ronn submitted this article from Fathermag.com. It's an essay on what I believe is the typical experience of divorced fathers, and is a good introduction to what father's rights is all about in that respect. For married dads that haven't gone through this yet, he points out that you are only "one decision" away from being in his shoes. The truth of this is often hard to swallow, but needs to be acknowledged. All dads are vulnerable, and they need to realize this and start supporting men's rights.

Glenn Sacks wrote another knockout article on the topic of Michael Jordan's divorce, which was initiated by his wife. The way the article opens is great - it really shows the double standard at play here. As Sacks writes, "In discussing relationships, American society has taken the immense complexity and difficulty of marriage and family life and reduced it to one simple rule--when in doubt, blame the man." Sacks points out several media stories on the divorce which prove this point. His article is also being featured on the ifeminists.com web site. Thanks goes out to ronn for submitting this as well.

The Men's Health Campaign to stop the media silence on the brutalization of Afghan men is currently in Phase II. If you aren't on the MHA mailing list, join here. There are currently four critical messages that need to be read: introduction, MHA Special Report Facts, MHA and NCFM Join Forces, and 9 Out of 10 Landmine Victims are Male. Let's make Phase II of this campaign just as successful as the first!

This article from Feminist Utopia attacks the gender feminist policies which have led to more funding for breast cancer research than prostate cancer research. It also provides a table of facts about various cancers and the differences in mortality for men and women. While I was collecting information to present here I happened to notice something else... men are infected with cancers that make up the majority of cancer victims at higher rates than women are. I will not speculate why that is, there is plenty of information available for you to investigate on your own. But it is a point worth making notice of.

Luek writes "This article is significant because of the way the state of New
Jersey seems to bend over backwards to make the sentence as easy as
possible for the female rapist. Ever notice that when boys are statutorily raped by females such as in this case it is rarely referred to as "rape" in the media? It is always, "endangering the welfare of a child" as in the recent Paula Poundstone whitewash or "aggravated(sic)sexual assault." This article illustrates the misandrous double standard when it comes to female sexual predators. They are viewed as having a mental illness whereas male offenders are moral bankrupts who should be put away for at least 20+ years."

Steve Burke submitted this story from Foster's Daily Democrat, describing a NH Senate bill that, if passed, will require men to sign consent forms when obtaining drivers licenses to be automatically registered with Selective Service upon turning 18. As the article states, so much for the "Live Free or Die" slogan. It's hard for me not to editorialize more on this here, so I'll refrain from further comment.

A bill in the Tennessee House of Representatives (filed for introduction on Monday) proposes to make joint custody of children the law in Tennessee, rather than creating a primary caregiver and visitation for the other parent. This PDF explains the details of the amendment. At its base, the bill says that joint custody should be the default judgment unless one parent is abusive. If a preponderance of evidence contrary to the abuse claims is not presented (guilty until proven innocent), primary custody will be given to the other parent.

Anonymous User writes "Am I the only one to be disturbed by this story? Testing of boys as young as 12? Is there any better way to prepare children for the notion that just by being born male, they are simply rapists-in-waiting? Aside from the implications for the children, what about the adults? If I refuse because I know I didn't do it and resent the implication, doesn't that put me under a cloud of suspicion? Or does everyone take the view that if you've done nothing wrong, you've got nothing to fear?" This is going TOO FAR. Men should be in open revolt for something like this. "Detectives are asking every male aged between 12 and 40 and living within 300 metres of the scene of the assault to take part in the screening." I've been told that this is a huge story on Scotland right now. Please, Scottish activists, don't let this happen!

AFG sent us this story from the UK Telegraph and writes "Recently, there has been discussion on this site concerning false allegations of rape. One gender feminist has posted that "women don't lie about rape". Well, here is another case that totally disproves her claim." The motive for the accusation was that the woman was upset for "having had an affair for the first time." The woman was sentenced for six months in jail for the false accusation.

Bledso writes "This is yet another classic example of the male buffoon advertising style that plagues us. The Red Lobster commercial can be viewed here. There is also a nauseating writeup that sings its praises here. Some guy acts like a fool as his significant other, not surprisingly, rolls her eyes with disgust. Same old nonsense. Although I'm not a fan of this type of "buffoon" advertising, if they are going to use it, they should at least be "inclusive" and allow women to join men and be free of their "state of invisibility" with regard to idiot characterizations. I hear no cry for equal representation in this arena."

Neil Steyskal also sent in this link to a USA Today story and writes "Geena Davis is being used to push Title IX even after USA Today showed that it has devastated men's teams. Comment to: editor@usatoday.com." It's one thing to promote girls' interest in sports, but another to encourage discrimination accusations with "quizzes" on Title IX compliance and promoting a destructive double standard.

This story in the Nashville Scene reports on the opening of the Mary Parrish Center for Victims of Domestic and Sexual Violence, coming Feb. 14. According to the article, victims of abuse face more bureaucratic red tape than assistance in Nashville, and this center hopes to change that. The author alludes that the center assists both women and men. A woman--or man, for that matter--who finally musters the courage to seek protection from their abuser is always in for a rude awakening when she or he encounters the city's Byzantine bureaucracy. But the new center's opening is expected to mitigate such procedural red tape for Nashville victims, many of whom face life or death situations.

Due to various reasons, it has been decided that the MANN on-line chats will be held on the first and third Wednesday nights of every month. Topics will be announced 1-2 days before the scheduled chats. Thus there will be no official chat this evening. If you still want to meet an chew the fat with other men's activists, you can still stop by the chat room every week, but there's no guarantee that anyone else will be there.

A new DesertLight Journal issue has been released, which includes news about a Maryland paternity fraud court case, a college which is getting a dialogue going between the women's programs and men's programs administrators, and further progress on the International Men's Network, which recently added groups such as Family Oriented Men and Live Beat Dads - Scotland to its umbrella. You can read the latest DLJ at this link.

Neil Steyskal submitted this USA Today article critical of Title IX. " When college administrators cut men's programs, they rarely add women's sports. Getting equal numbers of athletes, in other words, ''living by a quota,'' is all that matters." The article states that in the past six years, more than 350 men's athletic programs have been cut. Mike Moyer, the author, is the director of the National Wrestling Coaches Association.