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Main / Emergency: Sperm Counts Drop!
Jan 08, 2004, 09:49 AM
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20040105/hl_afp/britain_health_sperm_040105105306

The article blames it on drinking and obesity... ... I didn't know drinking and obesity have climbed so much since 1989 as to create a 1/3rd drop in sperm count, and I doubt it has.  I suspect there are more sinister agents causing the drop... radiation for one... air pollution for another...

But that's just my suspicision... and is unfounded in research of course.

Scary as hell I'd say...
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Main / Hallelujah!
Jan 03, 2004, 06:51 AM
www.amen.ie

Thank God for Ireland!
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Main / Why do Men Batter Women?
Jan 02, 2004, 08:32 AM
http://www.ncadv.org/problem/why.htm

This is the National Center Against Domestic Violence... blaming only men for domestic violence...

Adding some stuff here, in editing my message...

http://www.ncadv.org/remember/rememberhome.htm

This is a list they are forming of WOMEN who are killed by domestic violence... I suggest that we start sending in the names of MEN killed by domestic violence.

If we can't find a list of men killed by domestic violence, or some names in the news, then we could probably find statistics of the number of men killed in a given year, and we could submit 'John Doe #1' and 'John Doe #2' etc... to represent the number of men killed by domestic violence.

If you find names, or know some people personally, please post them here on this forum so we know what kind of progress has been made, and so we don't double-submit.  Also, if you find a source of statistical information on men killed by domestic violence, please post it in this thread so we can all check it out.
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Main / I hope this isn't redundant ...
Dec 30, 2003, 03:21 PM
http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20031222-091120-7505r.htm

.... NOW ask the feminists if women are systematically discriminated against by virtue of the jobs they are allowed to hold!

We all know the answer, but atlast here is a definitive blow to the basis of feminist propaganda.

Also check out:
http://mensnewsdaily.com/archive/r/roberts/03/roberts122303.htm
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Main / Women talk less than Men?
Dec 30, 2003, 10:26 AM
This is a popular claim of feminism.  

But is it true?

Taking this forum as an example, it sure is, but taking MS as an example, it's not.

So why is it that when you have a non-biased free-forum it becomes dominated by males?

I propose the reason is that women often have trouble dealing with men who out-reason them in debate.  As a man would 'stand his ground' and stay on the forum and argue to the end, a woman would become frustrated and leave, seeking more female-oriented forums where their ideas and thoughts will be praised instead of challenged.

A man loves a challenge, but a woman loves praise.

Now this is a huge generalization, and overstatement, but I think it rings true in the ears of many open-minded people.  I am not totally convinced of this as a fact, but a part of me believes it.

Lets hear your comments on the non-aggressive nature of women vs. the aggressive nature of men when it comes to debates. (or vice versa if you please)
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Main / What's the deal with terrorism?
Dec 23, 2003, 01:54 PM
I mean, isn't it just murder with a stiffer penalty?
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Main / Of all the low down dirty tricks.
Dec 23, 2003, 01:36 PM
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=36242

Sometimes I wonder what's the point in trying.

Let's hear what you have to say everyone!
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Main / Not all feminists are evil
Nov 26, 2003, 05:36 PM
This is my correspondance with a Kate Orman who runs a feminist website, and is an activist for women's issues.  When I wrote to her, I fabricated a story of my own battery by my 'wife' and my refusal at a DV shelter, just to see what she'd say.  Her reply is what follows, and I find it very moderate.  Also, there is a link there to her website so you can read the essay she refers to below.

> Dear Mrs Orman,
>
> I read on your website an essay on how women are more often and more brutally
> the vicitms of domestic violence.  I found it enlightening.
>
> But how is it that a Domestic Violence Shelter should turn away certain
> people just because they are male, or identify with the male gender?  If
> women are the majority of the victims, then the few males who come looking
> for help should be a relatively small burden.

My understanding is that battered women's shelters exclude men so as to prevent

batterers finding their victims, and also so that women who have been brutalised

by men are not made afraid. My belief is that a women-only shelter should always

be able to refer a man in trouble to other accommodation and help.

> I also wondered how Domestic Violence Shelters deal with battered
> hermaphrodites.  As these are people who may readily identify with either sex
> or neither sex, how does a system that only accepts females account for this
> special circumstance?

That's an interesting question; I don't know the answer. Do you mean true
hermaphrodites, or intersex and transgender people generally? Again, my belief
is that a women-only shelter should be able to refer such a person to
appropriate help if they're not able or willing to accomodate them. Shelters are

often badly stretched for resources, but being able to at least offer some phone

numbers shouldn't be a tremendous additional burden.

> A philosophical point, just because men are less often and less brutally
> victimized does not mean they should be less entitled to recieve help.

I agree, and my essay makes that very point.

> I'd truly like a response to this email if you get the chance, because I
> considered myself to be a male feminist, until my wife beat me, and took my
> children away from me, which is not my aversion to feminism, but the fact
> that I was turned away at shelter after shelter for victims of domestic
> violence.

I'm very sorry to hear of your experience. Were you referred to other
accommodation and assistance by those shelters?

Yours,

Kate Orman | http://www.zip.com.au/~korman/
"I have no idea what that meant." - Dot Warner
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Main / Ingorance
Nov 25, 2003, 04:01 PM
Certain people believe that they are so perfect and their ideas are so correct, that they're better off without hearing opposing points of view.

Amber has placed me on her ignore list.  I feel bad for her, because I'm not the only one on that list.  How will she ever see an objective opinion if she blinds herself to the words of certain people and sources?

This is a huge problem with much of the world.  They are afraid of what they see, so they don't allow themselves to see it, thus every decision they make based on 'reality' is instead based on a false impression of reality, a partial view.

Personally, I think the ignore command is for when someone's getting harrassed, and I'm not gonna use it on anyone until it really gets out of hand, so don't be afraid that in being strongly opinionated with me that I'll stop reading your posts and you'd lose all chance of ever changing my mind about something.

No, I'm not gonna censor the world in which I live.
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Main / What are you doing?
Nov 22, 2003, 11:35 PM
I just wanted to start a thread for people to post stories or just generally to tell us what they are doing to effect a change in their communities or society at large...  I'd like to suggest that we not turn it into a debating thread, and keep it as a post and read only thread, where we don't respond... just to keep the volume down so we can have a place to look and get an idea of what we are all doing as individuals without all the clutter of commentary and debate.

I'm not gonna post one now, but I'll post one soon... I look forward to hearing from you all.  Remember, try to keep it to things you are doing, not just ideas you have or things you think.
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Main / The Women's Verse
Nov 22, 2003, 11:13 PM
Cause I'm a girl

I can be sexy
I can be pretty
I can be wanted
I can take your home
I can be anything
I can do anything
It's ok to want me
It's ok to need me
I can be trashy
I can do lots of drugs
I can get away with it
I can be forgiven
I can be perfect
I can say anything
I can do anything
It's ok to help me
It's ok to save me
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Main / True Equality.
Nov 21, 2003, 06:28 AM
I propose that true equality between the sexes will only be accomplished when we stop placing emphasis on the differences between the two sexes, and instead start working toward a world where everyone is judged on an individual basis.

That could even go so far as to say that just because a person appears to be male doesn't mean that person doesn't need a tampon.

I know that sounds obsurd, but a hermaphrodite (sp?) might choose to outwardly look/dress as a man, even though that person does go through their period.
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Stupid threads get more attention than thoughtful ones,
So here's a thoughtful thread disguised as a stupid one, reply to it.