A male backlash against #MeToo is brewing

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'Men are scared, and feminists are delighted. But the urge to call out and punish male sexual transgression is bound to clash with an inescapable truth: We’re all in this together, men and women.

Consider what’s happening in the capital of Florida. Female staffers and lobbyists have found “many male legislators will no longer meet with them privately,” reported The Miami Herald. “I had a senator say, ‘I need my aide here in the room because I need a chaperone,’ ” lobbyist Jennifer Green told the paper. “I said, ‘Senator, why do you need a chaperone? . . . Do you feel uncomfortable around me?’ ‘Well,’ he said, ‘anyone can say anything with the door shut.’"

“I’m getting the feeling that we’re going back 20 years as female professionals,” said Green, who owns her company. “I fully anticipate I’m going to be competing with another firm that is currently owned by some male, and the deciding factor is going to be: ‘You don’t want to hire a female lobbying firm in this environment.’"'

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NYC School Cancels Father-Daughter Dance to Comply With New Gender Guidelines

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'A Staten Island elementary school cancelled its traditional father-daughter dance because of the Department of Education’s (DOE) new gender guidelines.

PS 65 had the event scheduled for Friday, February 9, until the school's parent-teacher association realized it would not comply with the Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Student Guidelines, which went into effect in March 2017.

The school’s PTA will reschedule a dance for kids and caregivers of any gender on March 2, according to the DOE.

“Father-daughter dances inherently leave people out. Not just because of transgender status, just life in general,” said Jared Fox, the DOE’s LGBT community liaison. “These can be really uncomfortable and triggering events.”'

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The Other Whisper Network

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'No one would talk to me for this piece. Or rather, more than twenty women talked to me, sometimes for hours at a time, but only after I promised to leave out their names, and give them what I began to call deep anonymity. This was strange, because what they were saying did not always seem that extreme. Yet here in my living room, at coffee shops, in my inbox and on my voicemail, were otherwise outspoken female novelists, editors, writers, real estate agents, professors, and journalists of various ages so afraid of appearing politically insensitive that they wouldn’t put their names to their thoughts, and I couldn’t blame them.

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Judge grants largest award in history of cases of men suing unis over discrimination

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'Before the Court is plaintiff John Doe’s Petition for Attorneys’ Fees and Expenses, ECF No. 180, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988. This matter is before me by referral under 28 U.S.C. § 636(1)(B). The issues presented are fully briefed by both parties, ECF Nos. 180, 183, 187, and oral argument is dispensed with because it was not requested and would not aid in the decisional process. Having considered the parties’ briefs, the evidence, and the applicable law, I recommend that the presiding District Judge grant the petition and award attorneys’ fees in the amount of $795,691.50 and litigation costs in the amount of $53,539.75, for a total award of $849,231.25.
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Student claims Penn State encourages false reports of sexual misconduct

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'A pre-med student at Penn State claims the university has policies in place that discriminate against men on campus ― and promote false reports of sexual misconduct.

The young man has slapped the school with a lawsuit, accusing it of “systematic gender bias and discrimination,” according to PennLive.com.

He filed an amended complaint in US Middle District Court on Monday night, which outlined allegations of improper disciplinary processes and “biased” investigation tactics.

In it, the student ― who has only been identified as John Doe ― accuses Penn State of demonstrating “a pattern of inherent and systematic gender bias and discrimination against male students accused of misconduct.” He claims to be one of these men.'

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Stanford caught lying about gender bias in financial aid decisions

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'Do you want a better financial-aid offer from Stanford’s $225,000 MBA program? Self-identify as a woman.

The elite university was caught lying to applicants going back to 2008 by claiming that “financial assistance was determined solely by a student’s calculated financial need.” Its average awards actually favored women over men regardless of their finances.

The Wall Street Journal reports that eight years of financial data (2008-2015) on a shared storage drive were accessible to the entire Graduate School of Business for six months.
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In a campuswide email following his meeting with Allcock, Levin tried to spin Allcock’s findings (by then widely available on campus) by claiming that Stanford was actually just giving “incremental fellowship awards” to applicants “whose biographies make them particularly compelling and competitive in trying to attract a diverse class.”

Those “incremental” awards – which Levin admits Stanford never disclosed – just happen to favor women and domestic students regardless of their finances.'

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‘Believe the Victim’? The Biological Reason Why Accusers Aren’t Always Telling the Truth

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'In recent years there have been hundreds of cases across the country of men having allegedly sexually assaulted women where there was insufficient objective evidence to determine whether a crime had occurred, and in some cases, whether any kind of sex or even encounter had occurred.  Examples include the “Mattress Girl” case in NY, the Corey Mock case in TN, the Jordy Johnson case in MT, the Owen Labrie case in NH, dozens of “John Doe” cases in nearly all states, and most infamous of all, the Rolling Stone hoax about events that never happened in VA or anywhere else.

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CPI Fights 'Start By Believing' Investigations

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'The Center for Prosecutor Integrity has filed a complaint with the Department of Justice against the Start By Believing program. The complaint alleges the Start By Believing concepts and investigative methods:

“…abuse the mission of the Department of Justice, which states in part, “…to ensure fair and impartial administration of justice for all Americans. Termed a ‘multimillion dollar threat to justice,’ they abuse the purpose and intent of Congressional appropriations. And they abuse the public trust, which is critical to the effective functioning of our criminal justice system.”

See complaint HERE.'

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Female Executives Demand Resignation Of Grammy Chief Who Told Women To ‘Step Up’

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'A group of high-powered women signed an open letter calling for Recording Academy President Neil Portnow to resign.

Powerful women within the entertainment industry, including Pharrell’s manager Caron Veazey, are pushing for Portnow to leave his position as a result of his offensive comments toward female artists after the Grammy Awards.

Responding to criticism that women had few solo performances during the show and only one had won a Grammy this year, Portnow said women had to “step up.”

“It has to begin with … women who have the creativity in their hearts and souls, who want to be musicians, who want to be engineers, producers, and want to be part of the industry on the executive level … [They need] to step up because I think they would be welcome,” Portnow told Variety after the awards.

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"Men Must Be Excluded From Feminism To Stop It From Becoming All About Them"

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'In recent years, the cry of "we need more men in feminism" and "we must include men" has been creeping in. To counter the accusations of man-hating that feminists like me face all the time, many of the more liberal, "fun" feminists bend over backwards to tell men that feminism will fail without their intervention. But the whole point of the women's liberation movement is that is challenges and seeks to overthrow male supremacy, and to liberate women from the shackles of patriarchy. it goes without saying that most men will take exception to this. We wish to remove the privilege they are granted at birth. Feminism is a threat to men, and so it should be.

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Formula 1 "Grid Girls" Slam Feminists Who Put Them Out of Work

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'Late last month feminists celebrated a victory, after convincing Formula 1 racing to get rid of its gird girls. Now the women who lost their jobs are slamming the feminists for their unwanted interference.

At the end of January, Formula 1 announced that it had decided to end its use of the pretty models who interact with the crowd and carry the names of sponsors on their clothing. The grid girls will be gone commencing with the new season which starts at the end of March.

“While the practice of employing grid girls has been a staple of Formula 1 grands prix for decades, we feel this custom does not resonate with our brand values and clearly is at odds with modern day societal norms,” said managing director of commercial operations Sean Bratches.

“We don’t believe the practice is appropriate or relevant to Formula 1 and its fans, old and new, across the world,” Bratches added.

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UK: Cutting Men's Wages Is A Scandal

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'Who really cares about the highly questionable gender pay gap? Wealthy BBC journalists, that’s who. Ever since last year’s open letter signed by high-profile presenters called for a ‘correction’ of the alleged pay disparity between men and women at the Beeb, the corporation has had its knickers in a twist. For the rest of us, the fact that Carrie Grace and other complainants earn tens of thousands of pounds more than the average working woman and are still claiming to be mistreated is laughable.

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UK: Teen cleared after family shows police texts disproving rape charge

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'Connor Fitzgerald, 19, spent almost three months in prison and lost his job after a woman accused him of assaulting her.

But the charges against him were thrown out when prosecutors finally discovered she had sent texts threatening to destroy him.
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Connor, of South Norwood, South London, who lost his job as a BT engineer because of the claim, said: “It’s been heart-breaking - It felt like I was guilty until proven innocent.

“My life has been ruined. I'm scared to even leave the house because everyone thinks I'm a rapist."

The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons claimed he raped her and videoed it after a boozy night out on June 24 last year.

But among texts she had sent him included references to having enjoyed sex.'

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Heated exchange between women’s shelter, men’s issues panel

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'Representatives from local women shelters had a heated discussion with a men’s issues panel at Monday night’s screening of the Red Pill documentary.

About 30 people attended the event, held at Second Street Theatre, despite heavy snowfall. The controversial documentary by filmmaker Cassie Jaye looks at issues raised by Men’s Rights Activists (MRAs), such as domestic abuse perpetrated by women and the alleged bias against fathers in family courts. Among other things, MRAs in the film say there are hardly any supports available for men who are abused by their female partners.

Speaking via Skype during a question-and-answer period, Edmonton-based Youtuber Karen Straughan suggested domestic violence shelters shouldn’t be called “women’s shelters” and should be open to both sexes.

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Scotland: New law on gender balance passed

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'Women make up just over 50% of the Scottish population, but currently make up only 45% of public board membership.

The new law sets an objective for at least 50% of non-executive members on all boards to be women by 2022.

The legislation was passed by 88 votes to 28, with the Scottish Conservatives voting against.

It will apply to colleges, universities and some public bodies including health boards, enterprise agencies, the Scottish Police Authority and the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service.
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Under the new rules, where a minister is faced with two or more equally qualified candidates for a public board position, they will be required to give preference to female candidates as a "tie-breaker".'

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