Story here. Excerpt:

'A man who was quickly branded a “selfie stalker” after his picture turned up on a crime victim’s cellphone is suing television commentator Nancy Grace for defamation, saying she refused to stop airing his photo even after authorities had cleared him of any wrongdoing.

The lawsuit filed Monday in Denver says Grace, who hosts a show on Turner Broadcasting’s HLN network, incorrectly told millions of viewers that Ben Seibert invaded a woman’s home and snapped a photo of himself on her phone, which she described as a “textbook serial killer’s calling card.”

Seibert said Grace humiliated him with her commentary, which went viral on an array of social media sites where readers called him a weirdo, a sicko, a rapist and a pervert. The suit says Grace didn’t check the facts and didn’t care.

“It hasn’t been easy for him as a result of this,” said Seibert’s attorney, John Pineau.'

Article here. Thanks, IBT, for continuing to have the courage to state the obvious. These days, it can indeed take courage to do that. Excerpt:

'Luke King, 23, of Whitehaven, Cumbria, England, committed suicide on 23 May 2014. King had been falsely accused of rape in 2010 and detained for two days until the accusation was thrown out. In the aftermath of his temporary detention King struggled with drugs, and depression, before eventually taking his own life.

It's perhaps easier for someone older to place such a harrowing experience in life's context, especially if they have no significant mental health issues. But for a 19-year-old, just or almost out of adolescence, the ordeal of a false rape accusation can be truly horrendous, especially if that person also has a tendency towards depression.

Story here. GREAT IDEA!!! Now let's have a SEPARATE honor for Black fallen soldiers, Hispanic fallen soldiers, Asian fallen soldiers, fallen soldiers from New York City, fallen soldiers with red hair, fallen soldiers who are bald. Leave it to feminists to make it all about ME ME ME ME ME. Excerpt:

'Navy Capt. Nancy Lacore knows valor has no gender. She recently completed a grueling 160 mile run in seven days to honor the 160 US servicewomen who died in Iraq and Afghanistan.

That’s one mile for each women who sacrificed her life for her country. Lacore, who served in Afghanistan, wanted to do something to raise awareness of the women who died in service.
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One by one, supporters placed the ribbons holding pictures of the fallen women on the marble walls of the memorial. And then it was Lacore’s turn to remember Maj. Megan McClung, the first female Marine officer killed in Iraq.

“They died for us,” Lacore said. “They died serving our country and sustaining our freedoms.”

Google just switched its page banner for today (Nov. 11), since here in the US, it's Veteran's Day. Undoubtedly, people outside the US will see something different, which is why I capped the image so it can be viewed here.

Remember always to be thankful to the millions of American women who were killed or died of wounds/illness in combat zones.

Yep.

Story here. Excerpt:

'The 49ers have taken plenty of criticism as they played defensive tackle Ray McDonald throughout the season following allegations of domestic violence.

Today, that decision can be justified.

According to Shelley Smith of ESPN, the Santa Clara County district attorney has declined to file charges against McDonald because of a lack of evidence.'

Story here.

'Lewiston Police say a report of a sexual assault on the Niagara University campus was false.

A female student told police that she was attacked while in a parking lot on the campus grounds.

Officers say after a lengthy investigation, they determined the complaint was unfounded and that no crime had been committed.

It is unclear if the student will face charges.'

Story here. Excerpt:

'A 20-year-old woman has been jailed for six years after she falsely accused a man of rape then led a gang to beat him to death.

Latiqwa Mayes was enraged that her victim Donald Robinson had not received a stricter sentence for breaking into her room and assaulting her friend at a boardinghouse.

Months later, she saw him walking down the street in Baltimore, Maryland, and yelled: 'He raped me! He's a sex offender!
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He was pronounced dead in hospital and an autopsy stated the beating as the cause of death.

Slamming Latiqwa Mayes, who has been in solitary confinement since September 2013, Judge Timothy Doory said Robinson's offense did 'not justify a call to the community to impose physical, violent retribution.'
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Latiqwa and Willie Mayes both pleaded guilty to second-degree murder.

They were each sentenced to 10 years in prison, however Latiqwa will serve six and Willie will serve two, with the other years suspended.'

Movember is an annual event in which men start the month of November clean shaven, and grow their moustaches in support of men's health issues, such as prostate cancer and other male cancers, as well as mental health.

Their US website is http://us.movember.com/

From the website: Men who participate in Movember (called Mo Bros) take action to change the face of men’s health by starting clean-shaven on Movember 1st and growing just a moustache (no beards, no goatees) for the month November. Movember is more than just an excuse to grow a fine piece of moustachery, it’s about creating conversations while raising funds and awareness for men’s health. It’s about having fun and doing good.

Note: Sorry this is being posted well into November, but there's still plenty of time to learn about men's health issues through Movember, or donate to someone participating in the event.

Article here. Excerpt:

'Social scientists who study families and work say that men like Mr. Bedrick, who take an early hands-on role in their children’s lives, are likely to be more involved for years to come and that their children will be healthier. Even their wives could benefit, as women whose husbands take paternity leave have increased career earnings and have a decreased chance of depression in the nine months after childbirth. But researchers also have a more ominous message. Taking time off for family obligations, including paternity leave, could have long-term negative effects on a man’s career — like lower pay or being passed over for promotions.

Video here. Caption:

'The title is intentionally provocative and meant to poke fun at the ways that research is being used to implicate men as the primary problem of domestic violence. Then again, the title is not that far from the truth. This video will have a look at the underbelly of one research study on domestic violence that created a good deal of headlines. Those headlines? They read over and over again that 1 in 5 men admitted to being violent in relationship. The video will take a look at how they got those numbers and also offer a glimpse of the story that they DIDN'T tell you. That story is that the data used for this study showed clearly that the women admitted to considerably more violence than the men. Have a look.

If you want a more detailed version you can see the article on menaregood that goes into a great deal more detail. http://menaregood.com/wordpress/the-one-sided-narrative-of-domestic-violence/

http://www.thedp.com/article/2014/11/students-no-longer-part-of-sexual-assault-hearings

'With the establishment of a new investigatory office for sexual assault at Penn , students will take a step back from the disciplinary process — a trend that has sparked controversy throughout the country.

In the new office, an investigator will lead a team in examining sexual assault complaints. The team will recommend whether to find the respondent responsible and recommend sanctions. But if either student involved disagrees with the finding, the student can request a hearing with a trained faculty panel.

Currently, sexual assault complaints against an undergraduate student go to the Office of Student Conduct, which follows a similar model, except the hearing panels include students.

While administrators say the new system will be fair to all parties, some critics say this model undermines due process for the accused.

Article here. Excerpt:

'The rationale for "yes means yes" is that universities are beset with sexual violence and steeped in "rape culture." Reports repeat the same shocking statistics: Either one in four or one in five college women have been the victims of a sexual assault.

Is it true? As my City Journal colleague Heather Mac Donald has pointed out, if those numbers were accurate, "Campus rape represents a crime wave of unprecedented proportions. No crime, much less one as serious as rape, has a victimization rate remotely approaching 20 or 25 percent, even over many years."

If the law's premise is bogus, how about the law's execution? As written, it offers a vague definition of "affirmative consent."

Article here. Excerpt:

'When Boko Haram gunmen stormed a school in northeastern Nigeria, they seemed to be closely following a premeditated plan of attack. They lined up students against a wall and killed them with single bullets to the head. They then doused nearby dormitories with gasoline, locked the doors, and set them alight. Those who tried to make an escape were stabbed to death.

Forty-six boys were killed in that July 2013 attack. All of the girls were spared.

Does the victims’ gender factor into why the international media paid no heed to the carnage Boko Haram wrought a year before the Islamist militant group kidnapped 276 girls from their school in Chibok? Why didn’t big-name celebrities and political officials rally behind the slaughtered schoolboys as they did the abducted schoolgirls? Why was no hashtag created to demand justice for the boys?

Article here. Excerpt:

'“Deeds not words,” exhorted Emmeline Pankhurst of the Suffragette movement.

Father of two and HGV driver Bobby Smith, 32, might have been inspired by that motto over the weekend as, in the name of New Fathers for Justice, he hijacked the sculpture of “A Real Birmingham Family” by the Turner Prize-winning artist Gillian Wearing.
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Affronted by the absence of a father figure, Bobby Smith stuck photographs of himself and his two daughters, Ellie, seven and Mollie, 10 onto the figures in the sculpture and threw a sheet over the remaining mother. He said: “There's nothing wrong with single mothers but this statue is saying one person can do both jobs, and I believe kids are always better off with both parents in their lives.”
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The exclusion of the father has always been a driving force in modern feminism, going back to its very origins. In her 1970 book The Female Eunuch, Germaine Greer dreamt of creating a communal collective of well-heeled young mothers at a farmhouse in Italy “where our children would be born. Their fathers and other people would also visit as often as they could...The house and garden would be worked by a local family...”. Charming. In an issue of Shrew magazine in 1973, a contributor asked "Are Fathers Really Necessary?" and concluded “they are more trouble than they are worth and likely to abuse children sexually."
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Article here. Excrrpt:

'Let's say he is an average little boy from a working- or middle-class family. What are hischances of living out his God-given potential? Not as good as Charlotte's, even if she had been born in his humble circumstances. For in childhood, adolescence, and early adulthood, our boys are now at greater risk than our girls.

A national proposal to establish a White House Council on Boys and Men, headed by Warren Farrell, Ph.D., author of the book, "The Myth of Male Power," documents the following factors as a few of the challenges that set up our boys for failure:

• Education: This is the first generation of boys in U.S. history who will have less education than their dads. ...

• Fatherlessness: A third of boys are raised in fatherless homes. ...

• Emotional health: Depression remains hidden in boys because of the male taboo against the showing of feelings. ...'