Article here. Excerpt:

'The revised policy, which combines the pre-existing sexual assault and harassment policies, defines consent as a “knowing, voluntary and affirmatively communicated willingness to participate in a particular sexual activity or behavior.”

It goes on to clarify that consent must be given while the consenting party has the “ability and capacity to exercise free will and make a rational, reasonable judgment,” which officials said means consent cannot be given while one party is highly intoxicated.

“Students are going to have to engage in direct conversation with sexual partners for every act,” said Resident Life Associate Director Steve Petkas, who serves as the interim Title IX director. “Past sexual encounters or one set of sexual behaviors does not imply acceptance going forward. They have to communicate — and frankly, that’s what adults do.”'

Article here. Excerpt:

'Howard Kallem believes that UNC must build a response system for sexual harassment charges.

Kallem, a candidate for the University’s Title IX position and the chief regional attorney for the Office for Civil Rights in the U.S. Department of Education, spoke at a public forum Friday about his platform for the position.

“I think it’s important to have a procedure in place to give the accused the opportunity to state their case,” Kallem said.

A forum with a third candidate was planned to be held this Wednesday, but it was cancelled after the candidate withdrew.

Kallem said it is essential to maintain neutrality when investigating any case, and no judgment should be made until the truth is revealed.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'WASHINGTON — Facing strident opposition from women’s groups and fellow Democrats, Obama administration economic confidante Lawrence H. Summers removed his name from consideration to the head the Federal Reserve, the White House said late Sunday.
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Until Sunday, he appeared to have support from the one person who mattered most, Obama. That support cost Obama politically, as women’s groups, especially the National Organization for Women, were furious that he appeared ready to pass over an accomplished woman, current Fed Vice Chairman Janet Yellen.

“On absolute facts and merits, she is better than any of the men,” Terry O’Neill, president of the National Organization for Women, told McClatchy just days before Summers withdrew. “For the president to pass her by is exactly what women’s organizations have been struggling against for decades. How dare he hold himself up as a proponent of women’s rights then slam a glass ceiling on Janet Yellen’s head?”'

Article here. Excerpt:

'KATHRYN JEAN LOPEZ: What’s the war on boys?

CHRISTINA HOFF SOMMERS: It’s more like a war of attrition. No one wakes up in the morning thinking, “What horrible thing can I do to boys today?” But boys and young men have been massively neglected. Women in the U.S. today earn 62 percent of associate’s degrees, 57 percent of bachelor’s degrees, 60 percent of master’s degrees, and 52 percent of doctorates. When an education-policy analyst looked at current trends in higher education he quipped, only half in jest, “The last male will graduate from college in 2068.”
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LOPEZ: This has been a theme of yours for a while. Has it gotten better or worse?

Very nice video here. From the text shown on video:

'a present face
the ability to express feelings
being father already..
choose for others
compare with the past, and challenge yourself
walk the road together (fare un tratto di strada assieme)
be the example
smile
be honest
say "no" when needed
give credit for success'

Petition here. Great idea! A petition to a petition site! Excerpt:

'Change.org offers a Women's Rights section, but has no Men's Rights section. We find this appalling. How can a site that regularly promotes petitions about equality ignore half the population?

Men suffer much discrimination in today's world.

Fathers in family court are not treated equally to mothers. Approximately 75-80% of cases end up with mothers getting sole custody, even when the fathers were the stay-at-home parent and they asked for equal custody.

Men are routinely called perpetrators of domestic violence, even though half of all DV is mutual, and the rest is evenly divided between men and women. This discrimination starts at the top (AG Holder) and trickles all the way down to neighborhood abuse shelters. Men abused by women are often arrested instead of given support.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'On Jan. 13, 2012, an Italian cruise ship (the Costa Concordia) partially sank off the coast of Tuscany. There were 4,252 people on board. Thirty people died and 64 people were injured.

However, the big story about this event was when the captain of the ship, Francesco Schettino — and much of his crew — abandoned the ship without much thought to the women and children on board.

In other words, it was not a Titanic-type situation where the women and children were offered the lifeboats first.

It was every person for themselves and yet there were documented complaints from women on board that the men fended for themselves without thought to the women or children first.

Is it the man’s responsibility to think of the women and children first or have times changed in the wake of feminism?

Article here. Excerpt:

'As David Letterman interviewed Queen Latifah about her new talk show the actress revealed that she had no desire to delve into the realm of paternity testing. That could be due to the controversial nature of the court system when it comes to determining the rights and responsibilities of a father.

Article here. Excerpt:

'A northern Michigan man’s bid to establish parental rights to a 2-year-old boy was shot down by the state appeals court in a decision that rested on the marital status of the mother when the child was born.

It’s another case where a man has no automatic right to paternity in Michigan if a child is born to a woman while she’s married to another man. The law has changed since John Sprenger filed a lawsuit in 2011, but the new version hasn’t helped him, either.
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The appeals court viewed the case under an old version of Michigan’s paternity law. While the case was pending, the law was changed in 2012 to give men a better chance at establishing fatherhood.
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“Justice fails when the truth is made subservient to procedural rules,” his attorney, Eric Phelps, said.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'Domestic violence is a crime in which, overwhelmingly, the victims are women and the perpetrators are men. A recent 11-year summary of domestic violence trends in Victoria by the Department of Justice found that nearly 80 per cent of victims were female and over 90 per cent of perpetrators were male.

Yet lately it seems that there has been a subtle shift in community perception. Whenever the topic of domestic violence is raised in the media, talkback radio, online comments and letters to the editor are suddenly flooded with demands that we acknowledge that men, too, are victims. According to a VicHealth report, one fifth of the community now believes that men and women are equal perpetrators of violence in the home.

Article here. Excerpt:

'Over the last couple years, especially during the 2012 general election, I have become more and more aggravated with the Left’s use of the term “War on Women.” The United States has been one of the best countries to live in since we declared our independence. While we have had our ups and downs concerning equal rights, we have come a long way and are still far ahead of the rest of the world.
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Those who say there is a “War on Women” seem to ignore the fact that women have a brain and are not just sexual creatures that cannot make choices for themselves. They also seem to believe that it is the government’s responsibility to take care of women. They ignore the simple fact that women can take responsibility for their actions. After all, isn’t that a right that we have been fighting for all along: personal responsibility, rather than having others be responsible for us?'

Article here. Excerpt:

'Many people are asking silent crisis is consuming the future of our male children. Fathers are spending more time away from their families either toiling at work, lounging with their buddies at the club after a hard day’s work, or generally involved in one thing or another that takes them away from home. They have surrendered the nurturing and upbringing of their children, especially boys, to women – their mothers, aunties, female house helps and nannies. Absentee fatherhood is taking an awful toll on our boys. Children need the presence of strong male role models as psychological, spiritual and moral anchors. This is the essence of the divinely ordained role of males as family heads.

Article here. Excerpt:

'I AM so glad I wasn't born a man.

This has got nothing to do with facial hair or the fact that woman can have babies while men can't.

It's that women don't automatically get branded as a pedophile or a sexual predator based purely on their sex.

I was doing a story last week on a single dad offering his help for free to other single women.

On the surface, it seemed like an honest gesture of goodwill.

I don't know the man and I can't pretend to know his intentions.

But what disturbed me was a phone call I had from another woman who had called the police about him.

This man had approached her with an offer for help and, from what I can tell, had also suggested they might end up going on a date.

The woman was concerned he was looking to take advantage of vulnerable women.

The reason? "Nothing is for free in this world."

The fact that a man can't offer his help to a woman without being assumed to have an ulterior motive makes me feel tired and angry.

Story here. Excerpt:

'A Wymore man falsely accused of rape will appeal the dismissal of his lawsuit against Gage County and several of its deputies, his lawyer said Friday.

Elliot Hawkins, 50, sued the county and law enforcement officials over his 2011 arrest, accusing officials of negligence and saying they violated his due process rights by conducting a reckless investigation and intentionally ignoring leads that would have exonerated him. The lawsuit sought an unspecified amount for lost earnings capacity, damage to his reputation and emotional distress, among other things.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Cheryl Zwart granted the county's motion for summary judgment, saying the defendants have immunity from liability.

Article here. Excerpt:

'I recently appeared on MSNBC’s The Cycle to discuss the new edition of my book The War Against Boys. The four hosts were having none of it. A war on boys? They countered with the wage gap and the prominence of men across the professions. One of them concluded, “I don’t think the patriarchy is under any threat.”