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What a balls up!!!

Fri 14th February 2014:

If you have the balls take a look at this UK add…… click here

Scollay’s Murder of her Husband is Excused

Thu 13th February 2014:

This case really hits home how little value is given to male victims of women’s violence, and indeed how little value is placed on men’s lives. It also highlights the sexist double standard in our justice system, in this case allowing a de facto partial defence of provocation in the case of a female murderer […]

Registrars Review…….?

Tue 11th February 2014:

Hi There, I have a review scheduled in mid February and am not sure what this process is for? what can i expect? what do i need to do to prepare? A LFC has been appointed but i dont know who? and as yet i have had no contact from them about what happens next? […]

Karen Woodall on parental alientation

Uk writer and separation specialist has got a good series of articles on parental alientation and ways you can work to reduce it’s impact. http://karenwoodall.wordpress.com/2014/01/29/when-children-reject-you-using-empathy-to-challenge-the-alienation-process/

Bill Roache’s Nightmare is Over! But Is It?

Fri 7th February 2014:

The headline suggests the guy can return to work and live his live as a free man as nothing has happened. The producers, directors, ITV Grenada will allow Bill to carry on playing the part of Ken Barlow working down at the studio as he once did. – Like hell.

Sexualisation of Girls – impacts on boys?

Thu 6th February 2014:

There has been discussion about commercial forces using sexualisation of girls for manipulation to increase sales of low intrinsic value products. Melinda Tankard Reist has given public presentations at Forum on the Family, her book Getting Real: Challenging the Sexualisation of Girls and a Sydney Morning Herald article Sex sells, but we’re selling out our […]

Proactive, Passive, By Chance, or Destructive Government Management of Child Abduction?

I suggest that any Government’s management of social issues can be evaluated on the continuum: Destructive, By Chance, Passive, or Proactive Management. In the UK, the Government partially funds a charity called Unite, which advocates for abducted children and parents left behind by abduction. This funding allows limited research to be carried out into the […]

Anger is not an emotion

BBC Article A study using the reaction of facial muscles indicates that humans have only four emotions that display themselves as happiness, sadness, irritation and fright. The previously accepted 6 emotions theory is being challenged. There is a significant factor here that will agravate feminists. Irritation would be a sliding scale where the same face […]

Is this judge lying through his teeth?

UK Guardian: Courts will not give up on girl abducted by mother, judge warns Judge issues warning two years after Humma Dar disappeared with daughter Aamina Khan after girl’s father was given custody. It is well known in legal circles, but a carefully manipulated secret from the working public, that most child abductors (85%) are […]

Men’s Issues move into mainstream in Canada

Wed 5th February 2014:

Barbara Kay: Ryerson drags men’s issues group through the wringer February 4, 2014 It’s happening again. Yet another Canadian university is making life extremely difficult for a group that brings awareness of men’s issues to institutions of higher learning.

The new law is this

Mon 3rd February 2014:

If you can prove to the courts that you have been excluded from raising your child in any way or form by the custodial parent, then that custodial parent has no rights to funding from the non custodial parent. A little bit about my history. Not only was I excluded from having a parental say […]

Stalker

Sun 2nd February 2014:

Some of you may remember me. I am the dad that wrote about parent alienation, three years ago. Two of my daughters were at the stage of not wanting to see me, so instead of loosing all and being hunted down by the IRD like a pig on the chase, I left for Australia to […]

Increased reporting of sexual abuse of men in New Zealand

Sat 1st February 2014:

Stuff report open for comment The headline may lead to the assumption that the article refers only to men abusing men Clearwater said nearly half of the survivors he worked with had suffered abuse at the hands of women. “It’s a massive problem, we need to get more support for men – we’re the only […]

Have to pay to make an application???

Thu 30th January 2014:

Hi all, I have been out of the Family court system since end of 2010, after finally getting to a defended hearing, getting a decent outcome, just for it to start falling apart 3 months later, followed by total destruction about 8 months later… And after the 3 years in the court getting me to […]

Arohata

Sat 25th January 2014:

Inside Arohata Women’s Prison I saw this on stuff.co.nz as a feature story with a picture up and the first thing that came to mind was what does Arohata mean in Maori. I (and I think many people would) know that aroha translates as love. The women sit in a semi-circle, heads down, quiet. They’re […]

Working With Real Evidence

Wed 22nd January 2014:

How to use a HIDDEN CAMERA to protect yourself

Free Support Group for Dads

Tue 21st January 2014:

In light of recent, related events, Father and Child Trust are pleased to announce that their Fathers’ Mauri Ora Circle meetings start again tomorrow evening in Onehunga. Since 2009, every Wednesday 7-9pm, fathers have been welcome to gather together and share issues. Dads of all ages, stages, races and cultures find solace, support and in […]

Judith Collins Accused of Sexist Hyprocrisy

Sun 19th January 2014:

Media Release from the Mininstry of Men’s Affairs, responding to Judith Collins’ anti-union attacks as evident e.g. in the NZ Herald story “Minister softens over claims of rort in ACC workplace safety training” last week: Minister Collins accused of hypocrisy Judith Collins was today accused of hypocrisy for her position on ACC’s funding of CTU […]

Prostate debate

Sat 18th January 2014:

Brochures encouraging men to talk to their GPs about prostate cancer have been attacked in prominent international medical journals, and New Zealand experts claim they are “taking a gamble with men’s health”. Differing Opinions in the medical world

Murder suicide of Edward Livingstone

Thu 16th January 2014:

In unfolding news from Dunedin More here. The Armed Offenders Squad was deployed and while clearing the address discovered the bodies of a 51-year-old Milton man and of two children, a 9-year-old boy and a 6-year-old girl. The man (possibly the father) is believed to be a Corrections Department employee.

The familycaught$ wasn’t there?

Mon 13th January 2014:

The mediation myth Family Court counselors and mediators try to resolve matters out of court. But at whose expense? Here’s Norm’s story. (Norm is not his real name, but it’s appropriate because his story is fairly normal). I’d like to talk just a little bit about what has been and continues to be the worst […]

The Truth of the Glass Ceiling Revealed

Sun 12th January 2014:

Here is the proof that women have always had their fair share of power. It displays how wise women protect their investment. Nothing wrong with that!!! Stating that women have been denied power in society is quite wrong. The enclosed situation has been happening since the Big Bang. How we obtain power is unique to […]

UK Woman lawyer admits to being Slow Learner?

20th May 2004 DO DADS GET A RAW DEAL ON DIVORCE? By Marilyn Stowe A lawyer changing their mind may seem, to some, as likely as money growing on trees. But I recently came into contact with a group of people who have opened my eyes about a growing problem in society – is the […]

Men abandon New Zealand

Sat 11th January 2014:

Historically, the country has had the opposite problem. Kiwi men of the 1800s and early 1900s often struggled to find a partner. But since the 1980s there have been more women than men and the imbalance is now as bad as it’s ever been. Well there’s a real surprise.

Boy of 9 in mother’s care found Drunk

Wed 8th January 2014:

This story needs a lot more facts to be uncovered to determine the full culpability of the mother but I am appalled at what I read. The boy’s father is NOT impressed and I note that all of the children are in the mothers care. Here is the problem with cases like this….. In order […]

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