, while police searched in vain for a bomb. The woman was given a suspended sentence after admitting in court that she called authorities and, in a hoax, made an al Qaeda bomb threat because her parents disapproved of her boyfriend. If a male had done this, you know that he would have been locked up for a long, long time. Again, this story is listed under the "unusual article" section, damn spin sisters."

Marc Angelucci writes "In the recent discussion at mensactivism.org, an anonymous poster (who sounds like the male feminist known as “ampersand”) quotes Dr. Richard Gelles as saying that domestic violence by women is often self defense or retaliation. I wrote a response but I don't see it posting. I think it’s important that men’s rights activists all be aware of why the “self defense” argument is unfounded. Too many of us go silent when confronted with it due to lack of awareness about the research, and feminists are using this as a very misleading tool. Below is a response I wrote to the anonymous poster on the issue in which I give references to some very good refutations of the self-defense argument. Anyone who is not familiar enough with the “self defense” argument should look up the sources and be prepared to answer it when the argument comes up, which it will.



Marc"

Matt writes "Got an email from careerbuilder.com advertising a WomenForHire (www.womenforhire.com) event in the DC area. Immediately my blood pressure went up. Do they do MenForHire conferences? No.

Calls to their office at (212) 580-6100 nets one a less-than-ideal response. Comments, they say, are taken via e-mail at jami@womenforhire.com.

Let them know what you think of their sexist ways. Would "MenForHire" or "WhitesForHire" stand a chance of going unchallenged? Why let this go unchallenged?"

Are you tired of seeing good men shot down by bad laws and bad courts? Are you tired of the feminist propaganda being the status quo?

If you are please join us and take a stand at the href="http://www.mensrights2004.com"> Men's Rights Congress this

June 18-19 in Washington DC. If these issues are important to you please

drop what you are doing and join us. We need you to be there. Our goal is to

gather a sizable number of men and women to make a strong statement that our

issues deserve to be addressed. We have a goal of registering at least 50

people by May 15th. If you are planning to come, as many of you are,

please sign up now. In the event that we don't get a good turnout we

will likely cancel the event so href="http://www.mensrights2004.com/reg.php3">please sign up now.
All too often men's

events such as this are under-attended and we are determined not to let that

happen for this event. Join us! Take a stand at the U.S. Capitol on

Capitol Hill. Be there.

MB-Chicago writes "Clueless Dads

Search: Bumbling Dad Ads

Ads have found new fall guys to sell products

By Theresa Howard, USA TODAY

Clueless men and bumbling dads have been the laughing stock of Madison Avenue lately. With political correctness putting an ever-increasing portion of the population off limits for humorous situations, advertisers are increasingly casting straight males as folks who can't cook, drive or watch the kids without making a mess of it."

Luek writes "No Excuse For Abuse

The Domestic Abuse Helpline For Men is having a fundraiser of $20,000 dollars to purchase more space to carryout the ever growing number of cases of domestic abuse against men that are coming its way. So far as I can tell there has been a whooping $2,000 raised for this noble effort! Have all the men and women who visit this site sent in a contribution? You can donate by Paypal on site. I have!

The call volume to our toll free 24x7 helpline has quadrupled in the over three years we have been in existence.
For over three years we have worked out of a small home office responding to callers from all across the U.S. 24 hours a day, developing trainings, mailing requested materials, and setting up annual educational conferences on male victimization etc. Now is the time to start expanding our services and capabilities! There is a building for sale nearby that has just the space we need to accommodate offices for our volunteer staff and a larger room to hold trainings, support groups and other meetings."

Jim writes "This article from the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. examines the reasons why so many men are apparently still living with their parents well into their 30's and 40's. I thought this would be an objective look into an interesting subject, but it soon becomes obvious after a few paragraphs that this is not an even-handed article. Who agrees?"

mens_issues writes "The following AP article speaks volumes about the expendability of civilian men in Fallujah, Iraq:
here
“A stream of hundreds of cars carrying women, children and elderly headed out of the city after Marines announced they would be allowed to leave. Families pleaded to be allowed to take out men, and when Marines refused, some entire families turned back.”
In fairness to the Marines, almost all of those killed in Iraq have also been men as well - Steve"

Matt writes "Article.

Of course if she had been a he... we all know that he'd be in jail and get fined!

Maybe we ought to start an e-mail write-in campaign to Yahoo re its sexist 2x-standard placement of when-she-was-bad stories in the "Oddly Enough" section vs. placing the when-he-was-bad stories right up on the front page. Any takers?"

Ray writes "'California State Senator Bill Morrow (R-Oceanside) today announced he is authoring Senate Bill 1335, a legislative “Academic Bill of Rights” designed to protect students and promote learning in California’s public universities and colleges.

Senate Bill 1335 would implement several affirmative principles that protect the academic freedom of students and faculty. The legislation would direct the California State University system and California Community Colleges to adopt the safeguards. SB 1335 would recommend voluntary adoption by the Board of Regents of the more autonomous University of California system. The principles include:

(partial list)

### Faculty shall expose students to the spectrum of significant scholarly viewpoints on the subjects examined in their courses and not use the courses as platforms for the purpose of ideological, religious or anti-religious indoctrination.

### Selection of visiting speakers, allocation of speaker program funds, and related activities shall observe the principles of academic freedom and intellectual pluralism."

"The only question I asked Sen. Morrow was, "How will this legislation affect the historically biased veiwpoint that women's studies programs have historically presented concerning all "men?" I await his reply.

If you live in California I urge you to write and call Senator Morrow in support of this legislation at:

Senator Bill Morrow -
State Capitol, Room 4048 -
Sacramento, CA 95814 -
Phone: (916) 445-3731 - or email: Senator.Morrow@sen.ca.gov

If this submission is posted I will post more of this bills points from the email sent to me. I have been unable to find a link to this bills contents."

CPM writes "Here we go again... Anything a female does wrong is automatically considered "Strange News". Fifteen months for buying beer? Right! Sounds to me like she got a sweetheart deal for a perverted little fetish of getting naked in front of young boys.

It goes without saying, but I'll say it anyway. Switch the genders. I know she did not admit to, nor was she convicted of, the stripping thing. But substitute a man in her position buying beer for young girls. For one thing, it would be called "plieing them with alcohol" rather than just "buying beer". And only 15 months, sure...."