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'Many of the pundits, “journalists”, politicians and opinion makers discussing online misogyny - the argument du jour for the British media and the political and chattering classes - are demonstrating the worst sort of hypocrisy and gender prejudice.

Misogyny is of course unacceptable in any form and when it comes packaged in threats of violence and violent abuse it is illegal and should be prosecuted under existing law.

Misogyny should not, however, be seen as an excuse for the sort of casual misandry that is a contributory factor and is allowed to go unchecked and un-commented on in so many different publishing arenas - especially on BBC platforms (TV, web, radio and print).

Nothing is so guaranteed to get a journalist, broadcaster or politician to speak without engaging his or her brain as two or more people gathered together exchanging platitudes about how awful life is for women and how men, ALL men, are responsible.

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'Congress is moving forward with its “war on women” by failing to pursue an exemption for them from the draft, according to an analyst whose work focuses on the military and the readiness of the services to defend the nation.

“During the House Armed Services Committee’s markup on the National Defense Authorization bill for 2014, committee members would not even consider legislation to preserve young women’s exemption from Selective Service registration and a possible future draft,” according to the Center for Military Readiness, which is run by Elaine Donnelly.

For now, a lawsuit demanding that women be included in any future draft has been dismissed. But critics say direct and specific exemptions need to be established now for women.

The idea is that treating women as equal to men means allowing them to join combat units, which the Obama administration has been advocating.'

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'JACKSON, Miss. — If a girl younger than 16 gives birth and won’t name the father, a new Mississippi law — likely the first of its kind in the country — says authorities must collect umbilical cord blood and run DNA tests to prove paternity as a step toward prosecuting statutory rape cases.

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'In addition to this tragedy, the city of Prescott has officially denied paying out his benefits claiming he was not full time. This is not accurate at all. He had been working his scheduled 40 hour weeks, he had obtained their goals required of full time status and had been given a raise above that of a seasonal employee. Because of that, his employee file had been forwarded onto the city managers' office with the endorsement of his supervisors. Unfortunately, they too perished in that fire and cannot confirm this. The delay in the process is the primary reason for their not approving his status. Nonetheless, he was verbally assured of his status, he was working his required schedule as a full time employee, being paid as a full time employee therefore is due full time benefits.'

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'Brooks' point piece turns out to be a popular column topic among conservative writers: Why aren't people working? The twist in this one is that it's a gender-based thesis. Brooks got hold of some stats showing that men are having more trouble recovering the jobs lost in the recent recession than women. He cites a Floyd Norris column from this weekend, "Gender Gaps Appear as Employment Recovers From Recession," which provides all the relevant numbers.
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Remember that scene in American Psycho where Christian Bale stabs Reg E. Cathey's homeless "Al" character? The part where he's like, "Get a job, Al – you've got a negative attitude, that's what's holding you back!" Fellas, Mssrs. Brooks and Voight, that was satire. About the last thing the millions of broke Americans out there need is someone like you telling them their problem is that they need a more positive attitude. Actually their problem is much more simple: not enough jobs. Really, that's pretty much it. It's not a mystery.'

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'The company offered high-end matchmaking services to professionals too busy to find a date — but in its efforts to provide discriminating companionship to its clients, the It’s Just Lunch dating service ended up discriminating against its own employees.

It’s Just Lunch agreed to pay out $900,000 to settle an EEOC lawsuit that alleged that the company refused to hire men for jobs as dating directors or inside sales representatives.

Most of the cash will go toward compensating men who applied for the jobs in question between 2007 and 2013 but were not considered for hire. Part of the money is also going to Lynda Twist, the former human resources director, who says she was fired after she spoke up against the company’s hiring practices.'

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'A rising number of male voters appears to be giving up the struggle to find work as the job market weakens, creating a soft underbelly in Labor’s traditional support base.

As Labor pitches itself as the best-placed party to manage a deteriorating economy, official figures showed the male participation rate plunged last month to its lowest level in almost nine years.

Experts say lower participation is a strong sign workers are becoming discouraged as employers scrap hiring plans and shed staff.

The falling proportion of active men helped soften upward pressure on the nation’s jobless rate – which held steady at 5.7 per cent in July.'

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'NEW laws that will demand unmarried fathers' names are included on their child's birth certificate will do little to protect their legal rights, campaigners have claimed.

Government plans, approved today, will ensure for the first time that both parents' names must be registered.

But Eamonn Quinn, of campaign group Unmarried and Separated Parents of Ireland, said the move does not go far enough because they fail to guarantee an unmarried man guardianship or access rights.

"Getting the name on the birth certificate doesn't give a father automatic rights," Mr Quinn said.'

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'The African Women’s Entrepreneurship Program (AWEP) is a U.S. Department of State initiative that was launched in 2010 alongside the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) ministerial forum in Zambia. ...

August 10-11, AWEP’s Ethiopia Chapter will host a forum prior to the 2013 AGOA Forum’s ministerial program held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. One hundred AWEP women entrepreneurs from across the continent will participate in the forum, themed “Queen of Sheba: The Entrepreneur.” U.S. Congressional delegates, private sector practitioners and senior U.S. and African officials will also participate.

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'A pregnant woman is accused of firing a gun at her ex-boyfriend.

Renada Shantrice Irby, 32, of 346 W. Chatelain Dr. in Spartanburg, has been charged by the Greer Police Department with criminal domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature and second-degree assault and battery.

An officer responded to a reported altercation around 2 a.m. Thursday. A man said Irby followed him and his current girlfriend to the Spinx gas station at 1599 S. Highway 101 where there was an argument.
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The female victim said Irby threatened to shoot her, while the male victim said Irby pointed a .22-caliber handgun at them, according to incident reports.

They claimed they heard gunfire before Irby drove away, a report states.

Two other people said they witnessed the incident.'

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'Cathy Richardson, 26, from Viking Court in Shoebury, Essex, told officers she had been sexually assaulted several times over two months in 2012 by a man she knew.

A man was arrested on suspicion of rape but was later released without charge after a series of interviews.

Richardson was jailed for 12 months at Basildon Crown Court after admitting perverting the course of justice.
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He said the outcome of the prosecution of Richardson should send out "a very clear message" to anyone who deliberately lied to police.

"The actions of Cathy Richardson in this case led to an innocent man being arrested, having to spend time in a custody cell and undergoing an intrusive and personal medical examination," he said.'

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'Twitter's public apology to women who have been subjected to online abuse is another significant victory for those campaigning against online misogyny. It follows in the wake of the successful #FBrape campaign that persuaded advertisers to suspend their marketing activities on Facebook until it made a commitment to tackle "gender-based hate".
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Second, there is the issue of how we tackle violence and abuse full stop. Anyone following the debate about gender hate-speech on social media in recent months could be forgiven for thinking that online abuse is always perpetrated by men and suffered by women. And yet a survey by the website Knowthenet in 2011 found that 19-year-old males were most at risk from cyberbullying among teenagers, with 85% saying they had been victims, while figures from the World Health Organisation reveal that men account for 81% of violent deaths globally every year.

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