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'A Canada Revenue Agency worker alleges his employer discriminated against him because he had the misfortune of being born a white man.

Joe Bate, 40, is representing himself in the Federal Court case. He claims he was an “efficient and productive” appeals officer for CRA, outshining many of his colleagues.

But instead of being promoted, he says his employer used the Employment Equity Act to pass him over.

“I could be twice as efficient (as my co-workers), have better communication skills ... but, unfortunately, I was born white,” Bate told the court Tuesday.

He said the Employment Equity Act was passed in 1986 to ensure inclusion in the workplace of four groups — women, visible minorities, aboriginals and persons with disabilities. But, he said, it excludes “one specific group.”'

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'The consequences for students found responsible for sexual misconduct in the campus system usually end with expulsion, a curtailed career, drastically lower earning power and a ruined reputation that’s hard to repair.

For a Syrian student at Pennsylvania State University, it could mean his death.

The Legal Intelligencer reports that “John Doe” is suing the school for suspending him following its switch to an Title IX “investigative model” that “removed his ability to confront his accuser or call witnesses of his own.”

He’s asking a federal judge to place his suspension on hold while considering his claims that Penn State violated his due process rights in its investigation of allegations that he violated a female student at a frat party:

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'The Queensland College of Teachers (QCT) has commissioned a review to examine what influences people to choose teaching as their first career.

The review is being held as the number of male teachers in Queensland state primary schools has fallen to just 16 per cent.

QCT director John Ryan said the review would be a valuable insight for education employers looking to recruit more men.

Queensland Teachers’ Union president Kevin Bates said there was still an unfair view that teaching was women’s work.

“In our community there is a bit of a perception that it is a feminised profession,” he said. “There are elements that attach suspicion to men in the classroom, which are not justified.’’

Queensland Association of State School Principals president Michael Fay said remuneration was often a factor too.'

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'"M.D. doesn’t mean mutilate dicks,” a sign says. “Foreskins are fabulous,” another reads. And yet one more, “Circumcision: history’s greatest medical fraud.”

Anti-circumcision groups, who call themselves "intactivists," are in town for the American Academy of Pediatrics Conference. They’ve organized what they’re calling the Genital Autonomy Demonstration, which began on Saturday. While their main protest location is in front of the convention center, where about 10,000 pediatricians are gathered, some groups have taken their message to the White House and are considering a march on the Mall.

“It’s kind of miserable to strap a baby down and cut off part of his penis,” says Danelle Frisbie, co-founder of Saving Our Sons and the INTACT Network, which has satellite groups in different states. “But it’s a big money maker. It’s a multi-billion dollar business. There are ethical physicians who won’t do it, but others are trying to make a buck.”

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'The other day I saw an ad for an incumbent Democrat congressional candidate here in Maryland. As you can imagine, it was pretty inspiring. It used important words like “bold” and “leadership” and “effective” and “jobs” and other sweet-nothings that focus groups like to have whispered in their ears. It promised us that the candidate would defend the environment, take away the scary guns, “grow jobs” (whatever that means), protect entitlements, and fight for women’s rights.

Of course we’ve heard all of these things a million times from a million politicians. Still, I couldn’t help but stop and reflect upon the absurdity of it, especially the last part.“Fight for women’s rights”? Why is that listed as an issue distinct from the others? Why is it listed at all? The matter of “women’s rights” was settled a long time ago in this country. Women have rights. Where has this person been for the past century?

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'The Hillary Clinton campaign is pushing back against Wednesday night’s Republican presidential debate by releasing four TV ads in New Hampshire and Iowa that feature women struggling in some way due to alleged gender pay disparity.

The ads, not content to simply advocate for women, actively demonize males who work at high levels in the private sector.

The ad “Mindy,” featuring a cardiac nurse, inexplicably compares a nurse to a presumably male “top CEO.”
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Another ad features a female office worker who allegedly has to work two extra hours to get a paycheck equal to her male colleagues.

The ad “Alexis,” at least, features a Caucasian male janitor in the background cleaning up an office, but makes no attempt to advocate for his interests alongside those of the female character in the ad.'

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'Breitbart’s own Milo Yiannopoulos recently highlighted a number of facts often omitted in the “women in tech” discussion, which includes the fact that women pursuing careers in technology often see preferential treatment during the hiring process over their male counterparts, largely due to quotas and affirmative action in the name of diversity. Being a woman, in general, is an immense advantage, and yet few women are pursuing these fields.
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The idea that an extremely specific technology degree is needed in order to contribute to the advancement of our society is arguably the gravest error in thinking we as a people have ever made. The second gravest is not truly appreciating those who have stepped into the roles of technological innovation, instead telling them that their worth is intrinsically tied to their gender.

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'A small, but vocal, group of anti-circumcision protesters gather daily outside the convention center here where the American Academy of Pediatrics is meeting -- and they promise to keep doing so until the AAP backs off its "permissive" stance on circumcision.

The protesters, including a group of men dressed in white with crotch areas stained red, represent various groups opposed to routine infant circumcision.

"It's an ethics argument -- not a science or medical argument," said Georganne Chapin, JD, MPhil, and founding executive director ofIntact America, one of the groups at the protest. "We want [doctors] to tell parents that it's not medically necessary and they don't have a right to their son's body. We can't carve up our daughters, we shouldn't be carving up our sons and they can stop."

The protesters were mostly young to middle-aged men and women. Several of the men shouted, "My body! My rights!" at conference attendees, while one woman said loudly to a passerby "Sorry your mom took your foreskin!"'

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'The post-circumcision death of an infant boy in Ontario has highlighted the ongoing debate about circumcision in Canada, where about a third of parents still choose to circumcise their newborn boys.

Ryan Hedari’s parents say their physician urged them to circumcise their son despite their wish not to, and in 2013 the boy died seven days after the procedure due to shock from blood loss.

Earlier this month an appeal tribunal of the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons cautioned the doctor who saw the baby in an emergency room hours after the circumcision procedure, and urged the performing doctor to be mindful of the risks of the procedure and to receive informed consent from patients.

Though the numbers are declining, about a third of Canadian parents still choose circumcision for their sons. That’s despiterecommendations from the Canadian Paediatric Society(CPS), updated last month, saying that circumcision should not be routine for newborn boys.'

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'One Toronto pediatrician was cautioned in writing and another told to get informed consent from parents after 22-day-old Ryan Heydari bled to death following a circumcision in 2013.

Details about the complaints against the two physicians made to the College of Physicians and Surgeons, including their identities, would have been kept secret had Ryan’s parents not sought a review by an appeals panel. That is a level of secrecy that critics say must change, even as the college is promising to improve transparency.

Earlier this month, the Health Professions Appeal and Review Board (HPARB) upheld the decision made by the college’s inquiries, complaints and reports committee to “advise” Dr. Sheldon Wise, who performed the operation on Ryan following a referral by a family doctor, to document his consent procedure — including discussion of potential risks and complications around circumcision. Death following circumcision is rare, a three-member panel of the board noted.'

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'The recently amended complaint against University of Mary Washington, filed with the federal Education Department, shows how Title IX has become a tool for people to try to suppress speech they disapprove of. I blogged about one aspect of this campaign — the letter to the Education Department from what I called the national coalition in favor of campus censorship — yesterday. Today, I want to focus on the UMW complaint (filed by some UMW students and professors, as well as the Feminist Majority Foundation), which has been in the news alongside the coalition’s letter: just last week, the Education Department was reported to have launched an investigation based on the complaint.
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What’s striking, though, about the UMW complaint is how far it goes beyond criminal threats. Here are some examples of the posts that the complaint complains about:

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'In January of 2013, Ontario natives John Heydari and Homa Ahmadi gave birth to a little boy they named Ryan. He was perfectly healthy and the parents had no desire to circumcise him because they believed “mother nature created us the way she intended us to be.”

But their physician, going against the recommendation of the Canadian Pediatric Society, suggested the boy should be circumcised anyway. The unnecessary procedure was botched and the boy died three weeks after his birth due to blood loss.
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"In fact, the case only became public because the couple appealed the original Ontario College of Physician and Surgeons rulings, which were rendered in secret.

An appeal tribunal upheld this month adecision by the College to caution the doctor who saw Ryan in the emergency department hours after his circumcision, his diaper stained red with blood.

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'UCLA Law Prof. Eugene Volokh, an expert on First Amendment jurisprudence and Washington Post columnist, has closely examined the legal arguments made by the Feminist Majority Foundation and allies in their quest to shut down Yik Yak on college campuses.

Calling the feminists’ push to eradicate boorish speech on the anonymous social-messaging app “another example of today’s Anti-Free Speech Movement for American universities,” Volokh finds their arguments contrary to well-established legal precedents.'

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'There is a documentary film on gender currently running a Kickstarter campaign that feminism would prefer never sees the light of day. You may be imagining some amateur film made by buffoons bumbling their way through a hit piece on feminism, but you’d be well off the mark. The film isThe Red Pill, by self-professed feminist Cassie Jaye.
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Jaye describes her latest project, The Red Pill, as “a fly-on-the-wall film about men’s rights activists.” But, she says, at some point during filming the process morphed into her journey through ideologies opposing feminism. What makes the film unique is that it will document her “chipping away at long held beliefs, as my worldview changed within the first month,” a process captured, she says, through video diaries which will be included in the film.
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The underlying suggestion in all of this, of course, is that she has come to sympathise with the men’s movement and jettisoned a lot of received feminist wisdom.

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'When you think of a victim of domestic abuse, who comes to mind?

If you’re being honest, it’s probably a woman. After all, domestic violence against men isn’t a theme of many Hollywood movies.

Yet in 2010, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released data from its National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey — and one of the most shocking statistics wasn’t just the sheer total of victims of physical violence but also how those numbers broke down by gender.