Article here. From the UK. Interesting phenomenon. Personally I don't fret too much since I'm inclined to be focused on work while at work but I can definitely see how the more gregarious would find it troubling. Excerpt:

'Almost a quarter of white men say they are discriminated against for their race and gender, according to a poll, amid warnings it is pushing them towards influencers such as Andrew Tate.

Research commissioned for White Men Can’t Work!, a five-part podcast and YouTube series hosted by the documentary maker Tim Samuels, suggested that nearly half of white men in the UK are self-censoring at work because they fear that saying the wrong thing could cost them their jobs. Some 41 per cent say they feel anxious that they can be sacked for doing or saying the wrong thing.

Article here. Excerpt:

'The brunette beauty arrested alongside Kentucky-based crypto investor John Woeltz for the alleged kidnap and torture of an Italian man in Manhattan is a small-time actor who claims to work as a marketing manager for luxury brands like Rolls-Royce and Bentley and whose family lives in Connecticut.

Beatrice Folchi – the 24-year-old who police sources said worked as Woeltz’s assistant – was arrested Friday at the SoHo penthouse where a man from Turin, Italy, told cops he was held hostage and brutally tortured for nearly three weeks, in a sick extortion attempt to gain the password to his cryptocurrency account.

She was charged with first-degree kidnapping and first-degree unlawful imprisonment, but the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office declined to prosecute pending further investigation, a spokesperson said.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'When DeAndre Scarborough, a 24-year-old content creator and college research coordinator, decided to call several of his male friends, and his brother, to wish them each a good night, he knew that they’d be thrown for a loop.

Lying in bed with his girlfriend around 11 p.m., Mr. Scarborough made a call, delivering the good night message to a friend who immediately responded with confusion and laughter, asking, “You good?”
In between giggles, another friend, equally confused, said, “Man you’re calling the wrong number, these freak hours.”

Mr. Scarborough had seen the trend online and, after some nudging by his girlfriend, decided to upload his own video. He said what makes this trend “twice as funny” as others is that it’s so uncommon for men to talk to each other vulnerably.

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'A woman who doused a “lifelong friend” in petrol and set him alight after being angered by his misogynistic comments has just been sentenced to seven-and-a-half-years in prison.

Corbie Jean Walpole, 25, pleaded guilty in December to one charge of burning or maiming by using corrosive fluid and had hoped to receive a non-custodial sentence.

However, she was told she would spend a minimum four-and-a-half-years behind bars after a judge denied her plea for mercy, according to ABC.

Judge Jennifer English said she rejected the claim that Walpole was “provoked” when she attacked her friend, Jake Loader, on a night out in January last year.

“It is never easy to send a young person, particularly a young woman, to jail,” Judge English told the NSW District Court in Albury, shortly before 10am on Thursday.'

Article here. I'm guessing maybe she gets 2-5 years, eligible for parole in two, etc. I.e., a slap on the wrist. Guess we'll know soon! Excerpt:

'A woman who doused her childhood friend in petrol and set him on fire after he made what she deemed as misogynistic comments will learn on Thursday if she is going to jail.
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Prosecutors want Walpole jailed for setting Jake Loader ablaze as he sat on a chair in her backyard at Howlong, about 30km west of Albury, early last year.

Mr Loader, who lives in outback Queensland, was in Howlong to join old friends including Walpole for a night on the drink, which included celebrating a 21st birthday.

Walpole claimed Mr Loader had been baiting her before she poured five litres of petrol over his head and used a cigarette lighter to turn him into a human torch.

'He was antagonising me,' she previously told the NSW District Court, sitting in Albury.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'Every feminist circa 2013 came pre-installed with a few rote talking points. The wage gap. The patriarchy. Pervasive and debilitating sexism in all walks of life – but especially in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM).

A new review of scientific literature on sex bias in academia has produced direct evidence against that last myth. Researchers synthesized studies produced from 2000 to 2020, looking for evidence of bias as it relates to critical career advancements. Not only did they find that “tenure-track women are at parity with tenure-track men” in grant funding, journal acceptances, and recommendation letters – women have more of an advantage over men when it comes to hiring.

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'But the idea that feminists and other progressives are perpetuating male suffering by denying it is wildly inaccurate. Most women I know are screaming at men from the rooftops: “We want you to make more friends! We want you to be more vulnerable! We are desperate for you to understand emotional labor and take on more of it!”

We know men have problems. We see these problems manifest in our fathers, our brothers, our partners, our sons, our coworkers, our friends. And when these problems manifest in the form of violence and abuse, as they so often do, we also suffer the consequences.

The Richard Reeveses of the world claim to be “reframing” debates about gender, but their efforts fall short. They are telling people, women in particular, to care more about the problems of men, as though women haven’t already spent centuries tending to the needs and wounds of our boys and men.

Article here. So porn vids are still legal to buy. However asking a girl to diddle her friend on camera for pay is going to be illegal. Literally the difference is that in the first case the viewer doesn't communicate with the performers and in the second, he does. Other than that, what? Sweden seems to be on its way to outlawing maleness. Excerpt:

'OnlyFans users in Sweden could face prison sentences under a harsh new law that treats buying online sex shows the same as paying a prostitute for sex.

The law, which will take effect July 1, also criminalizes profiting from or promoting others who perform sexual acts for payment on demand.

“This is a new form of sex purchase, and it’s high time we modernize the legislation to include digital platforms,” Swedish member of parliament Teresa Carvalho said after the bill passed.'

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'A barbershop owner has defended his male-only policy despite mothers complaining they have been forced to wait outside while their sons get a haircut.

Robbie Ferrante operates Robbie's Chop Shop in the inner south Adelaide suburb of Unley and labels it the 'last male sanctuary' where guys of all ages can 'get away and chill'.

His business has struck a chord with some women such as Elena Téa who shared a scathing TikTok video questioning how the place was able 'to continue'.

Local women complained they had been forced to sit outside while their sons or brothers received a haircut.

Mr Ferrante told Daily Mail Australia on Monday his shop aimed to fill a gap for young men who are searching for a place of community.

'What I saw over time was a lot of boys didn't have good role models, (who) needed a little bit of a helping hand or someone that could just sort of guide them,' he said.

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'One of the strangest omissions in the paper is its refusal to ask the most important question: Why do men want to be more masculine? The authors treat this desire as something odd or unhealthy—like it’s a social problem to be solved—without ever asking what’s driving it.

The reality is that men operate in a masculine status hierarchy, where increased masculinity often brings greater access to success, admiration, influence, and romantic attention. Men at the top of this hierarchy tend to attract the highest-value partners, gain more respect, and earn more. The drive to be more masculine isn’t irrational—it’s strategic.

What pushes men upward in that hierarchy? Testosterone. It fuels status-seeking, assertiveness, and competitiveness. The work of Christoph Eisenegger has shown that testosterone’s real effect ​goes beyond aggression, ​and into a deeper, more adaptive drive to attain and maintain status.'

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'Queensland police are set to be granted sweeping powers to tackle domestic and family violence, but some stakeholders have warned the measures won’t further protect victim-survivors.

The government says the reforms, which were introduced to parliament on Wednesday, will enable police to issue long-term orders to perpetrators and respond to more cases.

Under current laws, police can issue a five-day protection order before they are required to go before a judge to get a longer-term order.

The new laws will enable police to issue an on-the spot 12-month order to a perpetrator without the need to go to court.

Perpetrators who commit an act of domestic violence during the year-long period could face a maximum penalty of three years in jail.'

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'An Arizona State University campus that is 70 percent female said it will develop “gender equity” strategies – to help “vulnerable” women.

The New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences says it will focus on “innovations and advances in gender equity” to “address the needs of New College’s growing female student population by improving access to education, leadership opportunities, and equitable advancement.”

“With women soon representing nearly 70 percent of students at West Valley campus, we must create educational strategies that support vulnerable groups, including single mothers and women of color,” the ASU college explains.'

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'Modern feminist thought has deeply influenced how society perceives and responds to gender-based stereotypes. Feminists have rigorously documented how stereotype threat impacts women and girls—how being reminded of negative gender-based assumptions can lower their performance, limit their confidence, and reduce their opportunities. As a result, enormous institutional energy has been devoted to minimizing stereotype threat for females across education, employment, and media.

Yet in a jarring contradiction, the same feminist voices that crusade against the stereotyping of girls often perpetuate, ignore, or excuse deeply harmful stereotypes about boys and men. From classrooms to courtrooms, from media headlines to college campuses, males are frequently cast in the most unflattering terms imaginable: violent, toxic, emotionally stunted, hypersexual, power-hungry. This glaring double standard is rarely acknowledged—and when it is, it's often waved away as justified.'

Read this article and saw the key line rationalizing the whole being-a-hooker thing and thought, "Holy non-sequiturs, Batman!" If we lived in a patriarchy, wouldn't the cashflow go from her to him instead? Excerpt:

'In some ways, the world of sugar dating mirrors the regular world of dating and matchmaking, with lessons in clear boundary-setting and communication. Sugar babies are also hard workers, which is part of the reason Soraya can't see herself dating any time soon.

"Why do I have to put myself through normal dating with emotions that I don't even like, like putting this much energy in and needing to deal with all of these men? I think I should be compensated for it."
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Srushti Upadhyay is a PhD candidate at the University of Buffalo in the US who has interviewed hundreds of sugar babies in order to understand their motivations. She has found that most sugar babies do not date men in their personal lives.

Article here. Excerpt:

'Toxic femininity refers to female behaviours that manipulate, control, or harm others while hiding behind cultural norms of softness, vulnerability, or moral superiority. Where toxic masculinity might enforce dominance through aggression or stoicism, toxic femininity tends to weaponise emotion, victimhood, and social influence. It’s often linked to covert forms of narcissism—harder to spot, but just as destructive as the (mostly male) overt form.

This is not about blaming women—it’s about asking why society is afraid to confront negative behaviour when it’s cloaked in femininity.'