[Note added 6.8.15: A Voice for Men article on this topic, just published, is here.]

Just when you thought women might be running out of things to whine about…

My thanks to a number of people for pointing us to a story about sexist air conditioning. A Sky News interview with a prime candidate for a ‘Whiny Woman of the Month’ award is here.

Last year one of our associated websites published some practical yet highly effective advice about how you might best deal with the whiny women in your life, whether at home or work – here.

Suggesting that women working in air-conditioned offices might wear something over their summer attire – oh, I don’t know, a thin jumper rather than hedge trimmings? – would, of course, be an insult to countless oppressed women over the millennia.

If office temperatures were raised to make women comfortable, it would result in men becoming uncomfortable. We’re sure women wouldn’t object if their male colleagues all removed their shirts in a bid to become more comfortable.

Another excellent piece by the estimable Belinda Brown, published yesterday by that regular fount of solid articles, The Conservative Woman. Do the TCW ladies never rest? Do they survive on four hours’ sleep every night, like Mrs Thatcher?

Very good.

It would seem some women, even those with children, remain confused about what key activity preceded their ‘falling’ pregnant.

Our thanks to Toy Soldiers for this. Professor James Ogloff, a psychologist, met with the woman, and rationalized her behaviour (we assume in court, though this is not specifically stated):

Professor Ogloff found the woman had not been acting in a predatory way or been driven by a deviant sexual desire, but instead had allowed her feelings of care and nurturing for the boy to develop into a sexual relationship.

The psychologist said the woman had been a supportive and caring parent with no prior convictions who failed to recognise her feelings for the boy were completely inappropriate.

Professor Ogloff did not believe the woman suffered from a paedophilic disorder and was unlikely to reoffend.

We only need do a gender switch to realise the lack of moral agency attributed to the woman:

Professor Ogloff found the man had not been acting in a predatory way or been driven by a deviant sexual desire, but instead had allowed his feelings of care and nurturing for the girl to develop into a sexual relationship.

The psychologist said the man had been a supportive and caring parent with no prior convictions who failed to recognise his feelings for the girl were completely inappropriate.

Professor Ogloff did not believe the man suffered from a paedophilic disorder and was unlikely to reoffend.

Our thanks to Tim for this. He writes:

Note that the social worker was only concerned with the mother’s well-being and not the little boy who had just suffered an horrific physical assault, permanently damaging his most intimate body parts. And that the article uses the euphemism ‘circumcision’ to make it sound like a medical procedure rather that the ritual mutilation that it is.

Please publish and note the Facebook page of the medical centre so that people can leave their comments – here.

An interesting video (5:11) in which men and women sign a petition for a Male Privilege Tax of 10% or 20% to counter the ‘wage gap’.

Our general election manifesto manifesto had a lengthy section on sexual abuse (pp 31-37). From the first page:

People struggle to recognize women as perpetrators of sexual and non-sexual violence, in spite of the weight of evidence showing them to be frequent perpetrators of both. This is because we live in a culture which regards men as ‘actors’ and women as ‘acted upon’. The public has become conditioned to viewing men as perpetrators, and women as victims. Alison Tieman, a Canadian men’s human rights advocate, produced an insightful short video on this matter.

This culture leads to inequalities. Few women are held accountable for sex offences, including those women who sexually abuse children. It’s known from a major American survey (details below) that slightly over 25% of sex offences are committed by women against men (with no male accomplices). We would therefore expect the male/female ratio of people charged with sex offences to be a little under 3:1. In the UK, in 2013, the ratio was 146:1.

I have the occasional exchange of letters with a man who’s in prison for reasons which are not relevant to this post. With his permission, I’m reproducing part of the original letter he sent me:

When I was a boy, in the 1970s, I was regularly raped by my father and step-mother. Not one night, not one week, not one month, not even one year. These ‘threesomes’ went on for six years, when I was between eight and fourteen years old. I was raped, molested, battered, imprisoned and almost murdered (strangulation).

My father was convicted of eight counts of sexual offences with children, and given a prison sentence of seven years.

My stepmother groomed me with porno mags. She admitted some of her abuse to the police and social services, and gave an official statement to the police. She wasn’t charged with a single offence!!!

Is that justice? Is that right? So I was raped of justice and truth.

Does equality in/of the law exist in the UK?

Can you imagine what this has done to me as a person?

A hilarious video (1:41) with an important message.

A moving and well-argued piece from Herbert Purdy.

In common with Herbert, many have noticed that all, or virtually all, prominent feminists have (or had) a non-existent or poor relationship with their fathers. In January 2014 I was in a debate (along with Swayne O’Pie) at Durham University, arguing for a motion, while Julie Bindel and another woman were arguing against it.

In the course of my summing-up I referred to the website content of an organization Bindel had co-founded many years earlier, Justice for Women. She shouted ‘Lies!’ and made further remarks to the 300+ audience, mostly students. She later privately apologised to me for her error in the course of a phone call, but declined to make a public apology, despite my repeated requests. The full story is here.

I mention the story because after the debate we went to a bar and met a number of students. Some had accents so posh they made David Cameron sound distinctly proletarian by comparison. Five or six feminists were among those who came to talk with Swayne and myself, and all offered the information – unprompted – that they came from broken homes.

Given the loathing that feminists have for the nuclear family, it seems clear to me that a key psychological driver behind feminism is jealousy. Feminists are jealous of women who have warm and loving relationships with their fathers.