Article here.

'A woman who falsely accused three Duke lacrosse players of raping her five years ago was indicted today on a charge of first-degree murder in the stabbing death of her boyfriend, the News & Observer reports.

Crystal Mangum has been in jail since April 3, when police charged her with assaulting Reginald Daye, 46. He died Wednesday in the hospital.

In spring 2006, Mangum, who was working as a stripper for an escort service, alleged that the lacrosse players sexually assaulted her during a private party. Prosecutors determined the allegations were false, and the case was dismissed.

Last year, Mangum was convicted of setting a fire at home with her three children inside.'

Press release here. Excerpt:

'WASHINGTON / April 18, 2011 – Stop Abusive and Violent Environments (SAVE) is offering its condolences to the family and friends of Reginald Daye. “Reggie” Daye, 46, succumbed April 13 after girlfriend Crystal Mangum stabbed him in the chest with a kitchen knife. Mangum is the woman who falsely accused three Duke University lacrosse players of rape in 2006.

Daye’s nephew said the couple had been arguing over rent money. The argument got so heated that someone called police who made a visit to the apartment, but left before the stabbing incident occurred. Mangum is being held on a $300,000 bond.

“Reggie” Daye was born on November 3, 1964 in Durham, North Carolina. He was employed by Scotts Painting and Decorating Company. His hobbies included painting, fishing, and cheering on the Dallas Cowboys.'

Article here, video here. Looks like Sarah "it starts here" Palin is trying to make a go for the presidency. It's just too bad she think she needs to pander to the female ego as the means of achieving that goal. Quote (6:15-6:34):

"What we need is for you to stand up, GOP, and fight. Maybe I should ask some of the Badger women's hockey team, those champions, maybe I should ask them if we should be suggesting to GOP leaders they need to learn how to fight like a girl!"

Article here. Excerpt:

'The room for growth in college baseball is undeniable. However, the college market will not mature due to the unfortunate restrictions imposed by Title IX. Title IX was amended in 1972 to create opportunities for women in sports. There are now 15 women’s sports at UNC. It has clearly served its purpose, but it is antiquated and needs reform.

Title IX now does nothing more than squander opportunities by often forcing athletic departments to cut other sports. The financing issues raised by Title IX serve to further generate the win-at-all-costs mentality in college basketball and football by forcing profit maximization in so-called amateur athletics.

One of UNC’s top pitchers, Greg Holt, wrote to me, “I think that Title IX is something that is hindering baseball (from) becoming a potential revenue sport. If a softball player can receive a full scholarship then I feel as if a baseball (player) should be able to receive the same amount.” Holt’s reference to the scholarship allocation is easily explainable.

Article here. Excerpt:

'A survey of teachers, heads and other school staff across the UK found that 44% believed girls' behaviour had worsened in the past two years.

This compares with 43% for boys, says a survey of 859 members of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers.

But 68% of staff in the survey said boys' behaviour is more difficult.

Half of the surveyed staff thought boys' behaviour had got worse over the past five years, and 48% thought girls' behaviour was worse.
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One secondary school teacher who contributed to the study said: "Boys are more physically aggressive and usually to other pupils, with girls it is more name calling, less fighting."

For girls, most staff said bullying such as isolating another pupil from a friendship group, spreading rumours, making snide looks and comments, were the biggest problems (44%).'

Article here. Excerpt:

'Durham, N.C. — Duke University has denied all allegations made in lawsuits by dozens of former lacrosse players impacted by false rape claims.

More than three dozen players who were never indicted in a 2006 investigation accused the university of fraud, negligence, conspiracy and obstruction of justice.
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The university immediately ended the lacrosse team's season and forced the coach to resign, and investigators collected DNA samples from all of the players.
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Irving Joyner, a law professor at North Carolina Central University and a close observer of the case, said he believes third-party liability is a major part of the defense. Under that theory, Duke maintains that any wrongdoing was caused by Crystal Mangum and Nifong – two people not connected to Duke in any way.'

Story here. Excerpt:

'PALM HARBOR - A 19-year-old woman was arrested Wednesday on charges she falsely claimed her father raped her, to win a larger percentage of a sum associated with legal action they were involved in.

Brittany Joy Davis, whose permanent address is in Lake Worth, was charged with extortion. She was being held at the Pinellas County Jail on $10,000 bail.
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The plan was for her to claim her father raped her, and then, following his arrest, approach him about a larger portion of the monetary award, Nestor said. Once he agreed to her terms, the plan was for her to drop the rape allegation, Nestor said.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'It's the headline du jour whenever a horrific case emerges of a mother killing her kids, as Lashanda Armstrong did when she piled her children into her minivan and drove straight into the frigid Hudson River.

Our shock at such stories is, of course, understandable: They seem to go against everything we intuitively feel about the mother-child bond.

But mothers kill their children in this country much more often than most people would realize by simply reading the headlines; by conservative estimates it happens every few days, at least 100 times a year. Experts say more mothers than fathers kill their children under 5 years of age. And some say our reluctance as a society to believe mothers would be capable of killing their offspring is hindering our ability to recognize warning signs, intervene and prevent more tragedies.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'Last month, 16 Yale students and recent graduates filed a confidential complaint with the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights alleging that in violation of Title IX—which bans sex discrimination in schools—Yale maintains a hostile environment for women that denies them equal access to educational opportunities. The Office for Civil Rights has already begun to investigate. If it finds Yale in violation, the university could lose approximately $500 million in federal funding.

Is the complaint really plausible?

In the classroom, on the athletic fields and elsewhere throughout campus life, women at Yale are prospering. In 2010, female undergraduates outnumbered male undergraduates 2,663 (50.5%) to 2,616 (49.5%). Yale aggressively recruits, promotes and retains female faculty. Four of the university's top eight administration officers are women. The dean of Yale College is a woman. So is the dean for special projects.

Article here. Excerpt:

'The proposed education program would require all new students to attend a seminar and an individualized break-out session on the topics of "healthy relationships, consent, relationship violence, stalking, sexual assault and risks correlated with increased use of drugs and alcohol." Incoming students would also be required to complete surveys about sexual assault at two points during the year. In order to ensure compliance with the policy, students who failed to attend the training or complete the surveys would be blocked from registering for classes for the next semester.

Article here. Excerpt:

'CLINTON — A national free-speech group recently recognized Hamilton College — but not in a positive way.

The college was named a recipient of a 2011 Jefferson Muzzle, a distinction given over the past 20 years to institutions responsible for “affronts to free expression,” according to the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression, located in Virginia.

The college took “political correctness to the extreme” by requiring male first-year students to attend a presentation in September called “She Fears You” where men were “asked to acknowledge their complicity in a ‘rape culture’ … and to change their ‘rape supportive’ beliefs and attitudes,” according to the center.

Female freshmen also were required to attend an event — a one act play called “Fresh,” which the Jefferson center characterized as having a theme of acceptance and support.'

Story here.

'CANON CITY, Colo. — Authorities say a 15-year-old Colorado boy took his own life after a 30-year-old woman allegedly had a sexual relationship with him.

The Canon City Daily Record reports Brenda Lynette Harding of Canon City was arrested Friday on charges of sexual assault on a child.

An arrest warrant affidavit says Harding was the teen's caregiver last summer and was a friend of the teen's stepmother.

The teen lived Buena Vista and was reported missing April 2 while visiting family in Canon City. His body was found in Canon City on April 4.

The Fremont County coroner ruled he died from an overdose of a painkiller and a muscle relaxant.

Harding was jailed under $15,000 bail. It's unclear if she has a lawyer. No phone number for her could be found.'

This story dates back to 2005 and think it was posted on MANN. I thought I'd resubmit the story because of the irony Joe Biden chose The University of New Hampshire to make his recent speech about sexual misconduct. Excerpt:

'...Monologues by members of the FAL poked fun at feminist stereotypes and set the tone of an evening of sarcasm and wit.

"Hello, my name is Mary Man-Hating-Is-Fun," one participant said. "I am 23 years old, and I am what a feminist looks like. Ever since I learned to embrace my feminist nature, I found great joy in threatening men's lives, flicking off frat brothers and plotting the patriarchy's death. I hate men because they are men, because I see them for what they are: misogynistic, sexist, oppressive and absurdly pathetic beings who only serve to pollute and contaminate this world with war, abuse, oppression and rape."

Members of the FAL wore scissors around their necks, as members of the audience lightheartedly sang a song about castration.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'Omelia Elliott owns a beauty salon on Genesee Street, but her business right next door is a whole different world.

"It would've been funny if you all would've been here at 3 o'clock,” Elliott told YNN. “We watch Maury everyday: 'Are you my daddy?' "

Omelia works with her mother O.J. Rouse at “Make Sure Paternity,” a business with the slogan, “Are you my daddy?”

"People walk in and come in and we swab the child and sometimes the child, then the father,” explained Elliott, “and send that in to a DNA lab."

She said that five to ten people walk into those offices every week. Some go for immigration reasons, verifying a parent-child relationship for permanent residency in the United States. Most people, however, visit the business to prove who a child's real father is.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'The Royal Dutch Medical Association recently declared that male circumcision is an infringement of a child’s rights to bodily integrity and personal autonomy, that its risks are underplayed, and that to reject all forms of forced female genital cutting while allowing forced male genital cutting is ethically inconsistent. It also analyzes the flawed distinctions made between female genital mutilation and non therapeutic male circumcision, and it finds that “there is growing concern regarding complications, both minor and serious, which can occur as a result of circumcising a child,” from bleeding, infection, meatal stenosis (urethral stricture) and panic attacks to the risk of death. In relation to long term sexual damage, the paper points out that the foreskin is an important erotogenic structure, and that the history of its removal is, “rooted in the desire to control male sexuality”'