Article here. Excerpt:

'DENVER — A nationwide debate about circumcisions for newborn boys, combined with cash-strapped public health budgets, has Colorado taking sides with 17 other states that no longer fund Medicaid coverage of the once widely accepted procedure.

For years, Colorado lawmakers considered doing away with funding for circumcisions under Medicaid — a move that would save the state $186,500 a year.

Now facing a seismic budget shortfall estimated to be $1 billion at the beginning of this year, lawmakers finally approved the change, which takes effect July 1.'
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The matter of circumcisions has gotten contentious in California, where San Francisco will be the first city to hold a public vote in November on whether to ban the practice.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'Men may soon complain that they’re being objectified.

Article here. Excerpt:

'WOMEN are complaining that they are not being involved in the decisions to circumcise their children and husbands, a study report revealed last.

The report on women’s perceptions on medical male circumcision (MMC) for HIV prevention in Kampala and Kapchorwa districts was launched on Friday by Health Rights Action Group (HAG) and Mama’s Club, a psychosocial support group For HIV Positive Mothers.

“A man suddenly returns home with a circumcision wound without consulting the wife yet women feel, as stakeholders, that they should be consulted regarding such matters,” Marion Natukunda the Programme manager for Mama’s Club, said.

While presenting the report last Thursday at Katikati restaurant, Nankunda said women would like to have their babies circumcised but are not allowed to make such decisions. When their husbands are not supportive, it often leads to domestic violence. The study was done in Kampala and Kapchorwa.'

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'About ten men gathered on Tuesday in front of the Cabinet offices to protest the law which grants mothers child custody in cases of divorce. Rami Imam, a Television director, says fathers are allowed only three hours a week with their children when the mother has custody.

The men standing held a banner reading “Egyptian men’s revolution for changing family laws”. Walid Zahran, a lawyer and the founder of the Egyptian Men’s Revolution Movement, says they are planning on setting up an NGO to defend men’s rights and to fight for changing the family laws which only benefit women when it comes to child custody.'

Slideshow here. Caption:

'Celebrate Men’s Health Month with eight healthy foods that don’t just fill you up, but actually target specific parts of your body. Patricia Bannan, registered dietitian and author of Eat Right When Time is Tight, gives us fresh facts. Click through and eat up.'

Article here. [The video this article refers to is here.] Excerpt:

'An eight-minute video on YouTube in which “conscious men” apologize to the women of the world is drawing tears and praise — as well as verbal brickbats — from around the world.

“The response has been extraordinary,” said Arjuna Ardagh, one of the two men behind the “Dear Woman” video, which had more than 280,000 views a few days after it was posted.

Women have been mostly positive, he said, but there has been “aggressive hatred” from many men.
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But many men were shocked out of their La-Z-Boys.*

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'Cindy Anthony, the mother of Casey Anthony, testified in an Orlando courtroom this afternoon that she was the one who did computer searches for chloroform, stunning prosecutors who hope to use the searches to link Casey to the alleged premeditated murder of her daughter, Caylee.
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Computer analysts have previously testified that someone from the Anthony family home searched under Casey Anthony's profile for things such as "chloroform," "neck breaking" and "household weapons."

Cindy Anthony said today that she searched for "chloroform," "alcohol," "acetone," "peroxide" and "inhalation."'

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'CASEVILLE (WWJ/AP) A 7-year-old Michigan boy who drove a car at high speeds for 20 miles has been charged with unlawful use of a vehicle.
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Still in his pajamas, the boy led police on a 50 mile-an-hour chase before he managed to stop the car, driving nearly 20 miles.

“The young man when he was spoken to by the officers said they wanted to see his father,” said Rutkowski. “He was leaving his residence which I believe is somewhere in Sheridan Township and driving nearly 20 miles over to Caseville, in Caseville Township, which is on the western part of our county.”'

'Another anti-feminist conference being held in Switzerland this weekend promises to ruffle a few feathers. Last year, a similar gathering caused so much of a flap it had to be moved to a secret location. This time round, the conference set for Zurich features Monika Ebeling, dubbed an “ex-feminist” by the media. Ebeling says she wants to address the “bitterness” between the sexes. WRS’s Jo Fahy explains what all the fuss is about.'

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A recent article appeared in the New Zealand Herald here of which Alasdair Thompson, chief executive of the Employers and Manufacturers Association correctly pointed out the gender wage gap is a result of personal choice such as women taking the time to have children. He is currently under attack by those who paint the wage gap as purely discrimination - when there is no evidence for that - particularly by Catherine Delahunty (Green MP) and Helen Kelly (Council of Trade Unions) who are both backing unnecessary amendments to the Equal Pay Act.

So what I want you to do, via Facebook: write a message to Catherine Delahunty (here) and Helen Kelly (here) debunking the gender wage gap in regards to discrimination. Use US data too (e.g. Department of Labor stats*) to show that it has been debunked internationally despite the myth being perpetrated.

Petition here. Excerpt:

'* In America, a woman is abused by her male partner EVERY 15 SECONDS.
* In America, a man is abused by his female partner EVERY 15 SECONDS.
* 75% of victims killed by their partners are women...24% are men
* There are hundreds of battered women's shelters in the U.S.
* There are ZERO shelters for abused men. Male victims are redirected to homeless shelters.'

Blog entry here. Excerpt:

'F & F’s Glenn Sacks debated the new dad-bashing ‘Married Single Moms’ survey on MSNBC Live on Friday, June 17.

The survey’s promoters, ForbesWoman.com and TheBump.com, claim in their highly-publicized press release that many mothers feel their husbands do so little that, though married, they’re really like single mothers who have to do all the work.

To watch the debate, click here.

In the show’s opening we’re told that 92% of mothers feel “overwhelmed” and 70% resent their husbands. Alison Bernstein, Senior Editor of TheBump.com, then explained that “even working moms feel like they’re taking the majority of work on their shoulders.”'

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'When I was growing up it was widely believed that colleges and universities were the part of our society with the widest scope for free expression and free speech. In the conformist America of the 1950s, the thinking ran, few people dared to say anything that went beyond a broad consensus. But on campus anyone could say anything he liked.

Today we live in an America with enormous cultural variety in which very few things are considered universally verboten. But on campus it's different. There saying something considerably milder than some of the double entrendres you heard in cable news coverage of the Anthony Weiner scandal can get you into big trouble.
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Lukianoff and FIRE have an admirable record of defending students' and faculty members' free speech regardless of their point of view, but anyone familiar with their work knows that the most frequent targets of campus disciplinary groups are male, conservative, religious or some combination thereof.

Article here. Note: When opening the link, you may be presented with an aggressive request to subscribe and no clear way to dismiss the dialog box. The way to get rid of it is to click the link that says you are already a subscriber, then use your browser's Back button to return to the page. Excerpt:

'The current mentality forwarded today is that feminists don’t bash men. That’s just something angry males say when faced with the undeniable logic forwarded by the women’s movements. If you are a reasonable male and wish to avoid an argument you will keep your eyes forward and just nod in agreement. The first problem with such a statement is that it is seldom placed to scrutiny with how feminists truly act. Second, these kinds of propositions are almost always void of half of humanity’s thoughts on the issue. Yep, very few men other than the occasional token male academic feminist get to chime in on the subject.

Link to article here. Excerpt:

'The 30-year-old bride followed her husband to a nearby hotel where she pushed him and bit his left shoulder.

The fight continued at the couple's home, where she ripped off his shirt and bit him again on his right arm, Broward County Court heard.

Mr Keeler asked Judge John Hurley for leniency, stating his wife may have been drunk at the time of the attack.

"For newlyweds, this is not starting things off on the right foot, for sure," Judge Hurley said.

"I hope this is a small bump in the road and you two can iron it all out and have a nice long life together."'