After being very patient with the new Governor of New Hampshire, the NH chapter of the National Congress for Fathers and Children is asking for help in a focused letter writing campaign to get the final members of the New Hampshire Commission on the Status of Men (NHCSM) appointed so that the Commission may fulfill its duties. We suffered attempted sabotage of the commission last year by former Governor Shaheen and now have a more neutral Governor, Craig Benson, in office. However, he apparently doesn't understand the urgency of making these nominations. Please help us demonstrate to Governor Benson that a lot of people care about this Commission and want the nominations to be made immediately. Click here to participate in this campaign. Note that you do not need to be a NH resident for your letter to count. And thank you in advance for your help!

Here is a suggestion being tabled for domestic violence. This reccomondation will allow the police to monitor just about everyone in the future as far as Im concerned. Ankle monitors will be placed on "offenders". I use the term lightly because none of the alleged offenders will probably see a trial and will have to wear the monitors as a condition of bail. Since the law enforcement will only see men as abusers and are only trained to see men as abusers, this will further subjugate men to the state based on descrimination.

There's one hell of a double standard, You regulars are gonna love this one, It's something else.

This article discusses some of the arguments, pro and con, surrounding a bill to eliminate no-fault divorce in Louisiana. It's a bit of a mystery to me why any man would get married today, but some do so this is an important issue for them.

Thundercloud. writes "I recently saw a preview for the TV news show "the PULSE".
They are going to do a segment on that "contriversial" comercial for some beer company, (I think it was) that depicted two women ripping each other's clothes off in a fight in a fountain.
The question asked was; "Is this ad sexist towards women?"
It may be interesting to watch. I personally want to hear someone ask; "Why the flack over this ONE commercial that may bash women, but not a peep about the HUNDREDS of ads we see every year bashing, belittleing and humiliating MEN?" This is FOX, so Maybe, Just maybe, someone will INDEED ask that question.
I'm not sure of the exact time, but I think it is on at 9:00 pm. (8:00 pm. central) on Thursday nights.
Let's see what happens...!

.....Thundercloud"

This essay may have been linked to from MANN a couple of years ago. Even if that's the case, there may be a number of people, who didn't see it then but will see it now. Some folks may take exception to a few statements by Heather Roscoe, but on the whole the piece cracks me up.

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Tor Ackman writes "Recently, the topic of the tragedy of Darrin White has been mentioned on this forum. It's no secret that Canadian jurisprudence is controlled by the feminist agenda, and is the most onerous on men in the western world. In this document
Eeva Sodhi describes how Canadian Jurisprudence has been hijacked by the feminist agenda and how Canadian courts have usurped a monopoly on 'justice' in disregard of the actual law. This four part series is fascinating and revealing. Other articles By Eeva can be found here"

Mangesh writes "Ms Madhu Kishwar is a leading women's rights activist in India (but she refuses to call herself a feminist). The following link is a balanced article (in English) written by her on the use and misuse of DV Laws in India"

The Tucson Weekly has published an article discussing the greater picture of domestic violence. Names like Pizzy, Fiebert and Corry were mentioned. Along with a great story of Fiebert getting booted of Oprah for telling, well, basically the truth. Im not sure how big this paper is, but it is showing more and more that mainstream media is breaking away from the duluth model. Read Here

Alan Millard writes "Post-it Note pads (3M company) has expressed many examples of prejudice and discrimination against men. Captions include: "The more I know about men, the more I like my dog," and "Men have only two faults: everything they do and everything they say." After being confronted by Men's Rights, Inc., 3M gave them a shameless if not criminalistic response, ensuring them they would continue to use their products to only bash men, and "...assured us that they would never sell a product which was equally offensive to women." Reward companies that do not practice prejudice and discrimination, perhaps as Beauatone Notes, that can replace the same product.

Budweiser is guilty of expressing extreme prejudice and abusiveness of men, especially in its Bud-light commercials. Does anyone remember in one Bud Light commercial the woman at the bar, who didn't like the man's demeanor next to her, kills the man, then tells the bartender to "keep the chains," referring to the chains left behind the poor guy had worn around his neck? Ironically, this product also provides an example of men selling out their self-worth, since this beer is often deemed the official beer of many men's sports! Explain that one. Would a product that put down women and conveyed abuse of women be sponsored and endorsed by women's sports events?"

MrDave writes "Buster offers much wisdom about how women attempt to manipulate men in thousands of subtle ways. Here’s a sample from his daily blog:
“Women expect to be smiled at. They expect to be talked to. They expect some minimum level of courtesy and respect. If a man doesn't look at or talk to a woman, she thinks that there's something wrong. Women are fearful of negative attention; they take positive attention in stride. The one thing they find puzzling and disturbing is no attention at all.” For more see:
Blogger Archive"

The United Nations has undertaken extensive efforts to improve the lot of girls the world over. The UN has chosen to ignore the plight of boys, however, despite the fact that boys suffer far more than girls in many countries for a variety of reasons. Men's Health America (MHA) has undertaken a campaign to reverse this terrible injustice. Here's an essay by MHA on the status of boys' health around the world. And here's an essay on UNICEF's one-sided pursuit of gender equality (as if gender equality is possible while ignoring the welfare of boys).

Let's thank the fine folks at Men's Health America and work with them as much as possible.

Trudy W. Schuett writes "This AM I wrote a letter to the editor for a friend in NoCal, in protest of a fundraiser for the local domestic violence shelter. Much to my surprise, I discovered there are similar events here in AZ on the same day. (April 26)

So if you’ve got one of these going in your area, send me the e-mail contact info for whatever paper or TV station may be sponsoring the event, along with info for any corporate or government sponsors, and I’ll send them a copy of my letter (with the correct references plugged in, of course). I’ll need the title, location and date of whatever event they’ve got going.

E-mails or the direct URL for any ‘contact us’ form, please! A lot of the corporate websites have their contact info buried, so please don’t make me work too hard! Otherwise I’m happy to do this. There’s still time to get a word in, so e-mail me direct at dsrtlite@mindspring.com with your info. I'll cc you if you like, so you can see what I said."

Tor Ackman writes "This article http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tw/current/feat.html recently appearing in the Tucson Weekly demonstrates how women's violence against men is viewed very differently from male on female violence. Until the cloak of innocence is lifted off of women this hypocrisy will be hard to reverse."