By Jeffery M. Leving

Unwed biological fathers are often told they have no rights when it comes to their infant children when placed for adoption. The fact they fathered their child is not considered important when the mother decides, on her own, to give the infant child up for adoption in certain circumstances.

But, this gender disparity in equal protection and due process in parental rights is changing.

Recently, the State of Utah adopted House Bill 308 that is designed to safeguard unwed paternal rights in regards to children six months or younger from being adopted. This law would require unwed fathers to be issued official notification of the mother’s intention to give their infant child up for adoption in certain circumstances. Once received, the father would then have 30 days to assert his rights as a parent and petition the court for custody. This closes a loophole which had allowed mothers to circumvent notifying the biological father and thus committing the ultimate act of parental alienation – terminating the father-child relationship forever.

Video: http://vimeo.com/38342545

Lisalyn Jacobs, the woman who assaulted Daddy Justice, agreed to a plea deal.

Story here. Excerpt:

'MIAMI – A Miami seventh-grader's parents are forcing their son to stand on a street corner with a sign describing his failures in school after he got bad grades, WSVN reports.

Michael Bell. Jr. will be spending his spring break on a street corner near his home after he came home with a report card containing three failing grades. His teachers also reported he was a "class clown."

In accordance with this report, the front of Michael's sign reads: "Hey, I want to be a class clown. Is it wrong?"

The back of the sign says: "I'm in the 7th grade and got 3 F's. Blow your horn if there's something wrong with that."'

Letter here. Excerpt:

'Madam -- I was concerned by some of the remarks made by Jody Corcoran (Sunday Independent, March 4, 2012).

"He is like men everywhere. They shout, they roar, they threaten. Eventually they may calm down but the damage is done. O Cuiv, like most men, will realise he should have listened to the voice of reason, which is usually the voice of a woman."

If a male journalist made negative generalisations about women, and implied that men were, on average, more reasonable than women, it is hard to believe that would be published on your front page.

Misandry in the media is prevalent and damaging. Our boys need to grow up feeling positive about their gender. Comments like Jody Corcoran's surreptitiously remove positive value from maleness.'

Via email, tongue-in-cheek for sure:

The Southern Poverty Law Center published a wonderful list of some of the most thought provoking and sympathetic websites that anyone with an interest in men's rights could hope to find. The sites that made this list:

Alcuin (has since been made private for only select viewers)
http://alcuin-constant.blogspot.com/

BOYCOTT AMERICAN WOMEN
http://boycottamericanwomen.blogspot.com/

The Counter Feminist
http://counterfem.blogspot.com/

The False Rape Society
http://falserapesociety.blogspot.com/

In Mala Fide
http://www.inmalafide.com/

MarkyMark’s Thoughts
http://markymarksthoughts.blogspot.com/

MensActivism
http://news.mensactivism.org/

Reddit: Mens Rights (a news aggregator rather than a blog proper)
http://www.reddit.com/r/MensRights/

RooshV
http://www.rooshv.com/

SAVE Services
http://www.saveservices.org/

The Spearhead
http://www.the-spearhead.com/

Article here. Excerpt:

'COMMENTARY | The effort to turn the protest of employers with religious objections against bearing the expense of contraception coverage into a Republican war on women wasn't enough. A certain Democrat has now launched an official and quite blatant war against men.
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Seriously -- now the liberals want men to provide "a notarized affidavit signed by a sexual partner affirming impotency" to get a prescription for Viagra?" How about we add a similar clause to the Obamacare contraception mandate that a woman must submit a notarized affidavit signed by a sex partner that she can achieve a measurable level of sexual arousal/pleasure before she can qualify for receiving birth control? Women have been faking orgasms since the dawn of man. Imagine having to prove you really "had one." How's that for an achievement of ultimate gender equality?

Letter here. Excerpt:

'Jessica Valenti's op-ed "A war on women" (March 5) would have been better titled "A war on Republicans." Abortion is not for women, it is for men! Men who engage in sexual acts forced or consensual and take no responsibility for the intercourse that could result in pregnancy.

Abortion is not a choice, it is a consequence. The slogan "A woman's right to choose" is erroneous.

Many women do not show up at abortion clinics because they choose. Most women did not willingly plan an unwanted pregnancy, did they? No, it is a consequence of a sex act that resulted in "whoops" or a sex act they were forced to have unwillingly. In either case, the man is accountable, and it was his choice!

There are many men enjoying the pleasures of sex and loving the slogan "A woman's right to choose" because they reap the fruit of the pleasure of sex without the consequence and responsibility of caring for the woman or the unwanted pregnancy.'

Article here. The subtitle: "They don't have jobs. They're dropping out of college. They play video games all day and watch porn all night. Even their sperm counts are low. Why won't guys grow up?"

Discriminating against men and boys in employment and education, and then blaming them for being unemployed and uneducated, is like breaking someone's legs and then blaming them because they can't walk. Such is, unfortunately, the kind of treatment we have become accustomed to for the past forty years. As we may observe in this article and broader society, men are unique in that society regards their vulnerabilities as opportunities not to come to their aid, but to mock them for their very condition of being vulnerable. Note, however, the defiant comments in the article. Note the unity of their message. Note their passion, their choice of rhetoric, the targets of their scrutiny! No longer content to be the beasts of burden for a society that denies their suffering and mocks their existence, Men are Going Their Own Way, at last. Excerpt:

More from the "They're just plain better" Dept., here. At least this time it's sort-of-kind-of acknowledged that one reason you see men volunteering less is, *shocker*, they're out earning the money that women spend or have spent on them. Still, it doesn't stop the article from touting women as being so much better than men, but of course, they are also under so much pressure to be good volunteers. Read:

'WASHINGTON — Looking for volunteers?

The person most likely to say yes is a married white woman between 35 and 44 who’s a college graduate, works part time and has at least one child under 18, according to a Bureau of Labor Statistics survey released last month.

Article here. Excerpt:

'Prosecutors are investigating the death of a newborn boy who died in September after contracting herpes through a controversial practice of ritual circumcision, reviving a debate in New York over safety and religious freedom.

The Brooklyn district attorney, Charles J. Hynes, confirmed on Wednesday that the investigation was continuing, but declined to comment further.

The cause of death of the 2-week-old boy, who died at Maimonides Hospital in Brooklyn on Sept. 28, was Type 1 herpes, caused by “ritual circumcision with oral suction,” according to the medical examiner’s office.

Mar 11, 2012 - 3:05 - Medical experts warn procedure's benefits outweigh any minor risks

Video here. [See first comment for FOX contact info.]

Article here. Excerpt:

'About 72,000 of the most troubled families, 60 per cent of those being targeted by the Government, are headed by a single mother. The rate is about triple the national average.

An official review into the causes of last summer’s riots is expected to highlight the lack of “male role models” for many of the youths arrested in the wake of the widespread disturbances.

The riot panel, set up to investigate the problem, is thought to have become frustrated that few details of the family backgrounds of problem children have previously been recorded, despite it being such an important influence on their behaviour.
...

Last night, Eric Pickles, the Communities and Local Government Secretary, said: “These troubled families are in total breakdown. The absence of a positive father figure is a huge problem and often the fathers who are present have severe drug and alcohol addictions and are not working.

Story here. Excerpt:

'A group of well-known feminists is calling for Rush Limbaugh’s head - and they want radio listeners to help fire him.

In an editorial posted on CNN.com Saturday, Gloria Steinem, Jane Fonda and Robin Morgan urged listeners to file complaints with the FCC in hopes that the government agency will yank the licenses of radio stations that air his show — and thus silence the controversial conservative.

Limbaugh's syndicator, Clear Channel Communications, has backed the host since he called Sandra Fluke, a third-year Georgetown law student, a "slut" and "prostitute" over her support of insurance coverage of birth control.

"If Clear Channel won't clean up its airways, then surely it's time for the public to ask the FCC a basic question: Are the stations carrying Limbaugh's show in fact using their licenses "in the public interest?" the trio wrote.

The editorial says it's not about Limbaugh's political views, but more about his "toxic hate speech" on the airwaves.

Article here. Excerpt:

'In one of the most in-depth discussions to date on violence against women in the United States, and to coincide with International Women’s Day, I interviewed Susan B. Carbon, Director of the United States Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women (OVW).

Article here. Excerpt:

'Andrew Masuda likes his friends' children well enough, but he's sure that he never wants to have any of his own.

Two weeks ago, the 38-year-old Toronto man underwent a vasectomy.

"I first started thinking about getting a vasectomy when I was 17," says Masuda, who adds that his family, friends and girlfriend are supportive of his decision.
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"(A vasectomy) should be considered a permanent procedure," says Aquino. "If a man or a couple is asking a lot of questions about reversals, that's a red flag for me. I'd suggest they spend more time thinking about whether they are really ready to proceed."'