Article here. Excerpt:

'I love being a guy.

My masculinity is something that I grew up being ashamed of expressing, growing up in a more conservative household. As a transgender man, I was in denial of it for a long time, and the day I decided not to be anymore felt like coming home from a decade-and-a-half shift of work where I could finally take off my shoes and rest. Nowadays, I take a lot of pride in the guy that I get to be and am growing into as well as the fact that being masc is no longer an evil, life-destroying specter looming over me.

All of the above are among the many reasons I refuse to get TikTok. A lot of more liberal spaces on the app — even (and especially) Queer spaces — tend to have very negative rhetoric around men and masculinity. Phrases like “kill all men” or “all men are trash” are common to hear while online. This has extended to in-person talking habits; if I had a dollar for every time I’ve had to grit my teeth and bear a friend saying something to this effect to my face, I might finally be rich enough to pay for law school.

Interesting article here. Doubt it's in your local library. Excerpt:

'HOWEVER! There is one series that was driven from bookstores, and by the late 90s was almost totally disappeared based purely on the... "feelings"... it generated in its readers. A fantasy series set entirely on another world with more or less nothing to say about politics back on earth, awakened... stirrings... in its readers so disturbing to the powers that be it had to be stopped.

The Chronicles of GOR by John Norman (Pen-name of Philosophy Professor John Lange)

Article here. Excerpt:

'With Ukraine desperate for soldiers to reinforce its crumbling defenses against Russia’s invasion, Ukrainian embassies have temporarily suspended consular services for fighting-age men, placing new pressure on them to go home to fight.

The suspension of citizen services, such as passport renewals, is intended as a preliminary step to a new mobilization law that will go into force on May 18. It will require all men ages 18 to 60 to update their personal information with a local draft office within 60 days.

Martial law, in effect since the start of Russia’s invasion in February 2022, prohibits men ages 18 to 60 from leaving the country. But many men who were afraid of being sent to the front have fled. Thousands of others were already living abroad. Now, all of them face pressure under the new rules, which could restrict their movements.'

Article here. Slap on the wrist. Excerpt:

'Two women who kidnapped an innocent victim before driving her to a secluded area and beating her have been jailed.

Bitterly jealous Nadia Gubran, 21, plotted to kidnap a nursery nurse after she suspected she had been exchanging Snapchat messages with a man she herself was interested in.

Gubran recruited best friend Alya Dahshan, 21, and Layla Obad, 20, to carry out the ambush at around 6pm on March 21 last year.

The gang tracked the 23-year-old victim to her place of work, and followed her in Gubran’s Volkswagen Golf as she made her way down Hartington Road, Liverpool.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'Anthony Albanese will ban 'deepfake' and artificial intelligence pornography as part of a $925million bid to combat the shocking rise in violence against women.

The Prime Minister convened a National Cabinet meeting on Wednesday following a surge in women being allegedly killed by men known to them since the start of 2024.

Speaking immediately after the meeting with the nation's state and territory leaders, Mr Albanese announced a suite of new measures to reduce violence, which he described as a 'scourge' on society.

Mr Albanese noted community concerns about 'toxic male views online' and 'young men's exposure to violent imagery' on the internet.

Ms Rishworth added that violence against women will only end with generational change, and that young boys need 'positive role models' to 'counter negative stereotypes'.

Mr Albanese, along with Ms Rishworth, announced a leaving violence program, which will receive $925million in funding in the May Budget.

Jack Kammer was just interviewed by BlueOrange22. They have an interesting 40 minute discussion about men's issues, which can be seen here.

Article here. From 2019 but exemplary of the double-standards that men are subjected to. Excerpt:

'A FEMALE soldier from Prince Harry's regiment has reportedly been let off with a warning after sexually assaulting a male colleague who cried out for help.

Trooper Corrie-Alice Holmes, 25, is said to have molested her shocked comrade after returning to base near Windsor Castle in the early hours following a drunken night out last Sunday.

The squaddie, from the prestigious Household Cavalry, is believed to have forced herself against the younger soldier, tried to kiss him and rubbed her body against his, according to the Mail On Sunday.

He rebuffed her, saying he had a girlfriend.

She only stopped her alleged assault when the stunned colleague shouted for help and a furious officer pulled her away.

Tpr Holms was hauled before senior officers the following day - where she was issued with a formal warning and told that further misconduct could see her dismissed from the Army.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'Joy Behar put the men in The View‘s live studio audience in the hot seat after they failed to clap for Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, who came forward with allegations of sexual assault against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in 2018.

In September of that year, Ford claimed that Kavanaugh (then a Supreme Court nominee) sexually assaulted her when they were teenagers in the 1980s. She testified about her allegations during the televised Senate Judiciary Committee hearing — though Kavanaugh was ultimately sworn into the Supreme Court the next month.

While appearing on The View to promote her new book One Way Back, Ford recalled receiving “horrible threats” following her testimony. However, she also said she received over 100,000 letters of support from all over the world.

Article here. Excerpt:

'“The View” co-hosts jumped into a lengthy man-hating tirade Friday, calling straight ones “useless.”

The co-hosts responded to a TikTok trend asking women if they need men, agreeing with the majority who answered “no.” They adamantly assured they are not including gay men in their criticism.

“Because men are useless,” co-host Ana Navarro said. “I mean — and by the way, I wanted to differentiate between straight men and gay men because I think I would die without gay men. No one can gossip like a gay man, no one can help you accessorize like gay men, and nobody can help you from doing harm to yourself like gay men.”

She said her husband would be “emaciated, starving and living in his own filth” without her.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'Hunt advised that part of being a better feminist is being a better listener. He said, “The first thing you have to do is ask yourself, ‘How has society benefited me?’ and, ‘If I’m benefiting, who is being harmed?’ Just pause, reflect, and then think.”

Rosenberg’s advice was to be more conscious of the fact that everyone lives a different experience. He said, “There are different expectations for people based on different societal factors and different historical baggage. If you don’t take that into account, you’re probably not leading that enriched of a life.”
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He added, “For all the young gentlemen reading this, I know that when I was 16 it would have been kind of hard for me to be able to read between the lines on this, but, if you’re not advocating for women’s rights, what are you standing up for?”'

Article here. Excerpt:

'For first-years admitted in the fall of 2023, Brown’s acceptance rate for male applicants was 6.9%, and the acceptance rate for female applicants was 4.2%, according to the University’s Common Data Set.

Despite an applicant pool of 19,666 men and 31,650 women, Brown still admitted a first-year class with an almost perfect 50/50 ratio of men to women. As a whole, the undergraduate population has a male-to-female ratio of 46/54. Federal methodology requires institutions to report applicants’ sex assigned at birth.

Brown’s admissions data mirrors a nationwide pattern: Since the 1980s, female enrollment has consistently surpassed male enrollment among institutions of higher education. Brown alum Peg Tyre ’83, Vice President of the EGF Accelerator — an accelerator for education nonprofits — provided some insight on the topic in book “The Trouble With Boys.”'

Article here. Excerpt:

'But I think the work of the Commission has significance well beyond Norway. There are policymakers around the world trying to figure out how best to begin to approach the glaring, growing problems of boys and men. Now they have a blueprint.
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The Commission also calls on the Research Council in Norway to explicitly take up the challenge of improving the knowledge base on many of the issues tackling in the report. And as a pretty wonky bunch, they are keen on more data transparency too, calling for “a review and revision of the statistics pages and indicators for gender equality so that they reflect the equality challenges of boys and men to a greater extent than today.” That might sound dull: but honestly, just getting the basic facts in front of more eyes is a powerful and often necessary first step to action.'

Essay here. Excerpt:

Men are being targeted by healthcare providers for forcible genital cutting and Americans—including many men who are cut—are looking the other way. Male child genital cutting (aka newborn circumcision) deprives these men of a full sexual life and open sexual future. These men are not being forcibly circumcised as adults but when they are newborns, a time when they are the most defenseless.

Interesting YouTube video discussion here. TLDR: "Incels" are simply young men who are relationally and sexually frustrated because women and the rest of society have devalued them. Cut off from romantic and financial resources, this class of man constitutes a new brand of marginalized minority. Like any marginalized group, they're angry and potentially volatile as a socio-political class. Unless something changes, the future vis-a-vis this class of person is both fraught and may pose a serious threat to the political establishment.

Article here. Nice to finally see a general acknowledgement of female predatory sexual behavior vs. the media constantly casting it as a one-off thing or a case of "forbidden love". Excerpt:

'The typical physical profile of a female sex predator is a caucasian woman in her 30s, according to new research.
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One of the women that I worked with confessed to me that she prided herself on being 'sensitive and caring' because she knew that would make young males 'feel safe.'

When I challenged her by informing her that she was harming these individuals, she replied, 'it never felt that way to me.'

Another predatory practice is the luring of victims with sexually suggestive or outright pornographic posts on social media or in private digital communications.'