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May 2001 Elayne Clift - When women take maternity leave, who picks up the slack? May 25, 2001 - Laws abound mandating maternity leave without penalty for working women. But who does their work while they're gone? Coworkers. And the pop feminists' embrace as a debate tactic of the convervative view of motherhood means little to the people who have to do the extra work. "Her maternity leave clearly started earlier than anticipated and lasted longer than expected, throwing the rest of us off balance. We compensated nicely, everyone cheerfully chipping in to fill the gap. But when a major set of documents had to be produced, tensions ran high in the office, and I could understand why. As a manager, I sympathized with the people I was supervising, who were well on the road to burnout." Christian Science Monitor. Although women commit 51% of child abuse, 68% of child abuse investigations target men: May 28, 2001 - Women commit most child abuse. This has been the case for years. But according to a U.S. Department of Justice study most police investigations of child abuse target men. "While child welfare statistics show women constitute 51 percent of physical abuse among caretakers, they make up only 32 percent of police investigations." Boston Herald. Cosmo Landesman - With these rules, I thee wed: May 27, 2001 - The Rules are a crock, according to Cosmo Landesman: "What rule books never mention is the fact that wives can be just as irritating to live with as men. So if you want to have domestic harmony you have to accept that there are little things that your wife will do that will drive you crazy." Sunday Times. Another woman escapes responsibility: May 26, 2001 - Elizabeth Roach stole more than $250,000, but she will serve no jail time because she needed the money to feed her addiction. Yes, it seems Ms. Roach is a certifiable shopaholic. "A psychiatrist, Dr Robert Galatzer-Levy, told the judge Ms Roach had been sexually abused in childhood and had turned to shopping to overcome her problems. Her habit, fuelled by cash her alcoholic father gave her, was an alternative to love." Irish Times. Singles on the rise: May 23, 2001 - Like 41 percent of other households in Cambridge, Mass., John Coughlin's has only one occupant. "For Coughlin, a divorce who has two grown children, living by himself has lots of advantages. He can stay in all day and watch baseball games on TV. He can go out drinking with friends. There's no one else to answer to." Boston Globe. Angela Fiori - Few nerds are attracted to "used-up" women: May 17, 2001 - Women who party and play and spend their youth on self-centered and irresponsible men and then expect nice men to welcome them are deluded. "(W)omen spend the youth, beauty, slim waistlines, and virginity of their teens and twenties chasing after handsome jerks and then, after decades of getting burned, hit up 'the nerds' for college tuition for two or three of another man's children...In other words, we had a great party, didn't invite you, but we'd like you to pick up the tab." LewRockwell.com.
May 14-20 Restraining Orders reveal pattern of abuse: May 17, 2001 - An examination of the nearly 400 restraining orders issued by the Gardner District Court in 1997 found a pattern of sex discrimination against male plaintiffs and in favor of female plaintiffs, and that women and men were almost equally abusive. "We discovered that despite gender-neutral language of Abuse Prevention Law, application of that law heavily favored female plaintiffs. Male plaintiffs were substantially more likely to have a decision on their case deferred, or to be denied. No male plaintiff was able to secure long-term custody of his children." Massachusetts News. No Escape - Male rape in prison: May 2001 - Male rape in prison is pervasive, yet as a society we have dehumanized men to the point where we don't see it as a human rights issue. Just as the Nazis dehumanized Jews. But the problem is serious to anybody who doesn't hate men, and given the fact the United States sends more people to prison than any other western nation, it's an issue that will touch many of us. In this 378-page report, Human Rights Watch takes a look inside to get the real story. Fair treatment for father: May 13, 2001 - The 2nd District Court of Appeal found Ramon Gonzales was not obligated to pay child support once his parental rights were terminated. "Gonzales' attorney, Patrick Reardon, said it is illogical for a father to have an obligation to support his son but be denied the right to visit him." - LA Times.
May 7-13 Feminism Unclothed: May 2001 - Getting paid for not sharing NOW celebrates anti-DV bill: May 2001 - Under the headline, "Florida Wife Beaters Face Mandatory Jail Time," NOW celebrates the imminent passage of Florida House Bill hb1673er, otherwise known as the Family Protection Act of 2001, which, on the face, is gender neutral. Political rhetoric and sexist stereotyping aside, as women are as prone to domestic violence as men, we have to wonder why they would celebrate this as a victory specifically for women...unless they know something about how this law will be enforced that is not gender neutral. - National Organization for Women. Equal Rights Amendment for men? April 22, 2001 - Women voters dominate, women are exempt from the selective service, more women than men go to college, the pay gap is virtually nil - "When true cohorts are compared -- men and women with equal education, seniority, duties and hours - the pay gap shrinks to a couple of pennies." Women no longer need an ERA. But maybe men do. - St. Petersburg Times. Debbie Schlussel - The ongoing wimpification of American men: May 2001 - Thanks to pop feminism, American guys are turning into a nation of girlie-men. "Men are supposed to be rugged, not beautiful. ... Men are supposed to find beauty in the opposite sex, not themselves. They're supposed to be concerned with being a man - with brains and brawn and work." - WorldNetDaily. Rape of the family - how Dr. Robert Williams, father of American child support policy, exploited the system:, 1999 - Part 1 - Williams' policies are both flawed and "drive an ever-widening wedge between children and the parent obligated to paying financial child support." - Part 2 - Williams' "Income Shares model" does not consider "the reality of additional expenses that occurs in an involved second parent's household, which is necessitated by the simple and obvious fact that the parents no longer live together. Only one household matters." Moreover, "health insurance, child care, and extraordinary medical expenses are typically added on to the obligation after the basic amount is calculated," creating a punitive burden. FatherMag. Men should pay to lose hearth, home and custody of the kids? May 11, 2001 - The "invisible work" mothers do contributes significantly to the economy, yet they are not paid for it. That's the economic view taken by Ann Crittenden, author of the The Price of Motherhood, who says, "Employers need to provide better maternity and paternity leave as well as offer better, more equal pay for part-time work. And husbands can help shoulder the economic risks by paying better child support and working out fairer, more equal divorce settlements." None of this socialist view of the family takes into account the "invisible work" men do (pause for jeers from the peanut gallery - hush, you ignorant knaves, your evil ways will catch up with you in the end;-), or that stay-at-home moms are supported by...still-maried-to-them dads. - ABC News. Pop feminists using Dartmouth as another to bash men:, May 9, 2001 - Educators expose children to adult homosexuals, the media labels all men as sexual predators, yet there is no outrage. But let a few frat boys talk about the sexual activities of some coeds, and hooey hits the proverbial fan. "This was obviously an excuse for just another hate piece against men. If a girl wishes to be promiscuous, when did the feminists decide that this was forbidden?" - Massachusetts News. Court finds state liable for child abuse:, May 11, 2001 - The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that if social services fails to protect children from child abuse, then they must compensate the victims. "The court in effect swept away the public policy immunity from legal action enjoyed by social services when they fail to discharge their statutory duties, paving the way for scores of legal actions against local authorities to be brought under the Human Rights Act." - The Times. Did Pauline Williamson force 13-year-old student to cross dress?, May 11, 2001 - Caleb Guerrier, now 19, is suing the Excelsior Seventh Day Adventist School in Flatbush for $22.5 million due to trauma caused when his teacher forced him to cross dress. "For making noise in class, Caleb was sent to Williamson's eighth-grade classroom, where a box containing the wig, bra, skirt and high heels was kept in the back. The clothing had been used to punish other boys in the past, the suit says." - New York Post. Rebecca Eckler - the moronic women on Fox's Surprise Wedding 2:, May 10, 2001 - Pop feminists can deny it all they want, but by the time most women turn 30, if not sooner, they are anxious to marry. "Fox is hiding under feminism. No longer do girls have to wait! We can take matters into our own hands! We can make all our dreams come true by ambushing our men and conspiring with a TV network! It's so romantic! It's so spontaneous!" - National Post. Woman admits to dumping her husband's headless corpse:, May 10, 2001 - Valerie Pape says she discovered the headless corpse of her husband, Ira Pomerantz, in the kitchen, then went to work. But she denies killing him and says he was alcoholic and abusive. "The victim's daughter, Stacy Pomerantz, said her father drank occasionally but was not an alcoholic. She also said she has not known him to be abusive." - Arizona Republic. Does autism begin with testosterone?, April 28, 2001 - Renowned autism specialist Dr. Simon Baron-Cohen of the University of Cambridge has found growing evidence autism and Asperger syndrome begin with too much testosterone in the amniotic fluid during gestation. "Consider the profile of an autistic: unable to interpret another's emotions; finds it tough to start a conversation - or sustain one; relentlessly fascinated with machines, computers and television; not very interested in people; has trouble focusing on more than one thing at a time; compulsively collects objects such as model trains or cars; insists on routines with no discernible purpose; highly resistant to change." - Globe and Mail.
May 1-6 Englishwoman became enforcer for Greek mob:, May 6, 2001 - After her Greek husband dumped her for a stripper, lonely and bored Susan Aris turned to a life of crime. "Such is the rate of attrition among Greek mobsters after an energetic police crackdown and a round of internecine blood-letting that jailed criminals stooped to using the 49-year-old divorcee from north London as "muscle" for pursuing their vendettas." - Sunday times. Kathleen Parker - Breast interests: Ateeba Brown is suing for a visitation schedule that interferes with the breast-feeding of his child. "Were the couple married, no one would be arguing over who gets to spend more time with the little darling." - Orlando Sentinel. |
