I recall that in my first management position, in the early 1980s, the Head of Personnel would wince as she reported the previous month’s sickness statistics for people working at the plant (Beecham Toiletries, Maidenhead). Month after month, across all age groups, and whether they had children or not, the average female employee took off markedly more days for ‘sickness’ than the average male employee. Maybe it’s simply another reflection of Dr Catherine Hakim’s Preference Theory – compared with women, four times as many men are work-centred. And of course more women than men can rely on being financially supported by a partner.

My thanks to Chloe for this.

I frequently receive heartfelt emails from men – and sometimes women – about the devastating impact of feminism on their lives, and the lives of others. Today I had one such email from a man – it had ‘Help!’ on the subject line – and I post it here with his agreement. The names have been changed.

Dear Mr Buchanan,

I have spent my last 14 years living in hell, with my feminist partner.

She psychologically and mentally abused our son (Paul) over this time, I sought to get help from Social Services, to find there’s an organisation with a clear feminist ideology, they didn’t help us, they tried to force Paul and I to believe that her aggression and behaviour is our fault in some way, it wasn’t at all. Social Services sympathised with the aggressor, and even though it was I that called for help, it was in my ex-partner’s hands as to whether they were involved or not.

She got rid of the Social Services, she was empowered.  Her attitude and aggression got worse, she finally started being physically violent and aggressive.  Over the years her attitude has been very demeaning, over the past 4 years Paul couldn’t bear to be anywhere near her.  He didn’t want her to speak to her.  He knew I was powerless to do anything.

I did eventually get her into court, and she was made to sign an undertaking to not harass Paul and I, but the Social Services are doing all they can, coupled with our renowned feminist school, that is destroying boys like it’s a concentration camp.

My son is having a terrible time at school, where he can be bullied, but has to keep his mouth shut, where girls can say anything and be very unkind, demeaning and treat boys as subservient pathetic individuals.  They enforce this agenda, whilst not responding to his or my concerns as a parent.

He comes home every day, feeling the teachers don’t help when he needs it, then drop him a grade, they call him a liar, they call me a liar, the school are working hand in fist with Social Services to change his attitude, that how he feels about his mother or the school is wrong, and that he must think like a feminist or else.

This is sickening.

What does a man do to protect his son, when the system we are forced to use is completely and utterly feminist?

I can’t sit down and do and say anything, a concerned father, has to do, what he has to do.  Every phone number I call for help is a closed door, there are a few men’s charities, but they have no funds or are suppressed by the media, government, and feminists councils.

I want to do something, but what? The system has my hands tied, the more I try and resist the stronger the hold gets, like it’s a constrictor wrapped around my neck.

This causes me pain, so much pain, other than the pain of my disabilities, what can I do?

I would love to donate and I will, not much, because I haven’t got anything, can’t get a job, because the feminists in the Job Centre only seem to offer manual jobs for men. Being disabled, I cannot do manual work, even though I am highly intelligent, just stuck in a wheel chair.

At the same time I have to deal with feminists in DWP, who want to make my life hell, forcing a disabled man to go back and forth to the job centre, to prove to them I am disabled, even though it’s been documented for over 22 years and the systems are open and accessible.   Just so I can claim what I am entitled to.   I believe this is a result of the Ideology, that all Women should have the good jobs and jobs of stature or authority.

I need someone to help me, not a psychiatrist, which is what the Social Services and the school probably want.   I’d guess the psychiatrist would be on a feminist agenda and call me crazy.  I feel that one building up.

I’m not crazy, it is clear what is going on, everyone can see it, but says nothing, while the feminists continue to cook their recipe.

How can I help? But I also need support and help.

Regards & Merry Christmas.

John

Good news from Aberdeen.

The end of the piece:

Defence agent Mike Allan said: “She accepts that she was found guilty. But in her head she does not believe she committed this offence.”

In her head? As opposed to…?

We had hoped to make an announcement on the ICMI16 venue and dates w/c 7 December, but that proved impossible. Negotiations with suitable venues were protracted, and in the last few days we’ve been negotiating with two venues. In both cases financial viability was assured, given the level of interest shown by pre-registrations, but the venues were inflexible on some key contract terms, so we couldn’t proceed.

Our search continues, in parallel with a venue finding service for which we are not paying (the company gets its income from commissions paid by venues). I remain optimistic that we’ll sign a contract before long, hopefully before the end of January. In the meantime, our advice remains the same:

Do not book travel or accommodation before we’re certain ICMI16 will proceed, and we’ve announced the venue and dates.

One striking feature of our venue search so far has been that there are potentially suitable venues in London which are marketed poorly, if at all. One key requirement for a venue is that it must have an auditorium capable of holding at least 250 people, ideally with tiered seating, for good audience visibility. If you know of any potentially suitable venues in London, please email me details (mike@j4mb.org.uk). Thank you.

We are not seeking venues in hotels or academic institutions.

Show your support for men and boys (and the women who love them) by wearing an individually-numbered J4MB wristband. They’re comfortable and extremely hard-wearing. I haven’t taken mine off for over two years, and it still looks like new. The design is here. A few points:

1. The text is printed in debossed areas i.e. shallow depressions in which the (white) print lies.

2. The design is printed on only one side of the bands.

3. The bands are sequentially numbered, as shown by the black text on the band design. The numbers are debossed but not printed.

4. The bands are available in two sizes, we’ll send the larger size unless you ask us to send the smaller. The latter is suitable for children and ladies with reasonably slim wrists. If in doubt, order the larger size.

We’re asking for a minimum contribution of £5.00 (inc p&p) for each band delivered within the UK, which will cover costs and include a modest donation to J4MB funds. £8.00 (inc p&p) for each band delivered outside the UK.

Please pay for your band(s) through PayPal, credit and debit cards are also acceptable. Be sure to state how many bands you’d like, and include your mailing address. Any problems, please email me (mike@j4mb.org.uk).

Thank you for your support.

My thanks to Sean for pointing me to this, a report by American ‘researchers’ on senior academics in US medical schools. Sean said in his email:

Another piece for the J4MB ‘You couldn’t make this s*** up!’ file.

For what it’s worth, ‘men with moustaches’ includes ‘men with moustaches along with other facial hair’. From the article:

The authors said: ‘Facial hair has been shown to enhance perceptions of maturity, responsibility, dominance, strength, and self-confidence.’

They said the study backed up a recent analysis of 90,000 academic doctors, which found that women were less likely to be full professors even after they accounted for factors such as age and how much research they had carried out.

They added: ‘The proportion of women in academic medicine remains low and drops with increasing academic rank. This is a problem not only because of the strong ethical argument for equality but also for practical reasons: in business having more women leaders has been linked with better performance.’

I know of no ethical arguments, strong or otherwise, for artificially increasing the proportion of jobs given to women at the expense of men. As for the weasel words, ‘in business having more women leaders has been linked with better performance’, do I really need to cite again the compelling evidence of a causal link between ‘more women on boards’ and corporate financial decline? If so, it’s here.

An excellent blog piece by William Collins in response to the EHRC 2016-19 Strategic Plan Consultation. The broad outcomes of such consultations are always decided in advance, and even when anti-male disadvantaging is proven by those who respond, nothing is ever done to reduce that disadvantaging. That’s why we won’t be submitting a response.

Let me present some of our experience of submitting evidence to government and public bodies. In 2012 I submitted evidence to House of Commons and House of Lords inquiries, showing that one consequence of driving up female representation on corporate boards is corporate financial decline. The evidence was ignored, and as a result of government bullying of FTSE100 companies, the proportion of female directors on their boards rose from 12.5% in 2011 to 25.6% today. Now the government is bullying FTSE350 companies into having a third of their board positions held by women by 2020.

Some time ago the Home Office had a complete farce of a consultation exercise, on extending the law on domestic abuse. We publicly challenged Theresa May MP, Home Secretary, and submitted a 154-page report. Details here. We had an acknowledgement of both documents, nothing more.

Very good (video, 15:11).

[Note added 9.1.16: Between 18 December and today, this video attracted over 4,500 views, a large number of upvotes and few downvotes, and 150+ comments. YouTube have taken the video down following a claim of copyright infringement by the makers of the programme, SundogPictures.]

We’ve just published this on our YouTube channel – an 18-minute-long piece drawn from Reggie Yates’s 55-minute-long anti-male programme broadcast by BBC3 last Monday evening. It’s worth watching because he engages with Milo Yiannopoulos, Rod Lonsdale, and Josh O’Brien, and their quality shines through his attempts to undermine them.

There’s a link below the video to the full programme – viewable on BBC iPlayer until 14.1.16 – but frankly the other 37 minutes are feminist propaganda, mainly consisting of Yates interviewing people (notably Roosh V, an American) who have nothing to do with the men’s human rights movement.

My thanks to Harry for pointing me to this. It’s a lengthy piece, and of course there are elements I – and most J4MB supporters – wouldn’t agree with, but overall I’d say it’s the most impressive piece I’ve ever read by Glen. I look forward to the day he takes the logical next step, and publicly declares himself an anti-feminist. But I won’t hold my breath, I’ve been hoping for that for a year or two…