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Isn’t this just typical NZ reporting ….

Fri 6th February 2015:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/65874779/teen-bashes-lone-girl-at-west-auckland-train-station Nowhere in this “report” does it say the attacker was a girl. Oh, it says that the victim was a girl, but the gender of the attacker is conveniently omitted throughout. Sexist ? You betcha !

Update – Family court Revamp part 3

Thu 5th February 2015:

Since April 2014 I have been in the system of the New Family court system. my previous posts – http://menz.org.nz/2014/family-court-revamp-part-2 So my last update was up till about the 9th of December, My ex finally accepted a mediation date for the 13th of January 2015. Since one of the primary reasons for restarting the proceedings […]

UNCROC report by MOJ

Tue 3rd February 2015:

Hey all, I havent seen this mentioned here so am wondering who is following this, attending the HRC workshops and who will be making a “submission” on the MOJ’s report that it will submit to the UN. I began reading it last night, up to about page 30 and have already picked up 30 points […]

Why is Circumcision Not Treated as Sexual Abuse?

Sat 31st January 2015:

Circumcision is another example of duplicity in the way many people think about gender issues, and an incredible example of sexism that harms males. Here we see boys having their genitals mutilated through religious and allegedly cultural practice, in ways that cause serious infections placing at risk these boys’ lives, fertility and ability to enjoy […]

What do you call organizations you are terrified of?

Thu 22nd January 2015:

What is the difference between IRD and ISIS? Both terrorize non-custodial parents. One kills quickly, while the other kills you slowly over time.

First Woman On The Moon

Should we adopt a difference approach for 2015 and throw some humour into the fight against Feminism?

NSW Police acknowledge male victims of intimate partner violence

Tue 20th January 2015:

One In Three Campaign http://www.oneinthree.com.au/news/2015/1/19/nsw-police-acknowledge-male-victims-of-intimate-partner-viol.html NSW Police today took the rare and long-overdue step of acknowledging male victims of intimate partner violence and their children with this post on their Facebook Page which is quickly going viral, with many supportive comments underneath it.

The Island With Bear Grylls – Masculinity in Crisis

Sat 17th January 2015:

Source: Interesting concept for a TV show (and I haven’t seen it) if it does look at changes in masculinity, rather than simply being another survivor series. Has anyone seen it? But this is amusing.

Short News Review

Here are a few recent stories of interest to students of gender issues.

The toothpaste woman escapes with the loot.

Thu 15th January 2015:

I refer back to the first post I made 9 months ago back in may 2014 entitled Toothpaste accomplice. I had omitted in the post the fact that the woman had told me she was six weeks pregnant the week earlier. Months later police called me in to tell me “there is no baby”. So […]

Feminist Psychology

We are all well aware of the more recent involvement of psychologists in demonising men, but wait till you get a load of this. The book ‘Inferiority Feelings’ first published in 1951 and authored by Oliver Brackfeld, translated from French, is online (complete text) in the International library of Psychology The loquacity (talkativeness) which the […]

Gravel Soup

Wed 14th January 2015:

It’s an expression I’d not heard before and I went looking for an explanation on the net and came across this. The concept of gravel soup is a soup from left over’s – a bit of anything and everything – that can be added to if not consumed in one day. A bit of a […]

The discussion on suicide in NZ

Tue 13th January 2015:

It’s been a long time coming but with the recent changes around reporting restrictions the subject has received considerable media attention in recent months. For those that are interested there is a discussion in progress here on Stuff Nation. Naturally the article is female focused but the comments have attracted some male perspective.

Is it failure?

Sun 11th January 2015:

This is NOT a post about suicide. Japan’s fight to change suicide culture hurt by latest recession “The economy plays a big role,” in the nation’s suicide rate, said Mafumi Usui, a psychology professor at Niigata Seiryo University. That compounds the problem in Japan, because “the notion lingers that taking your own life is something […]

‘Rape Culture’

Sat 10th January 2015:

If you want to be reminded of how extreme and irrational mainstream feminism has become, and of how much our taxes are funding the forces of feminism in demonizing men, you might like to listen to this programme played on National Radio on 7th December 2014 and broadcast again this week. It’s called ‘Rape Culture […]

Men and Women in the age of Feminism

Fri 9th January 2015:

Actions by Parents of suicides

Tue 6th January 2015:

I was reading Alan Turing: The Enigma, by Andrew Hodges. I was struck by The Author’s Note, on page 667: One person was not satisfied with this assessment, and sensed that some other kind of recognition was due. This was Mrs. Turing, who in 1956 embarked upon writing a biography of her son – an […]

Boys are to blame

Now this is an article that will rock your socks. He said schools were constantly having to keep on top of new technologies and seek clarification from police when images being shared involved students under the age of 16. Of course you’ll remember a few years back the last labour government wanting to lower the […]

2014 for men in New Zealand

Wed 31st December 2014:

New Zealand is not a country that has a great deal of respect for it’s men – well those it still has. It shows in the country’s demographics with the ratio to women in some areas now as low as 87:100. Men are happy to leave, find more congenial environments, and not come back. Many […]

Why New Zealand schools will continue to fail

Tue 23rd December 2014:

Efforts to get more male teachers failing Schools are failing our children, especially boys. That’s another debate but it’s a simple reality that has existed and has been worsening for more than 20 years, and directly impacts the male teacher issue being raised in this article. The headline can be read two ways; firstly that […]

Shared Care Research

Sat 20th December 2014:

Hi there, Just under 2 weeks ago I seperated with my Wife, we have two school aged children, and I will be moving to an area where I will Pass by the school on the way to work. I have proposed working towards a 4/5 shared care arrangement, where as she is proposing Alternate Weekends […]

What makes nice guys turn nasty

Tue 16th December 2014:

Iraq war vet suspected of killing 6 family members The pair had been involved in a protracted custody battle over the pair’s two daughters, Matthew Schafte, 42, a friend of Bradley Stone’s, told the Los Angeles Times. “She was trying to hold the kids from him, and he just snapped,” guessed Schafte, of Harleysville, who […]

John Key’s Duplicity Regarding Chinese Accused

Tue 9th December 2014:

People with $10m can buy their way into New Zealand. That policy was always going to involve a proportion of crooks. In his recent visit to New Zealand the Chinese President Xi Jinping asked NZ to send back a number of wealthy Chinese immigrants who he claimed had fled China with the proceeds of corruption. […]

The Sexodus – Men giving up on women

This article is a very informative and critical analyses on why today’s males are giving up on women and how the feminist movement has played a major role in this imbalance of society. http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/12/04/The-Sexodus-Part-1-The-Men-Giving-Up-On-Women-And-Checking-Out-Of-Society/

Andrew Little, White Knight, Jousts For Women’s Salaries

Mr Little claimed that he could not think of any reason that female public servants in leadership roles were currently being paid 8% less than men in similar positions. (Or was it 14%? The article threw around several figures.) Little blamed the average salary difference on ‘a lack of leadership’ on the part of the […]

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