Wake up

I was going through my "Recent Came From" list to see where I had been getting my hits from, and one URL stood out - it was a blogsearch on "misandry" and I found this blog when I went to the search results page.

SAMSARA H.Q.: MISANDRY, ISN'T IT JUST SO MUCH FUN?

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But then, like a pubic hair on the side of your coffee cup, comes a patronising article on DIY.
What's wrong with that I hear you ask? What's wrong with it was that it was how crap men are at DIY and how they should leave it to their mothers-in law. Ha ha ha ha. MEN-ARE-CRAP^TM. Isn't that so funny? Don't you just love those ads on telly where the man (read football shirt wearing loser with pitiful expression and strangely perfect skin) gets something wrong. Like trying to make dinner, or get the kids ready for bed, or come up with a good reason for increaseed troop numbers in Iraq. But he can't do it, Because MEN-ARE-CRAP^TM.
He then gets patronised rescued by his wife/mother/random-passer-by-woman. Who saves the day with whatever product the sexist lazy ad agency is trying to sell. We then all have a good laugh and go back to watching Emmerdale and wallowing in the nauseating stench of our own self pity as if nothing had ever happened.
If this was the other way around (see 1950's) there would be uproar (oh hang on a second, there was!). But Misandry for advertising is just fine, because apparently MEN-ARE-CRAP^TM sells product.

Looks like another man has woken up to the culture of man-hatred that is completely in-your-face right now. Of course, for every man who opens his eyes to the misandry, there are plenty who willingly avert their eyes or keep them closed out of a misplaced sense of chivalry and 'being a man.' After all, many men (and tons of women) make it a point to imply you aren't a man if you complain.

Being a man = marching mindlessly to his certain death.

Here's a quote from Warren Farrell in the Why Men Are the Way They Are preface:

I didn't realize it wasn't just sexual desires that make a man vulnerable in a world that treats sex as dirty. Little makes a man more vulnerable than "whining" (when whining means blaming a woman) in a world that says he is powerful and she is vulnerable. True vulnerability involves acknowledging the whining side, the helpless side, the blaming side. There is no sex appeal in this side of men. Which is why it requires such true vulnerability.

Technorati Tags: misandry, men's rights

Wackjobs say the damndest things!

Looks like the wackjobs at FSTDT haven't been able to stay away from my blog. Sure there were a few fucksticks who came to troll, but I've been getting a steady stream of hits from their page and it looks like a lot of the visitors are repeat customers and come to stay for a while. The truth is light, in a world of darkness made darker by feminist lies.

Anyway, there's still some activity going on in the original FSTDT post, check it out here.

Why Men Are The Way They Are

I just got this book from the library after a two-month wait. I'll be reading it avidly, I've gone through the preface and I like what I see so far. If anyone wants to read books about the men's movement, be sure to look at your local library if you don't want to buy. Membership is most likely free, and a lot of libraries seem to have these books - at least Warren Farrell's most famous ones.

I think Dr. Farrell is a really great writer for the MRA movement. He is tempered, even and I think his style of writing appeals to women a lot, so his writing is good for recommending to others who are interested in listening to our message.

While there is a place for more anger-fuelled and vitriolic writing, the more toned down version is great for reaching a wider audience. Unfortunately, misandry sells a lot more than reasoned debate, which is why pretty much any book relating to gender or relationships written by a feminazi (which included Warren Farrell before he "turned") is so full of man-hating and man-blaming, and leads to a lot of man-blaming and man-shaming. Says something about women doesn't it, when pretty much any trinket, card or book that sells itself on the basis of hating an entire sex pretty much has a guaranteed audience... its sickening, just how much misandry is instilled in people - both men and women.

I've also been meaning to read the two books by Christina Hoff Sommers and one by Judith Levine that I have, hopefully I will get around to those soon.


Technorati Tags: men's rights, warren farrell, books

California to make spanking illegal

Should Spanking Be Banned?

Should Spanking Be Banned?
By Carolyn Sayre

Need a lesson in parenting? If you live in California, you may have to take one from the government whether you like it or not. Next week, Assemblywoman Sally Lieber will introduce a bill banning the practice of spanking children younger than four. If passed, the state will become the first to make the corporeal punishment of infants and toddlers a misdemeanor — punishable by up to a year in jail and a $1,000 fine — along with more than a dozen countries, mostly in Europe, that have laws against the practice. "Young children can't run or speak for themselves. They are sitting ducks for abuse," Lieber said. "And it is just not true that the current law protects children well."

She's not the first American to argue that legislation is the answer. The town of Brookline, Mass., successfully passed a resolution against spanking in 2005, although similar statewide efforts have failed. Last year in Massachusetts and 15 years ago in Wisconsin proposed anti-spanking bills did not get much support in the legislature; critics feared that it would be impossible to enforce a ban against such a common practice. According to the American Demographics' 2004 data, nearly half of parent-age Americans think it is an appropriate mode of discipline for children 12 and younger. Even more surprising, only 27 states have actually banned corporal punishment from their public school systems.

For critics of the ban, the current law — which states that parents, guardians and relatives can use any form of physical discipline that is necessary as long as it is not unjustifiable — is enough. But for Lieber, who hears criticism daily from prosecutors, judges and pediatricians that children are being beaten and their parents are getting off on a technicality, the law doesn't even come close to being enough.

"By law you would have a hard time differentiating between a responsible parent who thinks about parenting and then hits and one that does not," Lieber said. "Responsible parents have to give up the privilege to physically discipline their children for the sake of protecting children that aren't being hit once in a blue moon or in a light way, but are really being hit day after day, many times a day."

But new California bill may have a better chance of success. Unlike previous attempts, the age restrictions will make the bill more palatable to many. "We are talking about babies," said Nadine Block, executive director of the Center for Effective Discipline. "People know that babies don't understand right and wrong. Hitting them is ineffective and can lead to injury." Another plus is that Gov. Schwarzenegger has already noted that he is receptive to the bill. Although the Governor recalled being hit by his father, he said that he and his wife, Maria Shriver, did not practice spanking and preferred other methods of discipline, like threatening to take away playtime. "I think any time we try to pass laws that say you've got to protect the kids, it's, in general, always good," Schwarzenegger said in an interview with the San Jose Mercury News. "I just want to find out from her exactly the way she envisions it and to enforce it and what the whole thing is about."

While the assemblywoman has outlined a proposed punishment, she has yet to address how the bill would be enforced. In Europe, most countries consider the ban on spanking an educational law, which means that on the first couple of offenses parents receive a fine and attend mandatory parenting classes on discipline. "I don't know how the European laws would really translate in the U.S.," Block said. "But I do think an educational law is a good way to go." Like child abuse, unless the child reports it or the spanking leaves a mark and is reported by a relative or teacher, it will be very difficult to detect when parents are violating the law.

"A hundred years ago it was considered a novel idea for the law to say you couldn't hit your wife," said Block. "Today, we can't hit slaves, wives or military personnel. Children are the only class that is unprotected."

Discipline your kids and cool your heels for a year in jail - the state exerting its monopoly on violence. I really don't understand why corporal punishment is seen as so bad - hell, a lot of kids need a thwack now and again to keep them in line. A lot of these nutjobs confuse proper child abuse level beatings with the amount of force and violence that is needed to discipline kids with a spank or a slap.

I'm very much against using belts, paddles or other implements, especially in schools, but bare hand slaps should be allowed. It is our jobs as adults to shape our children into functioning members of society, and you can't just sit and reason with a kid like you can with an adult. Children are not mini-adults.

I also like the throwaway reference to wife beating, as if domestic violence was not only allowed, but encouraged in those times. I like the South Park episode dealing with the child abuse hysteria - Cartman and the rest of the kids of South Park call the cops on their parents, leaving the entire town's adult population locked up. Chaos ensued, of course.

This quote is also telling in who is not included... "Today, we can't hit slaves, wives or military personnel. Children are the only class that is unprotected." Open season on men!!


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Birth control not that effective

New Rules for Birth Control Are Examined

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 (AP) — The government is considering raising
standards for birth control drugs, saying new pills appear to be less
effective at preventing pregnancy than those approved decades ago.

The Food and Drug Administration asked a panel of experts on Tuesday
whether it should require new contraceptive drugs to meet a standard of effectiveness before approving them for sale. The panel is to meet
again on Wednesday.

In documents on its Web site, the F.D.A. says newer contraceptives
appear to be less effective — with twice the failure rate at
times — than previous products, most likely because manufacturers
have started using lower doses of hormones that stop ovulation.

“The very first pills were very high dose and carried risks of
blood clots and cardiovascular problems that would be unacceptable to
most women,” Amy Allina, program director of the National
Women’s Health Network, said. “Today, most birth control
pills are very safe for the vast majority of women.”

The original pills approved in the 1960s allowed on average fewer than one pregnancy for every 100 women taking the pill for at least a year, the drug agency said. But in the last decade, the government has approved pills allowing more than two pregnancies for every 100 women.

And here I was thinking that the reason most birth control fails is because the woman has baby rabies and has secretly stopped taking them and is not held accountable, in fact rewarded with attention and money. Oh wait, that is probably part of the reason, its just that no one wants to acknowledge it.

Birth control is a big issue for tons of people. My girlfriend has been on the Patch (Ortho Evra) for a few years now, and just recently her doctor advised her to consider the Pill, because the patch can be fatal in some circumstances. Now, the pill is really shitty primitive birth control in my book - you have to take it at the same time every day, and if you miss a day or just take it at the wrong time, that can reduce its effectiveness by a lot. Plus, with the Patch you know its on and working, not flushed down the drain.

Still more choices than the average man, but I wish something more long-term and less invasive would come out - the Mirena IUD isn't very widely available, and Norplant was banned a long time ago.


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Female skydiver charged with murder after love rival fell 13,000ft to her death

Skydiver charged with murder after love rival fell 13,000ft to her death

A married woman who was having an affair with a fellow skydiver plunged 13,000ft (4,000m) to her death after her love rival and best friend tampered with her parachute, police say.

Els Van Doren, 37, fell to earth in a garden in front of a group of onlookers. Els Clottemans, 22, has been charged with her murder.

Minutes earlier the pair had joined hands in a star formation with two other skydivers including Ms Clottemans’s boyfriend, a Dutchman named only as Marcel, who police say was having an affair with Mrs Van Doren.

While he and Ms Clottemans broke away at 4,000ft when their parachutes inflated, Mrs Van Doren, a mother of two, was unable to open either her main parachute or the reserve and crashed to her death in the town of Opglabbeek, Belgium.

Her final moments were filmed by her own head-mounted camera.

Wally Elters, a witness at the aerodrome from which the fatal flight departed, told Le Soir: “I was working on my plane when I heard someone on the ground screaming and pointing to the sky.

“I looked up and saw a black spot falling quickly to the ground. It was wriggling about and it was pretty obvious it was a person.

“Above it were three people in parachutes coming down slowly. Then it hit the ground. It was an appalling moment.”

Police say that video footage taken by Mrs Van Doren as she tried to open her parachute provided evidence that led them to suspect that a fellow club member had sabotaged the equipment. A spokesman said: “A close inspection of the parachutes leads us to believe they had been meddled with.”

An employee at the airfield in Zwarteberg added: “It is very rare for one parachute not to open, but for two to fail is virtually unheard of.”

At Mrs Van Doren’s funeral, about 1,000 people heard her sister deliver a bitter eulogy. “You did all you could during that final jump to save yourself,” she was quoted as saying in the Belgian press. “But someone did not want you to live.”

Ms Clottemans was arrested and charged after a two-month investigation. She denies the allegations but is being held in custody before a court appearance later this month.

Police became increasingly suspicious of Miss Clottemans after discovering the affair between Mrs Van Doren and Marcel. All three had skydived togther for several years.

Ms Clottemans, a secretary, is understood to have attempted suicide hours before being brought in for questioning by detectives for a second time last month. She is said to be suffering from a personality disorder and is receiving treatment.

Police have also disclosed that Ms Clottemans had previously been arrested for attempting to run over an American boyfriend. He escaped injury and she was released without charge.

According to the Belgian media, Marcel tried to arrange his liaisons so that neither woman found out about the other. His affair with Ms Clottemans began a year ago and he would spend Friday evening through to Saturday morning with her.

In the afternoon, he would meet Mrs Van Doren after she had spent the morning working in her husband’s jewellery shop. Their relationship had begun some years earlier and the two would spend the night in nearby Eindhoven, before returning to the skydiving club the next day.

Despite Marcel’s precautions, Ms Clottemans appears to have found out about her rival, although Mrs Van Doren was unaware that he was also involved with her close friend.

A statement from the public prosecutor said: "A thorough investigation of the available evidence and analysis of the motive provide sufficient reason for arresting the suspect." The investigating magistrate charged her with murder, issued an arrest warrant and had her locked up in Hasselt prison.

"In order not to jeopardise the smooth running of the investigation, no further information will be supplied. As has already been suggested in the media, the motive for the crime is most probably in the passionate area. The accused denies the charges."

One thing strikes me - they waited two months to arrest this woman. And even now, it seems they are treating her with kid gloves. Of course, since this is a crime with a female victim, expect some sort of justice to be served eventually. If it was a male victim, she would have been awarded a medal or something.

Anyone remember the story a couple of months ago about the male professional skydiver who gave up his life to protect that of his female student when, for some reason, both their parachutes didn't open? This happened in Australia I believe.

You must be deluded

I've been noticing a new trend lately in the insults hurled at most Men's Rights Activists. Most people who are opposed to men's rights still use the age-old insults - living in mom's basement, virgin, psycho, etc, but there's something I noticed in the FSTDT website comments section. Of course, most of the posters were extremely biased against one of my commenters because of his age, but still. Idiots or not, we still have to deal with them.



The insult I'm talking about is "deluded" - as in "You must be sick and deluded if you think that women falsely accuse men of rape."



"You must be deluded if you think that women are gathering round a table to discuss ways in which we can demean men in the media and scheme to keep dads away from their babies." When women talk about it, its called a patriarchy and they can join NOW about it, and when men talk about it, they are deluded conspiracy theorists.



"What a sick deluded fuck."



The objective here is to make the reader think that the men who disagree with feminism and female supremacy are not only crazy, but living in another dimension. As if misandry is not readily apparent in the media, as if NOW has not stated that its completely against a father's rights to his child, as if leading feminists have not said that its their goal to break up families and kill/disfigure/mutilate men.



The most effective tactic against this insult, as with pretty much any insult, is to "throw facts at them." Show them studies that prove a majority of rape accusations are false, that a majority of child abuse is committed by females, that women are more violent than men in intimate relationships, and that fatherlessness is the leading indicator of whether a child will turn out antisocial or criminal.



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Google Reader RSS Update

I saw an article today which talks about the effect RSS will have when combined with the clout of Internet Explorer, since Vista is the first OS to have IE7 and RSS support built-in. While I think that the writer is overstating the impact RSS will have on computing and the Internet with the launch of Vista, there will be a little effect I'm sure. Most of the computer-savvy people out there are using Firefox anyway. The rest of the article talks about neat stuff you can do with feeds. Here's the link to "Supersize your RSS."

There are also Firefox extensions for RSS, including Wizz RSS which I just installed and am playing around with.

Someone asked me what feeds I subscribe to. Well, I don't have a lot of blogs subscribed just yet, but I am slowly but surely getting a list of blogs and will be adding them to my RSS list as well as my Links sidebar. I took this screenshot right after I saw that first comment.