Submitted by Mastodon on Sat, 2012-09-15 19:00
Article here. Excerpt:
'I know a fiftysomething woman who went back to school last year. She needed a credential in order to get steady work, so she invested eight months and several thousand dollars to qualify as a personal care assistant. She cleaned toilets to help pay the tuition. The pay is low, but she’ll always be in demand. Her former husband (he’s the same age), meanwhile, has more or less dropped out of the economy. History seems to be repeating itself with their kids. Their focused daughter is a top university student with an eye on a good career. Their son dropped out of university in his first semester. Since then, he’s had a string of low-paying jobs. He has no plan.
Submitted by Mastodon on Sat, 2012-09-15 18:56
Article here. Excerpt:
'A British woman is campaigning for the legal right to veto her husband's choice to donate sperm, it has emerged.
The unidentified complainant says her partner volunteered samples of his semen to a registered clinic after becoming stressed by the birth of their child, reported MailOnline.
Disgruntled, the mother-of-one from Surrey has contacted the Human Fertilisation And Embryology Authority, arguing that women across the UK should be able to deny their spouse's free will on the matter - because sperm is a 'marital asset'.
She's wrong.
As a men's rights activist and someone whose mother was a counsellor in Liverpool's British Pregnancy Advisory Service, where I spent considerable time as a boy, I value the importance of choice massively. But it cuts both ways.
The old maxim of 'my body, my choice' is one that applies to both genders, not just women.'
Submitted by Mastodon on Sat, 2012-09-15 16:34
Submitted by Mastodon on Sat, 2012-09-15 16:30
Article here. Excerpt:
'Title IX requires girls to have the same opportunities to compete in sports as boys, but what about allowing boys to compete on girls’ teams. It’s a growing trend in Section V, especially in volleyball.
One local athlete loves the sport of volleyball, but when budget cuts stopped him from being able to play on the boys’ team at school; he tried out for the girls’ team.
Ben Ellingham, Pittsford Mendon senior, said, “I've never really been a football or soccer player I tried it but it wasn't my love, I tried volleyball and something just clicked for me.”
Mendon senior Ben Ellingham certainly stands out on the volleyball court.
Ellingham said, “The first year, I was out of my comfort zone, but I got used to it.”'
Submitted by Mastodon on Sat, 2012-09-15 15:40
Article here. Excerpt:
Except something about this interview is different. Rihanna, Tina Turner and countless other women have told their sad tales of abusive relationships. But, after dredging the recesses of my memory and Google, I've been unable to find a single comparable example of a male celebrity disclosing experiences as a victim.
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So the interview, to be broadcast this Friday, is perhaps more groundbreaking than anyone involved realised. If it were with some hip, young, anguished method actor it might be less surprising, but this is Sir Roger Moore: the 84-year-old embodiment of British stiff upper lip, a knight of the realm who attained superstar status by playing James frickin' Bond, no less. It may be a measure of how far the debate has moved on in recent years that someone like this can mention partner violence almost as an incidental aside, and nobody seems especially surprised.
Submitted by Mastodon on Sat, 2012-09-15 15:36
Article here. Excerpt:
'I was recently watching the news and tweeting as usual, some woman was lauding another for her political stance and choice to stand up for election. As she spoke, she mentioned something to the effect that men are useless and will never do anything for women.
The thinking of such women baffles me. Why do we have to stomp on men to make ourselves look better?
Forget the typical male-bashing jokes… yeah, those ones will happen whether we like it or not. There are women who take it too far and will not leave a man standing with his dignity intact, who will not be satisfied unless she tramples on him and puts him under her thumb. It’s not about making him a doormat; it’s about the fact that she needs to make men look bad to feel good.
Submitted by Matt on Fri, 2012-09-14 23:28
Article here. Excerpt:
'Since children – especially babies and infants – cannot consent to procedures that would violate their right to bodily integrity, the right to consent is legally vested in the parents or guardians of the child. But they cannot legally consent to any procedure: violations of bodily integrity are permissible only insofar as they benefit the child (for example, the consent to have vital surgery performed on the child).
Submitted by Matt on Fri, 2012-09-14 23:25
September 13 marked the 18-year anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA).
Vice President Biden issued a statement commemorating this anniversary. Included in his statement: VAWA "was founded on the basic premise that every woman deserves to be safe from violence." VP Biden goes on to give statistics only about female victims of domestic violence. He concludes by stating "I urge Congress to keep the promise we made to our daughters and our granddaughters on that day-that we would work together to keep them safe." Statement: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/09/13/statement-vice-president-eighteenth-anniversary-violence-against-women-a
Biden's glaring omission of male victims, time and time again, seems as if he is putting forth the contention that men don't deserve to be safe from violence. What other conclusion can one reach?
Submitted by Mastodon on Fri, 2012-09-14 18:59
Article here. Excerpt:
'Former WWE performer Tamara Lynn Sytch, 39, was arrested three nights in a row this week — Sept. 11, 12 and 13—in Connecticut for strangling her boyfriend, Damien Darling, and violating protective orders.
She was arrested for disorderly conduct on Tuesday, stemming from strangulation. She was released on Wednesday but arrested again that day for violating a protective order, strangulation and disorderly conduct. She was released on Thursday and arrested again that day for violating a protective order.'
Submitted by Mastodon on Fri, 2012-09-14 15:58
Article here. Excerpt:
'The difference between feminism and misandry is often not understood. However, it’s an important distinction because it’s the difference between treating men like lesser humans and trying to gain equal rights for women. Feminism is defined as a collection of movements and ideologies that are aimed at establishing and defending equal rights for women. Misandry, on the other hand, is the male equivalent of misogyny and is defined as a hatred of men.
Submitted by Matt on Fri, 2012-09-14 01:40
Story here. Excerpt:
'The New York City Board of Health passed a regulation on Thursday that will require consent from parents before an infant can have a form of Jewish ritual circumcision, prevalent in parts of the ultra-Orthodox community, in which the circumciser uses his mouth to remove blood from the incision.
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Indeed, some panel members said they believed that requiring consent did not go far enough. “It’s crazy that we allow this to go on,” said Dr. Joel A. Forman, a professor of pediatrics at Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
Submitted by Matt on Fri, 2012-09-14 01:36
Submitted by Matt on Fri, 2012-09-14 01:31
Yet more! Article here. Seems to be a male-bashing article prominently featured in the Times about once every other day, and usually on Sunday for those lucky Sunday-only subscribers who just gotta have their crossword puzzle/sudoku/male-bashing fix. Excerpt:
'In elementary and high school, male academic performance is lagging. Boys earn three-quarters of the D’s and F’s. By college, men are clearly behind. Only 40 percent of bachelor’s degrees go to men, along with 40 percent of master’s degrees.
Thanks to their lower skills, men are dropping out of the labor force. In 1954, 96 percent of the American men between the ages of 25 and 54 worked. Today, that number is down to 80 percent. In Friday’s jobs report, male labor force participation reached an all-time low.
Millions of men are collecting disability. Even many of those who do have a job are doing poorly. According to Michael Greenstone of the Hamilton Project, annual earnings for median prime-age males have dropped by 28 percent over the past 40 years.
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Submitted by Matt on Fri, 2012-09-14 01:27
Story here. Excerpt:
'FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky man did not consent to have his penis amputated and the doctor who performed the surgery had options other than removing the organ, even though cancer had been found during a surgery, an attorney argued Tuesday to the Kentucky Court of Appeals.
Kevin George, the lawyer for Phillip Seaton of Waddy, told the appeals panel that the medical waiver signed by his client contains extremely broad language and that Dr. John Patterson should have sought consent before removing the penis.
“The point is … a patient has a right,” George said. “The doctor does not have the right to do whatever he wants, even if it turns out to be reasonable.”'
Submitted by Matt on Fri, 2012-09-14 01:19
Article here. The NYT spin is that it's all biological. No mention of the many other ways dads count. And predictably it concludes with the suggestion that when things go wrong for a kid, it's dad's fault. One thing you can say for the Times, they're as predictable as Big Ben's (now "Elizabeth Tower") chimes. Excerpt:
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