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Ad Council’s sexism hurts good cause; feminist bias in ads clouds message, from the blog Political Cowardice

May 9th, 2011

I’ve adopted several animals and rescued house rabbits and even volunteered at a wildlife shelter, so I know a good cause when I see one.  Promoting shelter pet adoption via the Ad Council’s “Shelter Pet Adoption Campaign” is a worthy cause. It’s a shame the feminists at the Ad Council let their bias against men get in the way of their message.

This is not the first time, if there is on thread that runs through this organization’s ads it’s an effort, sometimes subtle, often overt, to disparage men and boys and cast women as superior, physically, mentally and even emotionally.

The Ad Council is known for creating the ads we see on T.V. or hear on the radio known as Public Service Announcements, (PSA’s) that stations run perhaps for free or at a reduced rate, usually to support some social cause that usually would not have the money for an ad campaign on the scale arranged for by the Ad Council.  They usually have some ad agency do the creative work based upon their direction or guidance.  I’m not sure exactly how much public funds, if any, are involved, either directly or indirectly.

I have repeatedly contacted the Ad Council but get no reply concerning this issue.

One of the more outrageous campaigns created under the Ad Council was for something called “The Family Violence Protection Fund”.  However, this time the cause was not so worthy, the campaign and the Fund provided misleading or even false information and was so biased and twisted it came close to promoting child abuse.

This campaign depicted pre-teen boys as “abusers in waiting” that needed correction or instruction to prevent them from becoming abusers of women which would be only natural in the minds of the feminists at the Ad Council…

Read the article here: Pre-teen boys being neutered by radical feminist organization: Family Violence Prevention Fund (endabuse.org)

read the rest of the article on the blog here.

Anti- Male Ads, the Big List

(Last updated May 10, 2011) The following list of anti-male ads is composed by one of our National Coalition For Men members. It will be revised as updates arrive.  If you know of a commercial not included in the list please feel free to email it to us at ncfm@ncfm.org . Please provide a link if the commercial is available on the Internet.

Here is an update to my informal survey of sexism in TV advertising—-showing men as doofusses, or just ignoring them, or pandering to women.  You can use this list to determine which products to buy, avoid, and complain about.  Let me know if you have any to add.

http://www.sprintusers.com/Particularly bad companies recently are AT&T, Bud Light, Clorox, McDonalds, Miller Lite, Progressive, Safe Auto, and T-Mobile. If possible you should avoid doing business with these companies and even send them a polite letter or email expressing your disappointment at their blatant disregard for men.

*** indicates women made fun of or positive portrayals of men.

21st Century–stinky yoga guy   1/09

Activia–why are these ads aimed only at women?

Activia–contribute to Komen   9/10

Advil–man belly flops and falls off skates 12/07

Advil — man helps son, gets hit in head   5/08

Advil–man walks into pole looking at pretty woman 1/08

Advil–fat guy on slip & slide and rollerblades into car door   6/08

Advil–sleeping test in tent, woman sleeps with Advil, man without doesn’t 11/08

Advil–mucus character is a guy   11/10

Aflac–goofy duck is male

Airwick–cartoon elephant’s husband is centipede with stinky feet 7/07

Airwick–cartoon giraffe has 2 dirty warthog teenage sons 7/07

Airwick–Phil has stinky feet     3/11

Alamo–beaver makes fun of buffalo

Alamo–buffalo is naked in bathroom, he removes fur to clean it 8/07

Allstate–breath holding dork hits statue of Bobby Bowden

Allstate–dork at cafe leaves new car out of gear, rolls into road, hit by truck 10/7

Allstate–dork goes to make call while driving 11/07

Allstate–friends tell guy to get grown-up car insurance   1/08

Allstate–dorks dress as cheerleaders to sneak into game 9/08

Allstate–dork doesn’t know his friend is married   10/08

Allstate–friend orders beef tar tar, dork does too but says hold the tartar sauce   10/9

Allstate–guy is “mayhem”, puppy eats backseat, storm knocks tree on car, female jogger distracts boy driver    7/10

Allstate–”mayhem” falls through snow-laden roof.    1/11

Alltel–wizard sics Doberman on other phone guys 6/08

American Cancer Society — family (Mom, Dad, little girl) dealing with Mom’s cancer   10/07

American Express–guy uses super hero card at business lunch, German clients mock him, and woman pulls out Am Express 7/08

American Express–guy buys business airline ticket with kitty card, clerk at desk calls security   9/08

American Family Insurance–Brady Bunch theme, boys damage house   4/08

Appleby’s–girls’ night out   7/08

Arby’s — zoo keepers let animals loose

Arby’s–guy loses bet and marries goat   9/08

Ask.com–kids can’t drink bad milk but dads can    2/09

AT&T — guy in Vegas tries to soften to his wife that he is down 5800 “chips”    10/07

AT&T — (lion & Applegate) lion threatens guy 1/08

AT&T — (lion & Applegate) Applegate mocks guy talking while others work 2/08

AT&T — fat ugly pool player “Dillweed” missed chance for Motorhead tickets because of bad phone 3/08

AT&T — crazy dad at lover’s lane because he missed call from daughter 3/08

AT&T — “Chuck is an idiot”, shooting baskets in bar while missing tickets to Final 4    4/08

AT&T — guy misses correct pronunciation of guy from Hong Kong, calls him “Mr. Stinky Fish Face”   4/08

AT&T — Taekwondo woman kicks guy around, another guy next     5/08

AT&T — wife scolds husband and sons for throwing away red clock minutes 5/08

AT&T– girl is with stinky boy because her phone has no reception   6/08

AT&T–boy checks women in mirror in phone, girlfriend rolls eyes 7/08

AT&T–guy puts family in bad French hotel with dogs rubbing on carpet   7/08

AT&T–guy thinks window is HD TV, watches car towed 7/08

AT&T–guy can’t afford food, steals buddy’s burger and fries 7/08

AT&T–guy writes complaint letter in British accent   8/08

AT&T–Don wants to throw away milky minutes,

***AT&T–Mom’s sister is lactose intolerant    8/08

***AT&T–girl misses Michael Phelps visiting town   8/08

AT&T–dork tries to watch 4 shows at once    8/08

AT&T–dork tries to guess neighbor’s password to get into network   8/08

AT&T–Ned wasn’t supposed to mention “merger” at meeting which goes berserk 9/08

AT&T–dork takes computer outside with long cable   9/08

AT&T–guy put frozen turkey in hot oil, it explodes 11/08

AT&T–Slate Sanchez is now in the blast zone 12/08

AT&T–dork ties TV to himself     3/09

AT&T–dork skeptical about friend’s “teletransporting” system    3/09

AT&T–Mom and daughter school dad on computer technology   5/09

AT&T–dork watches DVDR in bathroom    8/09

AT&T–neighborhood kids act out soap operas for dork    8/09

AT&T-kid screams when with dad     4/10

AT&T–mom and daughter shame dad who can’t understand invisible cord    6/10

AT&T–son thinks he is fooling mom about how long he studies, she embarrasses him    8/10

AT&T–guy with slow text message thinks he wasn’t invited to office party, embarrassed    12/10

AT&T–couple does “hot-spot hoppin”, they have disagreement, and she glares at him 1/11

AT&T–man forgets anniversary, makes restaurant reservation while on phone    1/11

AT&T–guy watches phone instead of son’s soccer game     2/11

AT&T–cop smashes glass door into guy    2/11

AT&T–guy parks recliner in front of TV store window     4/11

Audi–guy in SUV trying to get out of parking lot with 18-point turn, woman disgusted 4/08

Audi (Super Bowl)–guy slammed onto hood by green police      2/10

Axe–guy with spraying armpits    3/09 & 3/10

Bayer–he doesn’t take direction, she glares at him   1/11

Bayer–contributes to women’s heart research     1/11

Beggin Strips–dog with male voice goes crazy over beggin strips   5/08

Benedryl — 2 boys sneeze on their mothers 9/07

Baneful — guy talking to dog

Best Buy– dad keeps locking son in car, and then son falls out 7/07

Best Buy–wife disgusted with man leaving fridge open, boy wipes nose on sleeve, and boy has dog lick plate 9/07

Best Buy–sentence fragments, guy likes singing musicals, and is ER inclined instead of mechanically inclined 10/7

Best Buy–2 boys look in attic for gifts, get caught, older one sells out his brother 11/07

Best Buy–boss steals worker’s gift card 12/07

Best Buy–2 guys fight over present 12/07

Best Buy–girl calls dad a “silly-head” when he buys outdated TV    2/11

Betty Crocker–dad ate Santa’s cookies.   11/07

Bezzerwizzer–she trades obnoxious date for a dog     12/10

Bezzerwizzer–dad won’t let daughter’s date in    12/10

Boost Mobile– man-boy carried in kid-pack around grocery likes breast milk   3/09

Boost Mobile–Danica Patrick’s ugly guy road crew in bikinis    6/09

Boost Mobile–2 pigs with male voices talking in restaurant    9/09

Bounty–hubby saves money by making own espresso, makes mess     8/09

Bounty–Mom corrects boys incorrect face painting–blue on wrong side   12/09

Bounty–dad and son slide bowl of salsa, make mess, mom cleans up     11/10

Brawny–boy spills from big-boy cup, hubby washes dishes badly   4/08

Bridgestone–man turns car into NFL helmet, wife not happy    9/08

Bridgestone–guy supposed sent awful email “reply all”, goes around killing and stealing computers   2/11

Bristol Meyers Squibb–2 personal sympathetic ads, one guy with heart disease, and woman with ovarian cancer   11/07

Bud–tough cowboy sings “Tiny Dancer”    2/11

Bud Light — squirrel beats up guy

Bud Light — photogenic ape

Bud Light — wedding with auctioneer so men can get to beer faster

Bud Light — guy says “Dude” to all manner of guys acting dumb   1/08

Bud Light — women with X-ray vision see fat ugly construction worker on jackhammer   9/08

Bud Light–not smooth guy skier crashes    2/09

Bud Light–guy thrown out window for joking about no beer at meetings   3/09

Bud Light–guy crashes bike when other guy loses toupee    3/09

Bud Light–karate guy Hurst-head     3/09

Bud Light–guy moves sculpture, causes chain reaction destruction    3/09

Bud Light–guy on trampoline falls on table   3/09

Bud Light–woman pushes guy out of moving car   10/09

Bud Light–woman trips waiter thru window   10/09

Bud Light–woman uses nail-gun to pin a flower to a guy 11/09

Bud Light–Musketeer sword fight, guy hits other in head with bottle    2/11

Burger King — SpongeBob no Pants

Burger King–man with small hands can’t eat whopper 1/08

Burger King–guy is “arrogant punk”, thinking he deserves sandwich for helping discover a planet 7/08

Burger King–King’s son kicks him in the shin 7/08

Burger King–King is hit by a cab    9/08

Burger King–man in drive-thru pushes car out of his way so he can get Steakhouse sandwich 11/08

Burger King–Kingon gives guy nipple pinch   5/09

Burger King–Kingons take guys girlfriend   5/09

Burger King–King knocks guy into cabinet    3/10

Burger King–”offset your stupid”, guy tries to adjust rooftop dish in lightning storm   8/10

Burger King–guy’s briefcase is only good for carrying breakfast        10/10

Burger King–wii competition, she is kicking his buns       11/10

Butterfinger—woman calls 2 guys idiots   4/10

Cadillac–woman pulls up to the boys club 11/07

Cadillac–husband can’t get presents right 12/07

Cadillac–Cadillac knows she is different kind of woman, doesn’t want cup-holders 4/08

Caltrate–”women run the world”     1/11

Campbell’s — man goes gah gah over soup 10/7

Campbell’s — guy dragged down stairs for low sodium soup   9/08

Capital One–man runs into huge snow-globe 9/7

Capital One–Star Wars take off, evil masculine guy wants kittens    1/08

Capital One–general makes credit card instead of destroying meteor 6/08

***Capital One — ugly daughter of medieval king

Capital One–armadillo man 7/08

Capital One–man attacked by giant squid 7/08

Capital One–Santa Claus makes new card while problems in shop 12/08

Capital One–boy gets hit with dodge ball to select card picture, spaghetti Jim wins    3/09

Top Ten Worse Male Bashing Ads at AskMen.com

Capital One–several ads with Viking? doofuses

Capri Sun–lifeguard falls thru 25% less ramp 6/08

CareerBuilder (Super Bowl)–casual day with fat guys in underwear (couple women in background only)    2/10

Career Builder (Super Bowl)–chimps drive cars that block a guy’s doors     2/11

CarMax–without the internet, 2 guys would have to work 9/7

CarMax–rude guy on date, used very old picture   10/09

CarMax–guy tries to spray himself with perfume, but really mace   11/9

CarMax–guy puts tongue on frozen pole    12/09

CarMax–guy buys cheap car without doors       1/10

CarMax–guy buys cheap car without roof     2/10

CarMax–guy buys cheap pickup without bed    3/10

CarMax–guy buys cheap car without seats, uses real buckets     4/10

CarMax–wrestler gets hit with folding chair     2/11

Carnival–guy gets first water wedgie   4/10

Cars.com–bad outcomes for guys who go first: food-tester poisoned, transporter mutilates guy, cowboy shot with arrows   2/11

Castrol GTX oil– 3 guy’s cars get sludged

Castrol–guys on couch get sludged while laughing at cars on TV getting sludged   6/08

Castrol– Scottish guy hits other guys with dipstick    3/09

Cepacol–female giraffe helps guy giraffe with sore throat   12/08

Charmin–wife and kid of bear laugh at him for loosing 10 scoop ice cream cone   5/08

Chase–she is good at yoga, he isn’t    4/10

Cheer–hairy man loses shirt which has the dingies   11/7

***Cheer–Cheer lady takes skirt off tennis player

Cheerios–box says “Shut up Steve” 1/08

Cheerios-contest: she lowers cholesterol, he finishes kitchen plumbing, she shames loser 4/08

Cheerios–dad doesn’t want to share with son    9/10

Cheezits–immature male cheese       6/10

Chef Boy Ardee–wife stops dumb dad who tries to tell kids about veggies in product     8/10

Chevy–Howie Long picks up 2 guys out of gas 6/08

Chevy Traverse–car and guy with no shirt are “beautiful and useful”   10/08

Chevy–Howie Long shames guy for “man-step” on pickup    1/09

Chevy Malibu—women laugh at one’s date, “professional student of life”   2/10

Chevy–transformer throws guy across car lot     2/11

Chilis–office game of cake walk, woman shoves guy to floor   7/08

Clorox–kid footballer intentionally jumps into mud 12/07

***Clorox–positive ad showing dad cleaning bath for his son   8/08

Clorox–only male mannequins make stains   8/09

Clorox–guy has very dirty white socks   5/10

Clorox–dad changes diaper on kitchen counter, mom disgusted       9/10

Clorox–husband puts plunger on kitchen counter, wife disgusted     10/10

Clorox–husband feeds birds on kitchen counter, wife disgusted      2/11

Clorox–guy cleans fish on counter, wife disgusted     5/11

Cingular — man must have done something really bad since he sent flowers

Circle K–worker jumps off skyscraper after coffee 11/07

Circle K–woman moves chair into guys groin to steal his coffee 11/7

CITI — woman keeps redecorating, finally realizes husband is the problem   5/08

Coke–big promoters of Go Red for Women 2/08

Coke–ad promoting Go Red for Women    2/11

Coke–2 guys have slap fight during taste-test     3/11

Corona Beer — spooky ghost turns out to be dorky guy with no tan 10/07

Corona Beer–bottle is moved to hide fat ugly guy 6/08

Corona Beer–he looks at woman on beach, she squirts with lime    1/10

Corona Beer–she looks at guy on beach, he shakes her bottle, she picks up his bottle     3/10

Corona Beer–guy sees 3 women on beach, squirts himself with lime     6/10

creditfairy.org—guy believes in credit fairy, woman tells him no such thing    8/08

Curves — why is a cereal only for women?

CVS Drug–all female cartoon with Sarah McLachlan song 12/07

Dairy Queen–male animated lips talk in high excited pitch when talking about product 4/08

Dairy Queen–little girl gets boy to buy her sundae, “like shooting fish in a barrel”   5/08

Dairy Queen–daughter in fort in living room sells dad his dinner   6/08

Dairy Queen–dad is a baby for Girl Scout blizzard   6/09

Dairy Queen–caveman hits other with rock     3/10

Dannon–boy who needs DanActive gets tossed around by girl in judo class   4/08

Dawn — mom with eyes in back of head catches 2 sons misbehaving

Degree–dog bites robot in groin   8/08

Degree–wolves attack sweating guys    1/11

Dell–office carolers, man embarrassingly bad singer   11/08

Delsyn–man coughs on woman on plane, he has a talking fist

Delsyn–boy coughs on 2 girls at recital, he has talking fist

Delsyn–mom tries to quiet son & husbands cough with remote      11/10

Dept of Transportation—drunk drivers (all men) with beer filling cars and helmet    8/08

Dial-a-Mate— ladies are free   5/08

DiGiorno — wife turns sprinkler on rude husband

DiGiorno– guys get carpet muddy   5/10

DirectTV — Charlie Sheen beans batter to show colorful bruise

DirectTV– board room, guy suggests raising prices to get the rich’s disposable income 5/08

DirectTV–in board room, guy says 90% believe anything 50% of time   6/08

DirectTV–in board room, guy suggests “get youthenized”, women smirk, men clueless    3/09

DirectTV–woman asks about King Kong—if only he were more evolved    7/09

DirectTV–waitress wrings rag into drinks of snooty guys     8/10

DirectTV—cop tazes guy who is his competition in fantasy football league    9/10

DirectTV–projectionist hit with blow dart     10/10

DirectTV–cute young woman inherits most everything, man goes nuts when he inherits 6,000 movies   2/11

Discover–mom watches son pig out   9/09

Discover–several with bearded “Peggy”    8/10

Discover–guy calls in to quit, “Peggy” gets “retrained”, hit by puppet    4/11

DISH network–astronauts forget to bring tools    5/10

DISH network–astronaut needs space     5/10

DISH network–astronaut is bad singer    6/10

Dodge Charger (Super Bowl)–men give in to women as long as can drive car, man’s last stand   2/10

Dominos–man makes gaudy abs while waiting for pizza

Dominos–guy shaves eyebrows while waiting, woman delivery disgusted 2/08

Dominos–guys learn NY accent while waiting 2/08

Dominos–guy offers sex while 30 min wait, she asks about remaining 28 min.   8/08

Doritos–guy takes a snow globe to the groin   2/09

Doritos (Super Bowl)–2 guys attacked for stealing Doritos     2/10

Doritos (Super Bowl)–guy zapped by dog collar     2/10

Doritos (Super Bowl)–pug dog knocks door over on guy teasing it    2/11

Doritos (Super Bowl)–guy sucks other’s finger, rips pants off of guy to smell them    2/11

Dove soap–ad promoting programs instilling self-esteem in girls   9/08

Dr Scholls–guy goes nuts over parking ticket until he starts gellin   2/08

Dr Scholls–guy goes nuts in rain, car splashes, then calm 4/08

Dr Scholls–wart is male   4/08

Dr Scholls–for Her, for high heels   7/08

Dulcolax–man climbs over woman to get from airline seat 12/07

Dunkin Donuts–Dan eats kiddy cereals    9/09

Easy Mac — woman microwaves food while man coughs on steam table

Easy Mac — guy wants to share big table with girl but there is no room   8/08

Edward Jones—man seals leak in dam with gum 9/07

Edward Jones–man sells painting at auction right after buying it

Environmental Defense Action Fund — man on train tracks says global warming won’t affect him, little girl behind him 11/07

Esurance — cartoon woman outplaying several male robots at basketball & hockey (2)

Esurance–coworkers see embarrassing pic on phone where “Frank gets his dance on”   12/10

Esurance–woman earns best actress award for saying two guys are funny      4/11

Etrade–talking baby throws up    2/09

Trade–talking babies, make fun of singing   3/09

Excedrin–guy loses control while power-washing deck       8/10

Expedia–presents “building blocks of perfect girls’ weekend    12/09

Fakechecks.org–sleazy man tries to con man and woman (2)   9/07

Farmers–old guy trying to impress woman puts jet ski in tree    11/10

Farmers–guy doesn’t know flooding house is an exercise    11/10

Febreeze — mom cleans son’s smelly shoes and room

Faberge — man has stinky cooking   1/08

Faberge–Mom thinks son’s room, chair stinks   6/09

Faberge–Wife says his chair stinks    5/10

Farmers Helppoint–guy riding through traffic on little bicycle 4/08

FedEx — Scott is used to being busier

FedEx–bald guy with “full head of hair”

FedEx– guy won’t shave, birds in huge beard

FedEx–guy is nicknamed “Dan Fool”

FiberOne–guy brags he eats what he wants, but is scared when wife is behind him   2/09

Fiber One bar–obnoxious guy disguises to keep getting free samples   6/09

***Fiber One–women look stupid, read her mind      1/11

Fiber One–but her wish for Lorenzo came true    3/11

Fidelity — wife complains husband can’t get dog to roll over

Fidelity– husband wants car, wife wants Fidelity (no way he will win) 7/07

Fidelity– husband explains investing strategy; wife is very snide, condescending 8/07

Fidelity–husband wants to “kick back”, wife wants to clean house.  11/07

Fidelity–husband forgets discussing Paris, but they will go to Paris   1/08

Fidelity–husband’s goal is to find best burger, wife rolls eyes    12/09

Fidelity–mom with 2 rowdy boys    12/09

FloTV (Super Bowl)–girlfriend removes mans spine    2/10

Ford Focus–friend finds guy has Michael Bolton on car stereo.  11/7

French’s Spicy Brown–hot dogs, he gets sand in crevices, she looks at he-man French’s bottle 4/08

Fructis–throw in the towel on a guy

***Gain–maid caught in hotel bed   4/08

Gain–guy does ugly tango     11/10

GasX–man in job interview by woman, bad fart puns, male secretary 4/08

GasX–guy has gas at dinner table    4/10

GE–ancient discus thrower knocks down Parthenon   8/08

GE–anesthesia for a guy is a club 2/10

GE–guy in medical amphitheater wants his pants back    2/10

GE–guy does ungraceful landing in Acapulco dive    12/10

Gerber’s — finishes 2nd behind mothers in baby care (where do fathers rate?)

Geico — even a cavemen can do it, why no cavewomen?   (3)

Geico–”naturalist” following gecko ends up in dumpster being emptied 5/08

Geico–”naturalist” following gecko ends up on top of RV moving away   6/08

Geico–woman rolls eyes at guy who protects Jet Ski   8/08

Geico–boss falls back on gecko   8/09

Geico–boss gives gecko little suit    8/09

Geico–Billy Jean King disgusted by whiny caveman beaten in tennis by little girl     6/10

Geico–drill-sergeant therapist shames guy    7/10

Geico–Abe Lincoln too honest about wife’s dress     7/10

Geico–two guys live under rocks    2/11

Glad–piano movers don’t catch falling piano in glad bag

Glucerna–unbalanced husband falls down    4/11

GoDaddy–guy trips over equipment on set while looking at beautiful women    2/11

Glade–husband can’t figure out motion sensor dispenser, wife shows him 7/09

Graduates–big boys don’t pull down their pants in public 5/08

Hallmark–sympathetic sappy Mother’s day ad, then Father’s day card makes fun of dad–hammer time.   6/08

Hallmark–girls at school cafeteria compare wonderful Valentines from Moms   2/09

Hall’s — irritating man coughing in Japanese restaurant 10/07

Hall’s–window washer shamed into working harder, 2 women glare at him     1/11

Hanes–”stupid” guy dips son to make socks, mom fixes    8/09

Hasbro Pictionary–guy comes out of shower into party   12/10

***Healthy Choice–woman going to speed-dating, too much info    10/08

Healthy Choice–man steals woman’s lunch from fridge     3/11

Herbal Essences–biker with silky hair (Lovely hair is female, male hair is funny) 9/7

Why do most shampoos advertise only to women?  The only exceptions — dandruff shampoos?

Hillshire–boys have jumprope contest for sandwich, girls tie up boys & get sandwich     1/11

Holiday Inn–lecturer takes disruptive guy’s phone, other guy calls it    9/08

Home Depot–wife asks hubby not to go overboard 7/07

Home Depot–mother & daughter unhappy about unhandy dad 9/07

Home Depot–mom pays daughter to trick dad into remodeling kitchen

Home Depot–man is overly excited about Santa leaving table saw on roof, wife scowls at him   12/07

Home Depot–man wearing headphones ignores wife until she wants to go to HD     1/08

Honda Accord — bologna on pizza is a “guy thing”

Honda Civic — woman contemptuously calls guy “predictable”

Honda Civic–woman keeps keys of “peppy” car away from hubby    1/08

Honda Civic–man litters    5/08

Honda Pilot–old ugly nudists in downed air balloon, driver can see behind without turning to nudists 5/08

Honda Pilot–guy imbeds himself in cement 6/08

***Honda CRV–father & son deliver turkeys to charity where man calls dad a “good man”   12/08

***Honda—woman cuts generator cord     9/10

Honda–guy hanging onto helium balloons floats away at dealership    4/10

Honda–guys rip shirts putting on big buttons     3/11

Hot Pockets — Eddie’s friends impose on his mom for food

Hot Pockets — guy hanging out of hospital gown    4/10

HRBlock–2 guys discuss writing off lederhosen 1/08

HRBlock–wife shames hubby for using software, tell box “I’m stuck” 1/08

HRBlock–guy saving money has no hot dog buns or cups, squirts catsup in mouth   1/08

HRBlock–guy makes money suit with refund    1/08

Hyundai — parrot mimics guy

Hyundai — wife scoffs at guy spraying auto wipers 2/08

Hyundai–guy opens car door, spills money 7/08

IBM–woman wins at buzzword bingo during boss’s speech 12/07

IceBreakers–security tackles guy after Carmen Electra says “Whoa”    5/08

IHOP—mean bikers shamed by ordering fruity-tooty meal       8/10

Ikea–wife shames his performance on last anniversary   3/10

Intel–woman shames guy for his bad handshake with robot   10/9

Intel–nerdy guys can’t decide how to cut cake   10/9

Intel–insensitive guy in cafeteria insults robot Jeffery 2/10

Intl Delight Coffee–obnoxious male barista      11/10

iRobot (Roomba) — kids as pigs and husband as jackass   1/08

JackLinks Jerky–several ads, men mess with Sasquatch, are hurt    5/08

Any jeweler–almost all show men paying for love or sex (every kiss begins with Kay)

Jared–female voiced navigation system locks guy in car until she is shown necklace   11/08

Jimmy Dean — cloud only eats cold wet cereal 10/07

Jimmy Dean–daughter tells dad (The Sun) that “mom doesn’t make it like that”   11/07

Jimmy Dean–hail is crabby guy, pretty rainbow is woman 3/08

Jimmy Dean–evil crab disrupting student is male     2/11

Jimmy Dean–”dimwit” in spelling bee is male     3/11

Jimmy Johns–new prisoner calms potential rapists with quick delivery    2/11

Johnsonville brats–guy in daze, wife hits him in head with tongs    5/08

JuicyJuice–mothering is 100% giving   5/08

Just For Men–2 daughters fix dad for dating with hair dye    2/11

Just Go For It movie–Adam Sandler hit in groin in 2 different ads    2/11

Kay Jewelers–many ads, all showing men showing love with gifts.  12/07

Kellogg’s Mini-Wheats–guy mini-wheats pretend to be in sauna (cereal bowl), one has 8-layers showing.    10/10

Kellogg’s Mini-Wheats–male mini-wheats sexually swoon over fruit     3/11

Kellogg’s Raisin Bran Crunch — “ello ello” British greeting

Kellogg’s Raisin Bran Crunch — guys make fun of buddy’s lameness

Kellogg’s Raisin Bran Crunch — guy has flap in his PJs 10/07

Kellogg’s Raisin Bran Crunch — road trip with 99 boxes of Raisin Bran Crunch   3/08

Kellogg’s Raisin Bran Crunch — guys on factory tour, kid asks “what grade are you in?”  4/08

Kellogg’s Raisin Bran Crunch–stupid tag lines 7/08

Kellogg’s Raisin Bran Extra–guys waiting outside for store to open, it’s a 24 hour store   9/09

Ketel One Vodka–3 guys in rain wait for cab, give it to 2 women   5/09

***Keystone beer–klutzy guy opens door and bangs pretty woman 12/07 (This could go both ways)

Keystone–guy sees old girlfriend, says he has matured, then “I Like Big Butts” ringtone plays   12/08

KFC–crispy “mans” chicken is eaten by girl, man is shamed 8/07

KFC — man with arm up vending machine, laughed at by man and woman 9/07

KFC–woman at work eats lunch with knife, men freak out

KFC–son’s friend calls his mom “Nancy” instead of “Mrs. Barber”.  He is corrected   4/08

KGB (Super Bowl)–Sumo wrestler hammers guy     2/10

Kia–among several shots of people pulling up to wrong side of gas pump, woman rolls eyes at guy   1/08

Kindle–woman in bikini smugly shames guy who can’t read his electronic book in bright light     9/10

Klondike bar–husband keeps looking at wife when pretty woman walks by, give him a Klondike bar   5/08

Klondike bar–husband listens to wife and adds to conversation, give him a Klondike bar   5/08

Klondike bar–guy gets wedgie so he can have Klondike bar     8/10

Klondike bar–guy listens to wife for 5 seconds for bar      5/11

K-Mart–husband insults wife’s casserole    3/10

Kraft Mac&Cheese–”Dad really screwed this up”      4/11

KY — “yours” and “mine”, she talks for both    5/08

KY–he’s “the man”, but she says it’s KY     1/10

KY–guy can’t be a 10 every time      8/10

Las Vegas–shin-wacking competition   5/09

Lays–guy 8 inches tall upset about small chip bag,”cut you short”   5/08

LendingTree — woman banker goes with LendingTree instead of own bank 10/07

Levi Dockers (Super Bowl) — guys without pants    2/10

Lime Away— he left seat up     11/10

LivingSocial.com—embarrassing guy in drag    2/11

Long John Silver’s — guys exchange burgers

Long John Silver’s — guy jumps off cruise ship

Lowes–clueless guy asks female clerk to pretend to be his wife for Christmas gift.  12/07

Lowes–dad tells son what a hard-bargainer he is, when Lowes does for everyone   4/08

Lowes–man is a bear till can get outside in spring   4/08

Lowes–wife and daughter give hubby evil eye when he thinks they are done remodeling   5/08

Lowes–wife says “nobody’s going to have a better price” but hubby looks anyway, embarrassed   5/08

Lowes–girl paints room “rocker girl” purple    4/10

Luna bars — their Clif bars are for everyone, but Luna bars are only for women?  Why? Pander.

Lysol Wipes–mother traps 2 dirty sons in net

Lysol Wipes–germy son spreads germs to sister

Lysol Toilet–cleaner kills ugly cartoon germs left by son.  2/08

Lysol Wipes–Dad and kids make mess in kitchen   8/08

Lysol–Dad makes mess in kitchen, son makes mess in tub    5/09

Macy’s–Martha Stewart checks out guy’s butt   4/08

Macy’s–Martha Stewart fixes frat 03/10

Macy’s–wear red for women     1/11

M & Ms–cartoon character in fridge has small m due to shrinkage   5/08

M&Ms–sexy green female has guy M&Ms speechless and mouth dropping   12/08

M&Ms–the awfulness of male pretzel going into male M&M     10/10

M&Ms–guy opens cupboard looks for snack, gets everything thrown at him   11/10

Mass Mutual–woman steps back just before bus splashes guys    10/9

MasterCard–Mr. Bill gets smashed 6/08

MasterCard–child helps “father become a better man”      3/09

MasterCard–wife opens jar that he can’t     1/10

MasterCard–guy falls down cliff     4/10

Mazda — scout thinks he can identify sports car coming, but it’s an SUV 1/08

McDonald’s — 2 guys competing for best deal, beaten by female coworker with $1 hamburger.  10/07

McDonald’s–woman breaks up with guy in car, calls him back to get her breakfast    12/07

McDonald’s–2 girls (strangers) dis guys over mocha   11/08

McDonald’s–couple fights over who gives son meal, dad wins, but son thanks mom     2/10

McDonald’s–he can’t paint because of rain, she suggests shopping instead, “simple joy of being smart”     1/11

McDonald’s–she asks about guy who says “Sundays are just for football”, he says “He’s a jerk”,”simple joy of being smart”    1/11

McDonald’s — has a long history of insulting commercials

Mega Millions–guy cuts himself with saw     2/11

Mein eke–woman interrupts man’s choice of plans     2/09

Mein eke–man’s toupee comes off while give choice of plans from above    3/09

Metamucil–if women ignored their hair like they ignore their heart 11/7

Michelin — safe, fuel efficient, eco-friendly factory with woman and little girl

Midas–guy’s brakes fail, he drives into Midas shop    4/08

Milk–California bull tries to impress cows with French, embarrassed by cow fluent in French 2/08

Miller Lite–man can’t say “I love you” but can say he’d love another beer       1/10

Miller Lite–woman asks guy: me or dog, me or mother, but guy can’t answer for me or beer     1/10

Miller Lite–woman asks why he loves her, he can’t come up with anything    3/10

Miller Lite–bar maid shames guy with purse    5/10

Miller Lite–woman shames mama’s boy    12/10

Miller Lite–guy wearing sunglasses in bar told to “man up”    12/10

Miller Lite–whole series of “man up” ads during 2011 March Madness, following:

Miller Lite–female bartender makes fun of guy in tight jeans    3/11

Miller Lite–female bartender makes fun of guy wearing bronzer    3/11

Miller Lite–female bartender makes fun of guy using text-speak, other woman shoots him down   3/11

Miller Lite–guy golfer drives from women tees     3/11

Miller Lite–guy spends time fixing hair–ugly     3/11

Miller Lite–guy goes backpacking with wheels on “knapsack”    3/11

Motel6–”enough male-bonding for one day”    5/08

Motorola (Super Bowl)–3 men slapped, one falls off ladder   2/10

Mountain Dew–Jack Hanna is run over by rhino 6/08

Mountain Dew–lightning avoids women, hits guys    8/08

Mucinex — mucus character is male

myFaves–guy thinks trip is with guys, but wife says he better check that or end up in garage.  11/07

Nationwide–minister criticizes groom for not having enough insurance, female agent saves day   7/08

Nationwide–old woman hits guy in head with purse after fender bender   1/09

Nature’s Bounty–listening husband forgot the bread    4/11

Neosporin–2 boys’ cuts unhealed, mom heals daughters cut   6/10

Nextel–school run by air shipping co., boy in locker and absent boy gets detention   2/09

Nicorette–guy is named Veronica      8/10

Nissan Altima—tested by a little boy    11/10

Ocean Spray–girl makes fun of bog worker

Ocean Spray–bog worker imitates Ninja for Ninga fruit

Ocean Spray–dorky bog worker pelted with dodge balls, one to groin    4/08

Ocean Spray–guy washes info off of woman’s calendar   6/08

Ocean Spray–dorky guy adds sugar to bog    10/09

Ocean Spray–guy turns on lidless blender, gets sprayed    4/10

Ocean Spray–guy knocks fruit into water   5/10

O’Charley’s–boyfriend in shower insults her father while he is just outside curtain   11/08

O’Charley’s–dad runs over doll with lawnmower    3/09

O’Charley’s–guy falls down hole     3/09

Odor Eaters–male dog talks about stinky shoes which are man’s work boots   4/08

Olive Garden—guy meets her friends, which is practice to meet her parents     10/10

Olive Garden–”girls night out”    1/11

***Orkin — woman burns popcorn

Orin–male bug tries to get in house by delivering pizza    3/09

Orin–male bug tries to get in house by delivering couch    6/10

Ortho–wife shames husband for killing grass as well as weeds    3/09

Ortho–husband does not like drama      9/10

Oscar Mayer–man tries to disguise that he ate half her sandwich    1/10

Oust–woman has 3 problem odors- dog, husband   12/08

Outback–golfers hurry thru course, shoot past women 6/08

Pam–guy forgets anniversary   12/09

Pella Windows–sleazy guy salesman, nice Pella saleswoman 12/09

Pepsi–Justin Timberlake sucked across town, groin into mailbox, hit in head   5/08

Pepsi Max–man thrown thru cafe window    9/10

Pepsi Max–guys can handle injuries but not diet soda    2/09

Pepsi Max–wife kicks guy, smashes his face in pie, puts soap in his mouth, throws can at him (hits woman)    2/11

Pepsi Max–cooler that shoots cans hits guy in groin and head    2/11

Pepto-Bismol–husband Rex got into dog treats   9/08

Pepto-Bismol–wife calls help line cuz husband has had too much cherry   1/09

Petsmart — Mr. Barky Van Schnauzer

Pistachio—dwarf gets ball in head to break shell    12/10

Pizza Hut — father doesn’t tell family “pizza’s here” while eating toppings, wife scorns him. Later shows wife eating toppings but no scorn.

Pizza Hut–mom and kids afraid when dad makes dinner. 9/07

Pizza Hut–she finally doesn’t have to settle, he thinks she’s talking about him      2/10

Planters–guys starving on boat, one sees other as Planters mascot, attacks him     3/10

Post Office–woman laughs at man who says scale is 5 lbs high   7/09

Preparation H — man on bike on bumpy road in pain, daughter is disgusted with him 11/07

Preparation H — woman gets on bike seat with barbed wire, but gets nice ride     12/10

Prevacid–guy is shamed for having to leave comedy show    12/09

Pria bar — this is PowerBar’s bar for women (like Luna) for no good reason other than pandering

Prilosec — really offensive guy bothers woman at office 7/07

Prilosec–jerk interrupts guys trying to watch game on TV   12/07

Proctor&Gamble–proud sponsors of moms    2/10

Progressive–woman uses online voodoo doll to snip boyfriend’s groin

Progressive — pole came out of nowhere to hit musician in van

Progressive — Progressive is honest while messy (Cheetos) son is not

Progressive — mom with 4 rowdy sons too busy for paperwork

Progressive — guy didn’t tell wife he has motorcycle, boat, RV   5/08

Progressive– man wears purse   11/9

Progressive– woman scorns man whose mother won’t let him drive    1/10

Progressive–bad driver is his ride home      11/10

Progressive–dorky guy does Disco on skates    12/10

Progressive–guy dressed up as big dollar signs does embarrassing dancing    1/11

Progressive–two obnoxious competitors get Megan’s name wrong, Flo sneers     2/11

Progressive–guy poses for Flo’s camera, wife glares      4/11

Progressive–woman selects service center with hunky guys     5/11

Progresso — wife makes fun of husband’s light soup   10/08

Quilted Northern–ads for toilet paper show several women, no men    12/10

Quiznos — pretty woman at Quiznos shop vs. dorky guy at “Wrong Way” sub shop   (2)

Quiznos — man can’t remember the letter to say “mmmm”    10/07

***Quiznos–beautiful woman hates plain woman because of her wonderful sandwich 11/07

***Quiznos– woman at laundry eats $5 bill   5/08

Radio Shack–dad in apron dusts while mom gets network set up    8/08

Radio Shack–guy sings badly while wearing headphones    8/09

Red Bull–at will reading, wife goes after dead husband who gave money to floozy   6/08

Red Robin — burger violation

Red Robin — embarrassing dad steals robots burger   8/08

Red Robin — guy steals bite of spicy burger, blames Deb   8/08

Reese’s — proud to be whipped 2/08

Ritz–2 guys eat Rachel Ray’s Ritz 11/7

Safe Auto — several women slap men for revealing obscene insurance rates (one woman is slapped by other woman)

Safe Auto–guy keeps calling late at night to see if customer service is there, wife disgusted   5/08

Safe Auto–guy with “just 3 accidents” is laughed at, thrown thru door    6/08

Safe Auto–repeated kicks to the groin to show what it feels like to be caught without insurance     2/11

Safe Auto–many doctors line up to give guy prostate exam    3/11

Sears–guy uses dog food instead of charcoal    6/10

Sears–woman needs new washer & dryer because husband spills on shirt and twin boys play in mud     2/11

Sierra Mist–guy with beard comb-over and wearing just underwear to work   11/07

Sierra Mist–nurse gives patient’s drink away.

Sketchers–Kim Kardashian rejects guy (trainer)   2/11

Slimquick–it’s how women lose weight   12/7

Smart Start–what is it about a cereal that makes it for women only?

Snickers–guy spells team name wrong in end zone

Snickers–historical characters, Robin Hood a bit weird   5/08

Snickers–historical characters, start singing Green sleeves 7/08

Snickers–two sharks prefer the taste of Steve    2/11

***Snickers (Super Bowl)–Rosanne Barr gets hit by log in the side     2/11

Snore Relief–women brings out duct tape to quiet husbands snoring   1/08

Soft & Dry — make him sweat

Soft Scrub– girl’s bath replaced by dirty brothers   3/10

Sony — dad as a horse’s ass

***Southwest Air–woman blocks man in elevator (she didn’t want to wait for him) 9/07

Southwest Air — guy gets a finger full of icing off Janice’s birthday cake 11/07

Southwest Air — guy puts coins in bank vacuum retrieve   1/08

Southwest Air — guy dancer knocks over DJ equipment 12/08

Southwest Air–guy burns microwave, sets off sprinklers   3/09

Southwest Air–bare-chested baggage handlers spell out “bags fly free”    3/10

Special K crackers– woman with 3pm hungries sees guy with popcorn in hair 5/09

Sprint–ad in romantic chick flick style, she’s in love with phone 8/08

Sprint–dad keeps pocket dialing    12/09

Sprint–in back seat, she transfers report that he left at office    5/10

Sprint–woman breaks up with guy in many free ways: email, text, phone      8/10

Sprint–guys golf cart goes in lake     11/10

Staples — workers think 10% off applies to coffee, hair gel, plant food, and worms.  Three guys and a gal, but gal is normal while guys are idiots

***Staples–woman uses easy button which doesn’t work at gas station, wants to put some gas back   8/08

Staples–Mom gets son calculator for school, he spells “booger” on it    7/09

Starburst–whale spits on 2 guys 9/07

State Farm–man gets hit in stomach with bag of peanuts at ball game.  10/07

State Farm–guy singing badly in car by himself 10/9

State Farm–guy eats doggie treat by mistake    2/10

State Farm–woman gives dirty look to guy whose zipper is down   3/10

State Farm–husband backs into car    12/10

Steak & Shake–guy castrates dolphin ice sculpture with chainsaw   7/08

Steakum–noisy eater interrupts filming of love scene    12/10

Stouffers–family eating out in car, boy gets ketchup in eye   4/08

Stride Gum– ram butts guy   8/08

Stride Gum–woman defeats ram    3/11

Subaru–big tent event, guy in monkey suit

Subaru–Outback detergent, guy falls off cliff with woman belaying   9/09

Subaru–guy loses sunglasses in his jacket hood   10/9

Subaru–couple lost in rocks in desert, he honks horn, and she disgusted 4/11

Subway–man photocopies butt instead of having receipt for business lunch 1/08

***Subway–woman orders big butt meal

***Subway–woman wants to keep self-esteem, guy behind counter says no special orders   1/08

***Sudafed — woman blows up head like balloon

Sudafed–guy hit in head by football players helmet, squeezed against window on subway    2/10

SunnyD — man log rolls SunnyD bottle and falls on crotch   1/08

Swiffer–several faked a woman breaking up with a guy, but were about a mop instead.

Suzuki — smug woman beats man to ferry 11/07

Taco Bell — men don’t have lapdogs, wife tells him to walk his Pekingese 10/07

Taco Bell — guy’s bag from other place catches fire   11/07

Taco Bell–guy in elevator bites other guy’s food   6/08

Taco Bell–2 guys in meeting of bad news distract others with food 8/08

Taco Bell–guy as pregnant woman to sneak snacks into game    3/09

Taco Bell–guys crazy about bacon       6/10

Taco Bell–sandwich lady shoves cart into guy      9/10

Taco Bell–guy goes nuts after winning free taco, 2 women laugh at him    4/11

Tampax — upgrade your guy and your feminine hygiene

Target–college son misuses gifts from mom   8/09

Target–guy gives necklace, she “didn’t know we were there yet”    12/09

Target–dad tries to connect TV, kids focus camera on his butt    12/09

Target–”It’s what every woman wants”

Target–(Clorox wipes), boy doesn’t wash hands after going to bathroom   8/10

Target (Snickers)–man steals icing off of cake, wife is upset   2/11

Target–guy orders onion vinaigrette, has bad breath    3/11

Target–man says he made dinner while hiding take-out packages   2/11

Teleflora–mom grinds boxed flowers who talk like sons in disposal, including stamens    4/10

Teleflora–guy sends heartfelt note with flowers “Your rack is unreal”; Faith Hill glares at him    2/11

Teleflora–Faith Hill shames guy who still lives with parents because of hottub      5/11

Tide–husband stains tablecloth   8/09

Tide–makes fun of guy’s jogging outfit    3/10

Tide–Dad “busted” for mess (he cleans tablecloth)        10/10

***Tide–mom stains daughters green top      11/10

Tide–dad tries to stain daughter’s mini-skirt    12/10

***Tidy Cat–woman baby talks to cats, they think its charades 4/08

Time Warner–copy machine eats guy’s tie 4/08

Time Warner–woman has to call dad to learn to unplug misbehaving washer   12/10

T-Mobile–animals in fav5 including pig 7/07

T-Mobile–stupid dad thinks 5X5 is 26, mom & daughter shame him.  8/07

T-Mobile–guy has to keep recording answering machine message to date 12/07

T-Mobile–dad upset about phone use, even though daughter aces physics, son drives thru garage 3/08

T-Mobile–brother hoses sister who knocks him around as well as wet wedgie   8/08

T-Mobile–dad stares at woman at son’s soccer 9/08

T-Mobile–wife makes fun of husband who keeps butt-dialing her   1/09

T-Mobile–daughters set up “super delicious” dad      3/09

T-Mobile–salesman avoided and hosed, but Zeta-Jones gets attention    6/09

T-Mobile–husband flirts with Zeta-Jones, says he is married “technically”   7/09

T-Mobile–teenage boy gets too frisky with Zeta-Jones   7/09

T-Mobile–T-Mobile woman is great, other phone guy has guy on his back   11/10

T-Mobile–2 obnoxious guys on mini bike    11/10

T-Mobile–guy pixilates when he steps out of Wi-Fi zone, his mother hits AT&T guy   12/10

T-Mobile–shirtless I-phone guy and bald AT&T guy embarrassed by pink T-Mobile woman    1/11

T-Mobile–dorky AT&T guy sings badly with keyboard, pretty T-Mobile gal sneers    2/11

T-Mobile—AT&T guy gets his “monthly mugging”   4/11

Tostitos–truth or dare, man chased by wolves, male bonding   4/08

Toyota — world’s worst parallel parker is a guy 8/07

Toyota — Nicky with bad bladder, has accidents and hits sister in back of head.  10/07

Toyota–guy gets hybrid to stop waking baby, but klutz drops something to wake baby   1/08

Toyota–wife says “Buzzsaw” will not get back in the band     12/10

Toyota Corolla–mother badger eats guys face

Toyota Corolla–guy may get bad sushi 2/08

Toyota Corolla–guy must get to girlfriend on small amount of gas before water polo team steals her.  He is hit in head with ball    3/08

***Toyota Sienna–mom who thinks she’s hot leaves diaper bag on roof    3/10

Toyota Sienna–2 dads compete with each other     4/10

Toyota Highlander–lame dad embarrasses son   11/10

Trident Gum–reprise of VERY bad ad from several years ago.  Squirrel runs up leg of 5th dentist and bites nuts   11/08

Tropicana–woman slaps buff gardener to impress her girlfriends     12/10

TruValue–salesman sees woman with dirty face, remembers his problem with squirrel who hits him with bulb 4/08

Tums–piece of chicken slaps guy in face   3/10

TurboTax–wife complains he won’t ask directions, he says left turn, but female GPS corrects     1/10

TurboTax–announcer asks Kristi Yamaguchi if he can write off his hairpiece, Kristi looks disgusted      2/10

Twix — Mom and daughter catch boyfriend picking up Mom’s underwear.  (This one may also make fun of Mom for her big underwear.)

***Tylenol PM — woman face down on conference table

US DOT—beer-filled cars and helmet belong to only guys     5/10

USPS–shopping vs. shipping, wife tricks husband     12/09

***V8–toddler hits mom

V8-waiter hits male diner,

V8–woman in drive-thru hits male driver

V8–man let’s dog eat veggies off plate, dog hits man in head 11/07

V8 Fusion– wife hits hubby 3 times    1/8 (men aren’t allowed to hit women, but women can hit men)

V8–couple at salad bar, wife hits man   4/08

***V8 Fusion — woman’s reflection hits her in restaurant 1/8

Verizon–dorky boy band, member goes solo

Verizon– dad says he is looking out for number 1 to family, but he is number 1 10/07

Verizon–Mr. Commitment, why buy cow when only pay the day you use it 3/08

***Verizon — mom can quit job as a taco

Verizon Wireless — wimpy guys who can’t make it into NFL or NHL   (2)

Verizon Wireless — other incompetent network is all guys

Verizon — family camping, dad gets blame for mosquitoes 5/08

Verizon — guy worker has feet stuck in cement   8/08

Verizon–(Rhapsody) son embarrassed by dad dressed glam   9/08

Verizon–secretary reads lazy boss the day’s trifling schedule   10/08

Verizon–mom grimaces at son’s mispronunciation of “paella”    3/09

Verizon–guy dumps gallon of sprinkles on ice cream    3/09

Verizon–only phone smart enough to keep up with women     1/10

Verizon–palm pre plus smart enough to keep up with Mom    2/10

Verizon–many women “rule the air”      8/10

Vicks — George coughs on everyone 11/07

Vicks–guy with man-cold can’t reach remote, disgusted wife throws medicine on him    1/11

Visa–men do funny dances to Super freak song    9/09

Volkswagen (Super Bowl)–12 men slugged, one to groin (maybe 1 woman slugged but too far away to see)     2/10

Volkswagen–salesman scares baby   4/10

Vonage–several years ago had “people do stupid things”, all were men.

Vonage–Vonage woman easily wins over phone company guy 11/07

Walgreens–woman shames man for wrapped oven-mitt gift   12/07

Walgreens–man who says he won’t get deleted, gets deleted from camera 12/08

Walgreens–2 men compete for Valentine presents, one shamed for contact solution     2/10

Walgreens–2 women shame Drew Brees    9/10

Wal-Mart–”moms can do anything” including making football snacks   9/08

Wal-Mart–wife makes steak, hubby confused, did he forget birthday?   7/09

Wal-Mart–guy drives thru garage door while pretending to play Xbox   11/09

Wal-Mart–wife threatens to leave if he not ready in five minutes while he primps (against stereotype)   12/09

Wal-Mart–boy gets head stuck in balusters     4/11

Warner cable–guy nickel and dimed to death (All death figures are male) 12/07

Washington Mutual–other bankers (all men) are nude

Wendy’s–woman rolls eyes at guy who is a “meatatarian”    8/08

Wendy’s–2 women with 2 course lunches shame guy with 1 course and “poky bear” ringtone    4/10

Wendy’s–guy frightened on ladder because woman keeps saying “fall”     9/10

Wendy’s–guys get slapped to show spiciness of sandwich    2/11

Windex — birds crash guy into glass door (2)

Windex — disgusted wife cleans door after birds crash hubby into it 9/07

Windex–too bright to be his house, not everything’s as bright    5/08

Windex–wife tricks hubby into cleaning pool    3/09

Windex–mom tricks 2 teenage sons to get ready for school on Saturday   10/9

Windows Phone–guy does awful dance with phone   11/10

Windows Phone–guy picks phone out of urinal, other guy gets baseball in head     11/10
Windows Phone–guy texts on phone and ignores wife in negligee    4/11

Wheat Thins—helicopter rescuer steal snack from guy trapped under rock       10/10

Wonderful Pistachios–ex Soprano smashes nut with guy’s head 9/09

Xerox — coworkers avoid irritating laughing man 10/07

***Xerox — jerky woman victim of broken mute button

XM — sports fans sock each other

Yoplait–woman on phone, talking about her sweets, husband looking in fridge for them 1/08

Yoplait–calcium for women   8/08

Yoplait–contribute to Komen   9/10

Yoplait–woman shoves cart into guys to get to black forest yogurt     1/11

Yoplait–woman says bald guy hasn’t changed a bit at reunion    2/11

Zurich–”fore” with guy getting hit on head with golf ball 12/07

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Most teachers are women. Nothing is being done to change the imbalance. Boys have few role models in schools.

Most teachers are women. Nothing is being done to change that imbalance. Many modern educational practices are counterproductive for boys. Success in school is tightly correlated with the ability to sit still, be quiet, and complete paperwork. Many young boys are bodily kinesthetic learners who respond to hands-on lessons. The educational establishment finds this inconvenient, and thus largely ignores it. The trend against competition and the promotion of cooperative learning strategies run counter to boys’ natural competitiveness and individual initiative. Lessons in which there are no right or wrong answers, and from which solid conclusions cannot be drawn, tend to frustrate boys, who often view them as pointless. Many healthy, energetic, and intelligent boys are branded as behavior problems as soon as they begin school, and are punished and put on Ritalin or other drugs so they will sit still. Because schools and classrooms do not fit their educational needs, many boys disengage from school long before they reach high school. Fewer and fewer of them ever reach college.

There are now more women graduating from college than men.

Many colleges and universities are overrun with feminist leaning staff. Nothing is being done to change that imbalance. Sensationalized but discredited statistics, drastically exaggerating the occurrence of date rape and domestic violence, are often an integral part of campus culture. Also, the U.S. college-age population is 51% male / 49% female, but college undergraduates are 43% male / 57% female. The percentage of male students continues to decrease. There are now more females graduating with higher degrees than males. Colleges and universities are doing little or nothing to correct this worsening gender disparity. College campuses are not male friendly. Many institutions have adopted Orwellian policies denying due process to men accused some perceived slight or accusation.

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Updated April 2011

ALPHA PHI ALPHA

Black fraternity wants White House Council on Men and Boys

AUSTRALIA

Australian Men’s Rights Agency

ENGLAND

Meanwhile British Men Finally Get Their Say

INDIA

Harassed men, kin to hit streets

Divorce Rights Unite Husbands

‘Harrassed” Husbands Plan Struggle Against Biased Laws

Boys Fight for Freedom

Now, is That Malevolence?

Mens groups rise up against DVA misuse

Mens group wants offense ad off the air

SC grants bail to Binayak Sin; drops sedition charges

IRELAND

Marchers draw attention to plight of fathers denied access to their children

JAMAICA

Battered Men, Many Men Being Beaten by Women But Are Afraid to Tell

JAPAN

Japanese Divorce Laws Leave Fathers Fighting to See Their Kids

KENYA

Battered Men Emerge From Cacoons of Silence

1.4M Men Suffer Domestic Abuse

1.5M Men Battered by Wives

MALTA

International Men’s Day

MEXICO

Men’s rights march in Mexico City video

MOROCCO

Battered men in Morocco shy away from shame

NORWAY

Men to Discuss Men’s Rights

UNIVERSITIES

CHICAGO

Raise Your Hand If You Are Biased

OXFORD

Rallying cry for group calling for men’s rights

]]> http://ncfm.org/2011/04/issues/mens-rights-movements-around-the-world/feed/ 6 Housework Myth http://ncfm.org/2011/04/issues/the-housework-myth/ http://ncfm.org/2011/04/issues/the-housework-myth/#comments Sat, 16 Apr 2011 01:28:17 +0000 NCFM http://ncfm.org/?p=2273 The media has repeatedly publicized studies that purportedly found men do not do their share of housework.  These studies, including one by the United Nations, were seriously flawed as they did not account for work outside the home and/or failed to factor many traditionally male forms of housework.  The mass media also virtually ignored subsequent studies that disproved the housework myth.  For instance:

A recent 25-nation study (the study)by economists from Berlin, Brussels and Texas, which included rich and poor nations, found men do as much work as women when all types of work are combined.

A University of Maryland study found the total workloads of married mothers and fathers is roughly equal when paid work is added to child care and housework, at 65 hours a week for mothers and 64 hours for fathers.

A University of Michigan study found women work an average of 11 hours more housework per week more than men while men an average of 14 hours per week more than women outside the home.

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L-E-A-V-E M-Y P-E-N-I-S A-L-O-N-E!

Unbelievably in Manila they recently used a soccer stadium to genitally mutilate 1,500 boys without anesthesia to make the Guinness Book of World Records for the most circumcisions performed on boys nine and older!  Look at the faces of these boys !  Fortunately, the Guinness Book of World Records wanted nothing to do with this horrendously bloody event.

The Royal Dutch Medical Association recently declared that male circumcision is an infringement of a child’s rights to bodily integrity and personal autonomy, that its risks are underplayed, and that to reject all forms of forced female genital cutting while allowing forced male genital cutting is ethically inconsistent.  It also analyzes the flawed distinctions made between female genital mutilation and non therapeutic male circumcision, and it finds that “there is growing concern regarding complications, both minor and serious, which can occur as a result of circumcising a child,” from bleeding, infection, meatal stenosis (urethral stricture) and panic attacks to the risk of death.  In relation to long term sexual damage, the paper points out that the foreskin is an important erotogenic structure, and that the history of its removal is, “rooted in the desire to control male sexuality”

Both the Australian College of Physicians and the British Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons have recently come out against routine infant male circumcision and the latter addressed the human rights violations involved as well. The Australian College of Physicians found no evidence to support routine circumcision (this is an excellent article). The College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia’s Resource Manual states, “Current understanding of the benefits, risks and potential harm of this procedure, however, no longer supports this practice for prophylactic health benefit. Routine infant male circumcision performed on a healthy infant is now considered a non‐therapeutic and medically unnecessary intervention”.

The male foreskin is a highly-functional sexual organ that has been present in all mammals for over 60 million years, but is most highly developed and erogenous in the human male. In addition to protecting the glans and producing chemicals such as pheromones and anti- viral substances it contains a profusion of nerves that are highly sensitive to fine touch and are also found primarily in our lips, eyelids and fingertips.

The president-elect of the International Society for Sexual Medicine, Dr John Dean, has commented on his netdoctor entry on circumcision that a reduction in penile sensation is an “almost universal’’ result of the surgery.

A recent study using fine-touch medical instruments for the first time ever to study the sensation on the penis found circumcision removes the most sensitive part of the penis and that an intact penis is much more sensitive than a circumcised penis.  Sorrells,  Snyder, et al., “Fine-touch pressure thresholds in the adult penis.”

Prior studies – which had mixed results – were unreliable because they were based upon self-reports of men who were either circumcised as adults for medical purposes or were circumcised as children and could not compare the difference. One of the study’s authors, Dr. Robert Van Howe, explains that the male foreskin is concentrated with high-sensory nerve endings that are only found in our eyelids, lips and fingertips.  The foreskin has many other roles as well, such as acting as a buffer and lubricant.

A subsequent study in China confirmed the same thing.  Yang DM, Lin H, Zhang B, Guo W. [Circumcision affects glans penis vibration perception threshold].  Zhonghua Nan Ke Xue 2008; 14: 328-30, Dept. of Urology, the First Hospital Affiliated to Guangzhou Medical College, Guangzhou,Guangdong 510120, China.

Non-religious circumcision has been traced to the prevention of masturbation.  And historically circumcision has been a cure looking for a disease, constantly being claimed to prevent one disease after another and repeatedly disproved afterwards.  For more, see www.circumstitions.com/

A new study shows that circumcised men are almost five times more likely to suffer from premature ejaculation. (Tang WS, Khoo EM. Prevalence and correlates of premature ejaculation, J Sex Med 2011) 

HIV Prevention

There has been a flurry of media coverage over three studies in Africa that found male circumcision reduces the risk of contracting HIV.  This is contradicted by other research and experts.  See, Contrary Stories.

In the You Tube video Aids Circumcision Fallacy, Dr. Dean Edell called the African/HIV conclusions ”silly” and warned, “it will backfire.”  He recognized the gender double standards, the loss of sensation in the penis, how condoms and education are the solution, and how the U.S. has the highest rate of circumcision in the West and also the highest rate of HIV while European men don’t circumcise and have lower HIV rates.

The Royal Australasian College of Physicians reviewed the Africa/HIV studies and concluded there is “no evidence to support routine circumcision of newborn and infant males,” and suggested parents wait until their child is old enough to give informed consent.

There is also research showing female circumcision also reduces the changes of contracting HIV.  Stallings, R. Y., and E. Karugendo. “Female Circumcision and HIV Infection in Tanzania: For Better or for Worse?” Abstract of paper given at Third International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis and Treatment. Rio de Janeiro, July 25–27, 2005.  But even the least intrusive form of female circumcision is illegal to perform on an infant girl.

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Read the book! Men don't always earn more. In fact, many women start at higher earnings than men for doing the same work. Is there really a "pay gap"?

Despite gains made by women the pay gap continues to be used in misleading ways to advance public policy agendas without fully explaining the reasons behind the pay gap.

Here, you will find a good starting place for understanding ”pay gap“ misleading information and why it continues to be used by Power Elite Feminists to push their agendas.

The “pay gap” only exists because men work far more hours at high-stress jobs they hate with longer commutes, less flexibility, more physical risk, etc., just to be breadwinners and feed their families, only to die younger and get bashed for “earning more.”  The “pay gap” is only a snapshot of average yearly full-time incomes that does not account for overtime (about 90% male), type of work, or other factors.  The Dept. of Labor funded a study that shed light on this issue.

See also, Prof. June O’Neill, Ph.D. (former director of Congressional Budget Office), “The Gender Gap in Wages, circa 2000,” American Economic Review, 5/03.)

In “Why Men Earn More,” Warren Farrell, Ph.D. examined 25 career/life choices men and women make (hours, commute times, etc.) that lead to men earning more and women having more balanced lives, and that showed how men in surveys prioritize money while women prioritize flexibility, shorter hours, shorter commutes, less physical risk and other factors conducive to their choice to be primary parents, an option men still largely don’t have. That is why never-married childless women out-earn their male counterparts, and female corporate directors now out-earn their male counterparts.

Farrell also lists dozens of careers, including fields of science, where women out-earn men, fields where there is a real pay gap and women still retain the same choices to opt in and out.

Women simply have more options than men to be primary parents , and many of them exercise that option rather than work long, stressful hours.  That is why 57% of female graduates of Stanford and Harvard left the workforce within 15 years of entry into the workforce.

This is an option few men have (try being a single male and telling women on the first date that you want to stay home).  The latest research shows women still seek men who earn more than they do.

Blaming men for women’s choices is unfair.  In fact research shows most men have no problem with their wives out-earning them.

Research also shows most working dads would quit or take a pay cut to spend more time with kids if their spouses could support the family.

For more, see:

A 2010 study from the market research firm Reach Advisors found that in 147 of the 150 largest U.S. cities, the median full-time salaries of unmarried, childless women under 30 was 8 percent higher than those of men in their peer group. For Atlanta and Memphis, women in their peer category earned 20 percent more than men.

 

]]> http://ncfm.org/2011/04/issues/the-pay-gap/feed/ 6 Rape Victims – Male http://ncfm.org/2011/04/uncategorized/male-rape-victims/ http://ncfm.org/2011/04/uncategorized/male-rape-victims/#comments Sat, 16 Apr 2011 00:28:20 +0000 NCFM http://ncfm.org/?p=2258 Historically, many rape laws excluded male victims from the protections women receive.  The Model Penal Code, for example, defined “rape” so that only women could be victims.  In England, funding for sex abuse victims is often denied for male victims regardless of how devastating.

The federal government spent hundreds of thousands of dollars studying rapes on college campuses while ignoring rapes in prisons where men are frequently subjected to prison rape or sexual abuse, and not just by other men.  In fact, consensual sex between prisoners and guards is considered sexual abuse, especially when the prisoner is a minor, and female guards commit this form of abuse in significantly high numbers.

According to the US Department of Justice, “Approximately 95% of all youth reporting staff sexual misconduct said they had been victimized by female staff. In 2008, 42% of staff in state juvenile facilities were female.”

“Inside youth prisons, scores of female guards violated boys.”  (As of May 5, 2011 this article appears to have been deleted from the Internet; however, we saved a copy but you can read it here:  Sexual Assault rape stats list).

See also the ABC article Prisons of Passion for, “Female Prison Guards Are More Likely Than Males to Have Sex With Inmates”

As reported by FORBES in the article “Is Feminism Getting In The Way of “Male Studies?” rapes of males frequently occur in the form of statutory rape, and not just by other males.  A student survey in New Mexico found 43% of teacher sex abuse comes from female teachers but over 90% of prosecutions are of male teachers.

A recent study found 2 out of 5 South African boys say they were raped, “most often by adult women.”

A major study in Canada conducted by the Vancouver’s McCreary Centre Society found high rates of homeless kids being molested, with 3/4 of the molestations of boys being by adult women, but there were still no programs for the boys, only for girls.

In 2009 the Guardian reported that researchers from the Lucy Faithfull Foundation discovered that up to 64,000 women are sex offenders in Britain!

Though there is little empirical research, adult women do forcefully rape men, including disabled men.  For example:

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...but we never talk about indentured men... do we? Every wonder why?

For years, the Forced Labour Convention of 1930 exempted “able-bodied males” between ages 18 and 45 from the ban on slavery and forced labor. See Article 11.

And although the exemption was eventually eliminated, Article 2 still exempts prisoners and soldiers (90+% male).

Male slaves are frequently ignored by human rights laws and policies.

For example, male slaves in China have had trouble getting their slave-masters prosecuted because only women were protected from slavery.

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I sentence you to eight more years for no reason other than you are a man! Justice has no place here!

Research has repeatedly shown that men get higher criminal sentences than women even when all other factors are accounted for. 

See also, Seattle Times, “State courts unfair to men, minorities, UW study suggests,”

This confirms prior data showing men receive higher sentences than women for the same crime even when age, race, priors, family situation, and other factors are accounted for, and that “gender differences, favoring women, are more often found than race differences, favoring whites.” (Crime and Delinquency, 1989, v 35, pp 136-168.)  A study published in Justice Quarterly in 1986 found that, for the same felony, being male increased the chances of incarceration by 165% (being black increased the chance 19%).
The gender of the victim matters as well.  A drunk driver will receive an average of a 3-year higher sentence for killing a female than for killing a male (compared to a 2-year higher sentence for killing a white instead of a black). (“Unconventional Wisdom,” Washington Post, Sept. 7, 2000.)

Researchers Edward Glaeser (Harvard) and Bruce Sacerdote (Dartmouth) examined 2,800 homicide cases randomly drawn from 33 urban counties by the Bureau of Justice Statistics and found killing a female instead of a male increased sentences by 40.6% (compared to 26.8% for killing a white instead of a black).

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It takes two to make one. Each of us has a right to know ourselves, who we come from. Dads are important.

Fathers have historically been denied equal parenting rights with mothers.  The 19th Century “tender years” doctrine, which explicitly gave mothers custody over children ages 13 and younger, was later replaced with the “best interests of the child” doctrine, but the gender bias persisted.  As late as 1971, the Minnesota State Bar Association’s handbook advised lawyers and judges that “except in very rare cases, the father should not have custody of the minor children. He is usually unqualified psychologically and emotionally.” Time Magazine, 11/11/03, “Father Makes Two,”

To this day in the U.S., fathers usually ask for 50% custody while mothers ask for, and get, 80% custody.  Fathers become mere visitors and must pay draconian support amounts with little enforcement of their parenting time.  See, Cynthia McNeeley, “Lagging Behind the Times, Parenthood, Custody and Gender Bias in the Family Court,” on the statistics and also  debunking the myth that fathers get custody 70% of the time when they request it.

According to an Urban Institute study entitled “What About the Dads?”, child protective services attempted to contact fathers of children at risk in their mothers care only a little over half the time, even though they knew the father’s identity in 86% of cases.
In many parts of the world, discrimination against fathers is still explicit in the laws.  For example:

Father involvement is a very important part of a child’s development, behavior and well-being.

Research also shows fathers are equal with mothers in nurturing instincts and capabilities. 

Research on the laws in Holland, Belgium and Germany that controls for pre-existing conflict shows presumed joint physical custody is the best solution and reduces conflict.

Although we often hear about “deadbeat dads,” maternal resistance to father involvement (or, “maternal gatekeeping) is a significant factor in the shortage of father involvement. See

In fact, research shows most men would quit their jobs or lower their pay if their partner could support the family.

And despite strong negative stereotypes against teen fathers, research shows most teen dads are anxious to participate in parenting, and that 82% reported having daily contact with their children, 74% said they contributed to the child’s financial support, and almost 90% maintained a relationship with the mother.  ”Teenage Fathers: The Missing Father Myth,” Time Magazine, 6/21/05.
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Fathers also face widespread false accusations in child custody cases.  Many state laws have automatic presumptions against custody when restraining order issues, creating an incentive to lie.  The California State Bar has expressed concern about restraining order abuse.

Proposed solutions: (1) Presumed joint, bi-locational, physical custody of children with equal timeshare absent a contrary agreement or clear and convincing proof of abuse/neglect; (2) Strong enforcement of court-ordered parenting time and penalties for violations; (3) No presumptions about custody from restraining orders; (4) Prosecution of false accusers; (5) Balanced, objective, science-based training of judges on domestic violence and other policies relating to children; and, (6) Fair and equitable support guidelines.

]]> http://ncfm.org/2011/04/issues/fathers/feed/ 5 Reproductive Rights http://ncfm.org/2009/01/issues/mens-reproductive-rights/ http://ncfm.org/2009/01/issues/mens-reproductive-rights/#comments Sun, 11 Jan 2009 09:10:28 +0000 NCFM http://www.ncfm.org/wp/?p=247 sperm in spaceMen’s reproductive rights include issues such as false paternity claims or paternity fraud, adoption rights, abortion, rights over frozen embryos, choice for men, etc.

The American Association of Blood Banks reports that, out of 300,000 DNA paternity tests performed annually, 30% exclude the man as the biological dad. Over 70% of paternity judgments in L.A. County are obtained by default. (“Examining Child Support Arrears in California; The Collectability Study,” 3/03, p. 16.) Many of these men are inadequately served or respond late due to language barriers, mental disabilities, fear, or mistaken belief that they do not have to respond because the child is not theirs. They often first learn of a paternity judgment when their wages are attached or their driving privileges are suspended. By then it can be too late. Even if DNA excludes them, they can still be forced to pay support, despite having families of their own to feed. Military men are particular targets of paternity fraud because of the benefits they carry.

In 2004, NCFM helped pass a law to protect paternity fraud victims (AB 252, enacting Family Code § 7646 et seq.). While this law is helpful, it is not enough. Judges still have discretion to force a man to pay even after DNA excludes him as the biological father, and many men still find themselves trapped by the existing two-year deadline to challenge a paternity judgment from the time they “knew or should have known” of it. If they are late by one day, they are locked in with no escape, and courts have no discretion to relieve them. Stronger laws and more public education are needed to combat this problem. For more, see www.paternityfraud.com/ and www.paternityfrauddna.com.

Choice For Men is an attempt to bring gender equality to reproductive rights and responsibilities. Although women have far more contraceptive choices than men, men are deemed at least as responsible as women when an unwanted pregnancy occurs, but women have the entire say in whether to abort or keep the child, and have much easier access to adoption or safe-haven abandonment. As a result, when an unwanted pregnancy occurs, either by accident or when men are lied to about birth control or fertility, women can surrender their parental rights and responsibilities, while men cannot. “Choice for men,” as a matter of gender equity, would give men a certain period of time to surrender their parental rights and responsibilities.

You might want to read the story “Protecting Our Freedoms, One Way Conversation with a Hero“. Some say choice for men is no real choice at all…

For more on men’s reproductive rights, see www.nationalcenterformen.org/

On Men, Women, Chivalry & Feminism

“The strength of women is their façade of weakness; the weakness of men is their facade of strength.”
- Warren Farrell, Ph.D., “The Myth of Male Power.”

“Ignoring men may be macho and politically correct, but it is costly to society.”
- Rep. David Bickford, NH

“The female institution that subordinates the needs and nature of men to those of women, while promoting special entitlements, privileges, and protections for women, is feminism (although feminists would deny that is what feminism is about). But men have their own institution: chivalry is the male institution that subordinates the needs and nature of men to those of women, while promoting special entitlements, privileges, and protections for women.”
- Pradeep Ramanathan, former V.P.

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There are over 250 commissions concerned with the health of women and girls in the United States. Don't you think there should be at least one for men and boys? There isn't.

The American Journal of Public Health (5/03) has declared that men are in a “silent health crisis.” Almost every chronic illness affects men more often than women. Men account for 80-95% of homeless adults, job deaths and suicide deaths, are more likely than women to have mental disabilities but less likely to be treated for them, and die younger and have higher mortality rates for 13 of the 15 leading causes of death.

Boys make the majority of special education students and are more likely than girls to skip a grade, be expelled or drop out of school.

The California Dept. of Health Services recommended a men’s health office, but it never formed. Meanwhile there are numerous federal offices of women’s health and similar offices at every level of government, but virtually no offices of men’s health. Breast cancer is known as a “horde” of cancer funds. The National Cancer Institute spent about four times more on breast cancer research than prostate cancer research for decades.  All other sources, including the Dept. of Defense, fund breast cancer at far higher and disproportionate rates compared to prostate cancer.

The claim that women were excluded from medical testing is not only antiquated (from the 60s) but is also a one-sided story that has been refuted by experts like Dr. Sally Satel. Historically, women participated in 95% of NIH clinical trials going back to the early 1970s, and men were underrepresented in research on cancer, reproductive health and sex hormones. Today men represent about 37% of participants in NIH-funded research, and gender-specific budgets favor women by more than a 2:1 margin, according to this report by Men’s Health America.

For more, see, Young, C., Satel, S., M.D., “The Myth of Gender Bias in Medicine”; Satel, S.: PC, M.D.:, “How Political Correctness is Corrupting Medicine.”

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NO LESS than 35% of domestic voilence victims are men. So why does virtuall all domestic violence money go to women?

Male victims of domestic violence have been seriously neglected in public policy, outreach and services. But they are not rare at all. They’re just less likely to report it, which makes crime statistics unreliable especially for men.

Prevalence and Injuries

Although men still report it less to police, virtually all independent empirical survey data shows women initiate domestic violence at least as often as men in heterosexual relationships and men suffer one-third of physical injuries. Almost 300 of these studies, which use various methodologies, are summarized by Professor Martin Fiebert.

For example, a major study funded by the Centers for Disease Control recently examined heterosexual relationships throughout the U.S. and found: “Almost 24% of all relationships had some violence, and half (49.7%) of those were reciprocally violent. In nonreciprocal violent relationships, women were the perpetrators in more than 70% of the cases.”

The study also found: “More women than men (25% versus 11%) were responsible. In fact, 71 percent of the instigators in nonreciprocal partner violence were women.” As for injuries, the study found: “[W]hile injury was more likely when violence was perpetrated by men, in relationships with reciprocal violence it was the men who were injured more often (25% of the time) than were women (20% of the time).”

A recent 32-nation study by the University of New Hampshire found women are as violent and controlling as men in relationships worldwide. This Canadian government report also recognizes the above data.

A recent study in the Journal of Family Violence found many male callers to a national hotline experienced high rates of severe forms of violence from very controlling female partners.

According to the Centers for Disease Control, every year there are 4.8 million incidents of intimate partner assaults and rapes against women and 2.9 against men, with 25% of the deaths being men.

The self defense myth

Feminists often claim the studies showing women initiate domestic violence as often as men are based on the Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS) which, they say, is not contextual enough and does not account for self-defense. At the outset, this is a hypocritical argument because these same critics have used CTS-based studies for decades to cite figures on female victims and they only criticize CTS when it applies to male victims. Even the DoJ, which most feminist groups cite, uses CTS. It is the most common methodology used in science to measure abuse.

The criticism is also wrong on its face. In 1985 researchers updated the CTS to ask who initiated the violence, and they found the same results. Feminists then claimed one can “initiate” violence in self-defense. But to the extent this is true, it

NO LESS than 35% of domestic violence victims are men. So why does virtually all domestic violence industry money go to women?

is true of both sexes. And, as Dr. Richard Gelles explains:

“Contrary to the claim that women only hit in self-defense, we found that women were as likely to initiate the violence as were men. In order to correct for a possible bias in reporting, we reexamined our data looking only at the self-reports of women. The women reported similar rates of female-to-male violence compared to male-to-female, and women also reported they were as likely to initiate the violence as were men.”

“The Hidden Side of Domestic Violence; Male Victims,” 1999, The Women’s Quarterly, re-printed with the author’s permission at the National Coalition For Men Los Angeles Chapter blog.

Professor John Archer further explains:

“It has often been claimed that the reason CTS studies have found as many women as men to be physically aggressive is because women are defending themselves against attack. A number of studies have addressed this issue and found that when asked, more women than men report initiating the attack. (Bland & Orn. 1986; DeMaris, 1992; Gryl & Bird. 1989. cited in Straus. 1997) or that the proportions are equivalent in the two sexes (Straus, 1997). Two large-scale studies found that a substantial proportion of both women and men report using physical aggression when the partner did not (Brush, 1990; Straus & Gelles, 1988). This evidence does not support the view that the CTS is only measuring women’s self-defense.”

“Sex Differences in Aggression Between Heterosexual Partners: A Meta-Analytic Review, Psychological Bulletin,” Sept. 2000. v. 126, n. 5, p. 651, 664.

Subsequent research asked about motives and self-defense and found self-defense is only a small percentage of the violence by either sex. For example, one of the largest studies ever done in England found not only equal perpetration by gender but that men and women assaulted their partners for the same reasons, most often “to get through to them,” while self-defense was one of the least common motives for both sexes and men were hitting in self-defense slightly more often than women were. Carrado, “Aggression in British Heterosexual Relationships: A Descriptive Analysis, Aggressive Behavior,” 1996, 22: 401-415.

California State University surveyed 1,000 college women: 30% admitted they assaulted a male partner. Their most common reasons: (1) my partner wasn’t listening to me; (2) my partner wasn’t being sensitive to my needs; and (3) I wished to gain my partner’s attention. Martin Fiebert, Ph.D., Denise Gonzalez, Ph.D., “Why Women Assault; College Women Who Initiate Assaults on their Male Partners and the Reasons Offered for Such Behavior,” 1997, Psychological Reports, 80, 583-590.

A 32-nation study of domestic violence by the University of New Hampshire in 2006 found women’s violence in dating relationships was just as controlling as men’s.

Professor Don Dutton further refutes the self-defense myth. See Dutton, D., & Corvo, K., “Transforming a flawed policy: A call to revive psychology and science in domestic violence research and practice,” (11) 2006, 457-483

Except for Family Court, at least in California the Courts know what "discrimination based on sex" means. And, it's illegal!

Discrimination Against Men

Many government-funded domestic violence programs still explicitly discriminate against male victims. In Australia and the UK, the government had to revoke funding from domestic violence shelters for refusing to help male victims as shown in these articles:

Domestic violence support team pulls plug.

Women Refuge Told They Must Admit Men.

Study Examines Domestic Violence

Others, like in Holland, Serbia, and Switzerland, have set aside funds for battered men shelters, even though they are scare and underfunded compared to battered women shelters in those countries.

But in many countries, battered men’s shelters remain without any public funds.

In October 2008, the National Coalition For Men won a landmark appellate case in California that held it is unconstitutional to exclude male victims of domestic violence from the statutory funding provisions or from state-funded services. Woods v Shewry published decision.

Most programs claiming to help men just refer them to a far-away program that actually does help men.

The federal Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) explicitly excludes American Indian men from its provisions on Native American. It is also implemented in a discriminatory manner nationwide and funds educational programs that spread one-sided misinformation about domestic violence. See Dr. Richard Gelles, “Male Victims: The Hidden Side of Domestic Violence.”

It's happening but domestic violence industry operatives still propagandize and evern lie about reality.

The very title of VAWA discriminates and stigmatizes male victims by leaving them invisible and downplaying the seriousness of male victimization, making them an afterthought at very best. We don’t have a Men’s Occupational Safety and Health Act” just because 92% of occupational deaths happen to men. (Interestingly after 2002 it appears the Bureau of Labor Statistics stopped reporting occupational deaths by gender.)

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false accusations

False accusers should be held accountable. They should be arrested and prosecuted. There is no, as in zero, valid reasons those who destroy other peoples' lives with false accusations should go unpunished.

 False accusations of sexual assault are rape of a different color.

Almost every month we read of another man freed from prison after years of incarceration because the false accusations that sent them to prison were proven false.  Even if there is no conviction, a false allegation of rape can emotionally, socially, and economically destroy a person.  False accusations of rape are a form of psychological rape that is not included in the traditional definition of “rape.”  And false accusations are not studied enough because it’s politically incorrect to talk about. Meanwhile the names of the accusers are often protected while the names of the accused are not.  False accusations are hard to measure and there is not much available research, but the existing research shows the problem is much more common than we are told.  For example:

A study in India found 18% of rape accusations are false and are often “coached.”

In a study by the U.S. Air Force, about one-forth of rape accusers recanted just before taking a lie detector test or after failing one.  Further research found 60% of the accusations were false.  The most common reasons given for making false accusations were spite or revenge, feelings of guilt or shame, or to cover up an affair.  McDowell, Charles P., Ph.D. “False Allegations.” Forensic Science Digest, (publication of the U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations), Vol. 11, No. 4 (December 1985), p. 64. (see Center for Military Readiness article “Sex, Lies, and Rape” for an excellent discussion of false accusations).

Some studies represent false accusations are 50% of allegations examined.

In a nine-year study of 109 rapes reported to the police in a Midwestern city, Purdue sociologist Eugene J. Kanin reported that in 41% of the cases the complainants eventually admitted that no rape had occurred.  In a follow-up study of rape claims filed over a three-year period at two large Midwestern universities, Kanin found that of 64 rape cases, 50% turned out to be false.  Among the false charges, 53% of the women admitted they filed the false claim as an alibi.  Kanin, EJ, “An alarming national trend: False rape allegations,” Archives of Sexual Behavior, Vol. 23, No. 1, 1994. Kanin was once well known and lauded by the feminist movement for his groundbreaking research on male sexual aggression.  But His studies on false rape accusations received very little attention.

According to an expert quoted in the CBC News Story Below, ”for a four-year period from 2003-2007, 31 per cent of sexual assault claims that Ottawa Police investigated were dismissed as unfounded — that is, they never happened — as opposed to unsubstantiated, where there isn’t enough evidence to follow the case.”

According to a 1996 Department of Justice report, “in about 25% of the sexual assault cases referred to the FBI, … the primary suspect has been excluded by forensic DNA testing. It should be noted that rape involves a forcible and non-consensual act, and a DNA match alone does not prove that rape occurred. So the 25% figure substantially underestimates the true extent of false allegations.   Connors E, Lundregan T, Miller N, McEwen T. Convicted by juries, exonerated by science: Case studies in the use of DNA evidence to establish innocence after trial. June 1996.

The myth that only two percent of rape accusations are false, often falsely attirubuted to FBI data, is not credible and has been debunked.  Greer, The Truth Behind Legal Dominance Feminism’s ‘Two Percent False Rape Claim’ Figure, 33 Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review 947.

Falsely accused men are disproportionately African-American men.

Here are just a few sample stories about false accusations:

Three years in prison for framing innocent man (2/25/10)

Four young men traumatized by false rape accusations

Man released on rape charge after 22 years in prison.

6 falsely accused young men rescued by video of orgy directed by accuser.

Female rapists sentenced for rape and false accusation. And, her name was not released to the press!

Women falsely claims rape to justify lover’s attack on ex boyfriend.

17 year old boy released after false rape accusation.

Innocent man falsely accused of rape to win back lover.

U.K. judge jails “skillful actress” who falsely accused man of rape.

The claim that only 2% of rape accusations are false is totally unfounded and is purportedly based on FBI crime data (though we have yet to see this confirmed), and crime data is never a reliable source to project upon the population as a whole, as compared to empirical research.  But no matter what the numbers are, there is no excuse for the lack of attention to the problem.  Falsely accused persons are victims too, and to deny or downplay the experiences of those victims is a hypocritical form of victim-blaming.

Much more attention and research is needed in this area.   False accusers should be prosecuted (they rarely are) and face same punishment their accused could receive.  And the names of the accused should be protected as much as the names of the accusers.  For more, see http://falserapesociety.blogspot.com/

We should give men charged with rape anonymity and like the rare cases above charge their accusers and release the women’s names to protect the public.

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