Article here. For "children", read "boys". Imagine if girls were forced into military "service" by thugs and bandits (polite words for them)-- do you think the UN would be sitting on its hands doing pretty much nothing? It just goes on and on. Problems for girls and women are a huge crisis requiring multinational intervention. Problems for boys and men draw a small article on the blog section of the LA Times. Excerpt:

'The chaos has also worsened an existing food crisis, leaving 4.6 million people in need of aid, according to the World Food Program. Swarms of locusts threaten to add to their woes, though the World Food Program says it is unclear whether the insects have reached the north.

Armed groups in the north have also continued to recruit and use children as fighters, UNICEF said Friday. Last month, the agency reported that at least 175 boys had been recruited in the region; the numbers are now believed to be in the hundreds and still rising, the agency warned.'

Story here. Ahh, Martha! Enjoy the champagne! Now I am just wondering when the Ladies Golf Club of Toronto will allow men to join. After all, fair is fair. Or is it? Excerpt:

'NEW YORK (AP) -- The home of the Masters now has green jackets for women.

In a historic change at one of the world's most exclusive golf clubs, Augusta National invited former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and South Carolina financier Darla Moore to become the first female members since the club was founded in 1932.

"This is a joyous occasion," chairman Billy Payne said Monday.'

Article here. The tone, the content, the whole thing. In a rare article that admits that women *gasp* have affairs as much as men do, the tone is suddenly not just tolerant but positively embraces not just the having of affairs but the blatant charging for them (ie, prostitution via dating site). Excerpt:

'Alongside the internet dating revolution, these “playfairs” are evidence of a potentially dramatic shift in British marriage. As dating websites open up a global shop window of sexual possibilities, as life expectancy continues to rise and we become increasingly sexually aware, how can we still take the crushing old rules of fidelity, that turn marriage into a prison, for granted? Why should we not be able to recapture the heady thrills of youth, while protecting a secure home life?

From Marc A.:

As you know, a judge in Germany ruled that infant male genital mutilation violates boys' human rights. A Reuters story on the judge's decision is at http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/27/us-germany-circumcision-idUSBRE85Q19Y20120627.

And as expected, powerful religious lobby groups got the German parliament to legislatively override the judge's decision that circumcision violates human rights. But the good news is that this is forcing the issue into a public debate, and over 700 doctors and professors just signed a letter supporting the judge's decision! The letter in German is here.

Story here. More than just circling wagons, looks to me like an attempt to suppress evidence. Would they dare attempt the same tactic if the complainants were female and the defendant male? Heck, by now, he'd be fired! Excerpt:

'WASHINGTON — The feds have asked a judge to strike from the public record the most “scandalous” details of a bombshell sexual-discrimination lawsuit against Janet Napolitano and the Department of Homeland Security that refer to oral sex and an odd bathroom prank.

The lewd details are included in senior law-enforcement official James Hayes’ suit claiming retaliation anti-guy bias.

The filing claims top immigration aide Suzanne Barr “humiliated” a male employee by calling him in his hotel room and screaming that she wanted his “c--k in the back of [her] throat.”'

Article here. Excerpt:

'Across UK universities, 984,000 female undergraduates are studying for degrees, compared to 713,000 male. The gap is expected to widen in future years as new government rules make it easier for universities to recruit students with A-level grades of AAB or better, more of whom are female.

While last week’s A-level results showed boys narrowly outperforming girls at the A* grade for the first time, girls remained significantly more likely than boys to achieve grades in the upper range of A* to B.
...

White males are defined as under-represented because while they make up about 45 per cent of the UK population, according to the last census, they account for only 20 per cent of the college’s intake.

Story here. Excerpt:

'A mother-of-two has been jailed for making two false rape claims against men she was dating after one, who she had met online, failed to show up for a liaison.

Emma Saxon, 23, from Sheffield, was jailed for eight months after telling police she had been raped in a BMW car in a supermarket car park.

The victim of her slur Martin Blood spent 14 hours in a police cell and suffered the indignity of an intimate medical examination while the police spent 90 hours investigating before finally concluding it was a hoax.

Sheffield Crown Court heard Saxon, 23, was given a community penalty in 2007 after a similar false allegation against a former boyfriend.

Jailing her Judge Michael Murphy said: 'Rape is such a terrible, diabolical offence that it is always treated very seriously in these courts. It is a dreadful thing for a person to be raped. It is a most serious allegation for one person to make against another. It is truly awful if it is untrue.'

Most of the U.S. is busy pandering to women. I nominate Bellingham, Washington, as the worst panderer. Men of Bellingham are truly second-class citizens. During about a four month period, I have noticed 33 activities and events that are by, for, and about women. As far as I could tell, none of these events received any complaints. I could only find 2 comparable activities for men, one of which received a complaint of being sexist.

So I took it upon myself to complain to the organizers about the sexism of a few of the women's events. For the most part, I was ignored. Apparently sexism is of little concern if it is against men. One organization, however, did respond to my complaint: its bicycle maintenance class was changed from "for women only" to "especially for women."

One of the events listed is an article in a local newspaper which raved about an appearance of the Chippendale male strippers. I do not believe I will live long enough to see a local mainstream newspaper give a positive review of female strippers.

FOR WOMEN

2/4/12--Western Washington University (WWU) sponsors Elect Her to encourage women to run for student government

Article here. Excerpt:

'New Mexico’s Governor Susana Martinez is celebrating August being Child Support Awareness Month by kicking off a pilot project. The Felony Prosecution Project will seek the prosecution of the state’s worst child support offenders for the abandonment of a child, which is a fourth degree felony under New Mexico law.

It is aimed at increasing the collection of child support from parents who are among the worst offenders at failing to honor their obligations to financially support their children. The project will be a partnership between the New Mexico Human Services Department Child Support Enforcement Division and the District Attorneys’ offices.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'The first full academic year following the Department of Education’s release of its Sexual Assault Directive has come to a close. The Directive was announced by the Office for Civil Rights on April 4, 2011 without prior notice or opportunity for public comment. Two days later, civil rights expert Wendy Kaminer deplored the “authoritarian impulse” that gave rise to the Directive and predicted it would occasion, in her words, “tragic deprivations of liberty.” (1)

Several of these cases, reported in the media during the 2011-2012 school year, had been adjudicated before the OCR policy took effect:

University of Hawaii at Manoa

September 20, 2011 — Following news of seven allegations of sexual assault filed during the previous academic year, the University’s security chief Wayne Ogino stated that a student could be evicted from a campus dormitory solely on the basis of an accusation. Ogino did acknowedge, however, that some rape accusations did turn out to be “unfounded.” (2)'

Article here. Excerpt:

'Ecuador has granted asylum to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange two months after he took refuge in its London embassy while fighting extradition from the UK.

It said his human rights might be violated if he is sent to Sweden to be questioned over sex assault claims.

Foreign Secretary William Hague said the UK would not allow Mr Assange safe passage out of the country and the move was also criticised by Stockholm.

Ecuador said it would seek to negotiate arrangements for Mr Assange to leave.'

According to a recent Washington Post article, it looks like the American Academy of Pediatrics is going to come out with a revised statement in favor of circumcision, saying the benefits outweigh the risks.

We think this would be an egregious violation of basic human rights, and a HUGE step backwards. They realized it was wrong to cut baby girls--so why is it okay to cut baby boys? IT'S NOT OKAY!

Visit the AAP's Facebook page -- http://www.facebook.com/AmerAcadPeds -- and send them a message, telling them what YOU think about this possible new statement.

And stay tuned for more news and action campaigns from Intact America on FaceBook http://www.facebook.com/intactamerica

An opportunity that might appeal to appropriately qualified and experienced readers, to help raise concerns about the ethics of the 'African circumcision trials'. Link here. Excerpt:

'If you have an interest in the bioethics of studying HIV and associated conditions, consider applying for R01 or R21 funding through a new program announcement from NIH.

Your plan may include conceptual work in bioethics, empirical work gathering and analyzing data relevant to ethical issues, or both. When planning your research team, NIH strongly encourages you to include at least one person with demonstrated expertise and scholarship in bioethics.

NIH welcomes applications on any ethics topic relevant to HIV research, particularly in the following areas:

Link here. Excerpt:

'Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced the release of more than $68 million to ensure that women, infants, children, and youth living with HIV/AIDS receive comprehensive primary HIV medical care and support services.

The grants, funded through the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, help people who lack sufficient health care coverage or financial resources to manage HIV.

“With these investments, we’re targeting our resources to the communities that need them most,” Secretary Sebelius said. “This will help women, infants and children with HIV get the care and treatment they need by increasing access to comprehensive, coordinated primary care.”'

Article here. Excerpt:

'I'm sure you've tried to forget it, but - for the sake of men everywhere - let me recap: after a 16-year marriage with no children, your third wife, Faye Eichelberger, ended up with a settlement that made her (quite literally) richer than you.

Not only will you have to pay her £600,000 a year until 2016 (even though you're now technically a pensioner and she's a successful therapist), you also had to give her £8 million in cash, plus assets which included: an apartment in New York, a £2 million home in London and half a beach house in California.

Why? Because you're a man.'