Article here. Excerpt:

'I hope that one of the results of my new book The Flipside of Feminism will be to show the American people that the feminist movement was never about equality. It was always about interchangability, and when the facts of human nature are too overwhelming to make men and women interchangeable, feminists are determined to get rid of anything that is truly masculine.

Article here. Excerpt:

'South Carolina health officials announced Friday that they will cover a local construction worker's breast cancer treatment under Medicaid even though federal guidelines exclude him because he is a man.

The decision effectively dares the federal Medicaid office to reject the claims for his treatment, and it sets up a potential showdown between state and federal officials.

But until then, South Carolina said it will cover Raymond Johnson -- a 26-year-old man who discovered he had breast cancer last month. His unsuccessful efforts to apply for Medicaid coverage have drawn national attention.

Tony Keck, director of the South Carolina Department Health and Human Services, said it is "in the best interest" that Johnson be deemed eligible for the program.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'Boys have dramatically closed the performance gap between them and girls as a result of knuckling down to exams because of the recession, yesterday's A-level results show.

Exam boards officers said they had heeded calls to study subjects like maths and science to get ahead in the search for for jobs.

Figures show that girls are at level-pegging in the percentage of A* grades they have notched up – with 8.2 per cent being awarded the top grade pass. Last year girls were 0.4 per ahead of boys.

Andrew Hall, chief executive of the Assessment and Qualifications Alliance, the country's biggest exam board, said boys had "recognised the challenge of A* grades" as a growing number of universities insisted on all candidates having at least one top grade pass.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'Sex discrimination complaints made by men have outnumbered those from women for the first time, according to figures compiled by the State's Equal Opportunity Commission.

The EOC recorded a surge in the number of sex discrimination allegations last financial year, with men responsible for lodging more than half of them.

Equal Opportunity Commissioner Yvonne Henderson said studies of the complaints indicated that men were becoming more aware of the treatment dished out to them by employers and service providers.

The majority of male complaints related to sex discrimination in the workplace, with the next biggest category relating to entry to premises.

"We have received complaints from men who feel discriminated against because they have been denied entry to bars for wearing attire similar to women," Ms Henderson said.
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Sue Price, spokeswoman for the national group Men's Rights Agency, said she was not surprised by the increase in complaints by men and described it as a "sign of the times".

Article here. Excerpt:

'SACRAMENTO, Calif.—A judge has rejected the discrimination claims of three female wrestlers at the University of California, Davis, who had to compete against men of the same weight class in order to make the team.

U.S. District Judge Frank Damrell concluded Wednesday that university officials did not violate Title IX, the federal law banning sex discrimination in college sports, or the Constitution's equal protection clause in their treatment of the women.
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He also noted that the women, Arezou Mansourian, Lauren Mancuso and Christine Wing-Si Ng, were given the opportunity to compete for the men's team in 2001 but either declined or did not make it on the squad.

"Plaintiffs were not cut from the men's team because of their sex," the judge wrote. "Rather, plaintiffs were cut ... because, like the other male student-athletes that did not make the roster, they could not compete at the Division I, Pac-10 level in intercollegiate men's wrestling."'

Story here.

'SARASOTA, Fla. -- Three southwest Florida residents have been charged with falsely reporting child abuse to the state hotline.

Lisa Ann Schinnow was arrested Tuesday after officials say the 48-year-old woman called in three separate reports alleging her ex-husband was abusing their son. DCF found no evidence of abuse and believe Schinnow made the allegations because of the custody arrangement.

Taiwandra Burks and Stacey Hendry were also arrested last week for making false child abuse reports after DCF investigated claims that a child was being sexually abused. The agency found no evidence of abuse.

Falsely reporting child abuse is a felony punishable by up to five years in prison. Each report is a separate violation.

DCF stressed falser reports waste time and resources for investigators busy with thousands of legitimate cases.'

Newsletter here. Excerpt:

'California Senator Rod Wright (pictured) and his legislative director Stan DiOrio held a phone conference with two dozen of Fathers and Families’ California leaders on Wednesday.

Beginning in 1996, Senator Wright has taken up the cause of family court reform and fought to bring justice to a very unjust system. He sponsored four family court reform bills last year, all of which passed and were signed by Governor Schwarzenegger, and he’s introduced three more this year. Last December we gave him our “California Senator of the Year Award 2010.”

Both Wright and DiOrio praised Fathers and Families’ work and said that we’ve helped change the political balance of power on family court issues in Sacramento. However, they both made it clear that there is much more to be done, and they want to see F & F continue to grow and build its organizational strength.'

Link here. Excerpt:

'He donated sperm to a lesbian couple and considered himself a father to the child they conceived, forming a loving relationship with her and contributing thousands in support payments.

But the 58-year-old man is now outraged and devastated that his name will be stripped from the girl's birth certificate, after a NSW District Court judge ruled in favour of the mother's ex-partner.

The latter took the man and the NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages to court in March to have his name replaced with hers on the document.

It is the first case of its kind since NSW law was amended in 2008 to permit two women who had a child while in a relationship to be listed as parents. The legislation was retrospective.
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The judge said the three adults had an amicable relationship in the beginning, and the man visited the women's house to listen to the baby's heartbeat.

Story here. Excerpt:

'PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon woman who tried to circumcise her 3-month-old son at home after reading the Old Testament and watching YouTube videos has been sentenced to five years of probation.

Keemonta Peterson pleaded guilty to first-degree criminal mistreatment. The 30-year-old Portland woman must also undergo mental health treatment.

Peterson called 911 and the boy was rushed to a hospital last October after her botched effort left the infant bleeding uncontrollably and in intense pain. A prosecutor says he has fully recovered.
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Multnomah County Circuit Judge Eric Bergstrom told Peterson on Monday that "the reality is you love your children and had absolutely no intent to harm your child."'

Via email:

Did you see the photos from the nationwide GovAbuse protest this past Friday, Aug. 12, 2011 in Sacramento, CA?

False allegations of abuse are a major concern to parents going through divorce and custody cases, and even families with children in foster care. This protest was covered by TV stations, newspapers, and online news outlets.

The Partner Violence Reduction Act reduces false allegations in 5 ways:

Reference
http://www.dads-r-us.se/2011/08/16/antifeminists-to-stand-on-trial-in-switzerland/

From http://www.antifeminismus.ch/ (translation to English here)

Background:
The Swiss Antifeminists in IG-Antifeminismus and Verein Antifeministen wanted to publish the addresses to the Women´s Shelters in Switzerland on the Internet. They are therefore to stand on trial. The Main Session is on Thursday, 15 September 2011 at 2 PM

Comment by Ulf:
What I don´t understand, is, how you can stand on trial for wanting to publish addresses - without actually doing it?

News submitted by

Ulf Andersson
PappaRättsGruppen
http://www.dads-r-us.se/

Article here. Excerpt:

'Less than three weeks ago a woman's testimony sent Gresham police searching for a rape suspect, but today the woman was arrested following a Multnomah County Grand Jury indictment that accuses her of lying to authorities.

Danielle Elizabeth Hayes, 35, admitted to police that she conceived the entire July 25 story to "cover-up personal indiscretions," according to Gresham police.

Officers arrived to a Borders book store at about 5 p.m. to find a distraught Hayes explaining how she was grabbed by two men and sexually assaulted in a secluded area on the west side of the store.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'A Desert Hot Springs man was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole Monday for gunning down a friend over what turned out to be a false rape rumor.

Concepcion Rodriguez, 35, was convicted April 28 of the 2006 killing of Anastacio “Taquito” Torres, with a special circumstance allegation of murder in the commission of a kidnapping.

Co-defendant Mingus Chavarria, 33, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced in May to 15 years to life in prison.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'Though NCAA rules require men’s tennis programs to share the equivalency of 4.5 scholarships between the team, it allows female squads eight full rides.

“I’ve had defending NCAA champions on a partial scholarship,” men’s tennis head coach Manuel Diaz said. “While it’s not likely for any top men’s program to have a tennis player on a full scholarship, just about everybody on the women’s side does.”

And the inequality extends beyond the tennis court.

In every sport played by both men and women, the University’s female athletes average $7,151 a year in scholarships more than their male counterparts, according to numbers reported to the NCAA.

But associate athletic director Carla Williams said this wasn’t a choice made by the University.

Article here. Excerpt:

To begin to understand the mayhem in our cities, look at a set of figures on literacy rates that came out a week before the riots began. Teaching a child to read and write is not difficult or expensive. Much poorer countries manage to do it. The statistics in the UK are staggering. A full 63 per cent of white working-class boys and just over half of black Caribbean boys at the age of 14 have a reading age of seven or below. How does that translate into the criminality on our streets? Humiliated in lessons, by 14, the young men I interviewed had either dropped out or were excluded. They then spent their time hanging around on the streets, turning up to school only to sell drugs or stolen goods.