NEWS UPDATE

A few for the this week

The Guardian/Telegraph - Rise in suicides blamed on recession (Sarah Boseley),  Study links UK recession to 1,000 suicides  (Reuters) and the BMJ paper.

The research found that due to the recession:  Between 2008 and 2010, we found 846 (95% confidence interval 818 to 877) more suicides among men than would have been expected based on historical trends, and 155 (121 to 189) more suicides among women.

We have covered this before and firstly it shows that those anti-male feminists who decry the recession as hitting women worse than men are proven to be liars. Literally 846 men have died because of it.

Secondly, what is the public policy response - there is none. Politicians and public health practitioners continue to sweep it under the carpet because it is not men not women

The Independent  - Separating men and children is discrimination, plane and simple (Ally Fogg)

One comment is the comments section from Anteaus says it all "Reading this gives me a feel for what it must be like to be a black person in the deep south, and being told to get to the back of the bus. Same sick mentality."

Ally continued the debate on his website and is obviously carrying forward the story much covered in the site.

Bromley by Bow - Women for Work Programme co-ordinator wanted: Look forward to applying for the Men for Work Programme job especially as there are more men unemployed at the moment.

Belfast Telegraph - Campaign for ermergency housing for male victims (Anna Maguire)

Daily Mail - Mother of two jailed for false allegation (Daniel Miller): Another man put through hell.

Daily Telegraph - White males classed as minority at university (Julie Henry) and Telegraph comment: The result of 25 years of discrimination against boys in the education system.

Posted by Skimmington

Comments

[Groan]

As you say the story behind the suicide figures and the lack of a concerted effort is a scandal. In some countries (also in recession) the male rate is still falling so something is missing in GB.

The Telegraph story is very pertinent to a whole range of issues.
"Yet while women account for 62 per cent of trainee GPs they make up less than a third of hospital consultants. A reluctance among female doctors to take on more demanding specialties, such as cardiology, has led to fears of shortages in key areas."
This is a growing problem for the NHS both in Hospitals and in the availability of GPs as these are increasingly part time GPs taking advantage of work life balance. It is a fundamental question for our society: If masculinity is associated with skills and attitudes that supports men doing the dirty and dangerous, who will do those jobs? Though only touched on in the article there is a shortage of agricultural vets. A job associated with erratic hours and messy working environments.
So I suspect that the initiative has less to do with equality and more to do with the shortage of Vetenary graduates literlly going into the field.
However a welcome use of flawed legislation and highlighting some real problems earlier in the education of our young people.

[Groan]

Good to see the Belfast campaign. There has been a bit of progress on the Island of Ireland. Amen in the republic was able to link to a male abuse storyline in an Irish soap last year. I think this goes to show the importance of Amen,MAP, Mankind, AMIS in changing perception of this issue.
I think the qotes below show the start has to be promoting helplines for men.

"Just under 400 men called a 24-hour helpline run by Northern Ireland Women’s Aid Federation (WAF) in 2010/11. Men now represent 1% of calls, according to Annie Campbell, WAF’s director."
"At Men’s Advisory Project (MAP) — which caters solely for men experiencing domestic abuse — the number of males referred has varied from 300 to 350 in recent years. There is also a waiting list seeking counselling services."

[Stuart]

The lies continue;

They won't tell you that a significantly higher proportion of those "rape claims" are in fact false! The media is sickening in it's utter contempt for truth.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/9490033/One-in-eight-rape-complaints-written-off-by-police.html

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