jenk writes "From Newsday...

"UNITED NATIONS -- Media mogul Ted Turner has taken a small step to demonstrate his belief that women should run the world because men have "mucked it up" with too much warfare and military spending."

Turner is a very powerful man, we need a large and cohesive backlash to this...now."

An Anonymous User submitted the following message that was sent to the Subway corporation: "Just a comment on your latest ad campaign. I'm referring to the one in which a man is shown being hit in the groin at the end, for no reason, not that any would justify the physical harm. I wonder why you consider this funny. Your poor taste and insensitivity has just lost you another customer - after years of supporting you, no one in my family will eat at a Subway again. Fire the ad agency, clean up your act!" Please comment if you've seen this ad.

albundy writes "My Gym has a "women only" workout area but no corresponding "men only" area. I complained to the manager but was told, "That's just the way it is." I live in California. Is anyone aware of any laws against this blatant sexism?"

The Liberal Party think tank, the Menzies Research Centre, has proposed that Australian mothers (not fathers) receive tax free $11,000 per year for five years after having a child. Lucy Sullivan, the author of the report, also recommended an additional government payout of "$4000 a year for primary school children and $6000 for high school children."

Women would have the option, through childbirth, of taking this government handout, so they can stay home. Men would have no such option.

Now that marriage is collapsing and men are being systematically removed from the family, men would be forced, through taxes, to support mothers, in most cases whom they've never even met.

Will Australian men be stupid enough to allow this to be done to them?

radikal writes "Our beloved BusterB has gone on hiatus. If you don't know who he is, please take a minute to read his site and blog. Actually, take an afternoon. It's good stuff. I'll miss him and hope that he chooses to continue."

crescentluna writes "This is the opposition. This is their research. If women use violence against their male partners, they are in need of understanding. We need to examine the cultural attitudes that shape it. Those cultural attitudes are that men abuse to maintain power, whereas women aren't really abusers. Here's
the link"

jimmyd writes "apperently william green the runningback for the cleveland browns was attacked by his fiance Asia Gray. who apperantly stabbed him. what I think is most unbelivable about this is that they actually arrested her!! The story is here"

Updated! On Wednesday, the second meeting of the NH Commission on the Status of Men was held in Concord, NH. We had the room packed and two local TV crews filmed the event. NH Public Television aired a half-hour segment with footage from the meeting on their NH Outlook program. You can view streaming video (RealPlayer) of the program at this link. Interviewed on the program included commission chair Gerry Boyle, Rep. David Bickford (who sponsored the men's commission legislation), and Mike Geanoulis, president of the NH chapter of NCFC.

Matt writes "Entertaining but predictable article
on so-called "catfighting" in DC area bars and pubs. Written by one of the cats herself! Notice she tries to shift the blame for her and her fellow "catfighters" onto men in more than a few places. So much for adults taking responsibility for their actions. Sounds like a chance for a letter or two to the editors..."

radikal writes "I saw this in a employee rant forum. It seemed appropriate to men's issues in the sense of old school vs. modern family structure. This woman is "busy and bored" at her job and wishes that she could be a "stay at home wife and mother". She's in her early thirties now. She also adds that "When you even mention this to people, even other women, they look at you like you're from another planet..." I'm stealing your experience! Go here and read for yourself."

What was it feminists said about men not wanting to live in the 21st century again?

Anonymous User writes "A Singapore policeman has been sentence to jail for two years for receiving oral sex from a girl. The girl was of age and consented to the act but only the male police officer is going to jail. Oral sex is illegal in Singapore."

Anonymous User writes "The Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children adds that partner violence by men is the greatest single source of injury to women requiring emergency treatment. Now MA intends to build a center that will place victims of domestic violence under one roof with police, prosecutors, and advocates. This is very scary and brings MA one step closer to a complete gender based Marxist society - considering the criteria for evidential standards for DV have already been completely erased. I am a victim of the false DV allegations, and I could not have conceived in my worst nightmare that the judicial system in MA could become more biased than it already is. Yet a new Parthenon of misandry is getting built and the hypocrites building it are using sexual assault on children as the Trojan Horse for public support to gain funding for their underhand methods to further obliterate the rights of men/fathers. Once again, the rights of men and consideration for male victims have been completely left out of the agenda. Pleae help anyway you can. Here's the

link"

Luek writes " Here is a story about a woman who murdered her male friend 10 years ago and made a stew out of some of his flesh. She was diagnosed as legally insane at the time of the murder and was committed to a state insane asylum.

However, she has now been proclaimed sane by the powers that be and may be moving into your neighborhood soon. Also, the article said she had two young children at the time of the murder. I wonder if she will now be given custody of them when she is released? Probably!"

Steve Van Valkenburg, creator and administrator of the Yahoo group, Men's Issues Online, and a frequent contributor to MANN under the handle "mens_issues," has created a list of concerns particular to men and boys.

Steve states, "I created the brochure 'What are Men's Issues?' as an outreach piece to inform the public (and newcomers to the men's movement) about the major issues that men face. It was adapted with permission from Trudy Schuett's online document 'What is the Men's Movement.' This brochure is merely a first edition, and will be updated as the discourse on men's issues develops over time. I hope that it will be useful to those who wish to further our cause."

Any useful additions or links to sites giving specific details will be quite useful. MANN will post a permanent link to download the document in the "Activism Projects" box.

See "Read More, Post Comments" for the full brochure.

The Biscuit Queen writes "State gets tough on deadbeat parents:
Attorney General's Office has collected $900,000 this year.Tougher measures by county prosecutors and Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox's office have helped the state collect hundreds of thousands of dollars in back child support payments in the last year."