The Rights Of Man

NEWS UPDATE

A few recent stories and issues, and thank to those who have highlighted them.

BBC - Children with older fathers and grandfathers live longer (MIchelle Roberts)

BBC - Euro 2012 and football violence (Rebecca Cafe): The only example on this issue that has some balance with a male case study.

Daily Mail - Harvey Nichols spark outrage with 'disgusting' advertising campaign showing women wetting themselves (Deborah Arthurs): The adverts also show men wetting themselves but this is not in the headline or commentary.

Forbes (USA) - How some men are upending the domestic violence law to scam an advantage in divorce (Jeff Landers): Outrageous misandry and does Mr Landers think that a woman has never done this?

ManKind Initiative - Letter to NSPCC

Fighting Feminism - My Favourite Blog (Mike Buchanan): Kind words from Mike

Daily Telegraph - Police chief found hanged after sexism row : Never underestimate the power of these allegations

Men's Network - Public services failing men

The Guardian - The Paycheck Fairness Act (Naomi Wolf): Myths and deliberate mistruths about the 'gender pay gap'

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PMS - PUNISH MEN SEVERELY

I saw a girl (circa 21) today with a badge on her hat with the words "PMS - Punish Men Severely".

Looking on the web, there seems lots of these products available. They have obviously replaced the 'men are stupid, throw rocks at them' tshirts/mugs.

I wonder what the militant feminists who laugh at this would think if the genders were reversed and also it is just another way of demeaning men - some of whom who will actually be punished as victims of domestic abuse. It shows the hypocrisy of the militant girl power advocates.

You can buy merchandise on ebay, zazzle and a car sign on Amazon!

Here is a selection.

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MEN'S HEALTH WEEK STARTS TODAY

The Men's Health Forum starts its annual Men's Health Week today and its the tenth anniversary of the campaign. The YOLO (You Only Live Once) campaign is aimed at:

• Men to think about the impact on their health of the decisions they make.
• Policy-makers locally and nationally, in government, local authorities and primary care to do exactly the same thing: to think about the impact on men's health of the decisions they make.
  
  At the moment health services often fail to do that with result that men are far less likely to access them than women.

The Men's Health Forum do a great job in highlighting issues and showing how men's health needs are ignored - but should they be more aggressive and be prepared to take the NHS and GP's to court about the lack of the support, information and access to healthcare for men. 

Go to your GP surgery - there'll be a rack of leaflets for women, teenagers, children, the elderly etc but nothing for men. Where is a big campaign to get GP surgeries to open after or on a Saturday morning therefore making them more accessible for men. The radical feminists are brilliant at running campaigns and getting their own way - the Men's Health Forum perhaps need to be like them and be more aggressive.

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PROWESS 2.0 - PEDDLING MISANDRY

One of the uglier sides of 'girl power' is not female emancipation but the ugly twisted men-hating behaviour which is designed to show how superior women are over men. In employment terms this can also come together in a gang or 'pack' mentality where women form aggressive anti-male groups which more discriminatory as those men they allege are the cause of anything that gets in their way.

You cansee this at work where you have 'women-only' training courses, fast-streams and management courses - all discrimination against men.

Employment is a good example and as this site has regularly reported, women-only start up funds are discriminatory because a man is denied access to this capital solely because of his gender. And of course, if he has a wife/girlfriends, sister or daughter they are then discriminated against too - by their own sisterhood. There is now a Home office funded (through the laughably named 'Equalities Department' ) Women's Business Council.

In this vein I came across this form of misandry and anti-male 'pack' mentaility in its purest form.

Prowess 2.0 (Women in Business)  - the UK online centre for women in business. "It’s where you’ll find top-quality information and online resources for women who’re starting or growing businesses, plus links to women's business networks and  local business support."

 First example is a story by Erica Watson about the ten top tips for female entrepreneurs. The story starts with this anti-male, pro-women misandry, which has no factual basis at all:

"Women in business are more likely to succeed in getting grants than men are.  Lots of us have been brought up to be more careful about preparation.  Just think about school kids and homework: the girls tend to make the greater effort.  The good girl grounding is paying-off in more grants for women in business,  but even so, it is tougher than ever to get a business grant of any type."

Erica Watson pops up again with a piece on Feminomics -with her"short sharp Prezi turns the man-made economic crisis on its head.  How did macho values create the mess and what’s the feminomic alternative?"

That old feminist corker where there is no proof that the crisis is down to men - if they say the banking crash was a man made problem then the public sector deficits were a female made creation as it has led to the massive expansion in the public sector which is female dominated. Both are irrelevant and were nothing to do with gender.

When there are 1.5 million men and 1.1 unemployed women though - it is clear that Prowess 2.0 is a site prepared to make anti-male statements with no foundation - all in the name of equality and the sisterhood.

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MEN ARE VICTIMS OF FORCED MARRIAGE TOO - GOVERNMENT AND MEDIA MUST NOT BE ALLOWED TO FORGET

The Home Office through its Forced Marriage Unit reports that there are around 10,000 forced marriages per year - 8,000 women and 2,000 men - 80%/20%. The BBC reported the situation about men a few years back.

Today it was pre-announced that this barbaric practice was to become illegal (previously it was only an issue in the civil courts, bizarrely) with a full announcement to be made tomorrow (Friday).

However, when you look at the reporting, suddenly those 2,000 men disappear. A clear case of discrimination by ommission against men.

The Press Association only mention 8,000 women which is hugely damaging because often local papers and others just copy and paste the Press Association story. Ed Thomas produces a BBC film  that just talks about women even though they previously ran a story about it as highlighted above. ITN do the same.

But is this omission driven by the government forgetting that male victioms exist (even though it is their own figures that state 20% of victims are men - page 26 of this report).The Daily Mail reports the Home Secretary is just stating 8,000 women - has she forgotten the other 2,000?

 Also tomorrow the Home Secretary is "expected to announce a £500,000 fund to help schools and other agencies know how to spot early signs of a forced marriage. A Government advertising campaign will also aim to highlight the right to choose who you marry." Will that just aimed at women and girls? Will these campaigns not mention men and boys?

Well let's wait and see what is said tomorrow but if the government follows the media lead then men who are forced into marriage will remain the second class victims in this issue. Ignored and swept under a carpet solely because of their gender - almost as if forced marriage is OK for men but not women?

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NEWS UPDATE

Sorry, been a long Jubilee weekend (why don't the radical feminists hold up the Queen as a totem of 'girl power'  - is it because she is good at her job and just gets on with it without crying out for special treatment at the expense of men?) so here is a few to go on with. Will be looking at the boardroom issue in the next few days.

 Daily Mail - Men are the grimier sex (Tamara Cohen)

Daily Mail - STD fears as 70% of single women have unprotected sex  (Graham Smith) and the day before it was  sexually transmiotted disease the fault of men. Good spot by Ian about consistency.

Fighting Feminism (Mike Buchanan) - A small but important victory but then it looks like being snatched away.

Economic and Social Research Council - UK children need more male befrienders

Institute for Economic Affairs - The gender diversity delusion (Mike Buchanan) - Mike recommends reading the comments section.

Safer Lancashire - County Councillor David Smith pitifully and wrongly tries to justify why a publicity campaign on domestic abuse does not include men as well as women. 

Daily Mail - Dame Butler Sloss admits women have been chosen to be judges on the basis of their gender (Jack Doyle) - The cat is out of the bag just as it was here - proof that discrimination is now taking place against men in the boardroom and in the legal profession. But then Erica Rackley comes along in The Guardian stating that Butler-Sloss' comments are unhelpful - obviously because it uneermines the case for special treatment. Rackley has a book coming out - obviously will be a  diatribe calling for special treatment for women and therefore discimination against men.

BBC News - Are men really more unfaithful than women (Fiona Woods) Another myth busted

The Guardian - The men who do women's work (Kevin Powell)

As one commenter says about his statements that have no evidence behind them:

And as these males enter female-dominated occupations, sexism and gender privilege follow: men even earn more than women in these once-taboo fields for males."Wow. Any statistics on this one that anyone is aware of?"

The silence of domestic violence - new website about a man's experience of DV and the family courts.

Thank you all to those who sent links over.

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NEWS UPDATE

A list of recent articles and thanks again to those who have emailed them in:

Abused to the Accused website

Daily Mail - Women are happier and less stressed than overworked men (Graham Smith)

Daily Mail - Britain's generations of mummies' boys and daddies' girls (Martin Robinson) - The article says "Not wanting to settle down or marry is the other main cause, especially among men"- you can thank men-hating Cafcass and the biased family courts for that.

Daily Mail - NHS remove 'Dad' from pregnancy handbook (Sophie Borland)

The Independent - The future's not Orange (Robert Dex) - The future should look bleak for this 'celebrated'  women-only award but we all know there will be queues of organisations wanting to pick this up.

BBC Radio 5 - Men's Hour is back on

Spotify - Violence, Terror, Coercion, LOL - Idiots not taking the Coronation Street story seriously and well done to ManKind Initiative for having their phone number on at the end of the programme.

New Statesman - Don't jusge a book by its press: Second Sexism (Ally Fogg) - Ally Fogg is always worth reading and the comments are a 'delight' to read!

New Statesman - Why is male unemployment not an issue? (Alex Hern)

Irish Health - Male circumsicion is an assault: The campaign is growing

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VOLUNTEERS WANTED BUT NOT IF YOU WANT TO VOLUNTEER TO HELP A MEN'S CHARITY

There are a number of ways that men and boys are discriminated against  - ranging from direct discrimination (often dressed up as positive discrimination for women and girls) which is overt or the most covert form of sexism - discrimination by omission. This is where men and boys and/or the issues they face are 'left out'.

This can be on purpose such as where the Equalities and Human Rights Commission purposely forget inequality for men and boys also falls under their remit or where there is another form of institutional discrimination where men and boys are literally forgotten about. This is still discrimination of course and often it is difficult to figure out what form each case of 'discrimination by ommission' is.

Anyhow, here is another example.

When the coalition government was formed - one of their key overarching strategies was the Big Society. There has been much argument as to what that is but essentially it is about civil society and people volunteering.

Now if I was a man or woman wanting to volunteer for a charity that supports men and/or boys such as one of improving literacy, or a dad's group or one helping men with depression or cancer I might go to the national volunteering website which allows you to search for volunteering opportunities near to where you live.

I would therefore go to Do It, run by Youthnet, and describes itself as "the UK's premier website for volunteering and giving time, offering a searchable database of more than a million opportunities to volunteer."  Youthnet has also been awarded a big grant to use social media more. 

So there am I on the Do It website and I go to the subject drop-down menu and yes I can see 'women' but where is the drop down menu for 'men'?

Er, there isn't one.

So while you may look at youth for any boy's charities, and you may look under gay or BME which would feature some male or boys charities, 'men' itself is not included but 'women' is.

It is just another example of thr everyday discrimination that men and boys face. If you want to volunteer to help a men's group unless it is for a group for gay men, BME men or boys (by using 'youth') there is not a menu for you, but if you want to volunteer for a women's group there is a menu for you. That's equality for you in 2012.

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HOW THE GOVERNMENT PURPOSELY IGNORES MEN IN THE NAME OF EQUALITY

If ever you wanted proof that the government does not believe equality applies to men, then please read the progress report from the governement on its prgoress on equality. It never mentions men in an overall sense once. Seriously, not once.

Even in key areas where it could have done - it chooses not to.

Early years, education and social mobility: Not a word on the underperformance (and here) of boys at school and the lack of male primary school teachers. Some welcome support for Afro-Caribbean boys is all there is.

Fair and Flexible Labour: No mention that men are more likely to be unemployed than women. All there is, is a list of barriers and discriminatory measures to stop men from being managers and entrepreneurs on a level playing field with women.

Changing Culture and attitudes: "We have also committed £28 million of funding for specialist VAWG services, a further £10.5 million over next three years for new rape support centres and £900,000 for domestic violence helplines until 2015." Hardly any of this to men (not that anyone wants money taken from women in this situation). Some recognition of gay men of course welcome.

It all proves once again, that the government does not believe equality applies to men.

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WHO SHOULD BE THE NEXT CHAIR OF THE EQUALITIES AND HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION?

Thanks to 'Groan' for sending this through as the Cabinet Office is advertising for the above position.

Obviously, there is a big hint as to what the gender of the person will be - "Accountable to the Home Secretary and Minister for Women and Equalities."

This selection process will be worthy of Freedom of Information requests to get to the bottom of how they will eliminate men from the shortlist let alone from getting it.

But putting that aside, who do you think should apply?

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