
Breaking Bad: The Male as Designated Criminal
From A Voice for Men, here:
'In her 1989 book, Defining Rape, feminist author Linda Brookover Bourque argued for a shift in the burden of proof in rape cases to the defense, which would entail that the defense establish, with a preponderance of evidence, that it was most likely that a woman alleging rape against her gave clear assent to engage in sex. This argument is made on page 178 of her book.
This is not an argument in favor of men obtaining consent before having sex. No, she means to alter the principal of western jurisprudence in which the accused is innocent until proven guilty through evidentiary proceedings. Bourque proposes a new, improved system in which for accusations of rape, guilt is assumed by the court, and the accused must present overwhelming evidence of innocence.
Article 11 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which was adopted in 1948 by the United Nations General Assembly by unanimity, describes the principle of presumption of innocence as follows:
Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty according to law in a public trial at which he/or she has had all the guarantees necessary for his defense.
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One question which springs to mind is, will feminist ideologues shaping the retooling of western law flinch at the subjugation of their brothers, fathers, and sons? I suspect the answer is no. But do feminist scholars and law makers recognize the consequences of rendering a social class who have traditionally been problem solvers, inventors, philosophers and shapers of their surroundings into legislated criminals by identity?
To that I suspect the answer is also: no.'
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Where are the rich guys?
This is an excellent article, and clearly identifies the direction that gender-related-law is taking. Where are the rich men, who could fund a think tank to come up with anti-feminist legal theories? Where are the rich men who could mount legal challenges to the many unfair anti-male cases that the courts are now handing down? Where are the rich men that could fund men's activist organizations such as NCFM? I know they are out there. Why don't they fund the Mens' Rights Movement?
If they are operating solely based on self-interest, as this article seems to imply, then we have to break this trance that they suffer from. How to do that -- how to get through to these rich guys, so that they will fund this movement -- how shall we go about that?
crypter27
We should reach out to celebrities like Alec Baldwin & the former lead singer of Kiss hes very rich & these 2 men have both advocated our point. Of view,all we need to do is to woo them!
What has Alec Baldwin done
What has Alec Baldwin done so far?
crypter27
He did write a book about how he was treated during his divorce.