New law requires colleges to teach about sexual assault

Article here. Excerpt:

'House Bill 101, passed in November, requires schools, among other things, to establish a program that includes information on drug- and alcohol-fueled sexual violence; medical treatment and evidence collection; the possibility of pregnancy; and sexually transmitted diseases.
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The National Sexual Violence Research Center in Enola, northwest of Harrisburg, estimates 20 percent to 25 percent of women are victims of forced sex during their time in college, and 90 percent or more of those victims do not report the assault.
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Robert Morris University has a program called CURE -- College and University Rape Education -- aimed at first-year students, which addresses topics such as date-rape drugs and how to report an assault.'

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Do Female Sex Offenders Receive a Lighter Punishment Compared to Males?

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'Sentencing for an Okaloosa sex offender has sparked a lot of discussion. 31-year old Michelle Kemp had sex with a 15-year-old boy but she will not be going to prison. The lawyers on both sides of the case insist, when it comes to sex crimes, the judicial system is not sexist.

Michelle Kemp was arrested back in August 2009 for having sex with a 15-year-old. The boy's family decided not to press charges if the relationship stopped-- but it didn’t. In December, Kemp drove more than 100 miles from her home in Crestview to pick the boy up at a drug treatment center in Bay County, where the two had sex again.
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It was a very different case for Tim McGarry. The former Thomas Drive Fire Chief is serving a 40-year sentence for having sex with underage girls. The disparity in treatment makes some wonder if the judicial system is sexist when it comes to sex crimes.

District 1 Chief Assistant State Attorney Bill Bishop says no.

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"One older woman who is totally into Justin Bieber"

Article here. Could you imagine the outrage if a male celebrity made similar comments about a 16 year old girl? Excerpt:

'HollywoodNews.com: Justin Bieber loves older women and there might just be one who loves him back, other than his rumored girlfriend Selena Gomez.

In case Bieber wants the attention of an older woman, Jennifer Love Hewitt would be happy to give it to him, states Digital Spy. When she was on George Lopez’s show, she admitted she is definitely a fan.

“He’s so cute, he’s so cute with his little dance moves and that little swoosh!” Hewitt said about his most famous attribute.

And while Hewitt is still pretty young herself, she wouldn’t mind being his older woman: “I would like to be Bieber’s puma!”'

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UK: One in five victims of abuse in Cheshire is male

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'Cheshire Police released the statistic as they launched a campaign to urge male victims to report abuse.

Officers said they were raising the issue in the run-up to Valentine's Day, "when relationships are at the forefront of everyone's mind".
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Assistant Chief Constable Phil Thompson said: "Domestic abuse knows no boundaries and it can happen to anyone at any time regardless of gender, age and sexuality.

"Men in particular find it hard to speak out if they are being abused, but we want to reassure anyone who may be suffering at the hands of another, that domestic abuse is an issue that we take extremely seriously - whatever time of the year.'

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Canada: B.C. man tells trial he saw teacher in bed with 12-year-old

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'VERNON, B.C. — A British Columbia man told a courtroom Thursday that he remembered seeing his 12-year-old friend in bed with their teacher.

The man was testifying in the trial of Deborah Louise Ashton, 45, who is charged with having numerous sexual encounters with the boy over a two-year period beginning in 2002.

The friend told the B.C. Supreme Court jury that he was on a school trip, staying in cabins outside of Vernon, when he saw Ashton in bed under the covers with the boy.

"They went to bed together. When I woke up, they were side-by-side," the man told the court.'

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"The solution to Britain's laddish boardrooms"

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'Deutsche Bank's Josef Ackermann's deliciously impertinent comments that having women on company boards would make them more feminine, more "colourful and more beautiful" has caught the world on the hop and both sexes gasping at his gall.

In Germany, Silvana Koch-Mehrin of the FDU-EU told Handelsblatt: "If Mr Ackermann wants more colour in the executive committee he should hang some paintings on the wall."

Speaking from Oslo, Benja Stig Fagerland, the businesswoman who helped the Norwegian government to get half of its board positions filled by women, said she didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She decided to laugh, adding: "Although there are a lot of men using this pretty argument to hide their fear that there are some bright women coming into business who are challenging their competencies."
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Lady golfers unhappy about law to end sex discrimination

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It was meant to put women on a par with men.

Women golfers have long faced restrictions at their local courses on what times they could play and which bars they could drink in. Often they were blocked from becoming club captain.

So when Harriet Harman introduced the Equality Act to give women more rights in work places and social settings, golf clubs were seen as ripe for reform. But the drive by Labour’s leading feminist seems to have landed in the bunker. Many women golfers say that, following the changes, which have brought an end to men-only tee-off times at many clubs, they now have to pay more for membership.

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Judge orders former NFL player to surrender championship ring to pay ex-wife's attorneys

"You see him playin on any given Sunday, win the super bowl but drive off in a Hyundai." - Kanye West

Article here. Excerpt:

Former NFL defensive end Chidi Ahanotu was forced by a judge this week to surrender his 2002 NFC championship ring to help pay a $130,000 debt to his ex-wife's lawyers, The Tampa Tribune reported.

Ahanotu, who played for the St. Louis Rams the year the team was upset by the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl, will have to give up his ring or risk being jailed. He has been resistant to part with the memento, claiming it's only worth $500, not the $10,000 his ex-wife's lawyers believe they can get for it.

But that's not all. Mainstream media writers can't resist putting together an article about divorce or child support without adding in a little misandry at the end:

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Rapper J-Kwon Jailed for Child Support, Child Wasn't His

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Hip Hop News 24-7 recently interviewed rapper J-Kwon about his interesting child support situation. During an interview with Miss Georgia, J-Kwon informed listeners that he'd been paying $2,500 per month in child support for seven years for a child that was eventually determined not to be his.

The artist goes on to say that he was jailed for not making the child support payments, which derailed his entire career by killing his ability to earn income.

He also said that when it was determined that he wasn't the child's father, the courts provided no remedies whatsoever for him to retrieve the tens of thousands of dollars he'd paid over a seven-year period.

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Woman’s false abuse allegations exposed in San Francisco court

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'It is not often charges will be dropped midtrial — and even less often that a jury will applaud and offer to write letters to try to help the accused retrieve their job.

But that is what happened in a felony domestic violence case in San Francisco Superior Court this week when prosecutors gave up on the case after the alleged victim kept switching her story on the stand, the Public Defender’s Office announced Thursday.

The San Francisco man, 24-year-old kitchen manager Francisco Garcia, was accused by his former girlfriend of smashing her head into a wall multiple times and threatening to kill her and their toddler.

But Garcia said the woman only made the allegations after he told her he would go to court for a custody arrangement for their child. She took the news poorly and told him things were going to “get really bad for him,” Deputy Public Defender Eric Quandt said in a news release.'

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UK: Mercy for domestic abuse victims who lie about rape

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'Women who make false allegations of rape after suffering domestic violence by their partners could escape prosecution under new guidelines published today.

Others who have suffered prolonged intimidation and abuse, or were pressured into retracting their claim by their alleged attacker, will also be less likely to be charged.

Young or immature women who make false accusations without realising the seriousness of their actions are similarly unlikely to be prosecuted, along with those whose claims do not lead to a man being detained or charged.*

The reforms, announced today by the Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC, follow a ruling by Court of Appeal judges last year over the case of a 28-year-old woman who had earlier been jailed at Mold crown court for perverting the course of justice.'

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*Ed.: Emphasis added

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Women Likely to Continue Outpacing Men in Education

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'Young women are outpacing men in educational attainment and there’s little sign males will make up ground any time soon.

Nearly one in four women had earned a bachelor’s degree by the time they reached age 23, compared to just one in seven men, the Labor Department said Wednesday. And while a growing share of professions are expected to require a college education in the future, men don’t appear poised to make up the education gap.

The Labor Department’s report was based on a long-term survey of Americans born between 1980 and 1984. The results are from the latest round of questioning, which took place in 2008 and 2009 when respondents ranged from 23 to 29-years-old.

Because the same percentage of males and females — 16% — were enrolled in college at age 23 “it is unlikely the gap in educational attainment will close in the next few years,” according to the report.'

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Huge Gender Degree Gap at Ages 22-23: National Crisis, Title IX, Government Funding? Probably Not

Article here. Excerpt:

'Now that's a huge gender disparity in college completion at ages 22 and 23, but I predict:

1. This gender degree gap will receive almost no media attention, and certainly no attention from the gender activists, who demonstrate a selective concern for only those gender imbalances that favor men.

2. There will be no calls for government studies, or increased government funding to address the problem, and nobody will refer to this persistent gender degree gap as a "crisis."

3. President Obama will not address the issue by signing an Executive Order creating the "White House Council on Men and Boys," like he did for women and girls.

4. Neither Obama nor Congress will address the gender degree gap by invoking the Title IX gender-equity law, like they have considered using for the gender gap in some college math and science programs.

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Commentary: 'Why I am not a feminist'

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'Of course, I now realize that the businesswoman who demanded the plane be held up for HER whim was merely epitomizing the essence of feminism: IT'S ALL ABOUT ME. It didn't matter how many other people on that plane missed their connections or were late for critical appointments. This woman got HER way, and that's all that counted.

It's the ME mentality of feminism that bugs me. As I see it, just about everything associated with feminism is meant to promote the agenda that it's all about women: their needs, their wants, their goals, their career ambitions, and everyone else be damned. Who cares how many are inconvenienced as long as her desires are met? Who cares about her husband's needs? Who gives a rip about the needs of her children?'

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Man wrongly accused of being deadbeat dad

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'TORONTO - Karl Rosier and his 12-year-old son were on the verge of being evicted from their new apartment, but they're breathing a little easier thanks to an 11th-hour decision by the Family Responsibility Office to return the East York man's assets.

The 34-year-old says he tried repeatedly to explain to the government agency, which accused him of owing $10,141 in child support, that his son lived with him and he couldn't provide for him if his bank account was frozen.'

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