The Rights Of Man

NEW BOOK - WHY BRITAIN HATES MEN BY SWAYNE O'PIE

A landmark book was released this month by Swayne O'Pie entitled Why Britain Hates Men (Exposing Feminism).

As set out on its website, http://www.exposingfeminism.co.uk/ (where you can buy it as you can through Amazon and Waterstones), the book sets the case:

"Why Britain Hates Men shows how Feminism blames and demonizes men and how it is responsible for the widespread cultural, legal and institutional discrimination facing men and boys today. It is unashamedly controversial. Many will say ‘at last!’ Others will be wary; others still will be very uncomfortable with its honesty and insights. For liberal-progressives it will seriously damage their prejudices. Yet for some there will be a ‘click’ effect - a sudden realization confirming their own experiences and observations regarding the balance of power between men and women (Feminists) in today’s Britain.

"Why Britain Hates Men is unique; it is the only book in Britain today that exposes what Feminism has become - a deceit, a confidence-trick and a fraud."

I have already bought by copy and it's on its way. What is exciting about this book is that looks comprehensive and will cover a lot, if not all, the themes covered on the site especially how men and boys have been relegated to second class status in the UK.

Another point will be the fact that gender studies groups can no longer try and pretend that there are no books about men and discrimination. This should be on the syllabus of every single gender studies class in the UK.

I would urge people to buy this if they can, because this book is a brave and comprehensive move and we all have to support each other.

Posted by Skimmington  

Media note - Here is an example of how rather than discuss and read the content of the book, it is already cast aside by the media. Such is the unwillingness of commentators like Rosamund Irwin to even consider discrimination against men. 

NEW BOOK - VENUS: THE DARK SIDE by ROY SHEPPARD AND MARY CLEARY

Roy Sheppard (former BBC TV and radio presenter) apprd and Mary Cleary (founder of Ireland's excellent Amen Project) have written a book on female predators called Venus: The Dark Side.

In addition, there is a youtube channel and also a dedicated web-site.

The book on how unscrupulous women do it. Helpful to men and fascinating to women, Venus: The Dark Side catalogues for the first time, how unscrupulous women attack innocent men, women (primarily mothers against daughters) and children; physically, financially, psychologically and even sexually. And in so many cases, they know how to get away with it. But how do you recognise their covert behaviour? How can you tell if she is preying on YOU?

Venus: The Dark Side is a practical guide on how to recognise the signs and provides detailed help and advice on what you can do (and NOT do) to extricate yourself from her clutches. Already described as Required reading for all young men today , the book also includes a Due Diligence Checklist to limit the risks of marrying one of these women. This checklist is equally valuable to women. With a UK divorce rate at 57%, anyone planning to marry would be well advised to study it.

 And what about the men who are already married to one of the women described in this book what can they expect when it comes to the divorce? The authors offer detailed protection strategies. 

 

NEW BOOKS ON MEN, DIVORCE AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

On the right hand side of the home page (reading list) and in the books section, the site highlights the latest books dealing with prejudice against men or providing support to them. Three new publications have been added.

Truth and Prejudice by Edith Crawford is a fascinating journey highlightingthe plight of male victims (mainly in the US but with examples across the world including the UK). Required reading for student, researcher or anyone trying to understand why men do not have access to the same services as female victims.

21st Century Boys: How Modern Life Is Driving Them Off The Rails by the UK's Sue Palmer and covered in The Times looks at what support boys needs when growing up and underlines how damaging feminism has been to them.

 

Lastly, there is the Infighter's Guide To Divorce by Richard Marsden (published 2006) is a true tour de force for any man facing the prospect of divorce.

Any review of these books or others, welcome.

PADEL RESIGNATION SHOWS THE POWER OF THE FALSE ALLEGATION

So what does the case of Ruth Padel's resignation as Oxford's first female (why does it matter that she is a women) Professor of Poetry say about the whole issue of male equality and the metropolitan elite's demonisiation of men.

The issue arose last week where Ms Padel resigned because of her involvement in an 'alleged' smear campaign against a rival Derek Walcott. She passed on the 'concerns' of a student about an allegation (to which he was cleared) in 1982 at Harvard to two journalists. 100 Oxford academics had been sent an e-mail (not from Ms Padel) with details of the claim obviously in an attempt to derail his application. It worked as he withdrew.

Three issues, albeit interlinked, arise.

Firstly, what it proves is the power of false accusations made against men as a weapon to attack any man who has been accused, even if the allegation was unfounded. The allegation is 27 years old but still it was used as a weapon against Walcott.

Not knowing whether the law is the same in the USA as here (though it is likely), his name was in the public domain but the person making the accusation was not. If there was real equality in the law on this issue then both the defendant and plaintiff's identity should be kept secret  and then this would not have arisen. As we have seen, aided by the power of the internet (only takes a Google search), once an allegation against a man has been made, the stigma can never be removed for the innocent.

Secondly, it shows that a minority of females are prepared to use it as an advantage and obviously the concerned student who asked Ms Padel to pass it on wanted to use the allegation to help Ms Padel. But also whilst Ms Padel said she was naive in passing on the claims to two journalists, what was her thought process for doing so. Why did she think it was relevant to the campaign. If she did not think it was relevant to the success of her campaign, why pass it on, why not tell the student to do it herself and that she would have nothing to do with it.  

Thirdly, the excuses made by supporters of Ms Padel also do not understand (or care) about the gravity of the effect that false accusations have on men.

In The Guardian:-

Rose Tremain, rightly says: "It is a tragedy. But there is a moral question here – and I think it is unanswerable."

But why does Novelist Jeanette Winterson say "It's a pity she has been backed into a corner. What she has done is so much more ­trivial than her contribution to poetry. This feels malicious and nasty. We ought to be able to look beyond the woman to the poetry. This is a way of reducing women; it wouldn't have happened to a man. But then Oxford is a sexist little dump."

or as poet Jackie Kay said: "This was the first time that we had a woman as Oxford Poetry Professor – and she has had to resign over two emails. The old boys have closed in on her. It would not have happened to a man, and I am very sad."

The key lines are in Bold above. Firstly, it is certainly not to trivial to pass on false accusations and also it would have happened to a man if they passed on these smears. What it shows is that the mindset of those quoted is one where anything that adversely happens to a woman must be because of the fault of man or the male society etc.

This type of double think is seen as acceptable and shows clearly that we do not have an equal society where some people (members of metropolitan elite) truly believe that it is right to have different rules for men and women and those rules must be more favourable to women.

Media Coverage - Daily Telegraph, BBC, Independent, Times including the e-mail

NEW BOOK - THE DECLINE OF MEN by GUY GARCIA

A new US book entitled The Decline of Men - How the American Male Is Tuning Out, Giving Up, and Flipping Off His Future by Guy Garcia (link) was published late last year.

He is described by Wikipedia (link) as an award-winning journalist, novelist, and multimedia entrepreneur, specialising in multi-cultural consumerism and socio-economic trends. The book is described by publisher Harper Collins (link) as  "an eye-opening exploration of contemporary American manhood, The Decline of Men shows how men are struggling to redefine what being a man means in today's world. Their confusion has led to rampant male malaise, which has left many men feeling alienated and disconnected."

The ever excellent Amanda Platell is one of Britain's leading opponents of our anti-male society and in a brilliant article (Daily Mail) she "disagree(s) with Garcia when he says 'men aren't giving up - they're being run over because they're lazy and can't multi-task'". She says that "The feminists view the current state of play in the war of the sexes as a great victory - they feel it proves they were right and that women were smarter than men all along."

Her article gives examples such as if fewer girls were going to university, there would be an outcry, but because fewer boys go to university now, no-one cares. Well, we do have the most anti-male Government in the history of the UK!

Her article follows on a previous first class piece (link) about Kathleen Parker's "Save the Males". Compare Platell to the usual nonsense in The Independent from Sophie Morris (link).

These books are great for raising the issues and effects of the anti-male society we live in but we could do with a British equivalent.

 

NEIL OLIVER'S BOOK ON HEROISM

Neil Oliver, the TV historian produced a book this year called 'Amazing Tales For Making Men Out Of Boys' .

The book recount tales of male heroism and just the sort of stuff to get boys reading. In addition, it is a real antithesis to the feminisation of the world that stops boys from being boys. It is in a similar vein to the best-selling Dangerous Book For Boys.

Neil, in an interview in the Telegraph (link) and review (link), laments the fact that is "rubbish being a British man in 2008".

The more voices from credible people like Neil, helps the cause no end.  

SAVE THE MALES - NEW BOOK ON THE PLIGHT OF MEN IN TODAY'S WORLD

American columnist Kathleen Parker's book "Save The Males" has now been published in the UK (link). It was also the subject of a two-page article in the Daily Mail by columnist Amanda Platell (link).

After decades of subjugation, there is an ever increasing library of books on the plight of men. As ever, a well recommended read.

UPDATE 4th AUGUST - Book with debate featured in The Sunday Times (link)

OFSTED LAUNCH EDUCATION REPORT TO SUPPORT BOYS FROM LOW INCOME BACKGROUND

With the ever increasing and irrefutable need for the education of boys to be improved, the schools inspectorate Ofsted have launched a report on what they feel needs to be done to help boys from low incomes. Years of the feminisiation of education have wrought havoc and failed a whole generation of boys, now work has to be done to stop the next generation of boys suffering.

The report looks at approaches that work such as building confidence, self-esteem and personalising education.

The report can be found here (link).

A great web-site called Boys Into Books (link) lists the sorts of books that boys should be reading and to help them get engaged. A very worthwhile project.