frank h sent in this story from the National Post and writes "While this news is not new (it was mentioned in a posting a few days ago), this author provides an interesting analysis of the recent announcement by feminists that they will boycott the subject government meetings. Their misandry is showing, glaringly, and I can only conclude from this that progress is being made. However, I'm not sure that the government's language, even now, supports men/fathers very well. The author includes phone and fax numbers at the bottom of the article and I would encourage all of our Canadian readers to use them."

Andrew writes "I expected this article to be about the feminist destruction of the American military, particularly in reference to the recent decision to issue the Army Rangers' 'black beret,' previously restricted to an elite fighting force, to all 'soldiers' (including perky girls) regardless of ability or accomplishment. Indeed it began on that subject, but quickly developed into a really excellent analysis of all that has gone wrong in American culture in recent decades, focusing on the 'downsizing' of men and manhood that is the real (and inevitable) aim and effect of the feminist campaign to make everyone 'equal.' And that ultimately can have only one result: as I've noted, while America is working to make its military 'female-friendly,' China is busy toughening up the largest army on the planet. In the real world, which will actually prevail? Are you willing to bet your freedom - or your life - on your answer?" Click on Read More to view more of Andrew's comments and background.

Nightmist writes "Fox News reported this story about a young girl who was locked in a closet and nearly starved to death by her mother and step-father. The mother regained custody of the girl after changing her mind about allowing another couple to adopt her. A tragic tale, and more proof that our justice system really isn't interested in "what's best for the child" as much as they are protecting the rights of motherhood."

Nightmist writes "The Christian Science Monitor published this article about the author of a new book on fatherhood and entertaining children. Dads are generally the entertainers of the household, in addition to their other duties, according to the author. His book provides dads with even more ways of entertaining the kids."

frank h writes "In this Town Hall article, Michelle Malkin takes the time to criticize Camryn Manheim for her "fathers are superfluous" position and her defiant choice to be a single mom. Thanks Michelle!" From the article: "In the "progressive" feminist worldview, dads are little more than expendable sperm donors. The strength, discipline and guidance Ms. Manheim received from her own father mean nothing to her now. Women like Ms. Manheim see children not as the fruit of a loving union between two married partners for life -- but as just another accomplishment to check off on their to-do list."

Chad from the Men's Movement Connection writes, "On June 12th 2001, Mr. Bill O' Reilly had the pleasure to have a discussion on the rights of fathers. The discussion took place on "The O' Reilly Factor" on the Fox News Channel. His guest was Mr. Jeffrey Leving, author of the book, Father's Rights. O' Reilly revealed (according to his statistics) that 50% of all fathers are denied visitation to their children, and on top of that, only 12% of
fathers see their children, and only once a month. However, Mr. O' Reilly's took the narrow-minded view that it was the father's fault and not the courts or the government. And he went on to say that, "If it is not possible (to see them), don't have them." And on top of all of this O' Reilly seemed to not let his guest explain any of the issues. If you would like to write Bill O' Reilly the email address is
OReilly@FoxNews.Com."

Mark sent me this article from BBC News and writes "With the arrival of a new baby in the home of British Prime Minister Tony Blair, there is talk of how much of the nation's new 13-week unpaid paternity leave he will take. The article mentions that Britain, though ahead of the US, still lags far behind other industrialized nations in the amount of leave that fathers may take. In Sweden and Japan, the leave (up to 450 days) is completely transferable between the parents and up to 85% of the income is to be paid."

Well, today I received in the mail the parts I'll be using to upgrade the Mensactivism.org server. In addition, I'll be performing an upgrade of the server's OS and the Slash web engine which runs this site. It's not going to be fun, since the setup I'm using is extremely customized. After I've installed the new hardware and tested it, I'll announce when Mensactivism.org will be down for the upgrade. It could be for a duration of 3-4 days if things get really nasty, but I'll create a temporary page to keep people posted on the progress.

Nightmist writes "Healthology, a leading health-oriented Web site has teamed up with Men's Health Network, AskMen.com, and Dadmag.com to provide Web-casts about men's health issues for each day of National Men's Health Week (June 11-17.... this week!). This article on Excite News explains the details and purpose of the arrangement."

Ed Bartlett writes, "The US Department of Health and Human Services is in the process of dramatically expanding its fatherhood programs. As part of of this effort, the National Institutes of Health has developed a compilation of fatherhood research projects that it is funding. These studies are being sponsored by the NIH National Institute on Child Health and Human Development and by other NIH institutes. NIH Activities in Support of the Fatherhood Initiative through September 2000 can be found at this site."

Spartacus pointed me to this article from the Washington Post, about a Supreme Court ruling that upheld the double standard that unmarried mothers bearing children abroad can have an easier process to establish the child's U.S. citizenship than fathers. The reason this was justified was that mothers can be certain of their maternity, while paternity of a child can not be such a sure thing. If the court is practically acknowledging the problem of paternity fraud, could an understanding of the need for Choice for Men be that much further away?

Mark writes "This article written by a high school teacher of 30 years not only dispels the myth that all bullying is done by males, but also adds that quite often the female bullies are more relentless.
"I'd rather be bullied by a guy any day than by a girl. ... Compared to guys, girls are vicious" said one 17-year-old girl."

Trudy Schuett's excellent DesertLight Journal has released another issue, which can be read at this link. This one is a special Father's Day themed issue, with lots of great news articles and editorials. Go Trudy!

Nightmist writes "Ernst & Young claim in this short article that 17 percent of the 1,500 people taking advantage of their flexible work schedules are men who are taking time to be with their children. This article was probably intended as a release for press-only (because it names three fathers who are available to talk about the program). Any journalists out there want to contact these people and write a great fatherhood piece on it?"

Nightmist writes "Wendy McElroy of iFeminists.com reports on Fox News about one man's seven-year struggle against false date rape allegations which destroyed his teaching career before it had even started. The accusations were leveled by Gonzago University (and denied over and over by his alleged victim). The man in this case was extremely lucky in the fact that his alleged victim continued to deny the charges, even through faculty attempts to brainwash her into believing she had been raped." Thanks also to the Anonymous User who submitted this article.