The Rights Of Man

JUDGE BELIEVES IT IS OK FOR A WIFE TO LACE HER HUSBAND'S CAKE WITH RAT POISON

In a startling message, Judge Jamie Tabor QC in the case of Yvonne Godwin, did not send her to prison after she laced her husband's cake with rat poison.

Both characters in the story seem rather unsavoury but the point is that there is now way on earth a man who had done the same to his wife would have escaped prison. If he had, can you imagine the hue and cry from Women's Aid and Refuge and the rest of the anti-male world. But because it is a man, there is nothing. This shows the inherent bias against men in the court system.

This is decision is a sick joke for all those men who suffer domestic abuse.

Coverage is here (link and link and link).

GOVERNMENT ISSUE BOYS BOOK LIST

The Government have obviously started to look at the feminisation of education that has cost at least two generations of boys dear.

In June, they issued a list of books to encourage boys at primary school level to read. School governors better make sure they are available.

The list is here (link and link) with commentary from The Daily Telegraph here (link and link).

BOYS SHUN UNIVERSITY - IGNORED BY GOVERNMENT?

A number of years ago, a member of the Commission of Equalities and Human Rights lauded the fact that more girls were going to university than boys (180,000 boys to 210,000 girls). She thought this was wonderful and when questioned what help she was going to give boys who were now underperforming. She went silent.

An analysis published by the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) has produced a report (link) showing that the proportion of men studying for a degree fell to 35% whilst for women the figure is 47%. The report also states that ethnicity is an issue with white and afro-Caribbean boys being well behind. The report was covered in The Daily Telegraph (link) accompanied by a debate (link).

So what is the Commission and the Government going to do now? When Harman and others ramble on about how unfair the world is for women and that is why they need to discriminate against men, these sorts figures show what anti-male hypocrites they are.

NHS ORDERED TO END CARE BIAS AGAINST MEN

It is not often you can say this but the Commission of Equalities and Human Rights (CEHR) got off their backsides and actually were pro-active in making the case for support for men.

In May, they wrote to all strategic health authorities ordering them to end anti-male discrimination in healthcare. Coverage of the letter is here (link).

Evidence on this issue was given by Peter Baker of the Men's Health Forum to the Health Select Committee in June (link) - para 621 onwards.  He made the rightful point that GP surgeries are not open when men need them - evenings and weekends.

Let's see if things change but don't hold your breath.

ISSUES UPDATE

Many readers have commented that there was a break for about two months in May and June. This was due to family circumstances.

As a number of issues were missed during this period, the next week will see a review each day of some of the issues that were missed. One reader even commented that Harman had got me (sadly not!).

Thank you for your patience

Skimmington

RAVE REVIEWS FOR REVELATION

The play 'Revelation' has received rave reviews in the media and has put on some new dates.

It also produced a rash of new commentary on the plight of male victims.

See coverage etc here (link) - click on 'About Revelation' and then Media.

THE TIMES : ANOTHER VOICE IN THE CAMPAIGN FOR FAMILY JUSTICE

In one of the most important media campaigns for many a year, The Times' newspaper campaign for family justice in the courts is one that deserves to win complete praise.

The articles cover the tragedy of how the court works and where the interests of families and children come second to the unaccountable storm troopers from CAFCASS and Social Services.

The Times' specially created site can be found here (link).

There has been much debate about the 42 day detention proposals for terrorist suspects. Well under the family court system, some children and father (big losers when it comes to family courts) and mothers suffer a lifelong sentence, without charge.

We cannot have unelected, unaccountable and unethical people running our family court system any longer. The same type of people who work for councils who snoop on people up and down the country. In a country that claims to be a democracy this has to change.

FEMALE SEXUAL HARASSMENT FIGURES FOIL ANOTHER FEMINIST MYTH

Well, well well, Law firm Peninusla (link) produced a survey about sexual harassment at work by women on men.

According to their figures, four out of five men have suffered sexual harassment at work and 85% of employers admit they take claims of sexual harrassment made by a men less seriously than if made by a women. Links to the story are here (Telegraph, Daily Mail).

David Price of Peninsula said "The majority of men don't feel gender discrimination applies to them, and tend to just accept it. Male employees should not feel they can't report incidents to their employer."

David also debated this issue across the media (go to press section of their web-site).

It now seems month by month, the one sided myths of the feminist fundamentalists are being shattered. The one-sided debate over education, domestic abuse, cancer, the gender pay gap and now this are being challenged.

Those fundamentalists who only run campaigns about men harassing women at work are anti-men, that is what drives them, they can no longer ignore the facts.

If anyone sees campaigns in their workplace that are only aimed at men harassing women, they should challenge those (normally female dominated HR departments) who put them up.

Happy for anyone who sees such campaigns to contact this site.

 

 

 

TWO NEW PROSTATE CANCER PETITIONS - PLEASE SIGN (Article by James Steele)

10,000 men continue to die from prostate cancer every year in the UK and despite the recent report by researchers at Bristol University (link 1, link 2) that the striking decline in deaths in the USA compared with the UK from 1994 to 2004 coincided with a much higher uptake of screening using the PSA test in the USA, the government still refuses to consider the use of the PSA test for screening or even to publicise the availability of the PSA test.

 

The Government's rationale is the potential harmful effects of screening for those men who show a raised PSA level for prostate cancer which include post biopsy bleeding, infection, impotence, and incontinence. These are potential side affects of a biopsy, not of screening using the PSA test or the physical DRE examination.

 

It can not be right to continue with the Status Quo whereby men with unknowingly raised PSA levels or knowledge of the PSA test will have to wait for symptoms to appear when the tumour has grown and treatment options or cure reduced.

 

 

I would like to point out the existence of two on-going petitions on the Government's on-line e-petition site.

 

 

(1) PETITION 1  

 

The first has been instigated by the Association of International Cancer Research (AICR) which is has a link from their web site (link)

 

Petition 1 (link)

 

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to change NHS policy to make the PSA test available on demand for all men over 50 and help save more than 10,000 men who die of prostate cancer each year. One of the things American men have that our British men don't, is routine access to the PSA test, a blood test administered by GPs that can diagnose prostate cancer.

 

 Although the test has some important drawbacks, evidence from around the world shows that the wider use of the PSA test is associated with higher prostate cancer survival rates.

In the UK, men who are concerned about their prostate have no automatic right to a PSA test. The five year survival rate of prostate cancer in the USA is 98.5, compared with just 70% here.

 

(2) PETITION 2

 

Petition 2 (link)

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to ensure that ALL men in the UK undergo a simple PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen) blood test to screen for the early signs of prostate cancer, at the age of 45, recurring once every 3-5 years.

 

Prostate Cancer is on the increase in the UK and currently men do not have a standard test for this disease, unlike women who get a smear test and a Mammogram to check for both breast and cervical cancer.

The test for prostate cancer is initially simple, involving a blood test to check for a man's PSA levels. Through regular testing from the age of 45 onwards, hopefully more cases can be caught early before they spread and become inoperable.

 

REVELATION - PLAY ON A MALE DOMESTIC ABUSE VICTIM

"Revelation" - A major new production will be showing in Cardiff between 8th and 10th July.

It is about a male domestic abuse victim and is by a leading playwirght and established actors.

Check out their web-site (link) for further details and when the production moves on elsewhere, this site will keep you posted.