Recently I remembered back to my school years and recalled how much I enjoyed my male teachers and one nun!
Anyway I decided to scan the net to see what people thought of the differences between men and women as teachers and came up over numerous articles that men were resoundingly said to better.
More open minded, funny, witty, engaging, diciplinery where necessary to hold attention and better academic results , all according to students, both male and female.
I have to say I have not seen any basis for a 50/50 partnership, if up to women , with immediacy, on the running of our planet.
In any case how would this be possible, maybe communism could get in vogue and we could start new schools rolling out 50/50 engineers, airline pilots, car mechanics, all manor of trades people.
Or maybe women just want to pick and choose the jobs they wish to partake in, if we all do this then who will do the jobs no one wants to do.
So far any basis for major change seems to be largely sexually and monetarily.
In a land far far away a man steps out of his daily life into international limelight and heroism, as he attempts to rescue 12 boys and their unfortunate coach.
Doctor, Diver, Risk-taker, Survivor.
The story is enlarged, and highlighted as with other big stories on (more…)
Free speech, a prerequisite for democracy, is under attack by the self-proclaimed ‘social justice’ warriors. In this last week we have seen two appalling examples of disrespect for free speech. (more…)
Boys, you look at each one as they come along and question how well they are making the step up to young man.
Given the numbers that would now rely on a mother whose primary concern is how he might treat a future partner rather than how he might survive in the world and the workforce, there has to be 000’s of young males who are open to varying degrees of intimidation.
Jan Logie’s Bill is just the legal trimmings. Behind the scenes the Human Rights Commission has been busy producing a major media platform to launch with it.
The loop includes known Feminists groups such as Shine and Women’s Refuge.
There is also a link into a Government data base at the Ministry of Business.
Unless you’re part of that then you’re out in the cold but you already knew that.
Sitting quietly in the suburbs is a retired 60 something woman who calls herself a gamer. Perhaps a little unusual to see a woman of that age with such a high degree of familiarity with technology and the net, and she is retired, so is it an addiction and does it matter?
For her (and I suppose it could equally be a guy, I don’t know) (more…)
Filed under: General — Ministry of Men's Affairs @ 1:22 pm
It’s unbelievably terrible and totally unacceptable for someone to commit murder, or indeed to ‘take the law into his own hands’ through violent retribution of any kind. Our compassionate thoughts go out to the families, associates and communities of the murdered employees of the Capital Gazette in Maryland, U.S. and to those injured and terrorized by Jarrod Ramos. (more…)
Hopefully the readers of this website are mostly well informed about the problems of prohibition of cannabis versus the advantages of legalization and regulation of this plant. If not I’ll be happy to outline them for you.
What I’d like to focus on in this post is how the current cannabis prohibition laws disproportionately criminalise men for doing something that causes no harm to others.
Does anyone know how many mens DV shelters there are in NZ…say compared to womens DV shelters?
I realise they are grossly under represented but would like to find out exactly what the figures are, and where the information can be sourced.
Additionally would be useful to have an idea of what kind of comparative funding each get.
Any information welcome and would likely be of use when putting forward reasoned arguments, in conjunction with DV stats, to those who may suggest male shelters are not necessary.
A 20 year old man is facing charges in relation to a Labour Youth Camp at Waihi.
As the matter is now before the courts I’ll keep this post brief but it is available for comments.
Copied from Stuff News:
The arrest came after allegations the man sexually assaulted four teenagers, all aged 16, including putting his hands down the pants of at least three of them during the Waihi camp in February.
The Young Labour supporter was ejected the morning after the alleged incidents took place and barred from future events. There was alcohol at the summer camp despite some people in attendance being underage.
Copied from Radio New Zealand
Four teenagers reported being harassed at a Young Labour camp in Waihi in February.
Police said a man has been arrested and and bailed to appear in court on four charges of indecent assault, following an investigation into allegations relating to the summer camp.
The man is due to appear in the Auckland District Court on 5 July.
Copied from the Newsroom:
The young victim said: “It’s been such an unnerving time. To know that four months after the assaults occurred, that some action is finally being taken is fantastic. It feels like there’s some closure. After months of backtracks, lack of support and media coverage, its all coming to a head.
“[…] now the arrest…. and the release of the independent report in the next few weeks is really going to put the assaults and response to the assaults seriously in the spotlight.
“I’m hoping that some good will come out of it and the [man] begins to realise the seriousness of his actions and the awful position it has put not only me in, but the other three victims and the Labour Party too.
“This whole ordeal has detailed perfectly the party’s failings regarding sexual assault as a whole, yet somehow I am confident and remain hopeful that the party will not let something like this happen in the future”
There is a ministry for every thing and everyone in this country.
Even for sheep, cows and manure.
I want to setup a party for men and boys.
Or at least a ministry for men.
How can we achieve that?
Filed under: General — Ministry of Men's Affairs @ 2:03 pm
In what seems to be a recent development to increase the rate of conviction for men accused of sexual crimes, prosecutions are allowed to use innovative forms of ‘propensity evidence’. A couple of recent cases, ‘Auckland builder jailed for rape…’ and ‘West Auckland man jailed for sexual assault…’ have allowed complainants from previous acquittals to tell their unproven allegations again to the current jury, and unsurprisingly this resulted in convictions for currently alleged offending even though the evidence for that particular current offending may have been inadequate. (more…)
We are discussing a subject that touches many in our community – Men and Relationships in 2018 – Te tangata me te whanaungatanga i roto i te 2018.
Key Note Speakers:
Chris Bowden Victoria University; Male Suicide, Risk, Relationships and Responses
Children’s Commissioner Judge Andrew Becroft; Men, their children and the importance of this relationship
Minister of Children The Honourable Tracey Martin; Governments policy approach to the interconnectivity between children and their fathers
Oranga Tamariki/Ministry for Children Deputy Chief Executive Hoani Lambert; Ministry’s approach to the environment that exists between children and their fathers.
Philip Chapman Male Survivors Aotearoa ; How Men Survive Sexual Abuse
We look forward to you joining us at this critical event – Titiro matou atu ki a koutou hono tatou i tenei hui tino.
After you have registered we will be in touch via email to capture dietary requirements and any other additional information.
Foetal Alcohol Syndrome became a recognisable problem and while this remains an issue for pregnant women we may be on the cusp of a much larger problem.
These are issues that I don’t have any great understanding of so I’m writing generally about recently expressed concerns that prompt this post as I can see the need to be concerned.
Meths may be the first drug to significantly impact our education system by complicating learning difficulties and even creating new ones.
I understand that the relationship between meths (more…)
Could we reach a point where the anti-male hysteria drives a society, a whole country, especially a small country like New Zealand into the crisis zone?
How many years ago did we start to raise issues like,
Fatherlessness
The possible effects on children
How many issues saw no acknowledgement because (more…)
New Bill put forward by the Greens (Jan Logie MP), and it’s passing appears to be imminent:
Jan Logie states “The bill would extend leave provisions to include domestic violence leave as when women leave a violent situation it can be very hard for them to juggle court, counselling, housing and the needs of their children without extra leave. “, which isn’t too encouraging. However, on perusal of the draft it does appear to be inclusive of male victims also, as it refers to “his or her employers” when referring to victims.
Draft can be found at https://www.greens.org.nz/policy/fairer-society/domestic-violence-victims-protection-bill
Anyway. Just wondered how on earth can Harvey get a fair trial with all shows and media interviews before a trial even begins.
Rose Weinstein said at the end of the view. “We Win”. That part I agree she has won already. No need for a proper trial. No need to listen to facts or anything else. No need to look at the photos and video of Rose with Harvey after the alleged offences. No need to take into account the understood casting couch swap for fame. No need to take into account Rose McGowan arrest drug possession.
I’m seeing the odd news flash on this but nothing substantial.
It appears to be only in the trial stage but hey, having a spit in a jar has got to be less stressful than the fear of a hand on each shoulder … let’s pray for sucess on this one.
Jokes aside, if you see any developments on this thread, help keep us up to date in the comments.
NZ teacher Peter Joyce’s settled life was disrupted when a woman he had never met accused him of historic rape. With a unique brand of angry humour, his diary plots the stages of his despair and traces his attempts to find justice in the face of the current insistence that we must “believe the victim”.
Dry Ice is a compelling memoir, but much more. The accusation made the writer a reluctant expert on similar cases from all over the world. He throws light on everything that limits public knowledge of false sexual allegations, from dangerous counselling to flawed statistics, and he exposes police investigation methods as blinkered, inefficient and insensitive.
