Deacon sent us this article from Fox News and writes "In an effort to prevent sexual harassment lawsuits stemming from failed office relationships, employment lawyers in Pittsburgh are creating contracts that prevent workers involved in a failed relationship with a co-worker to press harassment suits. However, that also means that all office relationships are documented."

ronn submitted this story from the UK Times which is an excellent article on boys' issues. Libby Purves confronts stereotypes about boys and explains what they need but are not getting from society today: boys need challenge, boys need men, and boys need love and respect. Purves ends the article with an appropriate remark: "if we let the Lost Boys proliferate, their wasted lives and sadness will haunt us all...Berating them as thugs or tittering at them as sex maniacs is not the answer."

Glenn Sacks discussed his Valentine's Day article, Should Men Still Be Expected to Pay for Dates? on St. Louis radio Thursday. Callers male and female agreed that it is time for change and that men and women need to start splitting the check. Glenn was on the George Noory Show on KTRS AM 550. Audio of the show will be available on Glenn's website soon.

The UK Guardian has an article here which reports that family court judges are beginning to educate people about the problems divorce causes in an attempt to be more equitable and reduce the number of fathers who picket in front of their homes. This kind of court reform is very powerful coming from inside the system itself, and proves that men's voices can no longer be ignored so callously.

Dean Tong writes "For those father's/men's rightsters who reside in the Los Angeles area, I'll be on KABC-AM 790 w/Al Rantel next Wednesday
February 20th at 9 p.m. PST. We'll be discussing the evolution of false/unfounded child abuse and domestic violence claims. In addition, I'll comment on the Danielle Van Dam kidnapping case."

George Rolph writes "Man2Man is a new site (January 2002) for male victims of female perpetrated domestic violence. We offer support for male victims and list helplines that are available for men. We need funds so if you can help, please do."

Josh Adams from the Union Leader interviewed me and wrote an article on the formation of Stop Hating Men at UNH. I feel the article was a bit more confrontational or "SHM vs. SHARPP" than I would have liked, but as we all know, the media thrives on conflict. The article was very good in other ways, though. Click here to read it.

donaldcameron1 writes "This article from Business Wire is wonderful example of just how important children have always been to their fathers, and how important fathers are to their children.
Specifically: "The Armenian-American TREX Fraternity was founded in Fresno during the 1920's. Inspired by hatred, prejudice and ignorance, the group was founded as a social club by Armenian fathers whose children weren't being invited to school events. They formed their own social club to fill the void. The fraternity now boasts 1,000 members and 15 chapters statewide, with 70 members in the Orange County chapter." I have e-mailed, the Armenian National Committee of America for a more appropriate link to The Armenian-American TREX Fraternity but have not received it yet."

Matthew writes "This article from Yahoo! news talks about a recent study from Israel that shows that mens risk of stroke is reduced if they have a happy family life. Men were also less likely to have a stroke if they had fewer financial concerns."

Douglas Rome, alphamale
, and warble all submitted news about the recent confession of Amy Gehring in media interviews, after her trial ended where she was acquitted. warble writes "This article quotes Amy Gehring as “…having sex with a 16-year-old pupil, saying she felt "quite stupid for all of the things I did". Where are the feminists on this issue? Worse, Ms. Gehring was previously “identified as a "risk" to children, but still allowed to work in another school.” This would not have happened if this teacher were a male." She has a lot of nerve for confessing this after the trial. Could she really feel bad about the situation, or is she mocking the judicial system and gloating that she got away with it?

Raymond Cuttill writes "It contains segments with Trudy W. Schuett about the DesertLight Journal and cyberManbooks.com (the new men's publisher) and Raymond Cuttill about cyberManbooks.com. It also has an item about women terrorists. It's at www.menshour.com or to go direct to the February programme: here."

Wayne writes "It looks like the State of Georgia sees the massive injustices heaped upon men and is ACTING to correct some of the problems. Georgians for Child Support Reform Supports
House Bill 672 because: The current child support guidelines result in excessive and inappropriate awards leaving all but the very wealthy with little left to support themselves. The incomes and child costs of BOTH parents are part of the proposed new guideline. Child-related tax benefits are shared with both parents as part of House Bill 672.
House Bill 672 would replace the current guidelines that use only the one parent's income. Through fair and equitable child support awards, children will no longer be treated as a financial prize by either parent. www.gachildsupport.org."

Trudy W Schuett writes "Celebrate V-Day our way! CyberManbooks.com is holding its Grand Opening Thursday, February 14th. Drop by http://www.cyberManbooks.com for the marathon chat! Meet cyberMan authors Dave Bates, Bernard Chapin, and Hareendran Kallinkeel, and talk to Raymond Cuttill and Trudy Schuett, publishers and owners of cyberManbooks.com. Find out about the first-ever international man-friendly publisher, and chat with our homies all over the world." Click Read More below to view the schedule of the chat for various time zones.

Scott Garman (now why does that name sound familiar?) is apparently fed up with the way men at the University of New Hampshire were being treated, particularly after the vandalism of a fraternity house by radicals who want to portray men as rapists. His goals with the newly found Stop Hating Men group are to bring men and women from the University community together to speak out against male bashing at UNH. The organization has a web site which can be seen here.

My latest column, which should also appear later today on Wendy McElroy's ifeminists.com, examines the blatant discrimination against men (particularly white men) exercised recently by Ford Motor Co., toward both its employees and its buying public (via a male bashing commercial). Although Ford recently settled the lawsuit brought against it by employees, and pulled the ad campaign from most of its Canadian market, it'll take more than lawsuits and complaints to an advertising panel to change the company's ways.