Jen writes "Well, here is something, as the mother of sons, I knew for a long time and never realized was universally true-boys are much easier to have around than girls. Apparently easier on marraiges as well.This story
claims that world wide, marraiges with sons fare better than those with daughters, and the more the better. Very interesting read. I did find the piece at first seemed to be blaming boys, but later down the girls get the same treatment, so I don't think it was really angled one way or the other."

mens_issues writes "The Non Sequitur comic strip for 9/26 (by Wiley Miller) features a
father on a date with a vindictive woman who quotes the worn out
cliche about men and toilet seats before dumping a wine glass on his
head. It ends with his daughter's horse "Lucy" asking why her dad
hadn't remarried. The daughter, Danae, replies that he's
overqualified. This cartoonist is good! Here is a link to the comic strip (choose the 9/26 episode)"

CJ writes "Here is an article that touches many deep issues for men. The article tries to help promote a better understanding of men and reverse what seems to be a dangerous assumption born of the past 40 years of radical femininism that men have simply become redundant, but falls short as it argues that it is men that ultimately must live up to the expectations or the newly fabricated "independant women"

Grant Hayes writes "The New Scientist is running a piece about how men and women lie about their sex lives. Of course, the more likely it was that the women believed she would be caught, the more she lied. The much maligned male, however, proved to tell the truth more often. Conclusions, anyone?"

Anon user writes "The Clara Harris "murder by Mercedes" case--wherein a Texas woman garnered widespread sympathy after killing her husband as his daughter begged her not to kill her father--has been a textbook example of our society's noxious mix of anti-male feminism and anti-male male chivalry. Incredibly, last week the murderess was granted joint custody of her twin five year-old boys.

Sunday on His Side, Glenn discussed the Harris case with the private detective who knows it best--Bobbi Bacha of Blue Moon Investigations, the agency which Clara hired to spy on her husband. To listen to the show, go to His Side"

Matt writes "Speaks for itself" Yeah it does, but this speaks even more "but if you're looking for the strongest growth numbers it's probably through divorce"" I hope that didn't comprimise your gag reflex too much. Eugh....

SunCat writes "Hey, if Western Rational Thought is so male and so evil then why do the worst misogynists in the world slash their daughters to death for being Western?

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=8350 _Honor_Killing_in_London

I don't do this sort of thing so why blame me?"

Matt writes "Ever notice how when females break engagements, they are being independent-minded, but when males do it, they are said to fear commitment?

At least Time got the fear of divorce right with regard to being among the top reasons for why people are not following through with this most ridiculous of arrangements. I would say any man who studies the stats should make it his top reason. And predictably, this article focuses on women's opinions of the whole thing.

Read it
here"

Dittohd writes "Do you all believe this? After such a forced wedding, the groom has no option to void the marriage? Huh? Is this a joke by some prankster trying to see if she could get such an outlandish story printed?"

Raymond Cuttill writes "Following video/software/health delays the New Men's Hour is here. It now has a blog, a forum and video. This includes videos and photos of 2 Fathers-4-Justice protests in the UK. It also has links to other media on the net, such as Warren Farrell interviews and Bob Geldof attacking the treatment of fathers in Britain."

Lee Newman writes "Please reserve your seat at this very important event!

The excitement is building!

Violence Intervention Program SAFE-NH is co-sponsoring this unique Domestic Violence Conference with the Domestic Abuse Helpline for Men and...READ MORE

A male employee at the online service America Online claimed to have been subject to sexual harassment from his female boss. Among other things, he claims she touched him and prevented him from leaving when he was at her home. One supervisor at AOL suggested that the man himself was to blame for the harassment, possibly because of the clothing he was wearing.

The CBS News article (last checked Sept. 26, 2003) is at the URL Read Here

Dave writes "Gentleman,

Ann Richards, the former governor of Texas, made violence against men the subject of a most disgusting "joke" today (26 September) at a ralley of women for Gov. Davis in the Los Angeles area. I have not been able to locate any report on this on the web. Her story was: the economy is bad all over, it is so bad in Texas that women are now carpooling to run over their husbands! Can you believe this?!! This was shown on L.A. local TV news tonight. I hope that some of the media pick up on this, and all decent concerned people make her a pariah."

Matt writes "This article condemns "metrosexuality". No surprise it was off-linked from msn.com's Hotmail opening page.

I submitted a comment as written here, and also sent it to the author of this lovely little tract whose e-mail address is found at the bottom of the article she wrote.

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For decades men have been scolded to be more like women. Some have become that way, and now they are condemned for it?

The underlying phnomenon here is this: When a man stops living to serve women, he is condemned. If he takes care of himself and/or acts as "self-absorbed" as the average woman does, he is also condemned for it. Women want the right of self-absorption and self-care to themseleves. They would rather sit safely on the bleachers watching men hurt themseleves in sports like football for their own entertainment than watch a man be happy and healthy and care for himself. There is nothing wrong with a man taking care of himself as he sees fit.

The mistake men have been making for a long time is that they have been too much taking their cues about what they ought to be from women. Of course if you live for anyone else's opinion of you, you are bound to get caught in a cycle of pleasing/not pleasing that leads to no one's happiness. You must live life the way you think is right for you, and not for anyone else. To not do so is to allow oneself to get caught in a kind of co-dependency, and that is not good because the results are rarely satisfying.

I say this: individual men should be the way they want to be, act as they want to, and live for their own goals. If those include playing football and not 'doing their hair', so be it. If they include spending $1,000/month+ at the spa, so be that, too.

Men should have as much CHOICE as women have in every area that they have it.

Ms. Pressman needs to update her notions of "equality of the sexes" to include men."

Darren Blacksmith has just written a superb piece on marriage, and it's a must read. Having seen what happened to my uncle, you're better off without marriage, believe me.