Rand T. writes "New findings by Britain's Continuous Mortality Investigation Bureau show that the gender lifespan gap is narrowing, and men may outlive
women by the end of the century.

These findings cast doubt on the cherished belief of women's greater lifespan being a biological advantage.

The gender lifespan gap, being highly correlated with environmental factors, shows the new focus on men's health brought about by the men's movement is justified and should continue.

Two articles about the new data:

here
and
here"

Alright folks, it's that friday feeling you can't get enough of, it's Ask Ads! *rampant ego off* you know how it goes by now. So ask some interesting questions huh?

Chas writes "In the 'Canberra Times' (24/7/03) Sue Price challenges the myths and 'statistics' trotted out by opponents to proposed reforms to family law designed to support equal parenting and more equitable arrangements for fathers. She especially targets the position of Chief Justice of the Family Court, Alastair Nicholson, and points out the flaws in his arguments. She argues that, under present law, "...fathers are sidelined; considered unimportant to
their children's wellbeing, apart from their ability to provide
monetary support, and allowed to see their children only one or two
days a fortnight." These developments in Australia will give courage to families in other jurisdiction. Read the article here"

Mark writes "Joe Scarborough of MSNBC's Scarborough Country has become quite the leader in addressing men's issues lately. Within the past 2 weeks he has had feature stories on gender bias at the New York Times and discrimination against boys in school. On tonight's show are articles on a federally subsidized study on female arousal and one on...drumroll please...women being the PRIMARY AGGRESSORS in the majority of domestic violence cases."

Anon user writes "Marc Angelucci, president of the Los Angeles Chapter of the National Coalition of Free Men, and men's and fathers' issues columnist and radio talk show host Glenn Sacks defended NCFM-LA's sex discrimination lawsuit against 10 Los Angeles County domestic violence shelters in a recent opinion column in the Daily Breeze (Los Angeles. The column can be seen here"

This article addresses the increasing number of Stay At Home Moms in the US. It focusses on the concerns of women but has some nice things to say about men and fathers. I particularly loved the ending, "Where will this lead? Not to Mommy Wars between moms who work and those who stay home, I hope, but toward a profound and shared recognition of the importance of mothering and of the husbands that give mothers the gift of choices."

Code Monkey writes "Murry Straus publishes more research again on dating violence in college aged men and women, as described in this UNH press release. From the release:

Straus says that while most of the assaults on dating partners by students are relatively minor, such as slapping and shoving a partner in anger, the rate of more dangerous assaults, such as punching, choking and attacks with weapons, although much lower, is still alarmingly high at 10 percent. Women assaulted their partners at about the same rate as male students did, Straus also found....The study also looks at the relation of the social context to crime, finding that a large percentage of students approved of slapping a partner's face in some circumstances. An average of 42 percent approved of a husband slapping his partner, while 76 percent said it was all right for a wife to slap her partner.

Anonymous User writes "Longtime Playboy columnist Asa Baber has died at the age of 66. He often used his column in Playboy to bring men's issues like the wage gap myth and male bashing some public attention. "We men are not the enemy," Baber told Oprah Winfrey's audience a decade ago.

Matt writes "Look how our friends at MSN are covering this story

Note that the headline is: "Trial begins in bizarre traffic death". You can be sure it would not be that circumspect in judgment were the defendant male and the victim female (the reverse is true in this case).

Her lawyer stated in his opening that his client was "...hysterical, terrorized and confused." Um, excuse me? She had a dead or dying person on her car's hood which she got into and drove homeward after she had been drinking and drugging-- and this is how her lawyer makes her out to be? Can you imagine the same being used to describe a male perp and a female victim-- imagine this being said in a court under the same circumstances: "He was hysterical, terrorized and confused." It isn't imaginable, is it? It'd never happen.

Then, she called her friends to help her move the dead/dying man off her car and later dump his body in a park. They obliged her. Well, what's that saying, "Friends help you move, real friends help you move bodies"? Guess she has some real friends, all right.

Well, read the article for yourself. Wanna bet that no way in hell does she get the death sentence for it? Now had a man done this-- well, we know what they'd do to him. I am guessing she maybe gets 10-20, tops. Likely she'll be out in 8 if she even gets that much time. She'll be like the other women who kill men in Texas and all but get away with it.

I am never going to Texas. It seems to me it's too dangerous for men-- right up there with marriage and children."

Thunderchild writes "Here is another article, from The Times, about Male Victims of DV in the UK - it is dynamite ! Respect ThunderChild
Die Gedanken sind Frei"

With fatherhood having been deconstructed into something tantamount to a criminal offense, the government of the United Kingdom is now set to prevent men from using DNA evidence to prove their innocence. If a woman chooses to declare that you are the father of her child, she will be able to have your paycheck attached to take your income. If you try to prevent her from taking your money, the government will track you down as a "deadbeat dad" and imprison you.

Serves you right, guys. You've committed the ultimate crime in a matriarchy—you are in possession of a Y chromosome.

This week's MANN chat will be held on Wednesday
night (6/25), starting at 9:30 PM Eastern Time, at the href="http://www.mensactivism.org/chat.shtml">usual location. 
The topic will be "The Y Chromosome: Its Role in Men's Activism." 
Very recently, our manly Y chromosome has gotten a lot of good
press.  Scientists have discovered that "Y" can href="http://www.mensactivism.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/18/2031211&mode=threaded">fix
its own genetic defects,  href="http://www.mensactivism.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/24/1836230&mode=threaded">has
an extra brain gene, and appears to be the href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3000742.stm">toughest
chromosome in the human genome.  What implications do these
findings have for men's activism?  Can we use this new information
to emphasize the good things about being a man, to really buy into
manhood?  Join us at this week's chat for some manly
introspection and to explore how some fundamental characteristics of
being male influence our activism.  Invite some friends to join
you!

A survey conducted in Germany reveals that women are about as likely to cheat as men. No wonder the feminists are struggling to prevent men from having paternity tests done without the mother's approval. Also note that women are twice as likely as men to cheat frequently.

Here's another article on the decoding of the Y chromosome. It seems this efficient (read "excess baggage removed") bit of genetic information that makes a man a man contains an extra brain gene. No one knows yet what function this gene serves, but "the gene must have played a key role in the evolution of mankind for it to exist in the genome today."

It's a USA Today special, for all the wrong reasons. ppmnow writes "It's all starting to come together. Arm up, gentlemen, and take your weapons of pen and paper and begin the push full steam!
Mitchell A. Smith" Matt writes "USA Today quite out of character published this story on the "role women play in DV" They assert men do more physical damage to women in DV incidents. Well, the report needs some work, obviously, in terms of full disclosure. But it's a very good start. The false feminist beliefs around DV are directly challenged by name as such, too. Nice!" Mark writes " Less than a week after exposing the truth about domestic violence (that women are as likely to be aggressors as victims), USA Today is back to it's old self.
This gem of an article tells us that 92% of women fear domestic violence and 90% are concerned with equal pay for equal work.
Also, we are informed that women are very aware of cultural trends and that their feces doesn't stink and they are made of sugar and spice,... These ugh... "statistics" remind me how if you hype anything enough people will buy into it. Does anyone remember the months before 9/11 when everyone's biggest fear was the alarming "increase" in shark attacks? Actual data showed that the numbers were no different than before but the hype machine was telling us otherwise."