SJones writes "A surprising article (for Reuters) about how witnessing family violence influence both the boy and the girl to an increased likelihood of violence in the future is found here. They are dropping this article down and down in their list as quickly as possible. Since I found it the article has already dropped from 5th story to 8th and disappeared from my screen."

Steve Imparl writes, "I am happy to announce that the inaugural chat at MaleDepression.com will take place on Tuesday, December 3, 2002, at 8:30 p.m. Central Standard Time. (This is Wednesday, December 4, 2002, at 02:30 GMT.) The chat will be held in MaleDepression.com's chat room at this page. This will be our first chat, so it will be a good idea for us to get acquainted with one another. We will talk about our experiences with depression, with particular emphasis on the male experience of this illness and the difficulties we have in seeking and continuing treatment. We'll also explore possibilities for the formats and themes of future chat sessions at MaleDepression.com. I hope you can join us for our first scheduled chat."

Anonymous User writes "Child's Best Interest claims to work toward shared parenting legislation in all states, advocating for both parents (not just fathers and not just mothers). It distances itself from the label "father's rights." Interestingly, 8 out of 10 candidates endorsed by CBI were elected this past election day."

Douglas Rome writes, "Here is the horrifying truth about male suicide in Scotland. The "experts", of course, have no idea why suicide among men is so very many times higher than for women." With the suicide rate increasing 22% over the past 20 years, and the rate of male to female suicides at 3:1, the fact that this issue has been of such low priority for so long is appalling. Also shocking: "For men under 35 in Scotland, suicide is the biggest single cause of death and exceeds the number of accidental deaths"

Anonymous User writes "Wendy McElroy's FoxNews article this week contains some lessons in argument we could all use to our advantage. In it she talks a little about dealing with "emotional bullies" and emotional bullying is something many feminists are really good at. Her article is here and another good article about emotional bullying is here."

Anonymous User writes "One of the biggest mistakes men make when confronted with family court is hiring the wrong lawyer. Dishonest lawyers abound in family law, most of them wanting only to squeeze another buck off an already beaten man. A story on bcentral suggests ways of sorting out the honest lawyers from the dishonest."

Anonymous User sent us this article and writes "Brian Carnell exposes feminist Mary Daly's views on gendercide, her advocacy for killing all men." From the article:

"Daly has long advocated for research into parthenogenesis to dispense with men. Her book, Quintessence is half-science fiction novel, half bizarre manifesto in which she explicitly lays out her views. Daly herself is a character in the book who visits a utopian continent where -- thanks to the influence of Daly's books -- a lesbian elite reproduce solely through parthogenesis....what Daly is advocating here is nothing short of gendercide, and yet Daly is taken seriously by radical feminists."

CJ writes "This Boston Globe article outlines the non-empirical method upon which feminists gather "statistics" that will support their biased view of gender/family relations. The report drew a sharp response from critics, including the chief justice of the family court system, who condemned the study as skewed because it relied on testimony only from women with complaints about custody decisions, not from those satisfied with the rulings. The author goes on to say that men who are abusers (accused of abuse)were often given custody or liberal visitation rights(?). In MA, all a woman has to do is claim 'abuse' and the system often imprisons the father, and in most cases the family courts strips him of constitutional rights as a result."

SJones writes "The Jewish World Review has an excellent article dealing with a misandric ruling in Nebraska over paternity fraud. The author argues that a man who is lied to about paternity and made to pay support is a victim of fraud. The article is here."

ppmnow sent us this article from the News Tribune and writes "A custody battle, an exchange of words, and an innocent woman shot dead...by another woman. Clearly feminists are becoming much less clever at hiding their violence, and no longer afraid of shooting their own gender." The murderer was Lorraine Laxton, who formerly chaired the Federal Way Domestic Violence Task Force. She left this position "abruptly," as co-workers were concerned about her " frightening temper and penchant for carrying handguns." Thanks also to Mark Rosenthal for submitted this version from the Seattle Times.

"TheBlackDog.net, an Irish-based website for men who suffer from mental distress, invites its brothers from across the pond to join us for our launch this Friday from 9 PM GMT (that's 4 PM Eastern Time). The night will involve men speaking about their experiences and what they have found useful in dealing with the changing world. There will be plenty of scope for music and mingling. Click on The Men's Room link on our home page, login and meet fellow black dogs in Ireland this Friday evening. theblackdog.net is Ireland's interactive self-help site for men coping with mental turbulence. It is a place for men to visit, take their time, exchange views and advice, get angry, relax or get information which might be useful. We are confidential, independent, non-judgemental, readily available and easy to switch off. We are proud to be brothers of maledepression.com and salute our comrades in America."

The Men's Hour November programme is out including: A protest in Strasbourg, France. Ian Kelly on the newly proposed U.K. rape law. Trudy W. Schuett on CyberManbooks. The death of Myra Hindley, child murderer. MSNHatesMen challenges MSN's sexism.

Also, a Christmas message for men is proposed. Ideas and contributions for a message that just might help men who can be very vulnerable at Christmas time (such as fathers excluded from their family) are welcome.

With birth control, abortion, artificial insemination, cloning, and ovular merging, women are well on their way to becoming biologically independent of men. This has led to a very real threat of men being reduced to a "manageable," low percentage of the population.

The promise of male birth control, stem cells, and artificial wombs has helped to reestablish a balance of power, in which men would no longer be dependent upon women for reproduction. A missing link in all of this, however, has been the need to obtain eggs from women in order to clone a man or possibly merge the genes of two men into an offspring.

This article (registration required) describes a prospective attempt to create a human-mouse hybrid using stem cells. It seems it might be possible for such a (mostly) mouse to create human egg cells. If that is the case, in principle a man's genes could be inserted into such an egg cell and the resulting embryo carried to term in an artificial womb. If you think things are strange now, just give us humans a few more years.

John Knouten writes "
Due to discrimination many fathers become desperados with
nothing to lose. Thus, some become suicidal. Some become violent.
The story is here." From the article:

"Men who snap in such violent ways have few defenders. Yet fathers' rights groups, joined by a few academic experts, see a common denominator in these recent bursts of rage, and ask whether America's family court system could be partly at fault by deepening the despair of many divorced men."

Anonymous User writes "Wendy McElroy's column this week is about recent attacks on her from mainstream feminists, one of whom slandered her to a potential employer in an effort to harm her career. Wendy's latest column is here. We live in a sick world."