I hope you're sitting down and not drinking anything when you click http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2412808a10,00.html>this link and see how things are
unfolding, It's.... Well, here's a quote from the 21 year old woman who had adult relations
with a 13-year-old swim champion; To quote "He is not a little kid. If he made the decision
to deal with grown up things he needs to own up to what he is doing in a grown up way. Maybe he
is a child. But he chose to do grown up things." It's quite something when a woman goes
around commiting sex crimes on a minor, blaming her victim and practically no-one cares, Don't you
think?

Garth writes "An Ontario judge and later the Ontario Court of Appeals ruled that a spouse should be able to reopen separation agreements simply by showing a material change of circumstance (meaning whenever you feel like it). Now, the Canadian Supreme Court has reversed that and what's more has also stated that judges should not "presume an imbalance of power" between a husband and wife. So, not only do agreements actually mean something now, but the court seems to making a point that husbands aren't always the bad guys."

Tatis writes "April 24 is "Take Our Daughters to Work Day," which was renamed "Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day" for this year. Christina Hoff Sommers, author of The War Against Boys, will join Glenn to discuss the boy crisis in education on His Side with Glenn Sacks on KRLA 870 AM in Los Angeles at 11 PM on Sunday, April 20. To listen to the show live via the Internet, go to http://hisside.com/listen_live.htm>.

Listeners are invited to call the show and join the discussion at 1 866 870-KRLA. To get CDs and cassettes of all previous and future shows and to learn how to support the show, go to http://hisside.com/store/index.htm>"

Ray writes "In
this article
author Elaine Donnely asks (Are 'women') "serving at greater risk?" (than men?) emphasis mine. This article appears to try to delve deeper and ferret out the ramifications, “Are women today who encounter combat at greater risk than men in every way? Are they at greater risk, simply because of their gender’s lesser physical strength and resultant inabilities, or does their physiological roll as sexual attractants to men put them in even greater risk of rape, genital mutilation, torture, and death?” Hum? Could you somehow weave the domestic violence “primary aggressor” rule into some of the replies to these questions? Do policies for women in combat and women in domestic violence reflect an American double standard?" There was also an interesting soc.men thread on this as well.

Philalethes writes "The link (last Tuesday) to BusterB's comments led me eventually to Gender War, Sexuality, and Love, which has a lot of commentary I think MANN readers would enjoy. Perhaps it's been featured before, but not recently. I've been browsing it for the last couple of hours, and particularly enjoyed 'Can't we all just get along? Can't we just go out on a date?,' 'An open letter to women,' 'Masculism, not me-too-ism,' to name only a few. Give it a try."

Andrew74 writes "Old Divorce Agreements Can Not Be Reopened-

Edmonton Journal

This looks like a victory for divorced men whose ex-wives use the anti-family court system to extort money from them. The only problem is that it still leaves loopholes for anti-family judges to reopen cases. Canadian anti-family judges are notorious for utilizing loopholes to push their feminist agenda."

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.

I will host this week's MANN chat, Wednesday
night (4/16), starting at 9:30 PM Eastern Time, at color="#222222">the usual
location. This chat will be an open forum, with no designated
topic.  This is a good opportunity to share any important news you
have about men's activism, ask questions about issues and projects, and
just connect with fellow men's activists.  Come to the chat
discuss any men's activism issues that you consider important, and
invite a friend to join you.   style="font-weight: bold;">Please note:  style="font-style: italic;">If you cannot access the chat after a few
attempts, we have a temporary alternate location for tonight's
chat.  href="http://pub40.bravenet.com/chat/show.php/3385628227">Click here
to access the alternate location.

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"