The Rights Of Man

NEWS UPDATE

Sorry everyone, likely to be away working this week so here are a few articles:

Girl Writes What - How feminism conned society

BBC News - Women only bus stop

Politics home - Women in Parliament (Nadine Dorries MP)

The Guardian - Male rape charity's hard-hitting campaign (Tracey McVeigh)

Irish Independent - Boy facing sex trial as court holds' Romeo and Juliet' law (Tim Healy)

Daily Mail - Male anorexia (Victoria Wellman)

BBC News - Male Y Chromosone extinction challenged

ManKind Initiative - Authorities must do more to help men come forward

Men do complain - Vigil at BMA

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TOM MARTIN TO DEBATE NUS WOMEN'S OFFICER

The significance of Tuesday's debate on "Is Feminism is sexist?" gathers apace now that it has been revealed that he is debating Estelle Hart,the National Union of Student's Women's Officer. She has a NUS blog and had one before she became an NUS officer.

It is significant that the NUS Women's Officer is prepared to take part in the debate, especially when seen against their attitude towards Men's Officers and want them all to be scrapped.On the blogroll of the NUS blog (see link to Estelle Hart's link to NUS blog above) you will see there is an officer for every single type of person except for a heterosexual man.

It means the NUS see it as significant and that they can see the tide is turning against their unreasonable and unequal attitude towards, men's officers and equality in general. They have much to defend.

Good luck to Tom

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 Hattip to John Kimble

SEXISM AGAINST MEN IN BRITAIN'S BOARDROOMS - FOR THE FIRST TIME A PROVEN FACT

Some kind reader sent over a scan of an article in the London Evening Standard (it is not online frustratingly) of an interview with leading fund manager Helena Morrissey and supporter of the 30% club, a group wanting to end meritocracy on British boards - that is, stopping men from being able to compete on an equal basis as women for places on company boards (see here).

There is a telling piece in the article:

"One of our members [of the 30 per cent club] said to us yesterday that they'd just instructed their first vote against a director because the board isn't diverse enough"

This means that a man was not voted against because he lacked the talent, skill, experience and ability to be on the board of whatever the company was - he was voted against solely because he was a man. The first clear example of the sexism against men stalking Britain's boardrooms.

And of course, it was not just him who was sexually discriminated against, it also meant that his (if he has them) wife, girlfriend/partner, daughter, sister and mother were as they would have all benefited from his success in being placed on the board. But this is being done in their name.

This has struck the first blow against mertiocracy in Britain's boardroom - it is proof that the effect of the 30% rule and those who advocate it is not really about equality it is about the end of meritocracy,  for special treatment for women and for sexism against men.

Helena Morriseey is proud of the fact that she has nine children and so she should be, but what would be her view if one of her sons was blocked from being on a board simply because he was her son and not her daughter.

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EQUALITY IN THE UK 2012 - A SPECIAL ADVISER FOR WOMEN BUT NO SPECIAL ADVISER FOR MEN

Earlier this month Laura Trott was announced as being David Cameron's special adviser on women  - to make him more women-friendly and see all policies through the prism of a woman. It is no surprise that Ms Trott is part of the Hampstead metropolitan elite.

Considering that the Conservative Party and its coalition party already have a Minister for Women (Theresa May), a slavishly anti-male Equalities Minister (Lynne Featherstone), a Government Equalities Department  who do not believe men exist ("We lead on issues relating to women, sexual orientation and transgender equality matters; we have responsibility across government for equality strategy and legislation") and an Equalities and Human Rights Department who remain philosophically wedded to everything pro-women and anti-male, you do wonder what more does he need.

And to be honest, having such an appointment continues the anti-male special treatment for women schtick running through the present government (Blue Feminism!) - all run by metropolitan elite upper middle class women who only want more special treatment to give them and their daughters even more of a leg up. It is not aimed at the average women, who not only wants to make a success of her and her daughters life but also wants to see their husband, brothers and sons succeed as well.

What makes it worse is that it is so gratuitously offensive to those women and also to men, because the government not refuses to have a Minister for Men and also to support men and boys on the inequalities they face but that is refuses to actually even want to engage on men's issues.

SPEThe issue pointed clearly out by the letter that was signed by nearly 100 organisations supporting men and boys across a wide spectrum shows how trivial the government sees men and boys. They do nothing on the savage problems in educational attainment for boys, the unemployment rate especially amongst young and older men, the problems associated with depression, suicide, domestic abuse and of course men's health amongst other things. The only area of progress is shared parenting.

If government truly believed in equality, if it really has to have a special adviser on women's issues it would have the same on men's issues. But of course, we know this government does not believe in equality.

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I couldn't bring myself to listen to it but others might  - you have been warned ;@)

TOM MARTIN UPDATE - DEBATE NEXT WEEK

Press release

Tom Martin, the man suing Europe's largest gender studies department, at LSE, for sex discrimination in its taught Masters degrees (court date on March 13^th) , will be discussing the problem of sexist elements within feminism at a public debate, at one of London's other elite universities, UCL, at 7pm on Tuesday 28^th February, 2012. The debate will take place in Room 309 of the Roberts Building, on UCL's campus. If you would like to attend, then you must email [email protected] to book your place in advance.

 Media practitioners interested in doing a news story or documentary, including filming events at the debate, and around the court case with Tom, should also email [email protected] .

 Tom's legal fighting fund has received 129 donations from 10 countries totalling £4300 so far. Tom thanks all those who have donated, and asks everyone else considering it, to donate now, so he can afford further expert legal advise as he prepares further evidence which must be submitted by March 6^th, a week before the all-important court hearing date.

 Please keep spreading the word to your networks in any other way you can, as well as follow on facebook, twitter, and youtube

Update - Remember to donate to Tom's case

 

NEWS UPDATE

A few articles and news from the past couple of weeks:

Guido Fawkes: Some women are more equal than others - those able to pay for a place at this dinner are the very same wanting boardroom quotas and special treatment!

Daily Telegraph: Victory for divorced dads is a victory for children (Cristina Odone)

The Guardian: Question Time, QI and Mock the Week criticised (John Plunkett) - The BBC, part of the men-hating metropolitan elite, decide that because there are not enough female faces on certain comedy programmes it must be down to discrimination. No mention as to whether there is not enough good women to appear. It is no different to the calls for gender quotas.

BBC: Domestic violence charity wins grant to help men

The Independent: Female teachers accused of discrimation against boys (Richard Garner)

Men's Network: Government commits to tackle male inequality

Men's Network: February round-up

False Rape Society: Blackburn Rovers player to sue false accuser

Update - I missed one (thanks to John Kimble for pointing it out)

The Guardian: We need gender studies to battle inequality across the board (Triona Kennedy) As John says, the comments are worth reading. Our friend Triona has form she believes the education system is failing girls!!!!!!!!

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FEMINISM: THE UGLY TRUTH (Extract) by MIKE BUCHANAN

Mike Buchanan's new book Feminism:The Ugly Truth has just been published and is available to buy via Amazon. It is only available via a Kindle or a downloadable Kindle reader. Not yet on paperback but that is coming soon.

He has kindly provided a sample:

Download FEMINISM - THE UGLY TRUTH sample

As ever, highly recommended and vital that writers like Mike are supported.

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MORE PEOPLE START TO QUESTION THE ANTI-MALE RHETORIC AND SPECIAL PLEADING

Last week David Cameron went to Sweden to learn more (and here and here) about to discriminate against men and end meritocracy in British business by ensuring there were quotas in British boardrooms – a subject raised many times on the site.

 As ever, we were in the land of fantasy where he asserted that "case is overwhelming that companies and countries run better if you have men and women working together at the top".

 This is classic Orwellian doublespeak -  tell a lie enough times and it becomes the truth. There is no proof that more women in the boardroom leads to a better performing business. If that was the case, shareholders would be making sure there were plenty of women in the boardroom because it means higher dividends. They don't insist on it because they do not care what the gender is of the boardroom they only worry about having the best people there – no matter their gender.

 On a different but albeit more importnat subject, the latest unemployment figures were published. By the end of december 2011, there were 1.548m men unemployed, a rate of 9% - 89,000 more than a year ago. There are 1.123m women unemployed, a rate of 7.7% - 91,000 more than a year ago. All we ever hear is how the recession and the cuts are affecting women more than men.

The reason for raising these two issues is the fact that more and more people are starting to challenge the anti-male feminists and special pleaders who want women to have rights than men. Most are actually women.

Take Cameron's stance on boardroom quotas. Helena Morrissey a top banker said "In the UK it would be difficult for women to feel very much as an equal member of a board or as a senior manager if there was a quota.” Janice Atkinson-Small makes the point that no one is interested. The Institute of  Economic Affairs said "Proposals to force companies to increase the number of women on boards are extremely ill-advised. Imposing a mandatory quota would be yet another irritant to UK firms. Burdensome overregulation of this kind is not a driver of economic growth."

Dominic Raab MP was as sound as ever.

On the question of unemployment, the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development came out and said women had not suffered anymore than men in the recession.

Both groups of people have suddenly found their voice and started to ask the questions that only readers of this site and a hardy bunch of other people have done for the past number of years in Britain.

Every time these assertions come up - the mantra has to be "prove it". Only then will we start to get the truth about the special pleading by special interest men-hating groups for more rights of women over men and also get to the truth that it is men who face the most disadvantage in 21st century Britain.

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WHY DOES THE RATE OF MALE SUICIDE CONTINUE TO BE IGNORED?

A few weeks ago, some friends and I were having a drink and there was someone of a similar age drinking at the bar on his own but was clearly listening to conversations in the hope of being able to join in. So we let him join and spoke about football etc, the things men enjoy talking about. I left quite heartened because loneliness can be a real problem for men whether they are in or out of relationship or in and out of work.Seeing someone just staring into their pint is never a good sign.

Late last month, the latest suicide rates were published and they are disturbing reading. The trend continues that men are three times more likely to commit suicide than women. In 2010 4,231 men took their own lives (17.0 per 100,000) compared to and 1,377 women (5.3 per 100,000). It is an issue the site has raised a number of times (1).

As the Men's Health Forum point out, traditionally the highest age group for men has been 15-44 year old group (currently 16.7 per 100,000) but now it is the 45-74 age group (17.7 per 100,000). The groups are very broad so the Office for National Statistics should refine the groups in the future becuase men (and women) go through a number of life stages between 15-44 and 45-74 so by looking at smaller age ranges will help with conclusions and identifying the reasons why this happens.

The issue of male suicide continues to be an area with little attention especially from policy makers in the government and the health service and the equalities sector. The fact that three times as many men commit suicide than women is a clear inequality but the policy response is limited (not discussed in Parliament) and often the issue is completely ignored. You never hear the Equalities and Human Rights Commission raising it and you never hear of a big government or NHS initiative on this subject. Of course, if three times as many women than men were committing suicide it would always be mentioned. We all wait to see whether the government will actually do anything when it announces the results of its consultation later this year on the subject.

While there are great groups like CALM (a new London helpline and campaign last November) but they need more support and also more policy attention to ensure there are services to help and more awareness campaigns to encourage men to come forward.

In terms of why more men commit suicide, much attention is placed on those with underlying mental health problems but that can be a cop out because it deflects attention from those without those problems. With long-term unemployment for older men being higher than for younger men exacerbated by the recession, it is clear that will be one reason in particular. It also gives the lie that women are the biggest losers of the recession.

There is also the changing role of men and the fact they are becoming second best and are the victims of the aggressive anti-male feminism that rules the UK. The fact that younger men are finding it tough to get on the employment ladder as many traditional male jobs go and the eductaion system continues to blight them.

Silence from policy makers is no longer an option but we all have an individual responsibility to try and ensure we all look after any men we know who we feel are lonely and depressed.

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OXFAM STILL SPREADING UNTRUTHS ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

After being offended by an Oxfam poster on a train telling everyone it was to support International Women's Day (offended because it would never support International Men's Day plus it is spending hard raised donations on this type of advertising), I thought it was worth having a look at what they say especially as this is a charity that is supposed to be "a global movement of people working with others to overcome poverty and suffering."

Firstly, it makes it clear that "Oxfam puts women's rights at the heart of everything we do." Obviously, the sons, brothers husbands and fathers of women do not matter. Plus what does this have to do with its aim to overcome poverty and suffering. Oxfam have form.

And then looking at a fact they are still perpetuating a complete myth and falsehood:

"In many countries, women are suffering horrendous domestic violence - the single biggest cause of injury and death to women worldwide."

This has been proved to be a myth as cancer is by far the worst caused of death for women.

It also brings into question all the other figures they use and where they actually get the figures from. What are the sources especially where they state that two thirds of children being denied schooling are women. Where is the research for this and is it down to religion rather than poverty?

Oxfam has been warped by Marxist radical feminists from being an organisation helping poverty worldwide to one who dislike men.

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