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Main / United Nations Women's Fund

Jan 26, 2006, 07:17 PM

UNITED NATIONS (CNN) -- Actress Nicole Kidman was appointed a goodwill ambassador Thursday for a U.N. organization that fights for women's rights.

"I have been given many, many blessings in this life, and so much of it is about now, a time and a place about giving back," Kidman said.

In her work for the U.N. Development Fund for Women, or UNIFEM, Kidman said she hopes to focus attention on violence against women

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/01/26/kidman.un/index.html

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1) Isn't there already too much focus on violence against women?  How much more of a focus could there be?

2) I wonder if the UN has a "men's fund"?  I will check out the UN website and report back

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Main / Kathleen Parker - New Hampshire gets serious about child vis

Jan 14, 2006, 07:17 AM

http://townhall.com/opinion/columns/kathleenparker/2006/01/13/182425.html

Bitter parents who try to block their formerly beloved's access to the couple's child(ren) following divorce might think twice in New Hampshire, where a proposed bill aims to make life difficult for uncooperative custodial parents.

How difficult? By inviting the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to investigate the offending parent for child abuse and neglect.

This relatively revolutionary move was the brainchild of Maine psychiatrist Dr. Stevan Gressitt, who has been working with legislators to put some teeth into visitation enforcement. New Hampshire HHS Commissioner John Stephens endorsed the idea, and a bill sponsored by state Rep. David A. Bickford (R) heads to committee Tuesday.

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Main / Forbes avoids the obvious facts

Jan 07, 2006, 12:19 AM

The article from Forbes.com about dangerous jobs.  The only mention of men about the recent mining tragety.
http://biz.yahoo.com/weekend/dangerjob_1.html

My email to the Forbes.com editors:
[email protected]

I read the short article by Coolidge about dangerous jobs.  One major oversight in the article was the failure to mention that all of the dangerous occupations are "male" occupations.  Year after year the Bureau of Labor Statistics and OSHA report that men constitute 92 to 93% of occupation fatalities.

If women constituted 93% of occupational fatalities there would be emergency sessions of congress and every media outlet would be complaining that women are being exploited.

Please do not omit the obvious and politically incorrect facts in your articles.

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Main / I found competition for western feminists

Dec 22, 2005, 05:39 AM

Folks,
For my vacation this year I decided to go to the Philippines.  I wanted to see some of Asia and do some diving and fishing while not spending a ton of money on hotel rooms and such.

I knew Philippinas like American men (they also like Aussies and Brits - but especially like Americans).  But until you experience it yourself, you will not believe it.  Everywhere I go I find VERY pretty young women peeking at me.  When I walk down the street, beautiful women smile at me.  I have had at least a dozen women introduce themselves to me.  At the mall pretty young clerks smile and coyly look away after a moment of eye contact.  Every hotel I have been in has western men with beautiful Philippina wives and fiancées.

Over the past seven days I have seen hundreds of women who look just like the cover girls for Malaysia tourism brochures.  I have not been trying to meet women, but I have chatted and flirted with a dozen of these undiscovered cover girls (many have asked for my email address and phone numer, and offered me thiers).  Girls 18 to 31 years old have been approaching me.  Keep in mind that I am 39 years old and only decent looking.  Some women in the states find me attractive, and most do not even notice me.

It is simply incredible!!!

I know there are a lot of risks in taking a foreign bride, but several of the "white" guys I met have been married for several years and are very happy.

I am not necessarily recommending that you run out and book a trip to the Philippines, but if you are in for an adventure do some research and think for yourself.  If you do think of pursuing a Philippine bride I recommend that you hold onto your skepticism and not let your heart (and other parts) make decisions for you (these girls are so beautiful and friendly they can unsettle the most rational of men).

Sorry, but I have to say it again - It is simply incredible!!!

Is it time for the shoe to be on the other foot?

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Main / Joke about ATM use

Nov 16, 2005, 11:25 AM

A sign in the Bank Lobby reads: "Please note that this Bank is installing new Drive-through teller machines enabling customers to withdraw cash without leaving their vehicles. Customers using this new facility are requested to use the procedures outlined below when accessing their accounts. After months of careful research, MALE & FEMALE procedures have been developed. "Please follow the appropriate steps for your gender."

MALE PROCEDURE:

1. Drive up to the cash machine.
2. Put down your car window.
3. Insert card into machine and enter PIN.
4. Enter amount of cash required and withdraw.
5. Retrieve card, cash and receipt.
6. Put window up.
7. Drive off.

FEMALE PROCEDURE:

1. Drive up to cash machine.
2. Reverse and back up the required amount to align car window with the machine
3. Set parking brake, put the window down.
4. Find handbag, remove all contents on to passenger seat to locate card.
5. Tell person on cell phone you will call them back and hang up
6. Attempt to insert card into machine.
7. Open car door to allow easier access to machine due to its excessive distance from the car.
8. Insert card.
9. Re-insert card the right way.
10. Dig through handbag to find diary with your PIN written on the inside back page.
11. Enter PIN.
12. Press cancel and re-enter correct PIN.
13. Enter amount of cash required.
14. Check makeup in rear view mirror.
15. Retrieve cash and receipt.
16. Empty handbag again to locate wallet and place cash inside.
17. Write debit amount in check register and place receipt in back of checkbook.
18. Re-check makeup.
19. Drive forward 2 feet.
20. Reverse back to cash machine.
21. Retrieve card.
22. Re-empty hand bag, locate card holder, and place card into the slot provided.
23. Give dirty look to irate male driver waiting behind you.
24. Restart stalled engine and pull off.
25. Redial person on cell phone.
26. Drive for 2 to 3 miles.
27. Release Parking Brake.

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Main / Discovery Channel – Military Field Hospital

Nov 13, 2005, 01:36 PM

I was just watching the Discovery Channel.  They were doing a show on military trauma hospitals in Iraq.  It is so sad to see those young men with feet and legs blown off.  I salute our armed forces!

One thing was missing among the wounded soldiers - diversity.  There were no wounded women.  Where are the protesters for this inequality?

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Main / Torturer gets 6 months probation

Nov 03, 2005, 08:37 AM

Can you imagine what would have happened if the sexs were reversed?

http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/5235856/detail.html

WESTMORELAND COUNTY, Pa. -- Gail O'Toole was convicted of simple assault and sentenced to six months probation for acts she committed against her ex-lover.

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Main / Kathleen Parker knocks Maureen Dowd

Nov 02, 2005, 12:28 PM

http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/kathleenparker/2005/11/02/173922.html

No one vets the culture with a keener eye than Dowd. Her identification of trends - especially the perverse evolution of liberated women from Birkenstock-wearing intellectuals into pole-dancing sluts - is dead on. But while she sees women clearly as they search for identity in a gender-shifting culture, she doesn't seem to know much about men.

Men haven't turned away from smart, successful women because they're smart and successful. More likely they've turned away because the feminist movement that encouraged women to be smart and successful also encouraged them to be hostile and demeaning to men.

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Main / Court dismisses sex suit by male CBS worker

Nov 02, 2005, 12:20 PM

Court dismisses sex suit by CBS worker
CBS exec alleges manager offered him oral and "life-altering" sex but court says CBS acted properly.
November 2, 2005: 12:16 PM EST

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A split U.S. appeals court dismissed a lawsuit in which a male CBS TV station employee alleged sexual harassment by a female manager who offered him oral sex and "life-altering" intercourse.

The case involves Hugh Hardage, who worked as an advertising executive for Washington state's KSTW-TV, owned by Viacom Inc. (Research), starting in 1998. In a lawsuit, Hardage, who resigned in 2001, alleged that General Manager Kathy Sparks made unwelcome sexual advances on several occasions.

When Hardage complained to sales manager Patty Dean, he said she responded: "Why don't you just do it and get it over with? It may put her in a better mood." But Dean also set up an investigation of the alleged abuse.  [can you imagine the firestorm if the plaintif were a woman?]

A three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals said even if the remark was unfortunate, CBS acted properly overall, and it affirmed a lower court dismissal of the suit.

"Dean's alleged comment to Hardage that 'Why don't you just do it and get it over with. It may put her in a better mood' is certainly troubling," Judge Clifford Wallace wrote. But "considering the 'overall picture,' CBS's response was both prompt and reasonable as a matter of law."

In a partial dissent, Judge Richard Paez said CBS did not properly investigate the alleged abuses.

"It is difficult to imagine how any reasonable juror could conclude that an employer who suggests that the complainant have sex with a harassing supervisor has acted reasonably to end the harassment," he wrote.

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Main / Another nice article - about father and sons - by Rebecca Ha

Nov 01, 2005, 06:48 AM

http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/rebeccahagelin/2005/11/01/173704.html

I'm the mother of two teenage boys, and believe me, I am well acquainted with the behaviors that have led to the popular phrase "boys will be boys." But I am also blessed to know what it means to my sons' development and character for them to have a father who holds them accountable, is engaged in their lives, and is intimately familiar with their strengths, weaknesses, personalities and individual needs.

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Main / Nice article about men, America, business, and wealth

Oct 31, 2005, 12:35 PM

Here is a nice article:
http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/JennniferRobackMorse/2005/10/31/173445.html

Male-bashing has developed into a full-blown art-form in this country...

I am convinced that men like these are the key to understanding the secret of American wealth. This is how all the little miracles of innovation took place. Because they owned their little farms and had the right to any improvements they made, American men had every incentive to find better ways and to share their knowledge with others. These men take pride in the fact that they can confront reality on reality's terms. They are accountable to reality in a way that no talking head or academic can truly be. Even when I was an academic myself, and even now when I am surrounded by talking heads, I love being married to an engineer. He keeps me grounded.

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Main / Interesting observation – family pictures at work

Oct 17, 2005, 01:09 PM

I did an informal survey (walked around the office) of the family pictures in people's cubes and offices.  I work at a large corp. with 15,000 employees.  There is a good mix between male and female employees.

In workspaces occupied by men with family pictures - the pictures almost always include the wife and children.

In workspaces occupied by women with family pictures - only about half of them have pictures of husbands along with pictures of the kids.

1) Does the lack of husband pictures signify there is no man in the family?
2) Or, does it signify that the woman thinks of her kids and takes the husband for granted?

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Main / Another pregnent woman attacked

Oct 13, 2005, 11:55 AM

Women will not be safe until we lock all men up ...

so you say the attacker was a woman...  that does not make any difference...


http://www.townhall.com/news/ap/online/headlines/D8D79V486.html

AP
A woman hit her pregnant neighbor over the head with a baseball bat, drove her to a secluded area and cut her belly in an attempt to steal her baby that was thwarted only at the last minute, authorities said.

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Main / Crackpot theory - what do y’all think?

Oct 09, 2005, 10:07 AM

I posted this earlier - what do y'all think?

By nature, men are very creative, strong, willful, and volatile.

When those characteristics are channeled properly, we end up with penicillin, the Golden Gate Bridge, Generals like Norman Schwarzkopf, law and order, The Constitution of the United States, and travel to the moon...

When those characteristics are not properly channeled, we end up with Genghis Khan, rapper pimps, hobos, and the lack of societal advancement...

Over the course of history humanity has learned how to harness the dynamic energy of men. When you make them the head of a family and burden them with that responsibility, men are very productive. When society has clear and fair rules, men fight for what is right. When we admire them for bravery, they defend our homeland with their lives.

I fear that the feminizing of society, and the denigration of men's role in society, will usher in a dark era. The question to me is, how far down can we push men before men no longer see the benefits of an orderly and productive society? Are the rapper pimps a foreshadowing of societies fall? Will we soon see a time in which young men are not wiling to conform? Many men would be happy with a campfire and a gun. It is women who truly enjoy the millions of home that men have built.

I my self am a law abiding and productive citizen. I served in the US Army and put my self through bachelor and mater's degree programs. I make a darn good income (much more than I need). If I had the burden of a family on my back I would work much harder, and not chafe so much at the constraints of my job. Because I see no value in having a family, I toy with the idea of dropping out (why start a family if I am going to rank lower than the pets and lose my freedom and wealth). I have saved a decent amount of money and have humble needs. For me, it would be much more interesting to just wander the globe for a decade or so, and then settle down in the place I like the most.

What is society going to lose if we go past some point in which men are no longer willing to perform their traditional role? If my theory is correct, women have the most to lose. Be sure that all of us will lose, but women will suffer the most.

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Main / Please - send a complement

Oct 09, 2005, 09:33 AM

"Focusing on women, girls leaves boys out in the cold
This is in response to the Star-Bulletin's series in September about the "Women of Hawaii."

Ignoring the fact that gender inequities hurt boys has promoted the idea of girls as "underdogs" while suggesting that boys are somehow privileged."

http://starbulletin.com/print/?fr=/2005/10/08/editorial/commentary.html


I sent the paper a complement - I suggest you do the same

Thier email:
[email protected]

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Main / What a deal - kill your husband and get therapy

Oct 08, 2005, 09:57 AM

BBC: "A woman who stabbed her husband with the knife she was using to make his sandwiches is beginning a three-year community rehabilitation order."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/4321130.stm



If the man was a mean loud mouth - that is not grounds knife him.  Have the courts gone completely insane?!  There was no claim of violence by the man.

One second feminists are claiming that women are POWERFUL, capable, independent...  the next second they are happy to see a woman get counseling for murder because her husband was a loudmouth.

The implications of this stuff is so incredibly scary...

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Main / Exchange with my US Senator from Virginia

Oct 06, 2005, 07:25 PM

I hope you all are contacting your elected representatives - unless they hear from us, all they know is what the feminists are telling them.

********************************************************

Dear Senator Allen,

Thank you for your honest reply.

I am however, deeply disappointed that you support the VAWA. That law is clearly misguided and an obvious act of pandering to militant feminists. It is a sad day when we have a major piece of legislation giving benefits to a segment of our population based on sex, while also targeting the other sex with governmental force and unearned retribution.

ALL STATISTICS SHOW that men are by far, more likely to be a victim of violence. Males experience extraordinarily higher rates of murder, occupational fatalities, fatalities in military service, suicide, etc. The DOJ reports year after year that men receive longer prison sentences than women for the same crime.

Furthermore, several studies show that women initiate domestic violence as often as men. These studies also show that men are much less likely to report being the target of domestic violence because of social expectations. Approximately 30% (or more) of reported domestic violence cases are of men being assaulted.

You say that you are committed to making Virginia a better place to raise a family. Our government's actions are driving men/husbands/fathers from our families. How do you define a family?

It is troubling to see so much legislation come out of Washington that favors or targets segments of our population based on things like sex, race, age...

I guess my last hope is for the Supreme Court to rule these laws to be unconstitutional.

It is a surreal situation when you consider the facts, verses governmental action. Judging by the actions of our country and government, it is clear that we think men are disposable, and expendable.

Best wishes,
xxx

>From: [email protected]
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: A response from Senator George Allen
>Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 14:41:44 -0400
>
>
>Dear John:
>
> Thank you for contacting me regarding domestic violence and assault.
>I appreciate your input and value the opportunity to respond to your
>concerns.
>
> The issue of domestic violence is deeply troubling and I am concerned
>about the growing number of cases in the United States. Approximately
>800,000 individuals each year are victims of a violent crime by a current
>or former spouse, boyfriend, or girlfriend. Out of the approximate 800,000
>domestic violence cases, 85 percent are women.
>
> Please know that I am committed to stopping domestic violence. To
>that end, I supported legislation that provides $520 million for Violence
>Against Women Act programs. Of this $520 million, $391 million will go to
>programs administered by the Department of Justice and $127 million for
>programs administered by the Department of Health and Human Services.
>These programs give needed help to victims of domestic violence by
>providing counseling services, training personnel to deal with domestic
>violence issues, and holding perpetrators accountable.
>
> While apprehending the criminal is half the battle, we must make sure
>that there are services in place to help the victim in their time of need.
>I also support amending the United States Constitution to protect the
>rights of crime victims. Furthermore, we must work on ways to erase the
>stigma that prevents victims of domestic violence from going to the police
>and reporting the crime.
>
> As your Senator, I have sponsored the DNA Sexual Assault Justice Act,
>which will improve investigation and prosecution of sexual assault cases
>with DNA evidence, and assess the extent of the backlog in DNA analysis of
>rape kit samples. I assure you, that I will keep your thoughtful comments
>in mind should any legislation regarding domestic violence come to the
>Senate floor for a vote.
>
> As Governor, I significantly expanded and improved the use of DNA in
>Virginia as a tool for law-enforcement. I enhanced funding by $7.6 million
>for Virginia’s DNA Databank, turning it into a national model that helps to
>identify, capture and convict criminals not only in Virginia but in other
>States as well. I also abolished the revolving door justice system that
>allowed violent criminals out on the streets before they completed their
>entire sentence. By instituting truth-in-sentencing, when a jury or a
>judge convicts an individual for assault and sentences them to 12 years in
>prison, they remain in prison for 12 years. Furthermore, under my
>leadership, I helped amend the Virginia Constitution to include a Victims
>Rights Amendment, which guarantees common-sense protections to every
>law-abiding, innocent citizen to make sure our criminal justice system is
>fair to the real victims when a crime occurs.
>
> Thank you again for taking the time to contact me. If you would like
>to receive an e-mail newsletter about my initiatives to improve America,
>please sign up on my website (http://allen.senate.gov). It is an honor to
>serve you in the United States Senate, and I look forward to working with
>you to make Virginia and America a better place to live, learn, work and
>raise a family.
>
> With warm regards, I remain
>
>
>Sincerely,
>
>
>Senator George Allen

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Main / Grass Roots

Oct 05, 2005, 08:24 PM

I orriginally posted this on http://www.mensactivism.org/

Until "regular" women start confronting feminists, politicians, and the media, no progress will be made.  We can lobby, and complain all we want to the politicians and media elite too no effect because nothing can overcome a shrill feminist except a large number of women.  Unless regular women see the costs of feminism, they will not act.

This is what I do to bring the reality of modern feminism to the ordinary woman, so she can no longer isolate herself from the costs of the privileges that feminists have won (women will not respond until they share in the pain).

Whenever I encounter a woman that needs the "traditional" services of a man - changing a flat tire, carrying something heavy, or rescue from something, I ask her if she is a feminist.  I usually get a curios look before she answers: yes, or no.  If she answers no, I say "that is good and I will help you with this situation".  I then tell that "if she would have answered yes, then I could not help her because my help would be sexist and condescending".  By the way - I am more than willing to help a woman because I actually believe in chivalry and a man's responsibility to protect women.

This simple question and explanation of why you asked the question brings home the cost of feminism to the ordinary woman.  Ordinary women take for granted that they can have all of the benefits of feminism, while still enjoying the benefits of paternalism.  You also might make an impact on the woman who is on the fence.  No matter what you say, you will not make an impact on ideological feminist.

I did this exact thing two weeks ago.  I saw a woman in a mini-van with children and a flat tire near my house the other day.  I stopped to see if she needed help.  She did not have her cell phone so she could not call a tow truck and charge her husbands credit card to rent a man to fix the situation.  I asked her if she was a feminist, and she stammered, looked confused, and seemed to become uncomfortable.  I could see the wheels turning in her head - she wanted to standup and have me "hear her roar", but she also knew that she did not know how to change a tire, like any 15 year old boy could.  So after a few moments she stuttered a "no".  I told her "that is good, and that I was happy to help - and if you would have said yes, I could not have helped her because I did not want to offend her feministness, after all changing her tire would have been a form of soft bigotry".  I then happily changed her tire and in a few minutes we exchanged pleasantries and were both on out merry way.  This simple interaction may have planted seed - maybe she will think twice before assuming that she can have the benefits of feminism and the traditional services of men.  Maybe she will speak up the next time a feminist is spouting crap, and point out that men are good and helpful and that she does not agree with this feminist rhetoric.

You might also spark a debate in which you can express your frustration with feminism and modern society.  Remember, in this kind of situation you are on your home turf, and that gives you a lot of points on the field of debate.

What do y'all think?

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Introductions / johnnyp here

Oct 05, 2005, 06:52 PM

Hey folks,
I am johnnyp - I usually go by John.

I am a "nearly 40" single male (never married) with a professional job.  I spent three years in the US Army, and then went to college.  I have been continuously employed since 15 years of age and have never been arrested (or even been in the back of a police car).  And of course, I have never struck or threatened a female.  

For years I have been hearing all of the feminist lies via the mass media, and these lies left me feeling unsettled.  The mass media and politicians seem to always pain men as abusive, criminal, rapist pillagers, and deadbeat dads.  This info is the exact opposite of my personal experience.  Every man that I have been a friend with is a decent guy who provides for, and protects his family (and sometimes country).

Because of this unsettled feeling nagged me for so long, I started to research what I was hearing in the media.  Every single item that I could find decent evidence on showed the feminist propaganda to be either an outright lie, or a huge distortion of the facts.

Many of the men I know have gotten divorced because their wives cheated on them when they were at work providing for the family.  A couple of other guys were kicked out after loosing their jobs (even though they has socked away a bunch of money prior to the job loss, and there was no foreseeable impact on the families standard of living).

The men that I know who are still married are stuck in a sick fantasyland.  These guys have good incomes and are good fathers - yet their wives are bitter harpy nags living off of the husband's work while simultaneously refusing to keep house, get a job, or treat their man with respect.

Needless to say, our current state of affairs in this country has me seriously disappointed.

I hope to exchange info with y'all and maybe even make a positive difference (if that is even possible any more)

Regards
johnnyp

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Main / Women, business, and health insurance

Oct 05, 2005, 04:43 PM

It is funny how the writer of the article only skirts around the fact that women consume the vast majority of medical care in this country (something like 2/3 of all doctors visits, not including pregnancy realated visits).  I wonder if women pay more for health insurance, like young men pay more for auto insurance?

"Compared with men, women appear more reluctant to trim or cancel benefits, say entrepreneurship experts at the Center for Women's Business Research"

http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20051005/bs_usatoday/femalebosseslesslikelytocuthealthbenefits

or

http://www.usatoday.com/money/smallbusiness/2005-10-04-health-usat_x.htm