Neil Steyskal sent in this column from townhall.com which attempts to lay the "blame" for abortions on men. According to the article, most women who get abortions are doing so under pressure from husbands or boyfriends, and not because they are choosing to do so. Bunk? You decide.

warble sent us this link and writes "Mississippi Senate Bill 2460 requires a principal aggressor to be arrested, and this sounds nice on the surface. However, it is an example of how super-fems have an agenda to pass laws that will criminalize males. If this law is passed, it will not matter if a female is highly aggressive and violent due to drugs or alcohol. What will happen is that there will be many men that must resort to a use of a defensive force to prevent personal injury...The male will undoubtedly be labeled and prosecuted as the primary aggressor. This is an example of an illegal law that violates current self-defense laws." I also favor "initial aggressor" (who started attacking first) arrests rather than "primary aggressor" ones because police can be very biased to view men as more dangerous than women.

If political incorrectness is what you're looking for, this article may be it. Dennis Neder on AskMen.com ventures into uncharted territory by revealing many of the reasons men give up on relationships. After perusing the list, I will say that I've experienced more than one of them.

DanCurry writes "As if we weren't already bombarded with male-bashing in the media, Judicial System and Politics. Enter stage left, more junk science to show our natural inferiority to females, is peering it's ugly head once again. This report, from Michigan State University, laden with contradictions, tries to characterize the increased birth of boys as a defect caused by contamination from pollutants and futher links this to birth defects. At best, the report is inconclusive and should have never seen the printing press as it only serves as ammunition in the ever growing acceptance of male-bashing and female superiority."

tparker writes "Christina Hoff Sommers is going to be speaking at the Yale Political Union on Monday, 01/28/02, on the topic of Women's Studies. I don't know if this is a debate format or what. Sure would like to hear the results. The URL of the announcement is here." I bet the feathers are going to fly today!

Tom Campbell and Will Johnson both submitted this article by Phyllis Schafly. In it, Schafly outlines the danger of feminism trying to eliminate masculine men, and our good fortune that we still have some left when they are needed in the war on terrorism. While Schafly is obviously using the double standard of chivalry, she does seem to appreciate men and criticizes how feminism has demonized and marginalized men and masculinity.

Wendy McElroy's increasingly popular Fox News column this week relates the story of Derrick Miller (who committed suicide on the steps of the San Diego courthouse recently) and discusses its relationship to father's rights. If a similar rise in female suicides was occurring, a public crusade would demand a remedy. Yet the extraordinarily high rate of male suicide is rarely discussed. Wendy also quotes my Jan. 15 column on the subject. *blush* Fair warning as well: this column may give you chills.

Anonymous User writes "MTV's TRL (Total Request Live) ran an episode this week called "Ass-Kicking Chicks" featuring 10 of the most popular female acts in music. Videos of the artists were shown and the artists were interviewed, and they talked about how unfair life is for women. Male-bashing was of course the central theme of the show. Just when I thought it couldn't get any worse the two hostesses wrapped up the show by thanking all the women featured and finished with a comment for men..."and thanks for men for being so much lamer than we are" said the one while the other followed with "losers!" and put her hand in the shape of an L on her forehead. I figured they might take it back or add a "just kidding," but they didn't. That was the final send-off. I don't have a link for the show or MTV but I'm sure there is one."

Here's an interesting article about the "fun" a man had trying to hold a masculist workshop and promote men's issues at the same time. He gives some handy tips on what to do and what to expect, and he made some converts for our good cause at the same time. So, have a read of the article to get the full story.

This story from Lycos News provides the prime example needed to refute gender feminist claims that terrorism is male. A Palenstinian woman apparently blew up herself and another in a terrorist attack in Israel. Surprisingly, the news article does not make a big deal out of the fact that the terrorist was a woman, except for this: If confirmed, it would be the first suicide bombing carried out by a woman in Israel. It was the first fatal bombing carried out by a woman in a 16-month Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation. Israeli officials also say they've heard rumblings about more women terrorists. Update: Also thanks to frank h for submitting the Yahoo! version of this story and aurora for submitting the Fox News version.

The Men's Health America campaign to expose the plight of Afghan men is now in full swing. Click here for info on lobbying the director of Amnesty International to stop neglecting the human rights violations of Afghan men. This recent posting also includes the e-mail addresses of other AI officials. Our voice is stronger in numbers - please take a moment to help and increase our volume!

Warren Farrell has written a new article on fatherhood based on his findings in Father and Child Reunion. He makes quite a good case that nearly all of us have missed the start of the "silent revolution" involving fatherhood, and that the much unnoticed contributions and sacrifices fathers make. It's part 1 of 2 articles, so can someone keep an eye on the site and inform us when the next part is written? It would be greatly appreciated.

Nightmist has been helping out by taking over the maintenance of the Media Watch page, which will now be updated more regularly. If you find a commercial or ad which you feel is particularly pro- or anti-male, please drop us a line at admin@mensactivism.org and we will look into adding it. And a special thanks to Nightmist for taking over this project!

Neil Steyskal sent us this article from Newsweek and writes "Eleanor Clift is pushing the story about the pay gap widening. She slants it to imply that discrimination against women is increasing. But the feminists are smart enough to avoid making that claim explicit. It would look pretty silly. Still, this study will clearly provoke a lot of agitation, and probably some new laws. Let's hope someone objective can get at the study's details."

Wendy and I have both been inordinately busy in the past week, and it was decided that we would not come up with any particular topic for tonight's joint chat, which is held at the iFeminists chat room. So if you want to drop by and talk it up, about just about anything, feel free to do so. The chat normally begins at 9 PM EST.