One of our favourite voices on AVfM is that of Clint Carpentier. Enjoy:

http://www.avoiceformen.com/men/institutional-sexism-and-glass-ceiling-huh

GWW on fine form as always:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7KZfsCi5iA

It’s always worth listening to interviews of Paul Elam, founder and publisher of AVfM. This is no exception, although his lady interviewer wasn’t exactly firing on all cylinders:

http://www.avoiceformen.com/mens-rights/false-rape-culture/paul-interviews-with-the-new-republic/

Guido Fawkes’s commentary on the coalition’s defence of Maria Miller MP. She claimed double the amount David Laws did for his mortgage, and he had to resign his cabinet post. Hmm… why the different treatment? Could it possibly be related to her being one of only four women in the cabinet?

http://order-order.com/2014/02/17/maria-miller-makes-six-figure-profit-on-second-home-claimed-double-the-amount-david-laws-did-for-mortgage/?utm_source=Guy+Fawkes%27+Blog+List&utm_campaign=ce90550048-happy+hour&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_547885726c-ce90550048-229898701

An interesting piece recently published by the Guardian:

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/feb/13/men-over-65-carers

Our thanks to M for pointing us to a tragic story from China which says a lot about the impact of hyper-consumerism:

http://www.dramafever.com/news/man-jumps-to-his-death-rather-than-continue-shopping-with-his-girlfriend/?utm_source=outbrain&utm_medium=cpc&utm_content=blog&utm_campaign=outbrainpaid

From the Onion News Network:

http://www.avoiceformen.com/gynocentrism/damaged-women-stage-drunken-2-a-m-march-on-washington/

Ray Barry will be standing for J4MB at the 2015 general election. He leads both the Equal Parenting Alliance and Real Fathers 4 Justice, and supports fathers (and sometimes mothers) trying to gain access to their children in the family courts system.

He’s just posted an e-petition to HM government which I’ve signed, and I urge you to do so too. It concerns the issue of parental alienation (‘PA’) which can have devastating consequences for both children and their absent parents, but is not a criminal offence. Ray’s e-petition aims to bring PA within the scope of the law. The text of the petition:

Parental Alienation. To extend the cross-government definition of Domestic Violence and Abuse to include Parental Alienation.

Responsible department: Ministry of Justice

Parental Alienation is a phenomenon which occurs after parents separate; the children, under the influence of the parent they reside with, refuse to have any more to do with the other parent.

It is a subtle manipulation of the children by one parent who, for their own ends, poisons the children’s minds against the other parent. 24% of UK children have no contact with one of their parents and the primary cause is parental alienation by the resident parent. The alienated parent loses interest in life, and sometimes commits suicide. The rate of suicide among men is 3 times higher than among women, and parental alienation is a principal cause of this higher rate.

Including parental alienation in the definition of domestic violence and abuse is a first step towards criminalising this behaviour.

Please support Ray’s quest to have the government recognise the significance of PA and introduce legislation relating to it, by signing the e-petition (link below). It will take only a matter of seconds. Thank you.

http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/60995

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2560898/200-women-troops-sent-home-pregnant-MoD-wont-impose-war-zone-pregnancy-tests-privacy-fears.html

This piece starts with:

A California couple is causing a bit of controversy after dosing their son with hormone treatments to deter puberty. They explain that their effort is to give the 11-year-old boy time to explore being a female before deciding what he actually wants to be.

‘A bit of controversy’… a lesbian couple dosing an 11-year-old boy with hormone treatments? The piece, with a five-minute-long video:

http://www.mrconservative.com/2014/02/32467-lesbian-couple-allows-their-son-to-decide-if-he-wants-to-be-tommy-or-tammy/

Would these women dose an 11-year-old girl in their care with hormones to give her ‘time to explore being a male before deciding what she actually wants to be’? We think not.