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The Dildo Bandito, Crystal Mangum, and Nifong Nuts.

April 22, 2011
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The Dildo Bandito, Crystal Mangum, and Nifong Nuts.

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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Dennis Koire, California Civil Rights Activist, Dies…

April 20, 2011
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Dennis Koire, California Civil Rights Activist, Dies…

On February 13, 2011 Dennis was shot during a robbery. A bullet lodged in his brain. He was hospitalized, in a comma, until contracting pneumonia. The love of his life, Julie Palasco, was also shot, she died at the scene of the crime. Pasqual Raul Loera was arrested and charged with murder. Loera shot...
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Rape Victims – Male

April 15, 2011
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Rape Victims – Male

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...
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Forced Labor

April 15, 2011
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Forced Labor

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,...
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Criminal Sentencing

April 15, 2011
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Criminal Sentencing

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...
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Fathers

April 15, 2011
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Fathers

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...
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NCFM Advisor, Phil Cook, Author of “Abused Men” invited to speak at Pacific University

April 13, 2011
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NCFM Advisor, Phil Cook, Author of “Abused Men” invited to speak at Pacific University

NCFM Advisor and Oregon Liaison Phil Cook was invited to speak at Pacific University. He reports that he: … learned something interesting on April 5th at the talk I gave on behalf of NCFM at Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon. Change is possible. This University claims to be one of only three that...
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What Month Is It On Your Feminist Calendar?

April 13, 2011
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What Month Is It On Your Feminist Calendar?

By Ray Blumhorst Can anyone guess what month April is on the feminist calendar? Wrong, “Women’s History Month” was last month (March)! Wrong again, “Stalking Awareness Month” was January. No, no, no, it’s not “Domestic Violence Awareness Month,” that was October. Oh for gosh sakes, NO, February was “Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month.” April...
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Women’s Wages Still Lower Because of Sexist Patriarchy — not.

April 12, 2011
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Women’s Wages Still Lower Because of Sexist Patriarchy — not.

There Is No Male-Female Wage Gap A study of single, childless urban workers between the ages of 22 and 30 found that women earned 8% more than men. By CARRIE LUKAS Tuesday is Equal Pay Day—so dubbed by the National Committee for Pay Equity, which represents feminist groups including the National Organization for Women,...
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