Article here. Excerpt:

'Germany will call up all 18-year-old men for a military medical examination and create a mechanism for “emergency conscription” after the ruling coalition ended months of squabbling over the future of national service.

The country will not return to full mandatory conscription, which was suspended in 2011, but plans to expand its reserves by training up to 5,000 young men each year.

The German armed forces, known as the Bundeswehr, need to recruit another 80,000 professional soldiers to hit their Nato target strength of 260,000.
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The model for the partial revival of national service remains the Swedish system, under which only the hardiest and most motivated members of each cohort are called up.

They will serve between seven and 23 months, depending on the level of their commitment. Young women will also be able to sign up, but on a purely voluntary basis.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'When the mindset of victimhood spreads from individuals to entire groups, something powerful — and dangerous — begins to happen.

The sense of personal injury becomes a shared moral identity.
Suffering, once private, becomes political.

At first, this can bring solidarity and even healing. A wounded community finds its voice. People who once suffered in silence finally feel seen. But over time, the same force that unites can also divide. The story that once offered meaning starts to reshape how people see themselves, their nation, and even morality itself.'

Article here. Nothing in the New Testament says it's OK to go out on a missionary expedition with your husband and plot his murder with your secret lover. Nothing. Just sayin'. Excerpt:

'A Minnesota woman has been found guilty of killing her husband while he was on a missionary trip to the southern African nation of Angola.

Jackie Shroyer, 44, from Detroit Lakes, will serve 24 years in an Angolan prison after she was convicted by the Lubango District Court on Wednesday of involvement in her husband’s murder, according to a

Beau Shroyer, who was 44 from Detroit Lakes, was killed in an “act of violence while serving Jesus” on 25 October last year, the family’s church, Lakes Area Vineyard, told the media last November. The pastor had moved to Africa in 2021 with his wife and their five children for missionary work, organized by the North Carolina-based religious organization SIM USA.'

Article here. White men hold the vast majority of dirty and dangerous jobs, yet no one is complaining that that is a problem. Excerpt:

'The hosts of the top 100 podcasts of 2024 were overwhelmingly white and male, a new comprehensive study from USC reveals. Of the top podcasts, 64% were hosted by men, while 77% of the hosts were white, underlining a severe lack of diversity in the medium that continues to rise in popularity and has become a cornerstone of viewing time on YouTube.

Even expanding beyond the top 100, 66.3% of the hosts of the top 592 podcasts were male, and 79.2% were white. In both gender and race, podcasts trail other parts of the entertainment industry — 50% of the top 100 films of 2024 had a female lead, and among the most popular TV shows of last year, 44.9% of the series regulars were from an underrepresented racial/ethnic group.'

Newly-released book here. Description:

'For decades, Western societies have tilted against men and boys—dismantling fatherhood, ignoring male disadvantage, and portraying masculinity as a problem to be fixed. The result is a deep social crisis: falling education outcomes for boys, disengaged young men, rising mental health struggles, plummeting birth rates, and fractured relationships between men and women.

In this timely and courageous book, David Maywald shines a clear light on the causes of this crisis and offers a vision for how to rebuild. Combining data-driven analysis with heartfelt advocacy, he calls for a new social contract: one where boys are supported, men are respected, and both sexes work together to create a healthier future for us all...'

This is what especially young men have to deal with.

Watch a couple of this fem-wit's videos and you'll see she's bats. A lot of women like her are out there. This is what Feminism has wrought.

Press release here. Excerpt:

'Governor Gavin Newsom announced the creation of the California Council on Men and Boys, a landmark step toward gender equity in state policy. The council addresses long standing disparities and follows years of advocacy and legal action by the National Coalition For Men (NCFM) and represents a significant shift in how California approaches the well-being of all its residents.
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For decades, the California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls (CCSWG) has received robust support, with funding exceeding $25 million in recent years. The commission has played a vital role in advancing issues related to economic and educational equity, healthcare access, and violence prevention for women and girls, serving millions of Californians. Until now, however, there has been no equivalent body dedicated to addressing the unique challenges faced by men and boys.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'Something powerful happens when a person begins to see themselves as a victim. It doesn’t just shape how they interpret the world — it shapes who they become.

In therapy, I’ve watched people recover from immense trauma once they reclaimed a sense of agency — the feeling that they could influence their own lives. I’ve also seen others sink deeper into despair when they made victimhood their identity.

The difference isn’t what happened to them. It’s how they understood what happened.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., urged Democrats to "own up" to ceding ground on the masculinity crisis during an interview Sunday.

"I say this as a Democrat: We need to own up to the fact that we ceded that ground. We walked away from this crisis of men and boys. Trump saw it as an electoral opportunity to exploit it, but he‘s done nothing to deliver in terms of results to address those anxieties, which are real," he said during an interview on CNN's "State of the Union."

Newsom told CNN host Jake Tapper that suicide rates, dropout rates and suspension rates were off the charts for men.'

Video here. What's noteworthy is that the interviewee is notoriously lefty. I don't agree with everything he says but the fact he's discussing the topic is significant.

Video here. Amanda takes on the motivations around high-status women discouraging other women from having boyfriends, husbands, and children. An interesting take.

A new book aggregating the literature on male victimization in intimate relationships here. Description:

'This handbook provides a timely synthesis of the international literature that investigates men’s experiences of intimate partner violence and help seeking behavior, and considers what the findings mean for research, practice, and policy.

Providing the reader with a synthesis of cutting-edge knowledge, this book draws together a wealth of information from leading international researchers and practitioners working in the field of men’s victimization in intimate relationships. By including chapters that address a diverse range of men’s experiences and needs, it offers an accessible format for the reader to learn about the experiences of underrepresented groups of men across the world and how this knowledge can shape practice, policy, and future research.

Article here. IMO the point that the posters lack ethno-genderal diversity is true. What's wrong is the basis of the criticism of it: that exclusive white male representation necessarily entails "white supremacy" or worse, Nazism. That's utter hogwash. Excerpt:

'But the agency has made a dramatic shift during the Trump administration, launching a social media campaign with illustrations that appear to be AI-generated and that almost exclusively feature White men — part of an effort to promote the hiring of American citizens over foreign workers.

Article from last year here. Excerpt:

'Modern feminism has been rooted in securing a woman's guaranteed right to decide whether she wants to bring her pregnancy to term. Devastatingly, in most U.S. states, that right is now denied after countless political, social, and media campaigns have failed on this front.

One problem is that we have refused to embrace our biggest ally group: men, who hold similar views on abortion rights as women, and also benefit when they have agency over their parenthood.

While we fight for women to have the right to decide whether she has the maturity, financial, or emotional resources to bring a pregnancy to term, men are legally responsible to financially support any biological child, yet have never enjoyed the right to decide whether to become a father.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'But as you read on, a familiar pattern emerges. The compassion is there — but it’s conditional. The sympathy comes wrapped in ideology.

And beneath the glossy language of “healthier masculinities” runs an unmistakable undercurrent of misandry.

The piece centers on the claim that men’s suffering largely stems from their “rigid gender norms.” This “man box,” we’re told, traps men in emotional stoicism, dominance, and self-reliance — all of which supposedly lead to loneliness and self-destruction. The solution, according to the experts quoted, is to “deconstruct masculinity” or “redefine” it in more emotionally expressive, prosocial terms.

But this framing quietly does something damaging: it pathologizes masculinity itself. It treats male distress not as the product of a culture that devalues men but as a symptom of how men behave.'