The 2004 award goes to Stanley A. Green.   Mr. Green is an internationally-recognized spokesman for male victims of domestic violence and a certified advocate for victims of sexual assault and domestic violence. Mr. Green's workshops and presentations emphasize the human aspects of intimate violence, stepping away from the polarization of gender-wars stereotypes. Mr. Green was one of the first male survivors of domestic violence to break the silence on a social problem which many claimed did not exist. Nationally-syndicated columnist Kathleen Parker wrote of Mr. Green as "the battered male's poster boy." He has been interviewed regarding gender issues by ABC 20/20, The Oprah Winfrey Show, National Television of Chile, Newsweek, the Associated Press, and radio stations in the Los Angeles and Seattle areas.

He served for four years on the Legislative Committee of the Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs, and has served on the Public Information Committee of the Los Angeles County Domestic Violence Council. He has conducted training on gender and sexuality bias issues for programs including the YWCA, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, and the Four Quarters Institute, a First Nations training centre in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Christina Wolf, an honors graduate in psychology from Whitman College, writes, "Mr. Green is an excellent presenter who is obviously well-researched and passionate about what he teaches. He opens trainees' minds to looking at many angles of gender in domestic violence and sexual assault that are so often overlooked. He presents his material in a clear and interesting manner, easily engaging us in discussions of the issues."

Stanley Green has become the first male survivor of DV to be a keynote speaker at a mainstream, professional DV conference, which was held in April, 2004 at Ft. Benning and co sponsored by the University of GA.

Specialized Topics:

• Gender issues in domestic violence and sexual assault
• Generalizations, stereotypes, and prejudice: developing an inclusive vision
• Breaking the silence: an abused man tells the real story

Year 2003 - Wendy McElroy, is the editor of iFeminist.com, which is a project of The Independent Institute (http://www.independent.org/). She authors a weekly column on gender issues. She has authored numerous articles and books and has established herself as a principal spokes person for a new breed of "feminism"; one that is sympathetic to the gender issues that men have. As editor of iFeminist.com she has demonstrated an unusual ability to understand, but most of all, "articulate" men's issues and gender (men and women) issues as well. Wendy McElroy has been featured on several panels at events sponsored by NCFM.

Year 2002 - Jeremy P. Tarcher, has been a publisher for the past 40+ years sometimes owning his own company and at other times working for others. Today he is president of Tarcher Putnam. He is responsible for the publishing of such authors as Warren Farrell, Sanford Braver, Michael Gurian, Keith Thompson, and Stuart Miller (a note to the novice: these authors are among the most important today). These authors did not just walk in the door and get recognized. They had to be fought for. Mr. Tarcher argued vehemently for them and in the process he risked his own reputation more than once.

Year 2001 - Kathleen Parker, is a nationally syndicated columnist appearing in over 300 newspapers. Ms Parker's column focuses on family, children and gender. By coincidence (or is it brilliance?) she very often expresses the views and sentiments held by members of NCFM.

She began her twice weekly column in 1987 as a staff writer for the Orlando Sentinel. By 1995 her column was being published nationally throughout the United States. During this time she has won many awards including: Best Columnist from the Florida Society of Newspaper Editors, First place in Division 3 of the American Association of Sunday and Feature Editors and the H. L. Mencken Writing Award presented by the Baltimore Sun.

Today Ms. Parker is a member of USA Today's Board of Contributors and is the Director of the School of Written Expression at the Buckley School of Public Speaking and Persuasion.

Year 2000 - Fred Barnes, host of "The War on Boys," produced by the Public Broadcasting System show, National Desk: Issues On The Public Agenda. This was a groundbreaking and important show about men and boys. Yet many PBS stations deliberately chose to not air it. In fact, Mr. Barnes was shown much disdain for his work. This comes as no surprise to us. It is the kind of thing NCFM has lived with for twenty years. The War On Boys is well worth purchasing for your own collection. It is available from PBS by calling (800) 752-9727.

Fred Barnes is Executive Editor and Co-Founder of The Weekly Standard. Before that he was Senior Editor and White House Correspondent for The New Republic for ten years. He is host, along with Mort Kondracke, of "The Beltway Boys" on the Fox News Channel. He also appears as Chief Correspondent on the PBS series National Desk. Mr. Barnes and Bob Beckel engaged in political commentary on CBS' This Morning from 1990 to 1999. Mr. Barnes is also moderator of the Voice of America show, Issues in the News, and hosts a weekly radio show about the media--What's the Story? He has appeared on Nightline, Meet the Press, Face the Nation, and The McNeil Lehrer NewsHour. From 1988 to 1998, he was a regular on The McLaughlin Group, where he was known for his humor and sharply worded exchanges with the other panelists.

1999 - Cathy Young - Ms. Young was born in Russia in 1963 and came to the United States in 1980. In 1987 she became a citizen. She received her B.A. in English at Rutgers University in 1988. In 1994 she produced the front page cover story for Insight (in the News) Magazine (August 1). The article was all about William Heherington - a man, who as of this year, as been falsely imprisoned in the State of Michigan following a bitter custody battle. Hetherington is serving a 30 term on the charge of "wife rape".

Ms. Young has been a weekly columnist for the Detroit News since 1994. She has served as contributing editor to Reason Magazine and has been a frequent contributor to The Washington Post, Newsday, Philadelphia Inquirer, Wall Street Journal, The National Review and The New Republic. She most frequently writes about Soviet affairs, education, legal affairs and gender issues. It is for her writings on gender issues that she receives the NCFM Award. Her latest book is Ceasefire: Why Women and Men Must Join Forces To Achieve True Equality (The Free Press, February 1999). Her other book is, Growing Up In Moscow, Memories of a Soviet Girlhood (Ticknor and Fields, 1989). Ms. Young is also the Vice President and co-founder of the Women's Freedom Network.

1998 - Peter Brimelow - The typical article written by Peter Brimelow is about economics, stocks and business. All three relate to gender issues and Peter Brimelow, in our opinion, makes this connection better than anyone else. He brings a thoroughly researched and authoritative voice to his work when he does address gender issues. He is one of only a handful of people who have criticized affirmative action for women. Most critics dwell exclusively on race, which, in America, is an easy and acceptable target because of our racism (see, "When Quotas Replace Merit, Everybody Suffers", Forbes Magazine, February 15,1993). This makes Mr. Brimelow balanced and it makes him brave.

Mr. Brimelow's articles that deal with gender have been few but stellar. All have appeared in the prestigious Forbes Magazine, which means that he has crafted a point of view that is credible. His style is never to make men the victim, but rather to suggest mistakes in economic policy, that if corrected, could benefit everyone. This is a style that the men's movement needs to learn, so, in our opinion, Mr. Brimelow is a role model for expression. Brave, credible, a role model, published in a prominent business publication sums up why Mr. Brimelow has been presented with our award for promoting gender fairness in the media.

Mr. Brimelow was educated at the University of Sussex, U.K., and completed his graduate work at Stanford University where he won the Fulbright Scholarship Award. He has written several books, among them: The Wall Street Gurus: How You Can Profit From Investment Newsletters and, more recently, Alien Nation: Common Sense About America's Immigration Diaster (paperback published by Harper Collins). His experience includes being a staff writer for the Financial Post, writing guest editorials for the Wall Street Journal and being a Contributing Editor to Barron's New York. He is married with two children.

Among those articles that NCFM recommends you read are: "Gender Politics" (Forbes, March 14, 1994), "Save The Males?" (Forbes, December 2, 1996 - in this one he interviews Warren Farrell, PhD.), "The Glass Floor" (Forbes, December 16, 1996), "Who Decides?" (Forbes, January 27, 1997 - about health care spending), "Marriage Rings and Nose Rings" (Forbes, February 10, 1997 - about getting married or remaining independent).

1996 - John Leo, commentator for US News and World Report and author of, Two Steps Ahead of the Thought Police (published by Simon and Schuster, 1994). Mr. Leo is best known for his criticisms of "politically correct" thought and behavior.(see, Who's For A Little Tongue Violence, US News and World Report, 4/15/96). While this certainly enters into the world of men's issues, Mr. Leo has gone farther in some essays and taken on the feminists directly. Mr. Leo's voice is one of the very few in the mainstream to have done this. NCFM felt that he deserved this award for his courage and his willingness to go after the truth. One of his best essays appeared in the January 8 issue of US News And World Report, titled, Monday Night Political Football. As was the case with Christina Hoff Sommers, our 1994 award winner, Mr. Leo debunks the feminist inspired notion that family violence is some way correlated with the Super Bowl. Another one worth mentioning, where it took a lot of guts to go against the tide, is, "When Subtle Sexism Is A Con" (US News and World Report, February 7, 1994). In that piece he goes after feminism for misrepresenting the plight of girls in education. And he does it in an extremely straight forward manner. The kind of manner we like!

1995 - John Stossel, ABC News, for his documentary, Boy's and Girls are Different. Aired, February 1995. Took the point of view that individual characteristics are more important than gender and exposed the way feminists oppose this view of fairness.

John Stossel joined ABC newsmagazine "20/20" in June 1981. There, he reported on a wide variety of news and consumer affairs issues. In the following years he was responsible for a number of ABC News specials. Over the course of his career he has won 19 Emmy Awards, was honored five times for excellence in consumer reporting by the National Press Club and has won a number of specialized awards such as the one presented to him by NCFM.

1993 - "Father's Fight Back", appeared on the CBS Show 48 Hours last January (1993). The particular coverage being awarded showed father's as caring and loving parents who want involvement with their children. It showed several father's fighting for custody. One father portrayed was successful. Accepting the award on behalf of "Father's Fight Back" was Cathy Lasiewicz, Executive Producer of 48 Hours.