John May sent in this chat transcript from CNN where gender feminist leader Gloria Steinem is interviewed. The main topic of the discussion is women's rights in Afghanistan, but it's always a good idea to keep tabs on what Steinem is up to.

Douglas Rome submitted this article from the UK Guardian. It describes the increasing derision people are expressing for older men, and as Douglas writes, "This article is especially interesting in that it's by a radical feminist who's shown no previous sympathy for men's plight: I think they're becoming worried, at last, over the molten fury of the men's movement about what Karpf describes as sexism hiding behind feminism."

The same Anon User who sent in the news that Egypt has banned the flogging of male prisoners also discovered this Reuters article which states that 137 Saudi Arabian and five foreign young men were flogged for "harassing women." I have no idea what they mean by harassment, whether it was inappropriate touching or possibly rape, but even Amnesty International believes this to be a grave human rights violation of these men, as reported in the article.

An Anonymous User writes, "On Dec. 19, Judy Mann wrote a column in the Washington Post that stereotyped and vilified men. Many of us wrote letters to the editor. On Dec. 22, the Post "Free for All" section ran a letter from a Markus Garlauskas that characterized Mann's column as "an anti-male message of hate." On Friday, Judy Mann resigned her position at the Post. I don't know whether or not we can take full credit for her resignation, but I do believe that we did make a difference to stop anti-male bigotry." Apparently, Judy couldn't help but make a few final snide remarks about men in her last article (see paragraph 3, in particular). Good riddance.

AFG writes "This commentary from the Washington Times discusses the epidemic of various men in jail for crimes they did not commit. In particular, it informs us about the way in which governmental and judicial authorities often ignore new evidence or employ "snitches" in order to ensure a conviction or keep a man behind bars. It also talks briefly about feminist lawyers who use the courts to "act out sex grudges"" Also thanks to an Anonymous User who sent in this link.

Remo writes "This interview in Feminista! is with a long-time veteran of domestic violence shelters. Note the implicit misandric assumptions. Also the statement near the end that the shelters are but a way-station for a larger political goal. And lastly, note the corrupting influence of money. Let's hope the men's movement doesn't make the same mistakes."

An Anonymous User writes "Robert McElvaine of Millsaps University wrote a book called "Eve's Seed," where he states that women invented agriculture and men are jealous because of it. Just the childish cartoon on the book's website, www.evesseed.com, is proof of male-bashing. A part of the song "Margaritaville" plays in the background, which states "...but I know, it's my own damn fault." The explanation of the book's content reveals more male-bashing. McElvaine's e-mail address is mcelvrs@millsaps.edu."

Some time ago, MANN posted an article about a new sexual predator law which intended to keep people convicted of sexual crimes locked up longer than their actual sentences. According to this story in the Des Moines Register, this law is now being used to keep people who have been convicted of other crimes behind bars beyond their sentences. The following problems now arise: if we're going to ingore sentencing, why have it at all? Does this mean that anyone can now be locked up indefinitely for any offense? What happened to "he paid his debt to society?"

An Anonymous Reader submitted this letter from AngryHarry.com which is in response to this letter in the Irish Times about domestic violence against men. The Irish Times letter attempts to debunk all research on women's violence, which Karl takes them to task on. Of course, Karl's letter wasn't printed, as it is very long, but was an important rebuttal that people here may have an interest in reading.

Wendy McElroy directed me to Will Shurley's school newspaper article about the male-bashing art exhibit formerly displayed in the Boulder, Colorado public library. Shurley, from Baylor University, is the first college student I'm aware of who has confronted the "hung out to dry" art exhibit and domestic violence against men in a campus newspaper. He should be praised highly for his efforts. Why not drop him a line at Will_Shurley@baylor.edu and say hello?

Neil Steyskal writes "Here's a helpful article by a woman who does workshops on avoiding divorce: Michell Weiner-Davis. She also has two books out concentrating on how one person can often save a relationship without first convincing his partner to work on it."

Glenn Sacks, the only regularly published male columnist in the US who writes about gender issues from a perspective unapologetically sympathetic to men, takes on the issue of domestic violence against elderly men in his latest column. It's a good read on a topic that gets little attention in today's domestic violence news stories. Glenn was also interviewed on talk radio station KABC in Los Angeles, and a streaming audio version of his interview can be heard here in MP3 format.

donaldcameron1 writes "The left-wing feminist rag, The Toronto Daily Star, plunks this heroic tragedy into a shared article Hero teen dies saving relatives from blaze about two fires in the Toronto area, damming the boy's heroics with faint praise. Yes, [his story] does get first billing in the article, but it gets about the same coverage as a different fire in which personal injuries to two other (anonymous) men occurred. The boy even went back into that fire repeatedly."

stevenjones sent in a BC comic strip from 12/22 that he found pretty insulting to fathers. It mocks "deadbeat dads" and anyone who might have any compassion for them. Unfortunately, there is no direct link to the strip - you must first click here and then select the Dec. 22 strip from the menu under the Archive section.

Another Anonymous User sent in this article from the Boston Globe that goes into more detail about the Smith College coach who was fired so that they could have a woman coach. The discrimination here becomes very clear despite everything that coach Babyak did for the teams and the school.