The Rights Of Man

SAD TALE OF A MALE DOMESTIC ABUSE VICTIM : SOUTHERN ECHO

The Southern Echo ran a piece outlining the sad tale of a male domestic abuse victim. Please follow the link here (link).

BRITISH AIRWAYS ADDED TO THE LIST OF BRITISH COMPANIES WHO VIEW ALL MEN AS POTENTIAL SEX OFFENDERS

The Daily Mail broke the story (link) that "British Airways has been accused of treating all men passengers as potential sex offenders after it was revealed it has banned children from sitting next to male strangers - even if their parents are on the same flight.

The bizarre regulation came to light when a nine-year-old girl was moved from her seat next to a 76-year-old passenger and his wife on a flight from Malaga to London."

If the Terminal 5 debacle was not enough for people to not use BA, this is another reason not to use them.

This form of male sexual discrimination is not new in the all-men-are-potential-paedophiles culture endemic in the UK

• Butlins who have policies of not allowing fathers with their children in their indoor play areas.

• The Science Museum has policies on it sleepover events which bans fathers from looking after groups unless they are with mothers/women*. This is certainly the case with all girl groups (that is, a father is not allowed to be in charge of his daughter and her friends) and for all boy group there has to be a motet/female in attendance as well.

Are there any other companies that operate blatantly anti-male/anti-father polices that treat all men as potential paedophiles. If so, please let the site know.

*- For an all girl group you will need 1 female adult for every 5-6 children
- For an all boy group you will need 1 female or 1 male adult for every 5-6
   children
- For a mixed sex group you will need 2 female adults or 1 female and 1 male
   adult for every 5-9 children

MALE SUICIDE RATES STILL THREE TIMES HIGHER THAN FEMALE SUICIDE RATES

Recently it had been mentioned that when a male member of the now defunct Equal Opportunities Commission had been asked why there was no Minister for Men, he depressingly but unsurprisingly said there was no reason to have one.

The recent figures (published Jan 2008) by the Office of National Statistics (link) and (link) on male suicide rates clearly show one of innumerable reasons why there should be a Minister for Men and why more attention needs to be given to the sad tales behind the figures.

In 2006, there were 5,554 suicides in the UK and three quarters of these were men. 4,196 men committed suicide (17.4 per 100,000) whilst for women the figures were 1,358 (5.3 per 100,000)

In addition, whilst the rates of suicide for men between 15-44 and 75+ have fallen, those for men 45-74 has actually increased. The figures from the Office of National Statistics are below:-

According to CALM, who help and run a helpline for depressed men (link), one hundred thousand years of life are lost each year as a result of British men killing themselves. This of course, does not just affect the men themselves, it also affects their friends and families, of course many of whom are women.

The issue comes back again to the lack of help and support for depressed men from statutory agencies and the general anti-male, pro-women attitude by the state which means that many men are feeling scened class and are actually being treated as second class. There is no real help aimed at depressed men and certainly a Minister for Men would bring this into focus.

One key issue that often drives depression and suicide is when the economy turns and men start to lose their jobs thereby finding it harder to provide for their family or even get onto the job ladder. This also brings into sharp focus all the extra help that women receive in the workplace.

If the economy does turn in the next 18 months, then this may increase the male rates of suicide. The figures on the chart above show that male suicide rates were high in the early 90's, the time of the last recession.

MEN IN FORCED MARRIAGES - GOVERNMENT CAUGHT AGAIN OF PURPOSELY TURNING A BLIND EYE TO MEN

In February, it was announced that the Government were looking at a male-only refuge for men and boys who were being forced into marriage. According to the BBC report (link)"it has emerged that 15% of the people who seek help about being forced into wedlock are men or boys." There are 165 refuges for women forced into marriage, none for men.

Foreign Office minister Meg Munn said: "Generally people expect men to be able to look after themselves, to manage situations, so men subject to domestic violence, men subject to forced marriage are likely to find it much, much more difficult."

Firstly, it shows once again, as in the case of the plight of male domestic violence victims, that the Government knows there is a problem affecting men but CHOOSES to ignore it - to purposely turn a blind eye. It has been caught out again, ignoring men.

The second issue, is that male domestic violence victims (of whatever race) have been systematically ignored for decades - there is only one/two refuges for men. However, as soon as race/multi culturalism is brought into it, the Government jumps on the issue, ignoring the fact that many domestic violence victims are also from an ethnic background and they have been ignored.

They have been caught - once of ignoring men when knowing there is a problem and secondly only reacting on an issue because of multi-culturalism/political correctness.