The campaign page is here. First off, these people at WV are trying to help desperately poor people in the world. Nothing is wrong per se with this campaign. But what does it say about their perceptions of what appeals to possible donors? WV knows as well as anyone that of 100 children in need of help, at least 50 will be boys. So why not ask people to sponsor a boy? Answer: They think that people will be far less sympathetic with boys than girls, that's why. And studies show they're right.

I don't blame them for taking the approach most likely to get them donors. Saving girls is a cause celebre. Saving boys is... ho-hum, what? In the abstract, people care much more about females' welfare than males'. This WV campaign is just one of many instances of this phenomenon.

Article here. I speculate that girls raised without fathers generally may develop at least some of these traits. Excerpt:

'Joanne's story, while heartbreaking, is a common one among many of my clients. As a therapist who works with survivors of relational trauma, I have many clients who have experienced parental abandonment or the departure of a caregiver. This can happen for a multitude of reasons: imprisonment, death, physical separation. Sometimes the parent leaves due not to choice or fault of their own. Nevertheless, all abandonment can be devastating, especially if the child does not have the tools they need to cope and move forward.

But the most devastating losses are those in which caregivers left voluntarily. Joanne's father left at a time when she was old enough to have a bond with him yet young enough to internalize his leaving into self-blame and stunted emotional growth.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'Then I read this piece in the New Statesman, and I was so happy to hear a name for the philosophy I’ve been passively teaching my daughters, 5 and 2, for the last year. British professor Charlotte Riley plays “Patriarchy Chicken” on her commute to work, holding to her path through streets and tube stations while oncoming men choose to move aside or run into her.

Imagine me, a grown woman, with a jumping 5-year-old on one hand and a rogue 2-year-old pulling on the other. We are broad. We take up space. And now we hold that space, especially in the face of anyone who chugs toward us expecting to have the path cleared for them. So far only one person has run into us, bumping into my daughter’s child-sized shopping cart in the produce section.

Article here. Excerpt:

'The State is to advertise within weeks for a chief executive for its new agency to tackle domestic, sexual, and gender-based violence.

It comes as Justice Minister Helen McEntee sought Cabinet approval last week for the text of the legislation to establish the new agency, which has been promised as part of the Government’s ‘zero tolerance’ approach to gender-based violence.
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The Government launched its ‘zero tolerance’ plan last June and has changed the law in several areas such as 'revenge porn', threatening to post intimate images on social media.

Ms McEntee has also passed laws to increase the maximum sentence for assault causing harm from five years to 10 years.

She has also made changes to allow courts to prevent an accused from cross-examining the alleged victim in cases of coercive control and other gender-based crimes.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'Parents of male students accused of rape at university are starting to bring in barristers to help them avoid expulsion, the Observer has learned.

As the number of serious sexual assaults escalates across universities, experts say female students often do not want to go to the police, fearing delays and traumatising questioning, and knowing only 1% of rape cases end in conviction. Universities say increasing numbers of women are instead turning to them to investigate, leaving institutions wrestling with complex cases, including a rising trend of pornography-inspired strangulation during sex.

Prof Sir Steve West, the vice-chancellor of the University of the West of England and president of Universities UK until earlier this year, said: “As expulsion is a penalty, parents of the accused often start to raise the stakes by hiring a lawyer. It is a power game, because usually the victim has no representation, and I think it is completely unacceptable and unfair.”

Article here. Excerpt:

'The internet is calling a TikToker "disrespectful" and "rude" after he filmed himself entering a women-only train carriage in Japan and compared it to gender-based segregation that countries like Saudi Arabia mandate.

On September 5, the Australian creator Turan Spidey, who has 354,000 followers on his vlog channel @shearingshedvlogs, shared the video with a caption saying a women-only space is the "last thing" he expected to see "in such a free country like Japan."

"Reminds me of something I would see in a country with strict segregation rules," he added, alluding in his video to the Arab country.'

Video here. Commentator wrote an op-ed in the WSJ detailing how schools are failing boys. I would have posted it herein except for the merciless paywall.

Article here. Excerpt:

'The idea that women are the less ‘privileged’ sex is a cliché that men are obliged to trot out if they’re to avoid social ostracisation or worse. But it’s a myth, as the American journalist John Tierney pointed out in a brilliant article in City Journal last week. ‘If the patriarchy really did rule our society, the stock father character in television sitcoms would not be the “doofus dad” like Homer Simpson,’ he wrote. ‘Smug misandry has been box-office gold for Barbie, which delights in writing off men as hapless romantic partners, leering jerks, violent buffoons and dim-witted tyrants who ought to let women run the world.’'

Article here. More blaming men for women's poor decision-making and "pickiness". Excerpt:

'The struggling American man is one of the few objects of bipartisan concern. Both conservatives and liberals bemoan men’s underrepresentation in higher education, their greater likelihood to die a “death of despair,” and the growing share of them who are not working or looking for work. But the chorus of concern rarely touches on how male decline shapes the lives of the people most likely to date or marry them—that is to say, women.

Article here. Excerpt:

'A landmark summit has been held in central London today at which London’s health partners have renewed their commitment to the Mayor of London’s public health approach to tackling violence against women and girls (VAWG).

NHS London, the new Integrated Care Boards and Directors of Public Health, together with local authority community safety and safeguarding leads have today signed up to a number of pledges to tackle misogyny, sexual harassment and violence against women and girls through their services and in health environments to help prevent VAWG across the capital.

The six core pledges are:

Article here. Excerpt:

'The relationship between the sexes and our epidemic of loneliness are two topics we find ourselves continually returning to at The Free Press. Over the last few weeks, we have brought you a range of essays on these themes—from Jenny Powers on the surprising rise of phone sex operators to Rob Henderson on the decline of marriage. Kat Rosenfield introduced us to the new female pickup artists, while our high school essay finalist Isabel Hogben revealed how she discovered porn when she was just 10 years old.

Now, Free Press writer Olivia Reingold reports on the increasing number of young men dropping out of the dating pool. This is a hugely important subject, and I look forward to hearing your thoughts in the comments.
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A lot of men are checking out,” he adds. “We’re just tired. We’re just tired of being told that we don’t measure up either physically or financially.”'

Article here. Excerpt:

'A South Dakota woman pleaded guilty to making a false police report after she claimed an assailant raped her in Florida, police say.

Renee Dawn Skoglund, 30, was arrested in Sioux Falls on March 10 after reporting sexual battery in Hillsborough County two days before. She was charged with misuse of a 911 system, false report of a crime and fabricating physical evidence.

In 911 audio released by Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, Skoglund claimed that she pulled over to the side of I-75 after having some car trouble. She then reported that a male suspect put a towel over her head, shoved her in the car and raped her while her arms and legs were tied.

Skoglund told police that a particular type of rope was used, and authorities discovered that the product was sold at nearby Walmart stores. During a thorough search of local Walmart locations, police saw surveillance video of Skoglund buying the rope.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'A blackmailer who threatened to make a fake rape allegation to police unless her victim forked out £5,000 has been locked up. Tahereh Ghorbanlou made her 'devious and dishonest threats' after meeting the man on a dating app.

The pair went on to have consensual sex but she later claimed she was 'injured and in pain'. Ghorbanlou then demanded cash from the man in return for her silence.

She later lied to police and claimed she had been a victim of a sex attack - but no evidence was ever found. The 34-year-old even searched the internet for 'sexual violence price' and 'sexual violence definition' after the pair's encounter.

The defendant was arrested and claimed she was the victim of sexual violence but refused to provide any written statement or sign the comments she made. She was then bailed but contacted police to make a counter-allegation of rape against the man on March 20.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'Women manipulating men for a more comfortable life (or even just to survive) is as old as patriarchy itself, being born from the disparity between men and women’s relative positions in society (‘The female Andrew Tate’: the new influencer dating doctrine is extreme – but I can see why it’s popular, 9 August). SheraSeven’s “dating doctrine” is apparently gaining popularity, and both the subject of this article and its writer, Kimberly McIntosh, rightly identify gendered power as relevant context. Men hold more privilege, money, status and agency. Women are perpetually required to adapt to and/or resist this oppression. Here, the focus is on heterosexual relationships. But there is a more sinister undercurrent that McIntosh fails to address.'
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‘The female Andrew Tate’: the new influencer dating doctrine is extreme – but I can see why it’s popular

From this article:

Article here. Excerpt:

'Female representation on the boards of European banks is increasing, but the gender balance of senior management is still lagging, DBRS Morningstar says.
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“Most of the banks that do not meet the upcoming EU threshold are in Greece, Italy, Germany and Spain,” it said, adding that Spain and Italy have both recently passed national quotas requiring companies to have at least 40% female representation at board level by 2024 and 2026, respectively.

These kinds of quotas could be expanded to senior executive positions, given that gender diversity at that level has barely improved in recent years, it suggested.'