The other day columnist Ted Byfeild opined as to why he wasn't on the 'Hit List' or 'Hate List' which ever you prefer. Erin Pizzey had the time to read his article and wrote a response to his column. Hopefully the Edmonton Sun will have the courage to print the letter, until then I will post the letter on the 'post comments section' and I recommend that you pass it along as far and wide as you can. For more on Erin Pizzey travel here.

Around the world, June 9-15, 2003 is being celebrated as href="http://www.menshealthweek.org/imhw/imhw.htm">International
Men's Health Week (IMHW).  
Check href="http://www.menshealthweek.org">this page, and your local public health department or ministry for information about local events planned for this week.  Even if there are no local events in which you can participate, try making one personal resolution this week that will help you improve your health.  Best wishes for a great, healthy week!

radikal writes "I know that this story is a bit old, but no one seemed to have mentioned it. A wife has been accused of trying to render her husband scents-less."

Code Monkey writes "In New Hampshire a bill was proposed in the state legislature that would prohibit the family courts from requiring divorced parents to pay college costs for children over the age of 18. The bill's primary sponsor, Rep. David Bickford, proposed it after a Dover man was jailed for 43 days when he couldn't come up with almost $17,000 to pay for half of his daughter's private university tuition. Proponents of the bill say it's unfair to force divorced parents to pay college costs when the same isn't done for married parents. Unfortunately, the bill has been referred back to commission and won't be re-introduced again until next year. Read the Foster's Daily Democrat news article."

Anonymous User writes "

The article includes the cute zinger: "Men start pushing women around even before they leave the womb." Oh, ha ha. It is to laugh.

Please inform the editors that they shouldn't give-in to the urge to man-bash.
editors@healthscoutnews.com, jhelmer@healthscoutnews.com"

There's one hell of a interesting discussion
going down over at the Ifems forum, so check it out!

hurkle writes "askmen.com's current newsletter features a joke about a mood ring that revolves around accepting female-on-male violence as funny. Feel free to let them know how you feel about it at newsletter@askmen.com"

Neil Steyskal writes "The Washington Post printed my letter about the child tax credit, one of the many divorce subsidies for women in the IRS code."

Tatis writes "An influential Canadian ministry has accused American and Canadian men’s and fathers’ organizations of "hate propaganda" and has issued recommendations which could threaten the Canadian groups with prosecution and jail.

Marc Angelucci and Ray Blumhorst of the National Coalition of Free Men, one of the groups targeted by the report, will discuss this threat and NCFM's struggle for men and fathers on His Side with Glenn Sacks on KRLA 870 AM in Los Angeles at 11 PM on Sunday, June 8. To listen to the show live via the Internet, go to Listen Live."

LeMorteMark writes "I just learned that the cable station TNN, will become SpikeTV. It appears they are trying to market this as "TV for Men". I am looking forward to seeing this channel but when I checked out the website, it looked more like a station for reruns of cancelled shows than a "Lifetime for men". Still its a step in the right direction. They should have a couple of shows that focus on men's news and politics. Maybe a news program anchored by Glenn Sacks or a TV version of "families under siege". I would be more interested in that kind of stuff than just seeing more stereotypes of guys belching and watching football. Here's the website: Spike Tv"

ppmnow writes "Very nice article (remember to check and remove any spaces!)- written by Bruce Linton. Can't believe MSN actually posted this. Could it be...pressure? I would prefer fairness, understanding, equality. Maybe they're starting to listen afterall. I damn well hope so!"

Caeruleus Flamma writes "This is an article from yahoo that, I think is pretty good. Mostly it discusses Hillary Clinton Which naturally shrewd and shark-like operator won fame, power and certain riches on a platform of pity - posing as the pathetically abused victim of one of the world's most powerful men?

A. Monica Lewinsky.

B. Jayson Blair.

C. Hillary Clinton (news - web sites).

The correct answer is - you knew this was coming - D. All of the above."

This week, I'm posting a requested essay from one of our regulars, I think you'll find it interesting. Click the old "read more/post comments" to read it.

CJ writes " The Associated Press has an odd propensity for outlining issues relevant to women despite the relevance of the data (or study). In this article, one would read the headline and assume that increased driving speeds are killing women. However at the end of the article it states that "highway deaths may be increasing for women but nearly 28,000 men died in automobile crashes in 2001, compared with more than 13,000 women. Obvioulsy many factors contribute to this disparity (such as more men on the road driving), but to frame this study as a isssue relevant to women while more than double the amount of men are dying on the roads illustrates a common yet slight double standard in contemporary journalism. Post how you think the headline would read if the genders were to be reversed..."

Marc writes "The June 2003 issue of Men's Health Magazine surprisingly contains an article on how the child support/custody system is devastatingly unfair to fathers. I've subscribed to Men's Health for about 10 years and have never seen them cover men's rights issues this honestly, with the exception of issues like circumcision and the huge disparity in funding for prostate cancer research compared to breast cancer research. I know a number of activists have written the Men's Health editor in the past and requested more coverage of men's rights issues. Maybe it helped after all. It would be good if we purchased the June 2003 issue of Men's Health and even wrote thank you letters to the editor to send the message that we want more coverage of these issues.

Marc"