The Rights Of Man

CAMPAIGN AGAINST BIASED WEBSITE LEGAL AID ADVICE AGAINST HUSBANDS AND FATHERS BY THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE SUCCEEDS

Marilyn Stowe, ITV's This Morning's legal expert, revealed that the Ministry of Justice's legal aid family matters guidance on its website was only aimed at female victims and that only a father's responsibilities could be removed. They have now changed it.

Originally, it said:

• If you are a victim of domestic violence and are divorcing or separating from an abusive partner
    You can get legal aid to help with the divorce or things such as child contact or how to share money or property, but you will need to give your solicitor some evidence that you have been a victim of domestic violence by your partner or husband.

 

• When a child is at risk of abuse from a partner
    You can get legal aid to help with issues such as child contact or removal of a father’s  parental responsibility, but you must be able to give your solicitor some evidence that child abuse has taken place.

Now, it says:

• If you are a victim of domestic violence and are divorcing or separating from an abusive partner
    You can get legal aid to help with the divorce or things such as child contact or how to share money or property, but you will need to give your solicitor some evidence that you have been a victim of domestic violence by your partner.  The word husband has gone.

 

• When a child is at risk of abuse from a partner
    You can get legal aid to help with issues such as child contact or removal of a father’s or mother's parental responsibility, but you must be able to give your solicitor some evidence that child abuse has taken place. The word mother's has been inserted.

 I am not sure who complained or whether some civil servant saw the error of their misandric ways but at least it has been changed.

The problem of course is that it should not have been there in the first place and was probably there for months until a Dicky Souray (a twitter correspondent of Marilyn's saw it). Many male victims with children may not have felt the rules applied to them - being misled by government.

It shows that misandry and bias is deep seated and a cultural norm within the Ministry of Justice, and the person responsible is probably disappointed they been found out. It should not take complaints to get this changed, it should be fair and equal from the start.

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MEN'S HOUR - THE HEARTBREAK OF FATHERS UNABLE TO SEE THEIR CHILDREN

When I put the blogroll list on the left, some questioned why Men's Hour was on there. Well Sunday night's show highlights why.

About one third of the way through we heard first hand experiences from two fathers about the bias in the system that prevents fathers from seeing their children due to the ruthlessness and men hatred of their female ex-partners.

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PS The latest Men's Matters in now available

PS PS - In case anyone has not seen Aimee Nicholl's video

NOW FATHERS4JUSTICE ARE CENSORED AND DEFAMED BY O2 AND SYMANTEC

Well it took a while, but I can now reveal for the first time that O2 and Symantec are blocking an official UK Fathers4Justice website. Previously, Symantec/O2 have only smeared the Fathers4Justice Quebec branch as "hate" and have allowed members in other countries campaign freely to have a relationship with their own children.

While the main Fathers4Justice domain isn't blocked at present, a newer campaign site, Contactdeniers.com is categorised as "hate" and thus cannot be accessed by up to 100 million people worldwide. The site in question "is for the naming and shaming of contact deniers - parents, solicitors, judges, Cafcass officers, MP’s and any other parties involved in contact denial and the forcible separation of children from their fathers." It's relatively new so far from complete, perhaps readers of this blog can help out by adding an entry or two?

Fathers4Justice certainly aren't above criticism, they do occasionally engage in very minor acts of law breaking and these type of sites may also run into legal troubles if false information is added. However, none of this is the business of any ISP and it most certainly doesn't constitute hate. The tactics of Father4Justice are very tame compared to countless other activist groups campaigning on different issues, and it's telling that even an openly violent and transphobic radical feminist environmental group such as Deep Green Resistance gets classed as "politics" and is therefore freely accessible to all.

There are wider issues to consider here too, Father4Justice use the motto of "The Campaign against the Fatherless Society", and their Name and Shame campaign has the motto that "contact denial is child abuse". If O2 and Symantec block such sites, then are they in favour of the move towards a fatherless society? If they seek to protect contact deniers and even believe exposing such conduct to be "hate" then presumably they support these violations of the human rights of men and children? Rather than blocking these men's human rights organisations, it is surely the duty of ISPs to enable young adults to learn about and access websites of organisations who stand up for their rights. One of the more vocal and successful Fathers4Justice campaigners of late is under 18 herself!

In a way I actually welcome this move by these companies. Poking one of the bigger beasts of the men's rights movements with a stick in this way really can't be expected to end well for O2/Symantec. As in all other cases I'll be emailing F4J to let them know all about this and I don't expect they'll be best pleased and if anyone who has contacts at Father4Justice could do the same then it would really be appreciated Perhaps some O2 and Symantec executives will be even find themselves added to the name and shame list…

by John Kimble

HYSTERICAL ANTI-FATHER'S DAY RANTS SHOW MISANDRY IS REAL

Father's Day is not just a celebration of fathers at an individual level it is also a time to reflect about the place fathers have in British society - hence why the attention on fathers was so welcome this past week.

It can also be used by others to attack fathers to collect politically correct Brownie points with the Fawcett Society and metropolitan elite a la Cameron or by those who don't think fathers matter a la Hornby but also it can be used to desperately attack men and fathers in the the hope that someone notices the writer.

With modern-day feminism under reasoned attack for its mutation into misandry, and the fact that so many women have made a living out of it (or want to - they need to put to use their BA in gender studies that daddy has paid for) or are desperately seeking attention themselves (in some classic 'me too' behaviour)  that the type of attacks yesterday are actually useful.

This is because they are so ridiculous in their hatred of men and fathers that it shines a clear spotlight into this mutation into misandry. The comments in the comments sections of these pieces show how both women and men are waking up to it and this is especially important for women who like men and like their fathers.

They can see and read with their own eyes, how these people who purport to be their 'sisters' are using their positions to denigrate men.

Modern-day feminism will be killed off by women who wake up to the misandry rife in Britain today.

 These are the ones I saw over the weekend and judge for yourself

The Guardian - Whatever you do on Father's Day, don't buy into the fear of men deserts (Sarah Ditum)

Daily Mail - Men are as useless as Homer (Rachel Johnson)

Huffington Post - Father's day is a waste of time (Louise Pennington)

Posted by Skimmington

PS - Here are some other positive stories about fathers - Justin Rose, Daily Express (Dad's the Word) and Huffington Post 

MEDIA OPENING UP TO THE PLIGHT OF MEN AND THE ATTACKS ON THEM BY ANTI-MALE FEMINISTS

The last month or so has been significant in at least raising a myriad of issues that:

• discriminate against men and boys,
• the hypocrisy of those feminists who claim to be about equality but actually do not want equality if it means equality for men and boys  - they want supremacy and special treatment, plus,
• the mainstream media either covering these issues and/or letting commentators write about them.

On the latter, many people have been banging on the door but all of a sudden they have been let in - almost as though some editors are starting to see it?

As well as those articles and issues mentioned here, below are a few more from the past week:

Daily Mail - Women need to get angry with rape liars (Peter Lloyd) A clear consequence of unequal justice and an issue first covered here.

Daily Mail - Why it sexist to say part-time female doctors are a problem (Melanie Phillips) and the desperate atempt to backtrack

BBC - A million children growing up without a father - and Emlyn Jones on about 7:10. This report marks  a victory for CAFCSS, anti-male feminists, judges et al. So boys do not have fathers and there are no male teachers - so who in government is going to do anything - er...nothing...Minister for Equalities anyone?

BBC Three Counties - Mike Buchanan Discussion

The Independent - TOWIE attacked by domestic abuse charity (Daisy Wright)

News Statesman - Memo to Jo Swinson (Glen Poole)

Good Men Project - Can a man be a feminist? (Glen Poole)

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END OF EQUAL AND BLIND JUSTICE MOVES EVER CLOSER

One of the discriminatory issues that is gathering momentum is the campaign not to want to send women convicted of non-violent offences to prison. The issue flickers intermittently onto the political stage  (and here and here) but now this is becoming a reality.

Part of the impetus is Vickie Pryce's release after spending a mere two months in prison of a eight month sentence. Janet Street Porter's article summed up the attitude.

And the sexism comes in two forms from these so called 'equality' campaigning hypocrites.

Firstly, it is based on the fact that the argument only relates to female non-violent offenders and never to male non-violent offenders. So this is not really about equality, it is about female special treatment with men victims of discrimination by ommission.

Secondly, the articles and arguments relate to mothers and their children. Firstly, it assumes that if a female prisioner has children, the father cannot cope. Secondly, what if a father is on his own with children and is convicted - does he get any special treatment and lastly, it is the cake and eat it syndrome.

Female equality campaigners want women to be treated the same and that men and women should share the same responsibilities as part of the family unit. If that is is the case, those self-same campaigners cannot ask for special treatment for women with children. You cannot argue that men and women are equals in the family unit on one hand and then on the other say they are not when it suits them.

Cathy Newman's article summed up much of this attitude (see follow up of this sad tale but it also affects men too).

The Prison Reform Trust has launched a campaign in Parliament it gives real impetus. This supposedly gender neutral organisations seems to have forgotten that gender should be blind when it comes to justice.

And we all know the success of campaigns in keeping women out of prision have in the real world. As this sickening case shows.

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BREAKTHROUGH WEEK IN THE FIGHT FOR EQUALITY FOR MEN AND BOYS

When we look back in some year’s time when it is fully recognised that equality applies to men too, I think all of us involved in the quest for equality for men will look at this week as being
pivotal.

There are a number for reasons for this – men were talked about, it opened the door, and men are walking through it by taking matters in their own hands.

Labour Party

Firstly, there has been the fact that a mainstream party (Labour) are starting to talk about a men’s narrative, even though it is Labour (the party of Harriett Harman, Vera Baird, Yvette Cooper, Margaret Moran, Angela/Maria Eagle, Caroline Flint and others who actively hate men) who have brought in anti-male legislation (encouragement to Cafcass to be biased against fathers) and practices (Minister for Women but no Minister for Men – 16 years and counting...).

The Conservatives dabble but then skulk away (Dominic Raab and David Willetts) and the Lib Dems and in particular Cable wants to stop meritocracy in the boardroom.

So this week, the fact that both Jon Cruddas MP (Labour: Barking and Dagenham) spoke at the IPPR think tank’s meeting in Manchester about Childhood and Family Issues. A key part of Labour’s policy work is to “Valuing a father's family role as highly as his working role; helping men play a larger part in looking after the home and the upbringing of their children”

“The Conservatives have dominated debate about the family with their stereotype of a  feckless underclass of absent fathers. They've concentrated on demonising a small minority and ignored the majority. Many fathers have two basic priorities; their family, and work to improve the lives of their children. And many feel that the Conservatives have failed them on both counts. No support
for fathers, and no jobs.”

Don’t anyone ever forget what Cameron said about Fathers on Father’s Day.

Then on Thursday, Dianne Abbott MP, a Labour MP who certainly has not been a friend
of men, talks about men and the cause of masculinity. Albeit her speech was terribly flawed and stereotypical (a male identity Fight Club masculinity crisis fuelled by Viagra and Jack
Daniels which was statistically demolished by Ally Fogg)

Some quotes were:

“I believe we need to say loudly and clearly, that there is a powerful role for fathers. The truth is that just as loving fathers are a benefit to children, so loving families are a benefit to men. And that the ‘left’ must reclaim the debate about families.

 “Our men have little movement politics to speak of. Many British men have no authentic
voice.”  

While it was welcome that she spoke about these issues it was through the wrong lens.
In that, it was based on that men are the problem and that the problems they face have not been down to (radical) feminism or the fact the government policy (so often an expression of anti-male feminism) has purposely ignored problems that affect men.

It is no good for Abbott and others to complain about falling educational attainment when this and previous governments have chosen to ignore it – the same on suicide, depression, unemployment, men’s health etc. She identifies the problem but is unwilling to look at what causes them or why there have been deliberate attempts (either overt or covert – discrimination by omission) not to do anything about them. All of the problems she highlighted that affected men, were framed as if they were caused by men – a feminist outlook rather than a neutral outlook. It was still based on the age-old premise that men are the problem.

But at least men are being talked about...

Media Coverage - Guardian, BBC 1, BBC 2

Opening the Door

As ever, it takes someone to open the door to allow an initial chink of light, and then there are people ready to step in.

Leading writers in the men’s equality movement, Glen Poole and Ally Fogg, took that opportunity.
Gen had two articles published (one in the Guardian and another in the News Statesman) and Ally was featured on the free thought website, both talking about the issues raised this week and also Glen talking about the barriers (including the problem there is for feminism) men face. 

In addition to the open challenges made by Glen and Ally, a range of other commentators jumped in to support Glen and Ally’s premise or to argue against Abbot’s stereotypes.

Other commentators include Max Wind-Cowie, Ian Jack, Tony Parsons, Jake Wallis Simons (Abbot gave a “has given a horrendously matronising and ham-fisted speech entitled "Britain's crisis
of masculinity.”), Amol Rajan, The Huffington Post, Heartfield, Belinda Brown, After Nyne and Tony
Parsons again.  

Of course no one was naive enough to think it would be all one way, and the more people start to talk about male inequality, the more likely anti-male feminists (male and female) will fight back – they have careers in male-bashing to hang onto, remmeber. Laurie Penney (who said Glen Poole’s article was based on the tackling the evils of feminism – probably the most laughable and desperate comment ever published in the Guardian), Suzanne Moore and Matt Hill who believes feminism is the answer.

Walking through it

Glen Poole sent an email around this week outlining a number of events where the growing men and boys sector are “doing it for themselves”.

There is no point complaining about the need for equality for men or ending discrimination against them or that people ignore the problems men and boys face nelss people are doing something positive and practical about it. The email is set out at the end.

In addition, Mike Buchanan held his first meeting for his Justice for Men and Boys (and the women who love them) political party in Bedford.

Again, rather than being passive, it is about being active and controlling the agenda and changing society’s views and providing solutions.

Labour have raised the issued, starting the debate – others have taken it forward and given it a wider airing – but more importantly others are providing solutions. A pivotal week - a week to remember

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Notice for people helping men and boys....

This is a short email update to make sure you know about three events for people like you who are committed to improving the lives of men and boys in the UK:

This year’s Third National Conference for Men and Boys is taking place in September over five days covering issues like health, mental health, fatherhood, education, male mentoring, criminal justice, social care, religion, personal development, building the men and boys sector  and much, much
more…..

To find out about the UK’s Third National Conference for Men and Boys in September and book
your early bird tickets click here now

This year’s Men’s Health Week takes place during June and Helping Men will be marking the week by hosting its Helping Men Get Help workshop in Brighton on Wednesday 12th June. This one-day course is designed for people like you who may want to develop their ability to help more men and boys to
access or engage with the services and projects you run

To find out how you can come and take part in the Helping Men Get Help workshop in June and buy a half-price ticket today click here now

Finally a reminder that International Men’s Day takes place on Tuesday 19^th November and is a great platform who you to promote the work you do with men and boys, or to help you connect more men
and boys to your work

The theme of this year’s International Men’s Day is Keeping Men and Boys Safe and you can use the
day to promote any theme you want as long as it’s helping to improve the lives of men and boys in the UK.To find out more about International Men’s Day in November click here now

MOTHERS ARE OVERSEAS CHILD ABDUCTORS IN THREE IN FOUR CASES - WHY IS IT A SECRET?

When Reunite International published its figures earlier this year that showed that 70% of parents who abduct their children and take them abroad are mothers, many of us in with an interest in this were not surprised. You only have to be aware of the problems faced by fathers who call organisations like Reunite or Families Need Fathers to know about this.

The Guardian covered the story with two examples  also this poor chap talks about it on BBC Men's Hour about his abducted daughter (and not the son - radical feminists are rejoicing) who is now living in Tunisia.

Back in December, the BBC published a story that  according to the FCO research, "74% of people thought fathers were most likely to abduct their children but statistics from Reunite International suggest 70% of their cases concern mothers taking the child."

The number of litigation and disputes is also on the increase.

What is staggering though is that firstly the lack of awareness that mothers are the main abductors in three of four cases where the children are taken abroad. Such is the anti-male society we live in and the way that society (pushed by radical feminists) have demonised men that anything negative to do with children and parents is automatically assumed to be down to fathers and men.

This is of course not helped when the litigation results came out this month and there was much discussion about them but no one wanted to make the connection to mothers - it was like some sort of dirty secret. Nothing on Mumsnet?

Why is it a secret? If the statistics showed it was three in four men - it would be front pages news.

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NEWS UPDATE

Sorry everyone for letting things slip the past three weeks- its been hellish at work. Hopefully things are better now. Anyhow, here are some latest news and thanks to those who have supplied them:

Mike Buchanan: Compendium of recent media interviews and his article on Politics.co.uk - Some of the opposition to Mike's comments show the sexism that in endemic against men.

BBC News (Kent): Rochester nightclub's cleavage stunt condemned - Free entry for women to the nightclub again even if somewhat unsavoury

BBC News: Male identity crisis not due to feminism (Diane Abbott MP)

BBC News: Boys suffer poor body image say teachers (Katherine Sellgren)

BBC News: Helen Grant Minister to overhaul community sentencing to make them more female friendly - More inistitutional bias, can you imagine the government looking at more male-friendly sentencing? Fuller interview in Independent and you can see this in action for Vicky Pryce.

A Voice for Men: Spanish Feminist Establishment is shaking

Daily Telegraph: UCAS men are becoming the disadvantaged group (Tim Ross)

Guardian: False allegations are few and far between (Kier Starmer) - Pure mischievous bias from the laughable misandric Directory of Public Prosecutions. Full press release here. 

Daily Mail - Women lose out in pension revolution  - As Groan says "Typical; reporting by the DM. Leads off with 'poor women' headline yet the actual story is rather different as the women concerned will still be able to claim their pension earlier than men in this age cohort. A fact never explained by the DM. Of course they will also, on average, enjoy a longer life."

Huffington Post : Female Tory MP's tell Cameron to appoint more women 

Daily Mail - Butler Sloss apogises to F4J

 For other good sources of news - please add Helping Men and Fighting Feminism to your favourites amongst others.

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PARISH NEWS: FAMILIES NEED FATHERS CALLS FOR SUPPORT

Dear Supporter

Tomorrow, proposed shared parenting legislation will be debated in Parliament. You can help to ensure that this becomes law.

Section 11 of the Children and Families Bill sets out a presumption of shared parenting for consideration by Parliament. It states that family courts are "to presume, unless the contrary is shown, that involvement of that parent in the life of the child concerned will further the child's welfare."

With the Second Reading of the Children and Families Bill scheduled for 25 February, and more detailed work on the Bill to take place in the coming months, it is crucial that we ensure that policy makers remain aware of how important shared parenting is to children of separated parents and their
families.

To do this, we need your help.

There are two ways that you can make sure your voice is heard. The first is to take part in the Public Reading of the Children and Families Bill online; follow this link and leave your comment, and these will be made available to the MPs on the Bill Committee.

The second thing you can do is to make contact with your local MP, and let them know why they should support this Bill. Speak or write to them, briefly explain your experiences, and why you believe a presumption of shared parenting would help to prevent children from having a relationship with a loving parent damaged through no fault of their own in future.  If you're not sure how
to contact your MP, you can do it through www.theyworkforyou.com -  just type in your postcode and it will bring up details for your MP and an option to send them an email.

If contacting your MP, be sure to be courteous, focus only on the issue of shared parenting, and explain that shared parenting is not about parental rights; it is about ensuring children are not the victims of parental separation, and that they can continue to benefit from a loving relationship
with both parents wherever possible.

This legislation is close to becoming law; it will not help those that have gone before, but it could help to ensure that the next generation of children do not lose touch with a parent without justification. 

You can help us to make this happen. Please take a few minutes this weekend to comment on the Bill, or get in touch with your MP!

Best wishes,

Families Need Fathers

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