Submitted by anthony on Sat, 2011-10-15 21:28
Article here. Excerpt:
'Under most legal definitions, forced sexual intercourse can be considered rape or sexual assault only when the victim said “no” or was incapable of doing so due to the influence of drugs or alcohol, according to Meier.
Meier said that she and other students on the committee hoped to push the University instead toward an “enthusiastic consent” model, in which an incident can be called rape in the absence of affirmative agreement.
“The only people who lose out in this model are the rapists,” said Lila S. Schreiber ’12, who had also intended to serve on the committee.
Meier said that she plans to discuss the stay on student involvement with Rankin, but she might eventually consider leading a “student protest” or “something more radical” than acting through administration-approved channels if she feels that student voices on this issue are not being heard.'
Submitted by Matt on Sat, 2011-10-15 18:19
Report here. Excerpt:
'Harare, Zimbabwe (CNN) -- Police in Zimbabwe on Friday charged three women found in possession of 33 condoms containing semen with 17 counts of aggravated indecent assault in a case that may be a break in a string of sex attacks over the past two years by women targeting male hitchhikers.
Prosecutor Michael Reza told a court in Harare that the counts were for each of the 17 men who had positively identified the women as having sexually assaulted them in 2010 or 2011.
The women, all of them in their mid-20s, were arrested Sunday in Gweru, about 300 kilometers (186 miles) south of Harare, when their car was involved in an accident. Police found the condoms in the women's car. Police appealed to any other victims to inform police.
The three were taken Wednesday by police to Harare.
Submitted by Minuteman on Fri, 2011-10-14 11:14
Story here. Excerpt:
'Brazil's National Advertising Council has denied a request to ban a television ad featuring lingerie-clad supermodel Gisele Bundchen after a government agency called it sexist.
"The stereotypes in this ad campaign are common in society, easily identifiable and do not denigrate women," the council's members said on Thursday.
Brazil's Ministry for Women submitted a request in September to suspend the ad, saying it reinforces the stereotype of women as sex objects.
...
Some men had called for the ad to be put down because it took them for "idiots".'
Submitted by Minuteman on Thu, 2011-10-13 16:12
Link to news release here. Excerpt:
'The Department of Veterans Affairs is taking its internal culture-change message to the public with a new video about the vital role women play in the military and the importance of providing women Veterans with high quality health care.
VA’s Women Veterans Health Strategic Health Care Group recently completed a 60-second public service announcement (PSA) that challenges viewers to rethink pre-conceived notions about women Veterans. This dynamic video features images of women in service to our country: they drive supply trucks, participate in reconnaissance missions, walk safety patrols, and operate helicopter machine guns.
“When these brave women complete their service and become Veterans, we want them to know that VA is there to meet their health care needs,” said Dr. Patricia Hayes, Chief Consultant of the VA’s Women Veterans Health Strategic Health Care Group. “At the same time, we want the public to recognize the contributions of women Veterans and the benefits they have earned through their service to the Nation.”'
Submitted by Matt on Thu, 2011-10-13 12:11
Submitted by Matt on Thu, 2011-10-13 12:02
From Marc A.:
Interestingly, this new study in Canada found that, among male doctors, their opinion on infant male circumcision correlates strongly with whether they are circumcised themselves, with 68% of the uncut doctors opposing infant male circumcision, and 68% of the cut doctors supporting it. http://www.jmhjournal.org/article/S1875-6867(10)00050-3/abstract
No wonder pro-circumcision advocacy comes mostly from the U.S., with its high (but declining) circumcision rate, while national medical associations throughout the rest of the world find no medical justification for it and some are flat-out calling it harmful and unethical. Obviously, culture influences science.
The British Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons' 9/09 report declared:
Submitted by anthony on Thu, 2011-10-13 05:22
Article here. Excerpt:
'A burgeoning civil rights movement, focused on eliminating what its members see as broadening social and legal disparities between men and women, is using social media and the Internet to spread its message demanding parity.
Active in North America but also evident in increasingly visible efforts abroad, the Men's Rights Movement (MRM) is fighting proposed and existing legislation its members see as "misandric," while challenging social customs and traditions its activists believe favor women over men.
...
While "gender feminism" is frequently blamed as the root cause of these problems, few issues within the MRM inspire as much vocal outcry as false allegations of sexual assault.
"We have men literally going to prison and having their lives destroyed, their reputations... all over finger pointing," Elam says. "This is a huge problem across the movement."
Submitted by anthony on Thu, 2011-10-13 04:05
Article here. Excerpt:
'A Vancouver restaurant has come up with an interesting solution to the men-can’t-aim problem: Ban men from peeing standing up.
Recently, my wife and I had brunch at the Edible Canada bistro on Granville Island. When I went to use the facilities, I was surprised to see just one unisex bathroom with about six private stalls and a communal sink area.
Even more surprising, though, was the sign above the toilet, showing a stick man tinkling into a toilet with a line through it. Yes, Edible Canada has banned men from peeing standing up.
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In Edible Canada’s case, where men and women have to share toilets, I can see why they’d be interested in reducing behaviours that might make things messy.
But, still, isn’t banning stand-up peeing a little extreme? Not to mention, as far as I can tell, completely unenforceable?'
Submitted by Matt on Thu, 2011-10-13 01:33
Available for download here. It includes an article on male DV victims as well as a discussion of the MANN web site and an interview with yours truly. (Please forgive me if that comes off as some kind of self-promotion. It isn't. I'm in this for the cause, and that's all.)
Submitted by Matt on Thu, 2011-10-13 01:07
Story here. Excerpt:
'AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas appeals court on Wednesday formally exonerated a man who spent nearly 25 years in prison for his wife's 1986 fatal beating, reaffirming a judge's decision to set him free last week after DNA tests linked the killing to another man.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals declared Michael Morton innocent of killing his wife, Christine, and made him eligible to receive $80,000 from the state for each year of confinement, or about $2 million total.
Morton, 57, was convicted on the basis of circumstantial evidence and sentenced to life in prison. He maintained over the years that his wife and their 3-year-old son were fine when he left for work at an Austin grocery store on the day she was killed, and that an intruder must have attacked her.
Submitted by anthony on Wed, 2011-10-12 22:33
Article here. Excerpt:
'Vice President Joe Biden attempted to tie passage of the American Jobs Act to a decrease in murders and rapes in an appearance in Flint, Mich., Wednesday.
“In 2008, when Flint had 265 sworn officers on their police force, there were 35 murders and 91 rapes in this city,” Biden said, standing alongside city officials. “In 2010, when Flint had only 144 police officers, the murder rate climbed to 65 and rapes — just to pick two categories — climbed to 229. In 2011, you now only have 125 shields. God only knows what the numbers will be this year for Flint if we don’t rectify it.”'
Submitted by anthony on Wed, 2011-10-12 20:00
Article here. Excerpt:
'Thurston County Public Health and Social Services has been awarded a $300,000 grant by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office on Women's Health. Funding will be used to offer the Girls Circle program to middle-school age girls and continue efforts of the Thurston Coalition for Women's Health.
The YWCA of Olympia is taking the lead in bringing the science-based Girls Circle prevention program to Thurston County. Research shows that Girls Circle reduces alcohol use, improves the ability of girls to form healthier bonds with others and promotes academic achievement.
If Thurston County meets performance expectations, an additional four years of grant funding is possible.'
Submitted by anthony on Wed, 2011-10-12 04:57
Submitted by Minuteman on Wed, 2011-10-12 04:53
Submitted by anthony on Wed, 2011-10-12 04:47
Article here. Excerpt:
'Greensboro, NC -- Education experts say that a lower salary and stereotypes are to blame for a shortage of male teachers across the Piedmont Triad.
Bill Budusky is a Pre-Kindergarten teacher at Hunter Elementary School in Greensboro.
Budusky is one of only six male teachers out of 75.
The father of two said having male teachers in schools is important because they serve as positive role models for boys.
"Male teachers are absolutely necessary especially in a school like Hunter Elementary. You have some students who may be at risk that may have some needs in their backgrounds in their daily lives where a positive role model is missing," explained Budusky.'
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