Steve writes "I will host this week's MANN chat, Wednesday night (10/30),
starting at 9:30 PM Eastern Time, at the usual location. The topic
for this chat will be 'Do we need an Office of Men's Health?'  The Men's Health Act
of 2001 would create an Office of Men's Health within the Department
of Health and Human Services.  However, that bill is languishing in
Congress, while men continue to suffer from the concerns the bill seeks to address.
 Some men say we need an Office of Men's Health to promote men's health
and well-being.  Other men say such an office would merely create bigger
government and more bureaucracy, and would not produce any tangible benefits
for men.  What do you say?  Join us at this week's MANN chat to
share your views on the proposed Office of Men's Health or men's health issues
generally.  Invite a friend to accompany you to the chat; he'll thank
you for it!"

Raymond Cuttill writes "In the October Men's Hour; Michael J. Geanoulis talks about The NH Commission on the Status of Men, how hearts and minds are being won. Will the WHO report on violence save men from everything from suicide through domestic and sexual violence to war? Well, not exactly. In Costa Rica mothers can name the father of their baby if they want to. Presumably then they never get it wrong - right? wrong! Available at www.menshour.com. Listen online or download MP3s."

Anonymous User writes "In this article on ifeminists.com, Kirsten Tyrnan argues that the veto of California's paternity fraud legislation was not as irresponsible as Glenn Sacks and Dianna Thompson believe. In fact, vetoing the bill prevented the state from making the mistake of trading one set of problems for another. Tyrnan's main concern with the original bill is also well stated. Neither the woman who lied about vital information to the presumed father, nor the system which blindly enforced her fraudulent claims against him, would be held accountable.
"

Dianna Thompson and Glenn Sacks will host their first live call-in show on MND radio tonight at 9 PM EST/6 PM PST. They will be discussing the war against so-called "deadbeat dads" and the new, election season punitive measures against divorced dads being discussed in Ohio. The show will be on Men's News Daily radio and the call-in number is 1-888-440-3476.

SJones writes "A recent article discusses how the medical community ignores older men's health problems, specifically osteoporosis."

" To investigate whether doctors treat osteoporosis in men who are hospitalized for hip fracture, the researchers reviewed the medical records of more than 300 patients at least 50 years old. Patients were asked in mailed questionnaires whether they received any medication for osteoporosis [...].


According to the report, less than 5% of men had received any treatment for osteoporosis when they were discharged from the hospital, compared with 27% of women."

CJ writes "Here is a somewhat unbiased article that was prominently featured in The Boston Globe concerning domestic abuse. The headline and pictures associated with the article look like they are of standard feminist slanted variety that newspapers regularly publish. But this one presents men's issues as they relate to the domestic violence "industry." As usual, the local feminists have issue with the truth. PLEASE contact the Globe to support unbiased reporting like this, and send them facts and support on domestic violence issues."" letter@globe.com

Dan Lynch sent us this story from Men's News Daily and writes "Here is an opportunity to do some more letter writing activism. There is a male friendly judge who is trying for a supreme court seat. In fact I think he is all about the greatness of fathers. Even his own daugther, which I think is great, is his biggest supporter. His name is Judge Steve Alexander who "is a fiscal and social conservative who believes in the sanctity of family and fatherhood" is trying to get himself on the ballot for Washington State Supreme Court, Position 4. If this is of an interest to you, you may consider writing in or helping with the "grassroots" campaign they, his daugther and many others are trying to organize for his admission. "I wanted to be there for my children--not just a name on their birth certificate, but a strong, warm, and loving presence in their lives"-Judge Alexander." I'm really sorry for taking so long to post this, I hope there's still time for it to help.

Serge writes "CBS recently aired a "60 Minutes" episode on boys. "Just as educators’ special efforts to improve the performance of girls in school is showing success, they now have a new problem: boys are falling behind at all levels of education. Lesley Stahl reports." The above snippet is the only transcript found on their site. All the other segments of that showing are transcribed! While partially putting the blame on fathers who fail to encourage their sons in scholastic achievement, as well as crying that "men still earn more," the program did raise important questions that are but all too familiar to this site's readers. But overall, I think it was a step in the right direction and is sure to get some discussion going in wider circles. Perphaps someone else could find the transcript of this on their site, as I am unable to. Otherwise, we should probably encourage them." I've received word that N.O.W. has issued an action alert to lobby CBS to stop acknowledging the plight of males in school, so we really need to counter their efforts and help increase this kind of coverage.

Robex writes "The BBC reports today that "Some of the UK's biggest cancer killers get only a fraction of the funding they deserve".

The graph has been produced by The UK National Cancer Research Institute and is the first ever comprehensive breakdown of cancer research in the UK.

You will be unsurprised to find that Breast Cancer is one of the most heavily funded cancers versus mortality rate. And if you ever were in doubt about the task we face in getting people to write about male health, the article manages to avoid mentiononing Prostate Cancer once. Of all the cancers shown on the graph, it and Melanoma are the only ones not mentioned."

kade writes "FoxNews has an excellent argument against "Battered Woman Syndrome",
which claims that battered women are psychologically traumatized and therefore not responsible for their violent actions.
As stated in the article, BWS is "a legal defense available to women and de facto denied to men."" Wendy McElroy is the author of this excellent piece.

Steve writes "I will host this week's MANN chat, Wednesday night
(10/23), starting at 9:30 PM Eastern Time, at the usual location. The topic
for this chat will be 'Men's Support Groups as Aids to Activism.'  On
Sunday, I had the pleasure of meeting several men's activists in Denver, Colorado.
 They gave me a warm welcome and we discussed, among other things, men's
support groups.  Establishing a men's support group can be challenging.
 Running a men's support group can be even more challenging.  Yet,
great adventures and rewards await those who face the challenges of working
with a small group of men who meet regularly and support one another on various
issues.  What do men's support groups have to do with men's activism?
 How can I start a men's support group?  How can being 'one of
the guys' in a men's support group make me a better activist?  Join us at this week's MANN chat to discuss these questions
and more.  Take a friend or two to the chat, also!"

Dan Lynch writes "On Thursday I am scheduled to be on the Lion Radio at Penn State University. I will be talking about Men's Issues that are known to us and possibly challenging whoever it is they bring to debate me. I'm going to try and get an mp3 of the show so I can send around to people if the show turns out well. You can listen to the show live over the net. You will have to suppress your 'pop up squasher program' if you have one, so you can get the pop-up link to choose your bandwidth, etc... The show is planned for October 24th starting at 5 PM EST. Log on early just in case; sometimes the music is pretty good and it has less comercials. You can even call in and rant. I have no idea how many people listen to this station but that's what it's all about - raising awareness wherever you can. I will try to use my negotiation skills in regards to dispute resolution. Let's see what comes of it."

This is quite an
interesting article here, as it looks at the monastic community of Mount
Athos which is a spiritual retreat for the nearest man, and for a thousand years has banned
women and all images of women from the island. The writer thinks this is woman hating at its
worst, but overlooks the fact that at the start at the article he says this was done in the
name of the Virgin Mary. As Bugs Bunny would say, "what a maroon!"

Didja miss me? I hope so, as it shows good taste :-) Ok, enough cheap jokes and let's get to
the article. This one is a series of articles centered around Sylvia Ann Hewlett's book
Creating A Life: Professional Women and the Quest for Children which is focused on the
large trend of childless career women. I admit this is not what you expect to see around here, but this book has got
a large amount of feminists going mad over the issues it raises, and I thought you might
be interested in seeing what all the fuss is about. Feel free to
check it out for yourself.

An Anonymous User sent us this link to the California chapter of NOW's debunked Family Court Report 2002. It appears that it has been revised recently, and I'd be curious to know if anyone familiar with the controversy over the first version could tell us what the new changes are? Please post your thoughts in the comments section below.