Article here. Excerpt:

'Recently, the Detroit Jewish News wrote an informative article on parental alienation: Parental Alienation: Children suffer most from their parents’ inability to resolve conflict in a healthy way. It features one of our members, and another one of our members wrote a heart wrenching letter to the editor in response to the article. Neither chose to be identified. Both are concerned about the potential response of the custodial parent and their children and grandchildren.

During the holidays, parental alienation is particularly difficult for families to deal with. Many of you may relate to the letter one of our members wrote in response to the Detroit Jewish News article. It is a story Fathers and Families hears all too often. One that Fathers and Families wishes to end with shared parenting.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'We have received a small number of complaints about a fundraising advert currently running on public transport in London and the South East of England (below) that portrays a father as a perpetrator of child abuse.

Our advertising and awareness literature represents all kinds of abuse and all kinds of perpetrators of abuse - whether male or female, young or old - and we work hard to find the correct balance in our campaigns.

The advert above happened to talk about a man, but many others talk about women.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'The study, conducted by two female researchers at Sam Houston State University in Texas (and supported by the university’s Crime Victim’s Institute) looked at the impact that education levels and employment status differences play in domestic or intimate partner violence in heterosexual couples and found that dual-incomed households were more than twice as likely to .

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'Forty years ago, a landmark piece of legislation, commonly referred to as Title IX, was passed in the purpose of ending discrimination. That piece of legislation paved the way for women’s athletics not only in the collegiate and high school level, but for all wanting to compete in an equal society.

Title IX allowed my mother, at the age of 14, to participate in sports on equal grounds. She was no longer shunned because she was a woman. Instead, she was given the right to enjoy sports, a joy she would soon share with her son.

When I was five years old and just beginning my first year of T-ball, it was my mother who was my first coach. At the time, she was the only female coach in Soundview Little League in Northeast Tacoma. That accomplishment, and my love for sports, spawned from the implementation of Title IX.'

Story here. Excerpt:

'Wealthy insurance broker Tina Greenland, 49, had sex with divorced Nicholas Mouna, 55, after employing her to care for his disabled daughter.

The mother-of-three texted him the next day saying she "had a lovely night" and that she hoped he didn't think she was "some kind of tart".

But when Mr Mouna gave a "half-hearted" response making it clear he did not want a relationship she accused him of "using" her.

Canterbury Crown Court heard how she then phoned Kent Police and claimed she had been raped after her drink had been spiked.

Mr Mouna was arrested and suspended from his job, which he later lost despite never being charged for the crime.'

Article here. Excerpt

'Female teachers mark male pupils more harshly than they do their female students, research has claimed.

Additionally, girls tend to believe male teachers will look upon them more favourably than female teaching staff, but men treat all students the same, regardless of gender.

The study, released on Thursday, told 1,200 students in 29 schools to place financial bets on who would give them higher grades: external examiners or their teacher.

Conducted by professors Amine Ouazad and Lionel Page, for the London School of Economic's Centre for Economic Performance, the report said:

"Male students tend to bet less [money] when assessed by a female teacher than by an external examiner or by a male teacher. This is consistent with female teachers' grading practices; female teachers give lower grades to male students.'

Commentary here. Excerpt:

'Four women filed suit for the right to serve in combat in San Francisco today, demanding the military officially call them combat soldiers. Of course, none of them are really suited to engage in combat, but they want to be called warriors nonetheless.

Typically, by this point, there would be a chorus of feminists telling me Ms. Farrell is far tougher than I am, and could easily kick my ass, beat me in war, etc. But just look at the girl. This is a joke. I’m an out-of-shape, nearly middle-aged guy and I could kick her ass with one hand tied behind my back.

But anyone who says such a thing must support violence against women, right?

This is where they’re covered on both sides. On the one hand, you say she can’t hack it as a soldier and you’re accused of being an anti-equality bigot, and on the other you say “OK, let’s put her to the test” and suddenly you’re an abusive monster.

What Happened to the Presumption of Innocence?

The DV industry is telling Congress that the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) must be reauthorized during the lame duck session. We need to make sure they hear our message that VAWA should not be reauthorized unless it respects the presumption of innocence.

Learn more: http://www.saveservices.org/camp/presumed-innocent/

Let's take action!

Call both of your Senators and your Representative at 1-202-224-3121.

You can also find your Senators' phone numbers here: http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm and your Representative's phone number here: http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/

Even if you called last time, call again today. Just say, "Don't pass the Violence Against Women Act until the presumption of innocence is restored!"

Call now. Call later. Call often.

Or call once.

Article here. Excerpt:

'The holiday season is ripe with opportunity for family disputes and blow-ups. (As Beverly D'Angelo says in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, "It's Christmas. We're all miserable.") Now, a new study may help your understand how best to handle your relationship with your in-laws.

The marriages of men who are closer to their in-laws are 20 percent less likely to end in divorce, according to a study conducted by Dr. Terri Orbuch, a psychologist and research professor at the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research and author of Finding Love Again: 6 Steps to a New and Happy Relationship. The story of her findings in regards to in-laws recently appeared in The Wall Street Journal.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'GOVERNMENT is considering making neo-natal male circumcision compulsory as a long-term strategy for HIV prevention.

In an interview yesterday, Aids and Tuberculosis Unit national director in the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare Dr Owen Mugurungi said infant circumcision was more sustainable than adult circumcision.

He said the ministry was still following due process for the feasibility and acceptability studies for its introduction.

Dr Mugurungi, however, said they were carrying out research on the implications of infant circumcision.

"We have received a lot of inquiries from young couples who wanted their children to be circumcised. We are following due processes for the feasibility and acceptability studies.

"There are people who are advocating infant circumcision and there are some who are against it. We do not want to force anyone and that is why we want to carry out research," he said.'

Story here. Excerpt:

'A 24-year-old woman was arrested yesterday for attacking her boyfriend after he climaxed and she did not, a police report alleges.

Raquel Gonzalez lives in Bradenton, Florida with her boyfriend, Esric Davis, 30. Apparently, the two were engaged in intercourse.

When he finished and she did not, Gonzalez allegedly started punching and scratching him around the nose and eyes.
...

The violent post-coital attack allegedly occurred after Davis reached orgasm, but Gonzalez did not. Apparently outraged, she then ‘began hitting and scratching (Davis), causing scratches near his eyes and nose,’ the police report read.

She was arrested yesterday afternoon and charged with felony domestic battery, and remains in the Manatee County jail.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'WASHINGTON — Marine Corps Pvt. Lazzaric T. Caldwell slit his wrists and spurred a legal debate that’s consuming the Pentagon, as well as the nation’s top military appeals court.

On Tuesday, the court wrestled with the wisdom of prosecuting Caldwell after his January 2010 suicide attempt. Though Caldwell pleaded guilty, he and his attorneys now question his original plea and the broader military law that makes “self-injury” a potential criminal offense.

The questions resonate amid what Pentagon leaders have called an “epidemic” of military suicides.

“If suicide is indeed the worst enemy the armed forces have,” Senior Judge Walter T. Cox III said, “then why should we criminalize it when it fails?”'

Link here. Excerpt:

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Article here. Excerpt:

'A new Bill passed on Wednesday now gives men the opportunity to take women to court for child maintenance (child support).

The sole female parliamentarian, Minister of Social Services and Gender Affairs, Hon. Marcella Liburd introduced and led the debate on The Maintenance of Children Bill, 2012.

The 33-section Bill states that if a father/male has guardianship/sole custody of a child, he can take the same legal action previously only available to mothers/females, and apply to the court for financial support from the child’s mother/female guardian. It replaces an Act passed in 1920.

“I want to say that unlike what is said out there, mothers can indeed be asked to maintain their children because there situations where the children are in the physical custody of their father or the father’s family,” Minister Liburd said.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'Say you married your high school sweetheart, and he or she stayed home to raise the kids. Now 20 years later, you've grown apart and gotten divorced.

Along with a fair distribution of your lifetime savings, you'd probably agree that it's fair to pay alimony for a good number of years to help your former spouse find his or her way in the next chapter of life.

But should you be forced to pay alimony for the rest of your life?

Current law says a judge can make you pay alimony until you die, or until your former spouse remarries, something exes have been known to delay so as not to end the alimony gravy train.

As it stands, "permanent alimony" amounts to a life sentence. It is an outdated law that should be changed in the next session of the Florida Legislature.'