News stories on men’s health
NCFM NOTE: Â The Fatherhood Coalition of Massachusetts was largely responsible for Governor Patrick convening a work-group to review state family law. The letter below makes one wonder if the good Governor appointed people to the work-group who he knew or should have known would sabotage its intent and protect the interests of stakeholders who...
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Tags: child abuse, child protective service, children's rights, cps, dads, father's rights, foster care, richard wexler, the fatherhood coalition
Posted in Discrimination Against Boys, Discrimination Against Males, Discrimination Against Men, Domestic Violence Industry, Father's Rights, Fathers, Health Men | No Comments »
NCFM NOTE: On September 22, Mr. Svoboda sent a letter to Canada’s leading newspaper, the National Post, and to Slate, in response to Mark Joseph Stern’s horrific article, “‘Intactivists’ Against Circumcision.” Below is the text of the letter. The letter sent to Slate is virtually identical. We need to let children reach the age of majority and let them decide...
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Tags: boys health, circumcision, discrimination against men], gender discrimination, mens health, sex discrimination
Posted in Action, Activism, Circumcision, Discrimination Against Boys, Discrimination Against Males, Discrimination Against Men, Health Boys, Health Men, Steven Svoboda, Esq. | 2 Comments »
Growing Balls: Personal Power for Young Men. By David N. Hafter. Philadelphia: XLibris, 2006. www.growingballs.com. 172 pages. Price varies. California marriage and family therapist has written what is apparently his first book, a life guide for young men between the ages of roughly 15 to 25. It’s a genuine gem. Hafter manages to find...
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Tags: david hafter, divorce, domestic violence, marriage, mefn, steven svoboda
Posted in Action, Activism, Divorce, Health Men, Marriage, Steven Svoboda, Esq. | No Comments »
HOBOS, BUMS, BAG LADIES, STREET PEOPLE: NOW WHAT THE HOMELESS NEED IS MORE ACCURATE TERMINOLOGY by Francis Baumli, Ph.D.  Warren Farrell’s The Myth of Male Power (1993) is, in my opinion, his best book. But I have always been skeptical about, and disappointed by, its little section which deals with homeless men.1 I thought...
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Tags: discriminationa against men, government programs for men, homeless, homeless veterans, street people
Posted in Action, Activities, Discrimination Against Boys, Discrimination Against Males, Discrimination Against Men, Double Standard, Francis Baumli, Health Men, Homeless, Men | 4 Comments »
NCFM NOTE: Notice below the comments and inferences about the recent awakening about issues in women’s health versus men’s health. Thirty or so years ago Professor Christina Hoff Sommers showed how radical feminists adroitly turn lies into dollars. First you do a study to confirm the lie, then declare a crisis, and then work...
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Tags: condoms, Karen Grepin, men's health, penis, safe sex, sexually transmitted, std, United Nations's Millennium Development Goals, vagina, women's health
Posted in Discrimination Against Males, Discrimination Against Men, Health Men, Health Women | 2 Comments »
Endowed: Regulating the Male Sexed Body. By Michael Thomson. New York: Taylor & Francis Group, 2008. 194 pp. www.taylorandfrancis.com. No price stated but website gives price as 18.99 British pounds. Keele University Law Professor Michael Thomson has published his first book, and it’s a flawed yet truly thought-provoking examination of various aspects of the...
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Tags: endowed, men's health, ncfm, penis, steven svoboda, viagra
Posted in Action, Activities, Circumcision, Contraception, Health Men, Steven Svoboda, Esq. | No Comments »
Stop Exploiting Africans — Circumcision Does Not Stop AIDS by JerryTheOther The ushers at the Brooklyn Academy of Music were as stunned as Bill and Chelsea Clinton – patrons usually don’t stand mid-performance and shout slogans at the stage – so no one should blame them for not restoring order. That night, March 4th,...
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Tags: bill clinton, bloodstained man, Chelsea Clinton, circucision, clinton foundation, hillary clinton, intactivist, president clinton
Posted in Circumcision, Discrimination Against Boys, Discrimination Against Males, Discrimination Against Men, Genital Mutilation, Health Girls, Health Men, Legislation Bad | 6 Comments »
This brand new Belgian study confirms what the study in Denmark found:Â “This study confirms the importance of the foreskin for penile sensitivity, overall sexual satisfaction, and penile functioning. Furthermore, this study shows that a higher percentage of circumcised men experience discomfort or pain and unusual sensations as compared with the uncircumcised population. Before circumcision...
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Tags: circumcision, foreskin, genital mutilation
Posted in Action, Activities, Circumcision, Health Children, Health Men, Marc Angelucci, Esq. | 2 Comments »
Women’s Duty To Men by JOE ZAMBONI on DECEMBER 28, 2012 The duties that American men have to American women are many, and consistently enforced by a variety of heavy-handed mechanisms such as mandatory jail-time, court-imposed fines, the yanking of your driver’s license, and separation from your children. As if that wasn’t enough to force you to...
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Tags: joe zamboni, mens rights, national coalition for men, ncfm
Posted in Fathers, Health Men, Marriage, Masculinity, Other | 4 Comments »
NCFM NOTE:Â Mr. Svoboda is one of the world’s leading anti-circumcision experts and advocates. He is a Human Rights Attorney and President of Attorneys for the Rights of Children. You can follow his work more closely at the ARC website. Neonatal Circumcision Violates Children’s Rights, Needlessly Amputating Functional Tissue The long awaited circumcision policy...
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Tags: arc, attorneys for the rights of children, children's rights, circumcision, discrimination against boys, discrimination against men, mens rights, national coalition for men, ncfm, svoboda
Posted in Activities, Circumcision, Discrimination Against Boys, Discrimination Against Males, Discrimination Against Men, Health Men, Steven Svoboda, Esq. | 3 Comments »