Julian Abbott writes "A big cheer for the
British National Party !!!!! The BNP recognises that very large numbers of loving fathers are discriminated against, abused and badly hurt"



Looks like Fathers4Justice may be making an impact. Great work!



Scott's Note: We have been hearing that the BNP is a radical group with questionable policies when it comes to racial issues and immigration. Mensactivism.org is not endorsing the BNP due to these concerns, and readers are encouraged to investigate this further and decide on their own.

Anonymous User writes "

Have any of you ever heard of a female sex offender being chemically castrated? I didn't think so. It is a special punishment reserved only for men. Because a male sex offender is much worse than the equivalent female. Right???

Isn't this an unequal application of the law? Isn't it sick and cruel to castrate, chemically or surgically?? I can imagine the uproar if it was applied to a female. But in our society today we can do whatever we want to men. They are just men, they deserve it.



I think it is great that because of the pressure applied you were able to make some store chains remove their anti-boy t-shirts. I think it is time that we change this obvious injustice.

- Angry man"



Interesting topic. By the way we're still fighting the battle with the t-shirts, and if you haven't written a letter yet, please go to His Side's campaign site and do so.

jenk writes ""Bringing Up Babes
Why do adoptive parents prefer girls?",
By John Gravois.

Adoptive parents overwhelmingly show a preference toward girls, which plays out in many more girls being adopted than boys. Interesting article, with several different veiwpoints presented.The Biscuit Queen"



They seem to have left out the viewpoint that caring about anyone male is antithetical to modern cultural mores, so of course when adoptive parents are looking for a child to love and care for they'll pick a girl.

zenpriest writes "The "A" in "MANN" stands for "Activism", and the most activist thing I have seen come out of the men's movement yet is Glenn Sacks's campaign against the violence against boys advocated by david & goliath. We discussed here before that this issue might be the "Stonewall" of the men's movement. After 3 decisive victories, Glen himself has characterized the current focus, Claire's and Icing, as being the "Stalingrad" of his campaign.

Claire's has 2,875 of d & g's 3500 retail outlets. To encourage them to drop the line would eliminate over 80% of d & g's market. This is the best opportunity for men, AND the women who support them, to roar.
There is nothing defensible about this product line. They slander Asians, blacks, and, interestingly, gold-digging women as well as white males.

http://www.hisside.com/join_his_side_campaign.htm

Here is the text of the email that I sent to the 5 officers of the corporation which Glenn so thoughtfully provided to us. Please, either plagiarize this, or write your own. Forward it to EVERYONE in your address book, and post it to every mailing list you are on."



I would encourage people to choose to write their own as individual letters tend to do a little better than everyone sending copies of the same letter, or to at least put a couple personalizing touches onto Zenpriest's well written letter. Glenn has asked all his listeners to participate. I would like to ask all our readers to participate as well. Glenn has called this battle the "Stalingrad" of this campaign. He needs all the help he can get.


See read more for the text of the letter itself.

TLE writes "It looks like we need to get busy and disrupt the careers of more white males. Obviously the patriarchy is behind the lack of women and minorities in math and science. Read about the shocking oppression here. "

Anonymous User writes "While websurfing I came across an interesting post in a women's forum. The post is split into three sections here:

http://forums.newyork.craigslist.org/?act=Q&ID=117 40964
http://forums.newyork.craigslist.org/?act=Q&ID=117 41009
http://forums.newyork.craigslist.org/?act=Q&ID=117 41023

I don't know if this was just a troll, but it does include a link to a petition to make people accused of domestic violence prove their innocence instead of having presumed innocence."

Matt writes "Mention of the correlation between divorce and suicide, in an unlikely place, about half-way down the page:
here

An interesting footnote to this study was the discovery of a strong correlation between the rates of suicide and divorce.

Alas it fails to mention the much higher number of men than women who kill themselves after a divorce."

Anonymous User writes "There are some good points in

this article

about the declining numbers of male teachers. However, as always, we get the bigot who gets me going with statements like

"I think," she said, "it means schools are becoming environments where women prosper."

She should have followed that with "and boys get shortchanged""

crescentluna writes "The National Eating Disorder Association's ED Info Index has several articles pertaining to males about anorexia, bulimia, binge eating, enhancing male body image, a statistics page (10% of those who come to a mental health professional about an eating disorder are male), and strategies for prevention and early intervention of male eating disorders. Even on the rest of their site, they strive to not to be biased towards females in their information."

Dittohd writes "Is anyone else here outraged that Steve Irwin's wife's culpability and sanity in this matter is not being questioned? Since women are automatically assumed to be primarily responsible for their children and are awarded sole custody when women and their husbands get a divorce, and men are automatically assumed to be the "outsider" in almost every case, isn't the wife REALLY responsible for allowing Steve Irwin to perform this stunt with their baby son? Here is the email address I used to send a letter of complaint to Jamie Berry and Claire O'Rourke, the authors of this article: newsdesk@theage.com.au" Steve Imparl also mentioned this event in his blog.

zenpriest recently submitted a request for a permanent thread on Internet activism to be created on MANN. We think this is a great idea, so here's how it will work: post your comments/ideas under this story, and a permanent link will appear on MANN's Activism Projects box for easy access even after the story moves off the main index. zenpriest writes "I would be happy to answer any questions about basic webmastering for guys who would like to try setting up their own men's activist site. Create a few web rings, and we have an instant activist network."

jenk writes "
"Democrat presidential candidate Wesley Clark recently spelled out his position on abortion for the Manchester Union Leader. “Life,” General Clark proclaims, “begins with the mother’s decision.”"



Just great, this is all we need. Excellent article though, very well thought out from the male perspective, demanding accountability on the part of women. The Biscuit Queen"

Matt writes "MSN usually is not so sympathetic with the male gender on such topics. Still, as we know, they have plenty of opportunity to turn from their misandrist ways in a far more affirmative fashion.

Hey, should MSN have its own topic on mensactivism.org? :)"

Grouping it in with "press" seems okay to me. This article is surprisingly sympathetic for MSN, but myths 1,6, and 10 could use a little work.

Anonymous User writes "In January 2003, the female principal at a charter school struck a male student in the face. In court recently, she has entered a plea of no contest. It is said that she will likely get probation. The mother of the boy is not happy about the principal getting a light punishment; the parent removed her son from the school after the incident.

What kind of message does this incident send about the use of violence?"

Anonymous User writes "

Below is a Press release for Earl Sholley. He is a strong advocate for Fathers Rights:



Dear Precious Dads & Supporters:


One of our dads... one of us, Earl Henry Sholley, is running for the Mass. state Senate. It's a special election with a primary on Feb. 3 and general election, March 2. It's important to support Earl, not only for the cause, but because he's a highly viable candidate as well.



Here's an immediate opportunity to rally:


This Friday, Jan. 16 at 3:00 p.m. is Earl's first debate to be hosted by the Community Newspapers at 254 2nd Avenue in Needham. Reporters from the following newspapers will attend; Wellesley Townsman, Dover-Sherborn Press, Needham Times, MetroWest and several others.



The Sholley for State Senator campaign needs sign holders, information gatherers and general supporters to be in attendance at the debate in Needham. People should begin arriving at 2:30 p.m. For more information, please contact Alan Thomas at the Sholley Campaign Headquarters at 1-508-699-0432 or reply to this e-mail. Financial contributions are always welcome.



Thank you,


Mike Franco"



Remember this is going to be this Friday so if you want to participate or know others in Massachusetts whom you think might you need to jump on this right away. By the way, does anyone know if Mr. Sholley has a website detailing his campaign?