Article here. Excerpt:

'"Rape and domestic violence are thought of as women's issues," Calhoun County District Judge John Hallacy said Thursday. "But whose issue is it really? It's the one's who are committing the crime. Why are we as men ignoring the issue because it is our gender which is committing it."
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About 95 percent of domestic violence cases are committed by men, officials said, and yet the problem, along with sexual assault, is considered an issue for women.

Hallacy said fathers and sons should have discussions about domestic violence and men should be role models in their treatment of women.

"My son asked me, 'What is domestic violence?' and it is uncomfortable but it's a conversation we need to have with our sons," he said. "They ask the question, 'why?' and why do men harm a woman who they are in a relationship with and who they love."'

Link here. Excerpt:

'In 2002, the World Health Organization estimated that 150 million girls and 75 million boys worldwide experienced sexual violence before the age of 18. Research shows that consequences of the sexual violence epidemic in children include increased risk of contracting HIV, as well as myriad debilitating mental health problems that affect social behaviors, education opportunity, emotional well-being, and overall quality of life.
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The U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) acknowledges the importance of addressing sexual violence against girls as a global epidemic that connects directly to the spread of HIV/AIDS and is proud to collaborate with a groundbreaking partnership called Together for Girls. Together for Girls was launched in September 2009 at the annual meeting for the Clinton Global Initiative as a movement to end sexual violence.
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Story here.

'HELENA - A Helena man who was shot to death Thursday morning was denied an order of protection last month and filed for divorce two days before his estranged wife was charged with killing him.

The Independent Record reports 48-year-old Joseph Andrew Gable asked District Judge Dorothy McCarter for a temporary order of protection from Michelle Coller Gable on Sept. 20, alleging she was stalking him.

He said Michelle Gable had entered his apartment and started a confrontation in which she threw a laptop computer down the stairs.

McCarter denied the request, writing: "No personal danger or threat involved."

Michelle Gable is charged with two counts of deliberate homicide in the death of her husband and his female acquaintance at his apartment.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'A MUM has been ordered to repay child support to a man she claimed was her son's father after he found he could not conceive.

The man spent nine years believing the child was his after what he says was a "one-night stand".

He told a court he believed the mother had manipulated the situation.

The woman has now been ordered to repay the $3730 he paid in child support.

The couple, who cannot be identified, met on the internet in late 2000 and had a brief rendezvous in 2001.

They lived in different states.

The woman claimed she believed he was the only person who could have been the dad.

She had him sign a statutory declaration stating he was the father so she could receive the family tax benefit.

But the man discovered last year, while trying to conceive a child with his new partner, that he was "physiologically incapable of conceiving a child".'

Article here. Excerpt:

'So go the lyrics to Kelly Clarkson recent Top 20 hit, “Mr. Know It All,” the lead single from her fifth studio album, “Stronger,” which dropped on Oct. 21. Another song on the album, “Einstein,” has a chorus that goes “I may not be Einstein/But I know dumb plus dumb equals you.”

Article here.

*63% of youth suicides are from fatherless homes (US Dept. Of Health/Census) -- 5 times the average.

*90% of all homeless and runaway children are from fatherless homes -- 32 times the average.

*85% of all children who show behavior disorders come from fatherless homes -- 20 times the average. (Center for Disease Control)

*80% of rapists with anger problems come from fatherless homes -- 14 times the average. (Justice and Behavior, Vol 14, p. 403-26)

*71% of all high school dropouts come from fatherless homes -- 9 times the average. (National Principals Association Report)

*75% of all adolescent patients in chemical abuse centers come from fatherless homes – 10 times the average. (Rainbows for All God’s Children)

*70% of youths in state-operated institutions come from fatherless homes – 9 times the average. (U.S. Dept. of Justice, Sept. 1988)

*85% of all youths in prison come from fatherless homes -- 20 times the average. (Fulton Co. Dept. of Correction)

Article here. Excerpt:

'Some 9 per cent of all rape allegations made to the gardai are false, according to research conducted for the state prosecutor’s office.

However, Director of Public Prosecutions James Hamilton said that, despite the research, his own experience of dealing with rape cases did not bear the findings out. ‘‘One of our studies suggested that it was as high as 9 per cent, but in my experience, it wouldn’t be anywhere near that high," Hamilton told The Sunday Business Post.

Hamilton, who retires next month after 12 years as the DPP, defended the handling by his office of rape complaints, including cases of historical clerical abuse. ‘‘One of the interesting statistics is that our overall conviction rate, comparing the number of convictions with the number of complaints made, is pretty well the same as in theUK,’’Hamilton said.

Article here. Excerpt:

'A new study in the International Journal of Men’s Health shows that circumcised men have a 4.5 times greater chance of suffering from erectile dysfunction (ED) than intact men, revealing what appears to be a significant acquisition vector. Researchers Dan Bollinger and Robert S. Van Howe, M.D., M.S., FAAP found a strong association between circumcision and ED in their survey of 300 men (OR = 4.53, p=.0058). What other studies support this finding and what could be an underlying cause?

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'SACHSE, Texas (AP) — Police say they believe a mother in suburban Dallas fatally shot her 7-year-old son and then killed herself on Friday as police waited outside with her estranged husband, who was there to pick up the child after receiving court-ordered custody.

Sachse police say the father had been given sole custody of the boy after an acrimonious and drawn-out divorce. Police Chief Dennis Veach told The Dallas Morning News that a "third party" had asked police to be present when the father, who lives in Murphy, came to pick up his son (http://bit.ly/oVimFH).

"I think there was some thought that there would be a problem with the transfer," Veach said. "There was no expectation of this level of violence, by the third party who called us, or anyone."

Article here. Excerpt:

'Adolph Cameron, head of the Jamaican Teachers' Association, said many boys perform poorly because their fear that appearing studious undermines their masculinity.

He claimed that many youngsters turn to a so-called “hustle culture” to make money, rather than chasing careers built on academic achievement and hard work. Mr Cameron warned that the attitude was affecting the academic standards of Afro-Caribbean boys both in Jamaica and in Britain.

Essay here. Excerpt:

'It’s Domestic Violence Awareness Month and a fresh pile of dead bodies reminds us that women and children are not worth very much in this country.
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Many women have resorted to suicide because unequal justice is so out of control in this country, especially in Family Court, where judges often get it wrong because some “expert” wrote a report finding a child’s allegation of abuse to be false. While bad parents sometimes use their children for tactical gain during divorce proceedings, studies show that false allegations are exceedingly rare and that the real problem is abusive men winning custody when they don’t deserve it.
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The American legal system has failed women and children for so long, violence against them has become the tolerated norm. It’s time to give up the romantic notion that we can create stable families by ignoring children’s desperate cries for help, and that we can stop sexual and domestic violence with “treatment” and restraining orders.

Story here. Excerpt:

'A McDonald's cashier who swapped Happy Meals for jail fare after an ugly fast-food fight says he was goaded by a foul-mouthed customer who threatened to cut him up.

Rayon McIntosh, in an exclusive Rikers Island interview with the Daily News, said yesterday that he only smacked the woman and her friend with a metal bar after they jumped the counter and attacked him.

The first patron "started getting really aggressive," said McIntosh, giving his version of the brawl for the first time.
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One of the women became outraged when McIntosh checked to see if the bill was genuine, as required by store policy.
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The woman then spat at McIntosh, threatening to "cut me up," the fast food employee said. "Then she came over the counter and slaps me."

When the second woman jumped the counter to join in, McIntosh said his instinct for self-preservation kicked into high gear.

From SAVE:

Leahy’s Draft VAWA Bill is a Stinker

Sen. Patrick Leahy is currently circulating a draft of the Violence Against Women Act. Even though SAVE representatives repeatedly met with Sen. Leahy’s staff over the last 2 years, and even though the staffer seemed sympathetic to our concerns, the draft VAWA totally, completely, 100% misses the mark. These are the reasons the draft bill is Dead on Arrival:

Nothing to make sure real victims get priority – see summary: http://www.saveservices.org/wp-content/uploads/Fatally-Flawed.pdf

-Zero attention to false allegations.
-Nothing to rein in DV lies.
-Nada to address mandatory arrest.
-No attempt to make VAWA gender-neutral.

Worse, the bill will take the Dept. of Education’s directive on sexual assault on campus and turn the “preponderance of evidence” standard into statutory law – see page 69 of the draft bill: http://www.saveservices.org/wp-content/uploads/VAWA-2011-Draft.pdf

This story here has been covered here on MANN already. I am running this article though to point up the tone and attitude of the author. She is basically saying that sometimes, it's OK to cut off your husband's penis while he sleeps, citing two possible reasons: suspected infidelity and unemployment. Imagine such an article written by a man justifying an equivalent assault on his sleeping wife for the same reasons? Excerpt:

'A penis is without a home after his wife was fed-up and done with his nonsense. Hey, maybe some of you men should read this and snap into shape, right? You never know when you might just push your significant other so far that she, uhm, cuts you off.

Check out this video. Apparently Rachael Maddow thinks men are idiots. She conducts a sarcastic tutorial trying to teach men how reproduction works. The segment is called --"The Man Caves Not-Too-Upsetting Guide To Down There Parts." Notice how she speaks in a condensing and simplistic tone. It reminds me of a parent teaching a 3 year old how to tie their shoes. You might want to fast forward to 4:18. The beginning is just political rhetoric.