The Gonzo Kid writes "Graham Hays asks in this article, Why don't men watch women's sports?" Okay, Graham, let's try this slowly: They play like girls. They're not good. They are playing a game designed by man, to test the limits of the male physique, and the best professional women's team would be hard pressed to win a series against a small college men's team. It's like a picture of a pregnant man - it's just wrong. Let them play in the NFL or the NBA, (And not on an affirmative action free pass) and I'll be impressed - until then, we have seperate women's leagues, well, because we need them. Because they can't run with the men. Sorry, but them's the facts."

And I say "our" , because it is our's. The ideals of Men's Activism News Network are simple. Its not complex even if the issues we tackle are. Every once and a while the administrators of this board like to post this page Please go here. In keeping with the tradition that MANN hopes to create I hope all posters take five minuts to read this. This of course is not to stifle debate or censor anyone's feelings, but the one thing it does encourage is 'empathy'. Not just for men, but for women and all races and individuals of all sorts. Still encouraging you to speak your mind, but please consider the posts you submit and it's relevance to our cause. One of the smallest poems ever spoken was by Muhammad Ali, it goes "Me, We". Our war is an ideological one and their weapon is hate, not ours. We need to nuetralize it, not inflame it. And to remind you, there is no end to our appreciation of your contributions. We will continue and we will love, laugh and smile as we do it. :)

CPM writes "Rowdy Bride Spends Night In Jail Wow! She sure didn't waste any time showing her true personality. Pity it wasn't before the wedding, so the poor sap might have been able to change his mind. Every guy considering marriage should read this story and take a long hard look at this chick's ugly mug. There is a good chance that this is what your little cupcake will soon reveal herself as. This one could barely wait until the wedding. Of course there were other hooligans in this group, but since this is HER special day, lets give all the attention to her just like she wants it." Ray also submitted this tory and said "I find it very biased that the words "domestic violence" were never once used in the telling of this story. Perhaps this new bride was just trying to clearly state here empowerment over any semblence of male oppression

amperro writes "I came across the following article on the web by Jenny Skoble, an apparent enemy of men. Does anyone truly believe that feminists support paternity fraud for the benefit of children? Or do they just want to be able to lie, cheat, and steal with total impunity?"

Anonymous User writes "A Central Illinois woman was arrested after she was videotaped hiring a hit man to kill her ex-boyfriend and his sister in order to regain custody of her daughter. He had been given custody of their daughter after she had attempted to kill the child in her own suicide attempt. The story is covered at: http://www.pantagraph.com/stories/082103/new_20030 821025.shtml"

The Mens Activism News Network is challenging its readers to take part in our grassroots campaign to support Farrell's candidacy and put men's issues on the political map. A new page has been added to this site, (see the new link at the bottom of the activism section to the right), which will list the daily, weekly, and campaign long activism challenges we encourage everyone to participate in. The time until the election is short, so lets make the most of it by redoubling our activist efforts for the few weeks we have. Together we can make a difference, let's do so!

Acksiom writes "A Delhi biomedical engineering professor has developed a new male contraceptive that looks very promising!

According to the Alternet article at http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=16617 :

"The injection coats the vas with a clear polymer gel that has a negative and positive electric charge. Sperm cells also have a charge, so the differential charge from the gel ruptures the cell membrane as it passes through the vas, stopping the sperm in their tracks before they can even start their journey to the egg.""

The National Coalition of Free Men and others will be hosting a rally in order to support Warren Farrell and men's rights starting at 9 AM on Tuesday, August 26th at 600 S. Commonwealth Avenue, in front of the Los Angeles County Courthouse. JeffS provides more details in the Read More section.

tparker writes "A BBC article offering counter arguments in the "Y-Males? Y-Not!" debate here. Some interesting information on the decoding of the Y chromosome, and indications that human males may be around a bit longer."

I posted this because it might make men feel there is some good out there. The author of this article is making an argument that the latest Terminator movie is "Anti-Feminist". I seen the movie and I thought the exact same things and a few more. Careful not to confuse anti-feminist with anti-women, because the movie is not anti-woman in any regards. To make it simple the robots represent the "system" and its almost as if the system is "feminist". Maybe Cameron's divorce gave him a view at the biased nature of our environment? Read Here.

Analog Worms writes "It seems that the feminist controlled Department Of Trade And Industry in the UK is suffering from a male backlash against it's blantant anti-male rules. A small group of male workers have written a pamphlet called the backlash which exposes the lies within the department. Read about it here.

http://www.standyourground.com/forum/viewtopic.php ?t=741 (You may have to scroll down a bit)"

Anonymous User writes "Another british male biologist (Bryan Sykes, professor of human genetics at Oxford University) claims that men are doomed to be extinct and that women will rule the planet. I feel that the article is in a fairly mocking tone as usual with these types of reports.

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,69 87400%5E13762,00.html"

Best-selling men's issues author Warren Farrell discussed his historic men's and fathers' rights campaign for Governor of California on His Side with Glenn Sacks on KRLA 870 AM in Los Angeles on Sunday, August 17. To listen to the archived version of the show, go to His Side.

Farrell put forth his long-term solution to relieving California's budget problems--keeping fathers in children's lives. Farrell proposed a package of reforms to solve this problem, including the rebuttable presumption of joint custody and placing legal limits on post-divorce move-aways.

bernee writes "This article in the Sydney Morning Herald outlines how the Australian government is suffering somewhat of a rebound from legislation originally formulated to ‘protect’ battered wives. Immigration legislation was amended to allow foreign spouses who were being sponsored by Australian residents special treatment when it came to getting a visa if they had been subjected to domestic abuse. It seems many women were abusing the system (surprise, surprise). Being the egalitarian society it is, law required the Australian legislators to make this legislation gender neutral – of course, only women are abused, aren’t they. Lo and behold men are now applying in droves for protection under the law."

As you can see from the posting below, we have a new member of the Mensactivism.org admin team. Hombre is probably well-known to many of the regulars here, especially to participants of the on-line chats. Hombre's activism and enthusiasm for men's rights is a great example for us all and his web site, MFNBC.com, is a great resource. Welcome, Hombre!