The Purpose of Boys: Helping Our Sons Find Meaning, Significance, and Direction in Their Lives. By Michael Gurian. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2009. 248 pp. $26.95. Review by J. Steven Svoboda. Why has Michael Gurian, author of over twenty books mostly relating to children and/or gender, devoted a book to boys and purpose? In answer...
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Tags: boys, boys health, discrimination against boys, Michael Gurian, national coalition for men, ncfm, steven svoboda
Posted in Activities, Boys, Health Boys, Steven Svoboda, Esq. | 1 Comment »
Now that men and women pay equally for healthcare, shouldn’t men receive equal coverage when it comes to fully covered services? Shouldn’t there finally be a government health office dealing with men’s health? Men and women should sign this petition no matter if they agree with the Affordable Care Act or not. The Act...
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Tags: healthcare, howard goldman, men's health, mens health, mens rights, national coalition for men, ncfm, obama care, obamacare, women's health, womens health
Posted in Activities, Discrimination Against Males, Health Men, Health Women, Howard Goldman, War Against Men | 5 Comments »
First, I am fairly happy Dad. I’ve never been beaten and battered by the Family Law System like the hundreds if not thousands of disenfranchised fathers with whom I’ve had contact or directly worked, but I know it happens. I’ve been in court and witnessed such pummeling’s more times than I can possibly recall....
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Tags: bilbo poynter, Canadian Center for Investigative Reporting, father's rights, fathers, Feminist Legal Studies, mens rights, Molly Dragiewicz, national coaltion for men, ncfm, susan boyd
Posted in Abused Man, Activities, Courts Family, Discrimination Against Males, Father's Rights, Harry Crouch, Men's Rights, Suicide, Suicide Murder, Supremist | 10 Comments »
By Eric Ross, Ph.D, NCFM Acting President, Greater New York Chapter The definition of domestic violence by the US Department of Justice (2011) is, in part, as follows: “We define domestic violence as a pattern of abusive behavior in any relationship that is used by one partner to gain or maintain power and control...
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Posted in Abused Man, Definitions, Discrimination Against Males, Domestic Abuse/Violence, Eric Ross, Ph.D, Guest, Supremist, VAWA | 15 Comments »
NCFM NOTE from this side of the other pond: NCFM members and other activists in Los Angeles, California and elsewhere are experiencing similar problems as reported below in a letter from our allies in Australia. Administrators of such publicly funded domestic violence organizations are often politically insulated, arrogant and hypocritically demonstrate the very same...
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Posted in Activities, Children's' Rights, Conference Women, Divorce, False Allegations DV, Fathers, Immigration law, Steve DeLuca, Uncategorized, Victim Compensation, Victim Male | No Comments »
This Soldier Served Our Country. Now He Needs Your Support By Eric Ross, PhD, Acting President of NCFM Greater NY Chapter, Investigative Reporter, National Writers’ Syndicate In 2011 Sgt. Casey Gray was called to Active Duty in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Unfortunately, he was already in the midst of a “battle” − his...
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Tags: casey gray, discrimination against fathers, discrimination against men], discrimination against military, Elizabeth Pezzetti, eric ross, family court, feminist jurisprudence, gny, Judge Pezzetti, national coalition for men, ncfm, vawa, violence against women act
Posted in Child Custody, Children's' Rights, Corruption, Courts Family, Discrimination Against Men, Eric Ross, Ph.D, False Allegations DV, Feminist Jurisprudence, Military, Shameful, Suicide, Supremist, Victim Male, War Against Men | 83 Comments »
From the Equal Justice Foundation Editor’s note: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) affects untold numbers of American service members and veterans and the problems with OEF/OIF veterans are only beginning. What is easy to overlook is the toll taken on their family members. Battling Bare, a group of women married to PTSD sufferers is...
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Tags: charles corry, domestic violence, equal justice foundation, mental health, military, national coalition for men, ncfm, post traumatic stress syndrome, PTSD
Posted in Charles Corry, Guest, Health Men, Military, PTSD | 2 Comments »
NCFM NOTE: Here’s another study showing the importance of fathers in their children’s lives. Boys without their biological fathers, if they are lucky grow into men, will be men with the highest probability of being imprisoned and costing our society the greatest. Interestingly, perhaps by design, those systems that educate, discipline, identify, intervene, re...
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Tags: behavioral problems, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, dads, Department of Medicine, discrimination against males, Dr Paul Ramchandani, fatherlessness, fathers, Imperial College London, importance of dads, importance of fathers, national coalition for men, ncfm, parenting, raising a child
Posted in Discrimination Against Males, Guest, Health Boys, Health Children, Health Girls, Health Men, Health Women, International, Myths, Study/Research | No Comments »
By Randy Berg Be warmed and be filled, then Go Away and let Mom raise the Kids Without You Focus on the Family is one of the largest and most influential Christian Para church ministries in the world. Their 30-minute radio programs on family related issues are broadcasted five days a week on about...
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Tags: child abuse, dad, dads, discrimination against dads, discrimination against fathers, father, fathers, Focus on the Family, james dobson, national coalition for men, ncfm, randy berg
Posted in Discrimination Against Boys, Discrimination Against Males, Discrimination Against Men, Guest, Religion, Religion, War Against Men | 4 Comments »
This article was first published August 2008. It was last updated in November 2011. It could use some refreshing, but it is still enlightening considering that the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization is stalled in Congress. Doing that took considerable, deliberate, and concerted effort by many people and several organizations. NCFM played a larger...
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Posted in Activities, Discrimination Against Boys, Discrimination Against Males, Discrimination Against Men, Domestic Abuse/Violence, Harry Crouch, Legislation Bad | 8 Comments »