Article here. Didja ever notice... need I even say it? Excerpt:

'A gentleman's club which voted to continue to prohibit women from becoming members has been called "sexist" by a feminist group.

Women can enter the Castle Hill Club in Lincoln only as guests of men who are members.

Paul Watson, secretary at the club, which opened in 1922, said the rule "had always been the same" and "for the rights or wrongs of it, they wanted to leave it that way".

Ellie Henshaw, 19, from the University of Lincoln's Feminist Society, said the decision was "frustrating" and "it's not the default anymore that women should be excluded".'

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'At a June ceremony in the scenic Swiss village of Villars, three scientists each collected a huge new prize: 1 million Swiss francs ($1.1 million) to invest in their research to safeguard the planet against various environmental tipping points. The prizes were courtesy of the Frontiers Research Foundation (FRF), the nonprofit parent of the big open-access publisher. Younger women scientists who co-authored winning papers accompanied their colleagues onto the stage, smiling uncomfortably: All the winners of this year’s Frontiers Planet Prize (FPP), with a cash award bigger than the Nobel Prize, were men, just as they were last year.
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'Marriage is not for everyone, especially women, according to TikTok user hebatalks. The influencer recently made a video stating that she doesn't believe modern marriages are beneficial for women in today's society.

"I don't really believe in marriage, not in modern day, at least, because I would say that the majority of the time it doesn't work out," she shared in the video. "And even when it doesn't end in divorce, it ends in absolutely hating and resenting each other towards the end of life."

"The reality is that in most marriages, women get the short end of the stick, like women are the ones who have to sacrifice their careers, their health, their well-being, to take care of their husband and the children."

Despite not being married herself, the TikToker said that she has observed "hundreds" of people in unhappy unions.

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'A top private school is offering ‘healthy masculinity’ workshops for parents to help them combat toxic online influencers such as Andrew Tate.

The Royal Hospital School (RHS) in Suffolk is running 90 minute sessions to help families talk to their sons about resisting dark messages from the web.

Irfan Latif, headmaster of the 300-year-old institution, said private schools have a ‘responsibility’ to counter misogynistic narratives.

And he advocated promoting positive male role models such as Atticus Finch, the hero of To Kill a Mockingbird, as an ‘alternative’ to harmful figures on social media.

RHS, which charges up to £46,000 a year for boarders and is part of the elite HMC private schools group, was the alma mater of hero explorer Ernest Joyce.

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Mr Latif said: ‘We have not had any particular issues or incidents at RHS, but as educators we have a duty to be proactive.

Article here. Replace "White Boy" with "Black Boy" or "Asian Boy". Or "Boy" with "Girl". You get the idea. Excerpt:

'Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) and DNC Vice Chair Malcolm Kenyatta joined SiriusXM Urban View hosts Clay Cane and Reecie Colbert this week for a town hall discussion about the future of the Democratic Party and, in a promotional clip, she told them the party is eyeing a safe “white boy” candidate for 2028.

During the conversation, Crockett turned to who the Democrats might run in the next presidential election and said she’s already hearing chatter of who donors are rallying behind. “It is, it is this fear that the people within the party, within the primary system, will have about voting for a woman because every time we voted for a woman, we’ve lost,” she began, adding:'

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'For too long, the challenges faced by boys and men in Maryland have been overlooked. From distorted media portrayals to cultural narratives that paint masculinity as a problem, boys and men are often viewed through a lens of suspicion or deficit. In late April, I presented the following 15 ideas to the Governor’s staff—not a list of services or budget items, but focused proposals aimed at improving the public image and cultural understanding of boys and men in our state. These ideas are about restoring balance, affirming the value of boys and men, and challenging the negative stereotypes that continue to shape policy and perception. If we truly cared about them, this is where we would start.'

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'Christianity is starting to make a comeback in the U.S. and other western countries, led by young people.
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Gen Z-ers — especially Gen Z men — are actually more likely to attend weekly religious services than millennials and even some younger Gen X-ers, Burge’s analysis shows.
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Within older generations, there’s a consistent gender gap among Christians, with women more likely to be religious than men.

Within Gen Z, the gap has closed, as young men join the church and young women leave it. If the current trajectory sticks, the gender gap will flip.
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Plus, for some young men, Christianity is seen as "one institution that isn't initially and formally skeptical of them as a class," Rishmawy told the Times.'

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'In the desperate aftermath of an earthquake in Haiti, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) excluded men from emergency food aid. WFP head Josette Sheeran announced the policy:

"It is our methodology to distribute only to women to ensure that food gets to women and children in Haiti."

I described what happened in my first essay but, here, I want to focus on what didn’t happen - concern for men.

If the WFP had withheld food from almost any other group, say people of colour, they would have been universally condemned. Instead, they were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2020. What could explain such indifference to the fate of men?'

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'On Thursday, during an appearance on “The View” the former president didn’t hold back in expressing his thoughts on why America elected Donald Trump for a second term instead of Harris. He said frankly he wasn’t surprised.

“I wasn’t surprised, not because I didn’t think the Vice President was qualified to be president. She is. She is qualified to be president of the United States of America,” he explained. “I wasn’t surprised because it went the sexist route.”'

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'Last week I attended the launch of Ask A Mate, an app developed by Brisbane domestic violence charity Beyond DV. It’s a tool for young men aged between 13 and 18 to access advice on topics such as relationships, gender, sex, consent, and domestic and sexual violence – delivered by people they look up to. Think AFL stars and bass players.

Beyond DV founder Carolyn Robinson came up with the concept in 2022 in response to the spread of dangerous online content influencing young men.

“That was really my whole reason for doing this, [to provide young men] with an alternative to Andrew Tate,” she says. The brutal murder of Sydney coach Lilie James by her former partner in 2023 was another reason to see the project through.'

Article here. This is one to watch. So if a guy makes a "misogynistic comment" while you've both been doing stoopid things like getting high and drunk, obviously the thing to do is set him on fire after throwing fuel on him. Bet she gets a slap on the wrist. Excerpt:

'A woman who angrily doused an "old friend" in petrol and set him alight for making a misogynistic comment was suffering from depression and substance abuse, a court has heard.

Corbie Jean Walpole, 24, earlier pleaded guilty to one charge of burning or maiming by using corrosive fluid.

Her victim, Jake Loader, was 23 when he was found with life-threatening burns at a southern New South Wales home in Howlong on January 7 last year.

Walpole tearfully appeared before the Albury District Court today expecting to be sentenced.'

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'One of the clearest long-term examples of using fear, blame, victimhood, and resentment as a social tactic is the way feminism — backed by unwavering support from the media and lawmakers — has worked to embed fear, distrust, and blame into the minds of women and girls.

Nearly every major feminist campaign has been built on two themes: blaming men and claiming victimhood. Along the way, women have been encouraged to distrust men, to fear them, and to view their actions through a lens of suspicion.

The success of these campaigns has relied heavily on gynocentrism — a deeply embedded, often invisible bias. Most people don’t even realize they carry it, but it’s there, quietly shaping our instincts. Gynocentrism shows up as an automatic tendency to prioritize the needs, emotions, and concerns of women, while overlooking those of men. Feminists have strategically weaponized this bias, using it to pressure institutions and society into funneling more resources to women.'

Article here. In future, ladies, if you just feel threatened by a man, you need only claim you were high on drugs and run him through with a knife -- and you'll be fine. In fact, you'll get loads of sympathy and will probably make money off it. Excerpt:

'A teenage girl cried tears of relief and clutched her chest, as a jury in Victoria's Supreme Court found her not guilty of murder.

There was an outpouring of emotion in the courtroom as the verdict was delivered, with the girl's family breaking down and security guards hugging the girl when the judge told her she was free to go home.

The girl, who was 17 at the time of the attack and cannot be identified for legal reasons, said she was acting in self-defence when she plunged a kitchen knife into Seb O'Halloran's chest at her Mildura home on October 21, 2023.

Prosecutors called the incident murder. The girl's lawyers argued it was self-defence.'

Interesting video here. For those new to the philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, read some about him on Wikipedia here. Nice thing about this take is it's based largely on biological imperatives in humans; it's not ideological, more analytical.

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'When Jane’s* abusive ex-partner turned up at her house and began “screaming abuse” and “threatening her”, she called the police.

But when officers arrived, they said they couldn’t do anything as, despite her ex being stood opposite her home, he was technically outside of the restraining order area.

“I got angry and kicked off,” Jane told the Prison Reform Trust charity. “So they arrested me.”

Jane’s story is not unusual. At least 1,486 women who were accused of assaulting an emergency worker in the four years to November 2024 had been victims of domestic abuse in their lifetime, openDemocracy can reveal. The findings raise concerns that vulnerable women are being criminalised when they seek help to deal with an abuser.'