Article here. Excerpt:

'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.

Story here. Excerpt:

'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.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'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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Essay here. Excerpt:

'More and more Jewish parents in America and Israel are avoiding circumcision. Instead, they are holding alternative ceremonies sometimes called Bris Shalom or Brit B’lee Milah (covenant without cutting) ceremonies. Many Jews throughout Europe and the former Soviet Union have stopped circumcising over 100 years ago. Already over 100 Rabbis are performing alternative covenant ceremonies that omit the violent circumcision. These are gaining popularity both in the United States and worldwide.
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Jewish parents can find a Rabbi, or Cantor to lead a Bris without cutting via Dr. Mark Reiss' Brit Shalom Celebrants List. Many parents are finding that their regular Rabbi or Cantor are happy to do so as well, even if they are not on this list.

Essay here. Excerpt:

'Thirty-six years later my son was born. Two days before his planned circumcision, while searching online for recommendations on the doctor-mohel we chose, I stumbled upon the following paragraph from The Guide for the Perplexed by Maimonides, the great Jewish philosopher:

“As regards circumcision, I think that one of its objects is to limit sexual intercourse, and to weaken the organ of generation as far as possible, and thus cause man to be moderate. Some people believe that circumcision is to remove a defect in man’s formation; but every one can easily reply: How can products of nature be deficient so as to require external completion, especially as the use of the foreskin to that organ is evident. The bodily injury caused to that organ is exactly that which is desired; This is, as I believe, the best reason for the commandment concerning circumcision.”

I was shocked. I realized that the Jewish motivation for circumcision was diminishing sexual pleasure, the same motivation as the one behind female genital cutting.

Article here. Oh boy, so predictable. Other women are mentioned who "broke barriers" by entering "male dominated" fields. Gosh, us men are just such a bunch of horrid oppressors toward women. Hey, any mention of, say, Warren Farrell or Glenn Sacks, etc.? Excerpt:

'This year marks the 50th anniversary of the highest civilian honor, which was first presented by President John F. Kennedy and has been given to 500 individuals from diverse corners of the country.
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Gloria Steinem

Gloria Steinem is a renowned writer and activist for women's equality. She was a leader in the women's liberation movement, co-founded Ms. magazine, and helped launch a wide variety of groups and publications dedicated to advancing civil rights. Ms. Steinem has received dozens of awards over the course of her career, and remains an active voice for women's rights.'

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'For the first time, Colorado has a clear formula for the calculation of alimony. The new legislation, House Bill 13-1058, goes into effect January of 2014. Governor John Hickenlooper signed it on May 10, 2013.

The alimony legislation, referred to as the Maintenance Act, defines the state’s new guidelines for the determination of spousal maintenance. Maintenance is the amount of court ordered spousal support paid by the higher earning spouse to the lower earning spouse each month for a specified period of time following a divorce or legal separation.

The formula states that the amount of maintenance is equal to forty percent of the higher income party’s monthly adjusted gross income less fifty percent of the lower income party’s monthly adjusted gross income. There are some exceptions, and there is a cap, but this is the first time that Colorado has had a formula.'

Story here. While it it laudable that child slavery related to the production of chocolate is coming to the world's attention more openly, it is notable that the story is billed as "child slaves." The fact is -- if one looks at the videos -- that all the children are male. Yet, nowhere does the story say anything about male child slavery. The gender card seems too hot a button these days... perhaps, if it were to be mentioned openly, feminists would derail the good work that's being done? The fact is that many adult males are financial slaves too, but nobody is talking about that, are they? Another taboo topic? Excerpt:

'Everyone loves chocolate. But for thousands of people, chocolate is the reason for their enslavement.

The chocolate bar you snack on likely starts at a plant in a West African cocoa plantation, and often the people who harvest it are children. Many are slaves to a system that produces something almost all of us consume and enjoy.

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'The results showed that the 3.7 percentage point increase in male unemployment during the time caused a decline in the incidence of domestic abuse by 12 percent. Meanwhile, the 3 percentage point increase in female unemployment increased domestic violence by 10 percent. The correlation held for all kinds of abuse, but it was stronger for physical violence.