Anonymous User writes "A man was convicted of date rape based on the testimony of a woman who made false accusations of rape in the past. And while the judges of Arkansas Supreme Court are intelligent enough to understand that they are most likely destroying an innocent man's life, they unanimously convicted him to further their careers."



Ok, so this guy's going to prison for 13 years, where he will be repeatedly raped and recieve all the treatment famously given to convicted rapists in prison during that time while the guards look the other way but let's have keep some perspective. A woman was saved from the possibility of feeling uncomfortable by talking about her sexual past on the stand! Thank God that travesty was averted.

Laura Wright has submitted news that a woman who is wanted for non-payment of child support in Germany is running scot-free in the United States, where similar non-payment of child support would ordinarily result in a prison sentence. The short version of her story is, "Ex-wife pushes for prison sentence of so-called deadbeat dad, to find out she is wanted in Germany for non-payment of support for her two abandoned children. She has the staus of a deadbeat parent in St. Wendel, Germany and has taken citizenship in the US to avoid prosecution in homeland-Germany. Immigration says ok." Laura has extensive documentation about this case that she would like to distribute, particlarly to any media outlets. Please e-mail her at lawright10@hotmail.com for more info.

Stan Gaver writes "Some people just can't accept the fact that, BY FAR, men were the heros of September 11, and that male firefighters -- no, make that fireMEN -- and policeMEN were almost exclusively the ones who gave their lives while saving others.

While doing an internet search to get exact numbers, I ran across this preposterous web page that desperately tries to "out-victim" the loss of men on that terrible day.



While we certainly must also appreciate the duty and sacrifice of women who serve alongside men, I personally find it both amusing and offensive when a femno-writer (femno-liar?) resorts to linking a so-called "war against women" in Afghanistan as "proof" that women's sacrifice on September 11 was equal to that of men. Lord, what crap!

I've filed this under "Humor" because it is so incredibly laughable."



That's nothing. Hillary Clinton once said that "The real victims of war are women and children". Take heed, feminist claims don't stand up to peer review very well, and we're starting to get a voice to expose them.

TLE writes "Did anyone see this on the CBS news? An 18 year old is found NOT guilty of rape, but has to serve 10 years for injury to a minor (breaking her hymen.) The female prosecutor misled the jury into thinking it was a misdemeanor, so they convicted. This is going to the Georgia Supreme Court this week."



The poor kid's already spent a year in jail over this. Anyone think the jury didn't just assume the virginal qualities, (both literal and figuritive), of the girl before finding him guilty? Even though it's a ridiculous reason to throw someone in jail, did they ever bother to prove he was the one who took her virginity or was her word on that just taken for granted?

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."