By Jan Brown I try to keep my writing devoid of my sarcastic wit; however, at times it’s difficult to hold back especially when dealing with stressful events that make you feel like you are in the Twilight Zone. Last week I attended the State v. Filler criminal re-trial in Ellsworth, Maine to lend my...
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Tags: courts, discrimination against men], false accusation, false accusations, sexism, vawa, violence against women act, vladek, vladek filler
Posted in Child Abuse, Court Cases, Courts Criminal, Discrimination Against Men, Domestic Abuse/Violence, False Allegations DV, Rape Allegations, Sexual Assault | 2 Comments »
Earlier this month Carl Augustsson, Ph.D Candidate, NCFM Liaison, Democratic Republic of Georgia, was on a television program along with a local feminist. While feminism as most of us know it has not taken root in Georgia, there are some gender discriminatory practices and institutions. In this segment Carl discusses those after introducing the...
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Tags: carl augustsson, conscription, democratic republic of georgia, discrimination against men], gender discrimination, georgia, national coalition for men, ncfm, sexism
Posted in Action, Carl Augustsson, International | 1 Comment »
Carl Augustsson is NCFM’s Liaison in the Democratic Republic of Georgia where he is trying to get the government to designate a day of celebration for men. There are two such days for women. After writing Sexköpslagen Carl learned that a member of the Swedish Parliament spoke against the legislation which punishes only those...
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Tags: discrimination against men], fathers, feminism, national coalition for men, ncfm, radical feminism, sex discrimination, sweden
Posted in Action, Carl Augustsson, Discrimination Against Men, Event Females, Event Males, Fathers' Day, International, Mens' Organizations, Politicians International | No Comments »
When will the domestic violence industry recognize women who batter men? According to the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services http://tinyurl.com/62rora and Bureau of Justice statistics, more kids are killed by neglect and abuse in a year (1,460 in 2005), than all the female intimate partner homicides in a year (1,181 in 2005)....
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Tags: discrimination against men], domestic violence, family court, feminism, gender discrimination, legislation, national coalition for men, ncfm, radical feminism, sex discrimination, sexism
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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...
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Tags: discrimination against boys, discrimination against men], discrimination in education, don't shoot the women, education, gender discrimination, national coalition for men, national coalition of free men', ncfm, obama, ritalin, schools, sex discrimination, title ix, title nine
Posted in Issues | 11 Comments »
Homeless veterans on the rise in San Diego and I suspect everywhere else too. There’s a worthwhile read about homeless vets in the San Diego Union Tribune. Then there are pictures like these of homeless men in Los Angeles taken by a men’s activist and veteran in 2006, though they may as well have...
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Tags: discrimination against men], gender discrimination, homeless, men's health, mens commission, mens health, sex discrimination
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By Richart Davis On Friday April 22, 2001 I read the Boston Globe article, 1 in 4 report bullying at Mass. Schools. That article notes: The report found that students who said they had been involved in bullying, as both a perpetrator and a victim, were five times more likely to report they...
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Tags: boys health, child abuse, child custody, discrimination against men], domestic violence, gender discrimination, national coalition for men, ncfm, sex discrimination, stop abusive and violent enviornments, vawa, violence against women act
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Last week I was invited by Kent Peters, Catholic Diocese Office for Social Services Director, to talk about domestic violence at the event Twentieth Annual Walk with the Suffering Good Friday Stations of the Cross, April 22, 2011, sponsored by the Ecumenical Council of San Diego County. Kent and I have known each other...
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Tags: boys health, california mens centers, child abuse, discrimination against men], domestic violence, gender discrimination, national coalition for men, ncfm, sex discrimination, stop abusive and violent enviornments, vawa
Posted in Action, Activities, National, San Diego | 3 Comments »
In Colorado – home of the faux penises and Dildo Bandito – once lived some Eagle County Sheriffs who ordered up hang’m high Kobe t-shirts with the catchy slogan “I’m not a rapist; I’m just a cheater.” I wondered about that in a December 2003 editorial for the Colorado Daily, Let’s Just Get it...
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Tags: child abuse, corruption, discrimination against men], domestic violence, false accusation, gender discrimination, harry crouch, mens rights, national coalition for men, paternity fraud, sexism, sexual assault, vawa, violence against men, violence against women act
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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...
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Tags: discrimination against men], feminist myth, gender myth, housework, man doing housework, men work at home
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