The Rights Of Man

101 WAYS TO CASTRATE A MAN : SHAMEFULLY ON SALE AT WATERSTONES

On sale on Waterstones (link) you can buy this piece of sexist junk:- 101 ways to castrate a man by Nomo Wenie. It is supposedly a joke book.

As Glenn Sacks (link), an American commentator says "One wonders if Waterstone's (UK), and others would proudly market a book describing how men can torture, stalk, and/or emotionally abuse their ex-wives". Exactly.

Could you imagine the outcry in feminist circles if such a book was published?

The BBC, The Guardian, EOC, The Fawcett Society and the Minister for Women would not be able to contain themselves.

But because its about men, then that's all right. Well done Waterstones.

 

PHILIP DAVIES MP REVEALS LIVINGSTONE SPENDS £50,000 FOR A WOMEN'S CONFERENCE

Philip Davies MP (link) wrote in March 2007 to London Mayor, Red Ken Livingstone, asking how much he had spent on women's conference capitalwomen which was part of the International Women's Day.

As the correspondence reveals via the Campaign Against Political Correctness site (link), it was £50,000 of London taxpayers money.

Ken Livingstone has previous on abusing taxpayers money by funding women-only events and of course, funding nothing for men. He also bans people from bodies because they are men (link).

Men in London can vote Livingstone out in next May's London elections.

BOW GROUP REPORT : THE FEMINISATION OF EDUCATION HITS BOYS

A key feature of this site has been the raising of the issue of how the feminsation of education has hit boys education (link). This trend has accelerated under this feminist anti-male government and shows why we need a Minister for Men.

Chris Skidmore has written an excellent report for The Bow Group highlighting the key statistics showing how decades of feminisation has proved costly for generations of men. The report availble on-line (link). It was also covered in the Sunday Telegraph (link) and (link).

The introduction states that the report is part of the Bow Group's Invisible Nation series, looking into groups whose situation is overlooked. Men certainly fall into that category.

The main findings of the report show clearly the damage that has been wrought, not just in terms of exams results but also in behaviourial matters. The main findings are:-

• 27% of boys- nearly 90,000 boys in total- do not gain a single good GCSE (a C grade or above);
• 21% of 14 year old boys have the reading age of a seven year old (level three or below);
• Only 21% of boys gain five good GCSEs including English, maths, science and a foreign language, compared with 31% of girls;
• Just 36% of boys stay on to take A levels, compared with 44% of girls;
• In the latest exclusion figures, boys accounted for 72% of all fixed period exclusions and 79% of all permanent exclusions.

2007 GCSE RESULTS SHOW BOYS NINE YEARS BEHIND GIRLS

Today's publication of the 2007 GCSE results (link) show that boys are at least nine years behind girls when it comes to reaching the standard C grade pass or higher in at least one exam. This continues the recent series of results showing similar traits - the result of decades of feminisation in the education system (link).

In 1999, pupils achieving a C pass or more in at least one GCSE were 60.2% for girls and 51.1% for boys. In 2007, it is 66.8% for girls and 59.7% for boys. So boys in 2007 are reaching circa the same standard as girls in 1999.

The feminisation is clear when comparing Maths and English Language. This year, in Maths, boys achieved 54.7% Grade C or above whilst girls achieved 55.9%. At English language though, the results are 55.1% and 69.0 respectively, a massive gap.

Why the big difference? It has to be in the way the subjects are taught and examined throughout the education system. Course work does not play to boys strengths and nor does the lack of competition or the lack of  male teachers at primary level.

Once again, this feminisation has led to another cohort of boys failing to achieve the grades they should get.

Nothing as ever, from the Labour government or the Equal Opportunities Commission on the plight of boys. It would be different if girls were behind.

CANCER SURVIVAL RATES FOR MEN : BELOW EUROPEAN AVERAGE

Despite the massive increase in NHS spending (£62bn in 02/03 to £105bn in 07/08), the cancer survival rates are a disgrace for both men and women. Whre is the money going?

Survival rates for cancer for both sexes are below the European average.

From a report featured in the Lancet Oncology, out of 21 countries (link), survival rates for men in the UK are

• Wales (13th) - 47.9%
• England (15th) - 44.8%
• Northern Ireland (17th) - 42%
• Scotland (18th) - 40.2%

As written in the Daily Telegraph  " England is on a par with Poland despite the NHS spending three times more on health care.Survival rates are based on the number of patients who are alive five years after diagnosis. Cancer experts blamed late diagnosis and long waiting lists."

The Daily Mail said "Experts blamed NHS waste, drug rationing and a lack of cancer specialists for the shameful showing."

The prostate cancer survival rate for UK men is 75.7% and this is lower than the average in Europe.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES COMMISSION : INSTITUTIONALLY SEXIST

After the Liberty and Law Journal kindly pointed out (link), it is the ultimate in hypocrisy for the soon-to-be defunct Equal Opportunities Commission (it is being absorbed into the Commission for Equality and Human Rights) to lecture British business and the public sector about gender equality when it does not practice it itself.

Only 18% of its employees are men. As the graph below shows this has been the case at least since 2000.

   

No wonder in its last Annual Report (link), it fails to talk significantly about campaigns to raise boys education results, or, more research into prostate cancer, or, male victims or domestic violence et al. Its all about so-called women's issues such as the statistically spurious gender pay gap and other issues.

To use the standard mantra from the politically correct, the only conclusion can be that its failure in its 30+ years existence to tackle issues facing men is because it is institutionally sexist. With only 18% of its staff being men, this should come as no surprise.

FEMINISATION OF EDUCATION HITS BOYS A-LEVELS

The grim outcome of decades of feminisation in the education system was shown on the back of the A-Level results published today.

• 69.9% of boys reached grade C and above
• 75.2% of girls reached grade C and above

This is on the back of similar results for 11 (link) and 14 years olds (link) last week.

Out of 35 subjects (link), boys only did better than girls in French, German, Irish and Spanish.

The government have promised extra help for boys in reading and writing but this is far too little, far too late. Every year, boys are not achieving their potential because of an education system geared towards woman and not both sexes.

Where's the equality in this?

THE ILLEGALITY OF GIVING REDUCED OR FREE ENTRY FOR WOMEN BUT CHARGING MEN : NAME AND SHAME

Despite the fact that it is clearly illegal under the Sexual Discrimination Act (1975) to charge men entry fees to clubs, nightclubs still perists in this.

The Equal Opportunities Commission have a briefing available (link) and state clearly:-

If a nightclub tries to attract women with free entry or free or reduced price drinks but charges men fees and higher prices for drinks then this would be a breach of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 A man successfully challenged a wine bar's practice of charging men an entry fee but allowing women in free. A county court judge made a declaration that he had been discriminated against.

This site has received e-mails over the past six months complaining about this and trawling through the web, these places have been charging men but not women:-

Thai Square Nightclub, London SW1 : Women free entry on Fridays;

Julie's Nightclub, Newcastle : Ladies free on Tuesday and Wednesday, Men £3;

The Barracuda, Ealing : Ladies free before 10.30pm on Friday and Saturday;

The only remedy men have is to either complain directly to the club management or take a civil claim against the club. The EOC, whilst having advice, do not seem to want to take this up and support anyone through the courts, as they do on many other cases.

If any readers know of any clubs that operate such a policy, please could they send details (name of club, the club night, the detail on the entry policy and the town) to trom_editor@talktalk.net. These places will then join those above in a hall of shame.

DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS TO BE FILMED

The book feminists and the health & safety mafia love to hate will be turned into a film (link).

The Dangerous Book For Boys was first published in the UK in May 2006, seling 900,000 copies in the UK alone and became a surprise best-seller. It offers instructions on how to make a catapult, build a treehouse and construct the best paper aeroplanes.

A book every son and father should have.

WHY THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT IS A VITAL TOOL FOR MALE RIGHTS CAMPAIGNERS

The Freedom of Information Act combined with the Gender Equality Duty has opened the door for campaigners in their fight against male discrimination by the state.

The Men's Aid web-site has an excellent forum where campaigners publish their Freedom of Information requests and then publish their answers (link). The most interesting ones are:-

• A request to the BBC as to why they have no men's hour whilst they have a women's hour, especially as the Gender Equality Duty is in place;
• A request to the Equal Opportuinites Commission asking why they still ignore statistics on male domestic violence victims.

Whern the answers provide fruitful information, links will be placed on the site.

If anyone wants to see how the Freedom of Information Act works, please link here (link) and for the Gender Equality Duty see here (link).