White House Council on Boys to Men

Article here. Excerpt:

'Two years ago President Obama created a committee by executive order to advise and focus exclusively on the needs and welfare of the American woman. Feminists cheered the creation of a White House Council on Women and Girls but others questioned, why – when women and girls are outperforming men by nearly every empirical measurement – create a council for women but not for men?
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The White House’s disinterest has frustrated some who see the crisis facing America’s boys as a serious issue.

“The White House has yet to agree to even a meeting on this topic,” council proposal commission member and American Enterprise Institute scholar Christina Hoff Sommers marvelled.

The proposal identifies five major components of the “crisis” facing boys: education, emotional well being, fatherless homes, physical health, and employment.'

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Are One in Five College Women Sexually Assaulted?

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Univ. to revise sexual misconduct policies

Article here. Excerpt:

'The University will alter its sexual misconduct policies following the Department of Education’s clarification of Title IX regulations, a member of the Office of the Vice President and General Counsel said Tuesday.

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Woman In False Rape Case Goes To Jail

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'CINCINNATI -- A woman who lied to a grand jury about being raped by her ex-boyfriend went to jail Wednesday night, Cincinnati court officials said.

Melinda Denham, 25, admitted in a letter that she made a false rape claim that sent ex-boyfriend Shannon Hudson to jail for two months, prosecutors said.

"I really can't say she (Denham) cleared my name because it (rape charge) is going to follow me wherever I go," Hudson said.'

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Father Who Was Shot 3 Times by Mother Can't See Their Son, But Mother Can

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'This may be the single most outrageous case I’ve come across. I first wrote about Peter Spitz last December here. He’s the Colorado man whose wife Teresa got up in the wee hours of one morning in 2004, bundled up their young son and took him to a neighbor’s. She then returned to her house, put a pillow over her sleeping husband’s head and shot him with a .38. But he wasn’t dead, so she shot him two more times. Then she murdered his mother who lived with them.

Despite all that, Peter lived. He’s permanently blinded and has lost his sense of smell.

Peter is an ex-marine and an all around stand-up guy. So when Teresa was tried for murdering his mother and attempting to murder him, he testified on her behalf. He thought she was insane and said so under oath. She was acquitted of the charges by reason of insanity.'

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Boy, 10, Escapes as Mother Drives Her Family Into Hudson

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'A 10-year-old boy escaped and swam ashore after his mother deliberately drove their minivan off a boat ramp and into the Hudson River in Newburgh, N.Y., on Tuesday night, the police said. The mother and three younger children who were trapped in the minivan died.

The police said the driver’s-side window was down when the doomed minivan was towed from the water, suggesting that the boy, identified as La’Shaun Armstrong, had crawled past his mother as he scrambled to get out.

Michael Ferrara, the Newburgh police chief, identified the mother as LaShanda Armstrong, 25. Inside, along with Ms. Armstrong, were her three young children, identified by the police as Landen Pierre, 5; Lance Pierre, 2; and Lainaina Pierre, 11 months old. All had died, Chief Ferrara said.

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WSJ: There Is No Male-Female Wage Gap

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'Tuesday is Equal Pay Day—so dubbed by the National Committee for Pay Equity, which represents feminist groups including the National Organization for Women, Feminist Majority, the National Council of Women's Organizations and others. The day falls on April 12 because, according to feminist logic, women have to work that far into a calendar year before they earn what men already earned the year before.

In years past, feminist leaders marked the occasion by rallying outside the U.S. Capitol to decry the pernicious wage gap and call for government action to address systematic discrimination against women. This year will be relatively quiet. Perhaps feminists feel awkward protesting a liberal-dominated government—or perhaps they know that the recent economic downturn has exposed as ridiculous their claims that our economy is ruled by a sexist patriarchy.

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Men’s Shelter Gets Government Grant in Canada

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'This past week, Earl Silverman’s DV shelter in Calgary announced that it took in and housed its first male victim that had been both referred and funded by a $1,000 grant from the local provincial government. This is a huge deal in Canada. For the first time, a Canadian government agency has recognized male victimization from female-perpetrated violence, funded a male victim with a grant, and referred him to a shelter that it recognizes as legitimate and worthy of funding. Outstanding, Earl Silverman. I hope that the man who sought out your help is able to pick up his life and carry on, and thanks to your help and the assistance of the provincial government he has a solid shot at doing just that.'

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UK: Teenage girls are targeted by 'new generation of domestic abusers', top prosecutor warns

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'A new generation of wife beaters have made teenage girls the most likely targets for their abuse, a top prosecutor has warned.

Women aged between 16 and 19 are now more at risk than any other age group as part of a 'whole new generation of domestic violence', Keir Starmer, Director of Public Prosecutions, said.

In a bid to tackle abuse, every domestic murder in England and Wales will be automatically reviewed from today to ensure lessons are learned.'

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'They want their men back': Syrian women protest mass arrests

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'AMMAN — Hundreds of women from a Syrian town that has witnessed mass arrests of its men marched along Syria's main coastal highway on Wednesday to demand their release, human rights activists said.

Security forces, including secret police, stormed Baida on Tuesday, going into houses and arresting men aged up to 60, the activists said, after townsfolk joined unprecedented protests challenging the 11-year rule of President Bashar al-Assad.

The women from Baida were marching on the main highway leading to Turkey chanting slogans to demand the release of some 350 men, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.'

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Nova Scotia: Hitmen an option for battered women to use

Article here. Don't go to the police if you're being abused! Just hire a hitman! Excerpt:

'Battered women have won an important legal victory after Nova Scotia’s highest court concluded a woman “living in a state of terror” was understandably driven to try to arrange for her abusive husband’s murder.

In the landmark decision, the court said the law must be sensitive to the unique plight of women whose lives and well-being are endangered by brutal spouses.

The judges upheld the acquittal of 39-year-old school teacher Nicole Ryan, who had negotiated with an undercover police officer to kill her grossly abusive, estranged husband.

“Ms. Ryan was compelled to take the action she did by normal human instincts and self-preservation,” the judges said in a 3-0 decision. “It would be inappropriate, under these circumstances, to attribute criminal conduct to her.”'

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Please lodge this anti-circumcision submission with the US State Department (deadline 24 Apr 2011)

This is a response to the document "Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Biographical Questionnaire for U.S. Passport" [Docket No. DOS-2011-0055].

The deadline for submissions is 24 April 2011.

This submission can be made by anybody from any country around the world.

Instructions-

Go to the following regulations.gov submission page:

http://www.regulations.gov/#!submitComment;D=DOS-2011-0055-0001

Enter your name and details in the appropriate fields (Optional). Copy & Paste the text below into the 'TYPE COMMENT' field. Click 'Submit'.

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Homeless men paid to get beaten up by women for video sales

This story shocks me. Homeless men were paid peanuts to get beaten to a pulp by women on video so the videos can be sold on a fetish site. What's the betting they were quietly told not to hit back? Excerpt:

'A video company paid homeless men $US50 to be filmed while scantily clad women punched, kicked and whipped them, according to a lawsuit filed in a Florida court.

Lawyers for two homeless men said the website www.shefights.net sells videos on the internet of the so-called "beatdowns," starting at $US2.99 for a two-minute "sparring session" clip and increasing in price to $US33.99 for a 33 minute clip of two women beating a man.

The lawsuit contends the beatings violate a state hate crimes law that specifically protects the homeless and that the producers are exploiting the poverty of transients for whom any cash is hard to come by.

"What type of society would allow this to happen?" said Neil Chonin, the lawyer for the homeless men. "This company preyed on people who are desperate."'

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Female reporter denied access to men's locker room

A female sports reporter was denied access to the men's locker room at the Augusta National Golf Club. She makes quite a ruckus about equal access, and how this is unfair. These complaints are so hypocritical. Male sports reporters are not allowed in women player's locker rooms. This incident reveals how totally whipped American males are. American men give American women anything they want, no matter what the personal price may be: "Personal privacy? ... Oh, OK, I'll give that up too in the name of "feminism" and their definition of equal access" (no matter how twisted that may be). Excerpt:

'(CNN) -- A female sports reporter blasted the all-male Augusta National Golf Club on Monday, a day after a security guard wouldn't let her in to interview one of the stars of the recent Masters tournament.

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UK: Fire brigade relaxes strength and fitness test to make entry easier for women

Article here. Excerpt:

'Fire chiefs have made the 'ladder lifting' tests that all new recruits must go through easier to allow more women and less-strong men into the service.

Previously, potential firefighters had to extend a 100kg ladder by themselves in 20 seconds to qualify.

However, now they are only required to life a 30kg weight over their head.

Strenuous runs, where candidates had to complete increasing fast sprints in what's known as a 'beep test,' have also been scrapped, along with having to carry a 12 stone person 100 yards in less than a minute.'

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