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'The American Academy of Pediatrics announced in 2012 a change in its policy regarding infant male circumcision. Whereas previously they held “the procedure is not essential to the childʼs current well-being,” now in their carefully worded statement they say “the benefits outweigh the risks.” This reversal comes at a time when circumcision rates are at their lowest point in years in the USA, and when many people around the world are taking a stand against the procedure.
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Just because there remains no conscious memory of events before speech develops doesnʼt mean they are “forgotten.” I can understand the general public may still believe that what cannot be remembered canʼt cause lasting damage. But that a medical organization, representing 60,000 primary care pediatricians, has chosen not to consider longterm emotional damage is nothing less than criminal.

Start making plans now to join us this summer at our annual conference in Washington DC. The event will be held on June 21-22. And you are in for a treat! 
 
We are tickled pink to announce that this year's keynote speakers are Erin Pizzey, founder of the international abuse shelter movement, and Kathy King, a former magistrate in Hamilton County, Ohio. I have no doubt they will tell it like it is. 
 
You'll be shocked and inspired as Vladek Filler and Gordon Smith talk about their false allegation cases, and Sherry Warner Seefeld tells us about her son Caleb. And that's not all.  
 
Visit the SAVE website for more presenters, the schedule, registration fees and lodging info. Visit eventbrite to register online.

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'A starving puppy whimpering in pain after its owner tossed it away in the rubbish has been given a second chance at life after being rescued by a US garbage man.

Indiana man Michael Upchurch found the six-week-old dog, which has since been named Garby, as he collected rubbish last Wednesday morning.

"Once I took it up here and I dumped it in the truck it was just a terrible sound," Mr Upchurch told CBS.
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Garby has since recovered and is now living with Mr Upchurch and his wife.

The woman accused of dumping Garby as well as two other puppies on the same day said she thought the animals had died of Parvo — a contagious virus that affects dogs.

A medical examination found the dog was not suffering from the virus, but was starving.

Police are investigating the case and the owner could face charges of neglect and animal cruelty.'

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'A New York woman has been charged with child endangerment after she allegedly hired strippers to perform at her son's 16th birthday party.

Judy Viger, 33, threw a birthday party for her son at a bowling alley in November last year, CBS News reports.

She allegedly hired two strippers, who attended the party and performed lewd dances for five teenagers under 17.'

American Family Insurance has a refreshingly male-positive ad about a father and son's quest to visit all the national parks in the United States. A link to the ad is here.

This is an exciting and encouraging development in Canada. The Toronto District School Board, in a groundbreaking policy decision, has decided that due to the underrepresentation of men in the K-12 public education system, especially at the elementary level, they will favour hiring more male teachers to correct the imbalance. The school board is also favouring the hiring of certain racial minorities who are also underrepresented. A memo sent out by the school board to teachers and principals states, "The first round of TDSB interviews will be granted to teacher candidates that meet one or more of the following criteria in addition to being an outstanding teacher: Male, racial minority, French, Music, Aboriginal.” Excerpt:

'A Toronto District School Board memo to staff that included gender and race among qualifications that could win a candidate an interview for a teaching position has outraged some female teachers.

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'Recently, the article “Consent a campus issue,” which ran in The Crimson White, has been receiving quite a bit of attention, mainly from people calling for the job of Jessica Vickery, the assistant director of health education and promotion at the Student Health Center.

Vickery’s “crime,” according to many comments online, was found in a quote stating that, “Some people think there are false accusations. There’s really no false accusations. If someone feels they didn’t give consent, then they didn’t give consent.”

Readers have attacked Vickery for her conservative take on consent and sex since this article ran, with users such as ZimbaZumba posting that, “Jessica Vickery should be removed from her position, her comments are appalling.”

Some, like user drunicusrex, even see males being victimized here, posting that, “This is truly frightening. I doubt I will ever send my son, or for that matter my daughter, to a school where such fantastic, outrageous, and blatantly anti-male beliefs are espoused.”

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'Colleges could soon have new national standards for how they handle reported sexual assaults on their campuses, thanks to a provision in the latest re-authorization of the Violence Against Women Act.

The Campus Sexual Violence Elimination (SaVE) Act was first introduced in 2010 by Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.), but now depends on the passage of the Senate version of VAWA, which has incorporated much of its language. It's the most significant reform of policy on how college sexual assaults are handled since the Jeanne Clery Act of 1990 and the Campus Sexual Assault Victim's Bill of Rights of 1992.
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The SaVE Act is not without critics. Most notably, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education has pushed against the establishment of a National Center for Campus Public Safety, citing concerns for individuals accused of assault. FIRE also has protested the low burden of proof that would be established by the bill, saying it removes safeguards for due process of the accused.'

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'Rep. John "Jimmy" Duncan Jr. (R-Tenn.) said he doesn't know if he will vote for a renewal of the Violence Against Women Act, a bill the congressman said has a nice name, and argued that men can handle violence better than women.

"Every bill is given a motherhood-and-apple-pie title," Duncan said, according to the Chattanooga Times Free Press. "But if you voted [based] on the title, you'd vote for every bill up here. If we'd all done that, the country would have crashed a long time ago."

"So this is another bill with a motherhood-and-apple-pie title," added Duncan, who voted for the reauthorization of VAWA in 2005.

But constituents would be mistaken to think that Duncan's uncertainty over whether he will support the reauthorization this year means he isn't concerned with the issue of violence against women. He said it's an especially big problem because women are not as well equipped as men to handle violence.

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'Obama’s emphasis on “high quality” is important. Preschool intervention programs vary in quality. But, at their best, they help child to make the most of their early learning years at a time when their learning and study habits are formed.

One recent federal evaluation of Head Start, which is aimed at low-income preschoolers, found parents benefitted, too, by learning to use more appropriate discipline and spend more time reading to their children.

“Every dollar we invest in high-quality early education can save more than seven dollars later on,” President Obama said, announcing his idea during his State of the Union Address.

And there’s another potential benefit that the president didn’t mention: Prekindergarten programs can help reverse a disturbing gender gap favoring girls in academic performance that, according to new studies, is showing up as early as kindergarten.'

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'A woman who served time in state prison for having sex with two underage boys, including one who was dating her teenage daughter, is back in jail for allegedly violating her parole by possessing pornography, authorities said Tuesday.

Christine Shreeve Hubbs, 44, was arrested Friday night after state parole agents found pornography in a surprise compliance visit to her Hayward home, said Fred Bridgewater, state parole spokesman.

There was no indication that the pornography involved children, but Hubbs is not allowed to possess any pornography under the conditions of her parole, Bridgewater said.'

From Warren Farrell:

Reddit's Ask Me Anything is doing a highlighted interview with me on Tuesday, February 19th at 10:00 AM Pacific (1:00 PM Eastern). I thought you might like to ask a question. I am writing this a few days ahead of time because, to do so, you would need to sign up for a Reddit account and familiarize yourself with how the Ask Me Anything (AMA) works. To submit a question, you may go to http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA and locate my AMA on Tuesday at 10:00 AM Pacific (1:00 PM Eastern), click on it, and put a question in the comments/questions box.

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'A teenager who put a man through two months of torment by falsely accusing him of rape has been spared jail.

Sophie Hooper, 19, told police she had been forced to have sex against her will with a man she had only just met in the pub.

But two months later her conscience got the better of her and she wrote a letter to the police confessing she had lied about the allegations.'

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'Elaine Cook and her boyfriend of 10 months went out last week for Valentine’s Day, returned to her apartment and got in a fight.

She asked him to leave. He wanted to end the argument. So he leaned in for a kiss.

That’s when prosecutors said she bit off a “large” piece of his tongue.

Now the 51-year-old Cook, of the 9400 block of Lockwood in Skokie, is charged with aggravated domestic battery.

She was arrested Friday, records show, and Cook County Judge Israel Desierto ordered her held Sunday in lieu of $100,000 bail.

Her boyfriend, meanwhile, said he has “a lot of mixed feelings.” He said he’s trying to heal after losing the right side of his tongue, and he asked not to be named.'