News release here. Excerpt:

'On 30th May 2011, the community, media and Government were outraged, when confronted by the cruelty inflicted on Australian cattle in Indonesia, and it brought immediate Government action. Within days a whole industry was closed down and a valuable export trade was stopped in its tracks.

Three days earlier on the 27th May 2011, the Government released the ABS Family Characteristics Survey 2009-10, which indicates that since 1975 almost 24% of Australians have been denied meaningful contact with their biological families, as a result of deep-rooted Family Law policy failure. Yet now one month later, we have still not seen one word in the press and there is not a sign of any community, media or Government outrage.

Instead a deafening silence greets the news of crippling emotional cruelty being inflicted on Australian children and their powerless families. It would appear the health and wellbeing of the nations' cows is much more important than the health and wellbeing of the nation's children and families.'

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Letter here. The Post published my letter about Vincent Carroll's column in which he claimed millions of selfish and irresponsible fathers abandon their children. Here's the letter:

"I’m sorry to hear The Denver Post did not get the memo about the purpose of Father’s Day: to celebrate fathers. Instead, The Post chose to publish a dad-bashing column by Vincent Carroll, who blames “millions” of “irresponsible or self-centered” dads for neglecting or abandoning their children.

Carroll makes no distinction between a father who abandons his children and a father forced out of his children’s lives by a custody ruling favoring mom. As long as we view these two as the same, we will never solve the problem of family breakdown.

Perhaps next Father’s Day, The Post could publish a piece that actually celebrates dads."

Link to story here. Excerpt:

'A woman allegedly doused another woman in petrol and set her alight in a busy inner-city Perth shopping precinct yesterday afternoon.

The frantic 37-year-old woman was seen running into a toilet block off Rokeby Road, Subiaco, with her clothes on fire.

Emergency services were called to the trendy cafe strip, where they found the woman hiding inside the toilet block nearby.

A police spokesman told ninemsn the woman suffered burns to seven percent of her body and was taken to Royal Perth Hospital in a stable condition.

A woman who was working in a nearby book store told The West Australian newspaper she could smell smoke coming from toilet block.'

This column by Vincent Carroll calls those who oppose circumcision "bigots"--basically, anti-Semitic bigots. Carroll posted a father's day column about "selfish and irresponsible" dads who abandon or neglect their kids. About 4 years ago, he wrote a column against a law giving relief to men who were the victims of paternity fraud, saying they were "picky types" who wanted their children to be their own (unlike, I suppose, mothers who are more than happy to take home another mother's child from the hospital). The guy is starting to get on my nerves. Excerpt:

"Who would have thought that circumcision — circumcision, for heaven's sake — would be the next frontier for busybodies determined to impose their choices on the rest of us?

What prompts this musing is an article in Thursday's Denver Post by Diane Carman of the Solutions Health Policy Network reporting that Colorado will soon drop coverage for circumcision under Medicaid. That's fair enough, I suppose, since the procedure is purely discretionary in most cases.

This article reports on a new program to help men avoid suicide. It states working men are the most likely to take their own lives--a rare admission for an article on suicide, as most state numbers but rarely gender. This seems like a good program. Excerpt:

'If you think it's hard for a guy to ask for directions, then consider how much harder it is to ask for help with suicidal thoughts.

The group most likely to take their own lives is the same demographic least likely to seek out a mental-health professional.

"This is double jeopardy for working-age men," said psychologist Sally Spencer-Thomas, executive director of The Carson J. Spencer Foundation.

Article here. Excerpt:

'Heart disease is the number one killer of men, claiming the lives of nearly 400,000 fathers, friends, brothers, and sons every year. Often, the difference between life and death is razor thin—remembering to pop an aspirin, not delaying your trip to the E.R.

This week is National Men's Health Week, which was created by Congress in 1994 to raise the awareness of the health threats uniquely facing men. To commemorate, we’ve put together a list of the most popular ways to die as a man in America. Collectively, these diseases kill nearly one million of us annually. And, chances are, your lifestyle or genetic profile puts you at risk for at least one of them.

But, as Jeff Hale learned, our fates are not sealed. If you understand your risks, and learn how to negate them, you can outrun the reaper. Here’s how:'

Main Page about the Media Reports at The Anti-Feminist Interest Group (IGAF) here

Selected links
Radio Basel
Winterthur:100 participants in the anti-feminism meeting

Landbote
Anti-feminism meeting remained undisturbed

Article here. Excerpt:

'ARUSHA, Tanzania — The U.N. Court trying suspects of the 1994 Rwanda genocide found a female former government minister and her son guilty of war crimes on Friday and gave both life sentences, marking the first time a woman has been convicted of genocide.

Pauline Nyiramasuhuko, Rwanda's former minister for family and women affairs, and her son, Arsene Ntahobali, a former militia leader, were both found guilty of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, including rape.

Blog entry here. Excerpt:

'And what a message it was. Doubtless leaving wife Sam and a team of hired help holding the fort (and the baby), David Cameron declared war on absent fathers, storming that they should be stigmatised by society in the same way as drink drivers.

I realise that having Nick Clegg yoked round his neck like a clingy girlfriend has put our prime minister under unimaginable stress.
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How does an absent father compare with a reckless driver who, fuelled by a tank full of booze, turns his car into a killing machine?

Perhaps our esteemed leader should pay a visit to the Partington home of Amanda and Phil Peak, whose two boys Arron, 10, and Ben, eight, were killed after drunken footballer Luke McCormick ploughed into their family car at 100mph on the M6.'

Last fall, Arjuna Ardagh and Gay Hendricks shared the Manifesto for the Conscious Man on Facebook and then, more recently, a video, called “Dear Woman.” Arjuna also posted The Art of Worshiping Women at the Huffington Post. These pieces triggered strong reactions in many, ranging from appreciation to anger and everything in between.

The intention was clearly to honor women. And, many women felt acknowledged, and appreciated the collective apology from men. Yet, it was also inadvertently dishonoring, and even insulting, to many men, including my husband John.

We could say men have just as much to be honored for, and women have just as much to apologize for. Maybe even more.

In any regard, we decided to balance out the story here.

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.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'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.'