Regardless of your beliefs about circumcision you should go to this link “botched circumcisions horror stories or for a quicker awakening see the picture galleries at “botched circumcisions.” Then, come back here and read the letter we sent: 141617-Cover-letter-AND-the-open-letter-to-the-Gates-Foundation While there is disagreement as to whether circumcising all boys and men in sub-Saharan Africa,...
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NCFM NOTE: We just discovered this June 20 editorial by the Glendale News Press! It seems the editorial board, not just the editor, agreed with our efforts in Glendale to give free self-defense training regardless of sex. Mark another one up for the good guys, including the editorial board of the Glendale News Press!...
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NCFM NOTE: Thank the City Journal for running this excellent article by Kay Hymowitz. She does a superb job of summarizing the adverse impact on boys from the breakdown of the intact family unit, meaning a family with both bio parents… Kay S. Hymowitz Boy Trouble Family breakdown disproportionately harms young males—and they’re falling...
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Posted in Boys, Child Abuse, Children's' Rights, Dads, Discrimination Against Boys, Discrimination Against Males, Discrimination Against Men, Divorce, Education, Fatherlessness, Fathers | 2 Comments »
By J. Steven Svoboda Last month, the National Post published Mark Joseph Stern’s article (“’Intactivists’ against circumcision, Sept. 19) criticizing anti-circumcision activists, whom Mr. Stern dismissed as “fringe,” “paranoid” and “bizarre.” But individuals committed to safeguarding children from unnecessary surgical interference include leading scientists, pediatricians, public health researchers, bioethicists, medical historians, and human rights...
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NCFM NOTE: Circumcision for money? Circumcision for religion? Circumcision for culture? Circumcisions botched, 34 dead boys. You tell us. Is it worth it? What if they had been girls. Would the world be outraged? Absolutely… S. African circumcision ‘hijacked’: minister May 30, 2013 – 5:37AM The Sydney Morning Herald Cape Town: South Africa’s health minister...
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NCFM Press Release San Diego, California, May 7, 2013 The National Coalition For Men (NCFM) proudly announces the first annual International Foreskin Awareness Week, from May 6 to May 12, 2013. Contact: Steven Svoboda, Esq., NCFM PR Director, arc@post.harvard.edu 925-395-2065 “One of NCFM’s goals is to educate the public about the lesser known...
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Female teachers mark male pupils more harshly than they do their female students, research has claimed. Additionally, girls tend to believe male teachers will look upon them more favourably than female teaching staff, but men treat all students the same, regardless of gender. The study, released on Thursday, told 1,200 students in 29 schools...
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NCFM NOTE: 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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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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