Doris, one of our original supporters – and donors – tracked down this gem, inspired by our presentation today of a ‘Whiny Feminist of the Month’ award to a lecturer in Bournemouth. A fine woman, I won’t have a word said against her. Doris, that is. Not the lecturer, obviously.

The election manifesto is nearing completion, but it’s taken up so much time in recent weeks that we didn’t have time to present a ‘Whiny Feminist of the Month’ award in November. We thank J for pointing us towards a sterling candidate, who has duly won the award.

Dr Heather Savigny is a senior politics lecturer at Bournemouth university, and clearly academia’s answer to Laura Bates. In a forthcoming piece in Gender and Education she’ll be presenting a collection of anecdotes from unnamed whiny female academics. From the start of an Independent article on the matter:

Female academics are trapped in the “ivory basement” in universities across Britain, where sexual discrimination is rife, according to a new study. They’re being treated as sex objects, turned down for promotion, and penalised for having children, are examples of the “‘cultural sexism’ which characterises the working lives of many women in British academia”, says the paper, which will be published in the journal Gender and Education early next year.

Women are far less likely to become professors than men, only accounting for one in five of such posts. And those who do make it to the level of professorship face further discrimination – being paid on average 13.5 per cent less than their male counterparts.

Hmm, could there be an explanation for why only one in five professors are women, other than gender discrimination? Could it possibly have something to do with gender-typical work ethics? We know from Dr Catherine Hakim’s Preference Theory that while only one in seven British women is work-centred, four in seven British men are. On this basis, all else being equal, we’d expect the proportion of professors who are women to be… one in five, exactly as it is. It’s not rocket science, is it?

The assertion that the ‘professorial gender pay gap’ reflects anti-female discrimination is too silly to merit comment.

In any group of professional people, there will be a spectrum of how highly the group regards the historical contributions of individuals in the group. So if a person speaks up and is ignored it’s probably because he/she isn’t held in high regard. I’ve never heard a man who’s ignored by his peers complain about this phenomenon. But women have been taught that if their views are ignored, it’s because they’re women. How many men or women would dare to tell such women WHY their views are being ignored? No, women must be left in their delusional bubbles. Their feelings must not be hurt.

A representative whiny tale from the article:

Another academic, “Leanne”, says: “The body language of my male colleagues makes it clear my voice is not worth listening too, I am made invisible in meetings. If I do get to speak, then people look out of windows, or hold their hand up to shut me up.”

Dr Savigny’s award certificate is here:

The Mail Online journalist Peter Lloyd recently had a book published, Stand by Your Manhood: A Game-changer for Modern Men. He was recently interviewed by Paul Elam – here – and Paul describes the book as ‘the sequel to The Myth of Male Power“. We wish Peter every success with the book.

More evidence is emerging of the poor use of income by various national White Ribbon campaigns. What else would we expect? These campaigns are driven by beliefs in the long-discredited male control theory of domestic violence (the Duluth model). An excellent new article by Jim Byset about White Ribbon Canada and White Ribbon Australia is here. We only know of one White Ribbon campaign worth supporting, WhiteRibbon.org. It’s run by Erin Pizzey.

An interesting new piece on AVfM, prompted by outrageous feminist narratives on ‘street harassment’. As narratives echoing and building upon women’s inflated senses of entitlement, along with utter contempt for sub-humans, i.e. men, they take some beating.

Utterly predictable, yet still appalling. The ‘right’ of a pregnant woman to knowingly poison her unborn child trumps the right of that child – a girl, in this case – not to suffer lifelong physical and mental damage.

Another piece on paternity fraud from William Collins. There are parts we don’t agree with, but his posts are always worth reflecting on. We plan to publish our manifesto – which will cover paternity fraud, abortion, and 18 other areas – in about a week’s time.

Our initial stock of J4MB wristbands sold out fast, and we thank those who’ve been waiting a while for new stock to arrive. It arrived today, and we’ll be fulfilling outstanding orders in the next couple of days.

We’ve been delighted by the response to the bands. People have been very complimentary about the quality, and several have remarked on how hard-wearing they are. Mine looks like new, seven weeks after I put it on. The bands are individually numbered, and they’re a great way to show your support for men and boys publicly, whilst making a modest donation to J4MB. Details of the design and prices here.

Two emails from supporters this morning have resulted in Jo Swinson MP – a dire politician by any standards – winning a ‘Gormless Feminist of the Month’ award. Andrea pointed out we didn’t present a ‘Gormless Woman of the Month’ award in November – in our defence, we’ve been very busy – while Martin pointed us to a short but interesting piece on Mail Online.

Jo Swinson, a junior Equalities minister, has come close several times to winning a ‘Gormless Feminist of the Month’ award, as well as a ‘Whiny Feminist of the Month’ award, but her Foreword in a very silly taxpayer-funded report earned her the former. Her award certificate, with a link to the report (and the Mail Online piece) are here:

An interesting new piece from Ally Fogg. I’ve left a couple of comments, and invite you to add your own.