Four weeks ago we sent a letter to Alison Saunders, Director of Public Prosecutions. With it, we included an article by William Collins.

Our FoI request was very simple:

What is the legal basis, if any, on which non-therapeutic MGM may be carried out in the UK?

If there is no legal basis, MGM must be a criminal offence – grievous bodily harm, at least – so why does the criminal justice system not prosecute those who carry out the crime?

We’ve just received the CPS’s response. The key text:

You also asked about the circumcision of infant boys. There is no legislation criminalising the practice, however where the police refer a surgical procedure resulting in injury or death to the CPS for consideration, it is for the prosecutor to carefully consider any evidence of failings by an individual carrying out the procedure, to determine whether or not they should be prosecuted. Specific offences would depend on the circumstances of a case and we would consider these on an individual basis.

As we anticipated, the CPS has evaded the key question. They have failed to admit there is no legal basis for MGM, by pointing to the lack of legislation criminalising it. Legal experts agree that existing legislation on causing bodily harm effectively makes MGM illegal, it’s just that the criminal justice system won’t bring prosecutions.

What if a family came to reside in the UK, and they adhered to a religion which required the removal of the tips of baby boy’s little fingers eight days after birth? Would the CPS prosecute anyone who carried out the procedure? You would hope so. Yet it would lead to far less physical and mental harm than commonly results from MGM. The double standard is outrageous.

Needless to say, we shall be seeking an internal review of the CPS’s inadequate response.

Last night’s MGTOW evening – for which tickets had sold out – was a great success. Almost everyone made it, despite the strike on the Underground. The speech went down well, and we enjoyed a few beers at a local pub. It’s always great to meet with like-minded people, and forge new connections. People had come from as far afield as Liverpool.

A tip of the hat to Clive Smith for organizing the event at a good location, laying on refreshments, and ensuring everything went smoothly. If he runs any more events, we’ll let you know.

Our thanks to all the men and women who sent private messages of appreciation about the Bill Maher piece on the feminization of America. A number of them asked us to post again Bill Burr’s piece, ‘There is NO reason to hit a woman!’ Enjoy.

Belinda Phipps is the ‘chair’ of The Fawcett Society. As befits someone who self-identifies as an item of furniture, she was among the co-signatories of a letter published today in The Guardian, in response to the letter from Ally Fogg and 30 co-signatories about the recent CPS report on ‘violence against women and girls’ – a term which was officially defined as including violence against men and boys.

The start of the second paragraph in the ladies’ letter:

It is established fact that these crimes are massively disproportionately committed against women and girls (female genital mutilation exclusively so)…

… and in breaking news, the victims of male genital mutilation are exclusively men and boys.

This is surely an appropriate time to point out that the inaugural winners of our ‘Gormless Feminist of the Month’ awards were the women who work at The Fawcett Society. Their award certificate is here.

A podcast (12:53) from Paul Elam, narrating the content of his recent important article.

Along with Jeff, one of our original supporters, I’m a big fan of tennis. Earlier this afternoon, whilst enjoying my 3pm cup of Earl Grey, I managed to catch a few minutes of the Maria Sharapova match at Wimbledon. She later went on to win, Jeff tells me, so she’s through to the semi-finals, pleasingly. But her grunting is a big distraction. You can turn the sound off, of course, but then you miss the commentary.

The BBC is now showing the Serena Williams (#1 seed) match against Victoria Azarenka, and Serena is a set down. Regardless of how energetic Azarenka’s shot is, she lets out a noise like a shrieking harpy on acid. Neither Jeff nor myself could watch the match for more than a few minutes.

I watched a lot of professional tennis in the 1970s and 1980s, and none of the female players grunted. Now many if not most of them do.

From the Wikipedia page of Chris Evert:

Christine Marie ‘Chris’ Evert, known as Chris Evert-Lloyd from 1979 to 1987, is a former World No.1 professional tennis player from the United States. She won 18 Grand Slam singles championships and three doubles titles. She was the year-ending World No. 1 singles player in 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, and 1981. Overall Evert won 157 singles championships and 29 doubles titles.

Evert reached 34 Grand Slam singles finals, more than any player, man or woman, in the history of professional tennis.

… and she achieved all this without grunting or shrieking once.

If the male players grunted, it would doubtless be described by feminists as an example of ‘toxic masculinity’. It’s time for the rules of tennis be be changed, to ban all players from grunting and shrieking.

Bill Maher is a famous American comedian. Last year we posted a link to an eight-minute long video of him talking about the feminisation of America. I’m putting the finishing touches to the talk I’ll be giving to MGTOWs on Thursday, and I watched the video again to capture his exact words on an issue. Enjoy.

As you’d expect from Thunderf00t, an excellent video.

His YouTube channel is here. We strongly recommend you subscribe to it.

Our thanks to John for this photograph of Natalie Bennett at Glastonbury, opposing ‘mansplaining’. We enjoyed William Gruff’s comments on the original blog post, posted earlier today:

‘Mansplaining’ is any rational refutation of feminist stupidity that misandrous women cannot counter. That aside, you can rest assured that men don’t vote for the Greens – manginas yes, men no.

Good points, well made, William.

Ms Bennett’s profile on the Green Party website, the emphasis is mine:

Natalie has been the elected leader of the Green Party since September 2012. She was previously the Co-ordinator of Camden Greens and founding chair of the Green Party Women’s Group. In the 2015 General Election, she stood in Holborn and St Pancras, winning 13% of the vote.

Born in Sydney, Australia, she has lived in London since 1999.

She started her career as a journalist in rural New South Wales and has worked for the Bangkok Post, the Telegraph, the Independent, The Times and, most recently, as editor of Guardian Weekly.

Natalie obtained a degree in agricultural science from the University of Sydney, making her the only political leader in the country with a scientific background.

She spent two years in Bangkok working with the National Commission on Women’s Affairs, on its report to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women. She also worked as a consultant with the International Labor Organisation (ILO) on child labour issues and World Health Organization (WHO) on women’s health.

She was a trustee of the Fawcett Society, Britain’s pre-eminent women’s issues group, from 2010-2014, she was the founder of the blog Carnival of Feminists and is an active campaign (sic) on women’s issues.

Within the party she’s been an active worker on policy, on issues ranging from the abolition of the Corporation of the City of London to abortion rights, proportional liability on the roads to job-share MPs and a 40% quota for women on major company boards, the treatment of women offenders and the rights of asylum-seekers and sex workers.

Natalie served as the internal communications coordinator for the party from September 2007-2010 and was the founding chair of Green Party Women.

Is it just me, or is there a pattern emerging here? More importantly, why would any man – or any normal woman, for that matter – work for or vote for the Green party, with such an obnoxious feminist in charge?

The word ‘obnoxious’ is superfluous, of course, being implied in the word ‘feminist’.

Now, where’s the link to the legendary Nick Ferrari interview of Ms Bennett on LBC?

I’m greatly looking forward to giving a talk to an audience in London next Thursday, on why men shouldn’t marry, and the long-term impact of marriage on male wellbeing. I’ve just learned from the organizer that tickets have now sold out – here – a good achievement for his first event, and I hope he organizes many more events in future.