Mike LaSalle writes "Comrades - Men's News Daily is now carrying a daily audio news digest called MND News Briefs. Please take a listen and let me know what you all think! My intention is to focus on the current men's news topics of that day and do a quick audio overview of those stories-- maybe two minutes total. Links to the full story text can be found on my web site. The audio is in mp3 format - playable by the usual streaming audio players. Happy New Year!" Nice idea, Mike!

An Anonymous User sent us this link to a BBC story about the results of an Army study which is to be published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. In 1998, the British Army ended the double standards for training men and women and the results were predictable: women trainee's likelihood of being injured increased dramatically, while men's stayed about the same. "women are now eight times more likely than the male recruits to be discharged with an overuse injury...the findings point to a serious conflict between equal opportunity law and health and safety legislation."

DaveW submitted this UK Independent article and writes "Authorities use insurance fraud laws to prosecute this modern-day, man-killing witch." This story confirms again that women who murder their husbands often use subversive methods rather than direct ones. Also, do you see the term "domestic violence" anywhere in this article?

Neil Steyskal submitted this article from the Washington Post that addresses the issues that low-income men face. It even points out that child support payments should be reduced when a man's income declines, and suggests that arrearages should be forgiven if they can become consistent in paying current support. Read it, this is a rare article.

After hearing about the problems some people are having ordering the book Spreading Misandry, I contacted Katherine Young, one of the book's co-authors. She wrote, "Yes, the book is out of print. It was released only in November 2001 and six weeks later was sold out. It has had enormous media and print attention in Canada, which was a surprise to everyone.The press is reprinting it. I've just called them to see when it will be available again. I know they are trying to turn it around fast but the holidays have intervened. When I get the news I'll let you know." I guess we should be glad that this book is selling so fast. Maybe the publishers will realize there is a market for books on men's issues that they hadn't realized before.

Neil Steyskal sent in two recent letters from Ann Lander's advice column. One of which addresses the taboo subject of "deadbeat mothers," and the other from a man who reminds people of the problems that non-custodial parents (mostly fathers) face which are not prioritized the way child support payment is.

frank h writes "The letter copied below is one that I submitted to the Times Of Trenton and it was published today. There's nothing really remarkable about it, except that it does include use of the word "misandry." When submitting the letter, I made a point of asking that the word be left intact. (I covered her last name in this submission; it was not covered as such in the newspaper.)" Click Read More to view frank's letter.

This story, which appeared in the Dec. 27 Washington Post details NOW's efforts (via a "Women at Ground Zero" video) to derail federal attempts to assist the victims and cities in recovery by diverting funding earmarked for recovery to encourage more women to enter the rescue fields. Apparently, NOW is upset that only 25 of the 11,000-some-odd firefighters in New York are female, and it doesn't matter to them that women make their own career choices. It's also worth pointing out that images of men in the media got a boost from the emergency workers responses to the 9/11 outrages. Perhaps NOW simply can't stand positive images of men?
Update: My apologies to Neil Steyskal for not mentioning him earlier. He also submitted this story.

In her latest column, ifeminist and friend of MANN Wendy McElroy describes how the efforts of American government to force "diversification" is not the same thing as promoting equality. While she does criticize the men's movement for claiming that the recent Ford discrimination lawsuit and the Jim Babyak lawsuit are victories, she has a point that government needs to stay out of the diversification business.

This Wednesday's on-line chat will be a discussion about what worked for us in 2001 and how to apply these strategies to promote men's rights and fight male bashing in the new year that has begun. Stop by our chat page at 9:30 PM EST on 1/2/02, say hello to everyone, and share your New Year's Resolutions regarding activism! I'll also be looking for a volunteer to help me maintain the Media Watch page, which I think will become a more important and utilized resource of this site in future. See you there!

Stan Gaver writes "Columnist Mona Charen has a great article about the latest male heroes who confronted the "shoe bomber" on AA flight 63. Her closing is particularly enheartening: "God bless our men, who've taken so much undeserved abuse for decades, yet never stopped being men and gentlemen."" Thanks also to krob4399 for sending this link in, too.

As the founder of Mensactivism.org, I'd like to take a few moments to thank the people who have made this site such a success this year, and more than I ever expected it to be. Click Read More below to read some notes on the history of MANN, the people who have brought us to our current point, and the top five comment posters. Let the good times roll...

napnip received a response from Ames Department Stores after he e-mailed them about the vending machines inside those stores containing boy bashing stickers ("Boys Are Aliens," "Boys Are Brainless," "I Make Boys Cry," among others). Store officials point out that they do not stock the vending machines themselves, but have asked the company which does to remove the offending stickers. You can read the e-mail to napnip by clicking Read more below. Here again, we see proof that our activism works.

I've received two book reviews for Rich Zubaty's excellent book, What Men Know That Women Don't. You can view them in the Read More section, and the book can be bought at this site, in either electronic form (so you can download it immediately), or in print. Many thanks to J. Steven Svoboda and Ssargon for the reviews!

equalitarian62 writes, "I finally plugged my TV in again in order to see what new male-bashing commercials were airing. I didn't have to wait long. Reebok had two commercials featuring men acting like fools, with the theme music being "This is a Man's World." In one of these commercials, a man walks into a gym full of fit women, and trips and stumbles over the exercise equipment. At the end he is rescued from a machine by one of these strong women, and the message "It's a Woman's World" flashes on the screen. I think that this is once again a highly offensive way of selling products. I'll be sure not to buy anything from Reebok in the future. Apparently these misandristic ads are part of a new campaign called "It's a Woman's World." Click here for more info." Also thanks to Adam S. for notifying us of this. Nightmist's Note: You can screen the insulting ads (as well as a "behind the scenes" explanation of them) here. Click Read More for Reebok contact info.