The improbably named Dick Masterson, an American, was the author of a funny book, Men Are Better Than Women, published in 2008. To get a flavour of the book’s style, the back cover is here. His associated website is here.

In my book The Glass Ceiling Delusion, published in 2011, I included a page from Masterson’s book, in which he outlined his views on manginas (male feminists). Enjoy.

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Our thanks to Tom for this.

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We’re approaching the third feminist-compliant Being a Man festival in London’s Royal Festival Hall, details here. I challenge followers of this blog to find any events in which feminism will be challenged, and let me know (mike@j4mb.org.uk). All the events are listed here.

This is a festival presenting a mythical world in which men’s and boys’ problems are not the result of the state’s actions and inactions, initiated or at least worsened by feminists. At one of the previous festivals the keynote speaker was the transvestite artist Grayson Perry, who gave his speech whilst wearing a pink party frock. His recently-published book is titled The Descent of Man, the basic thesis of which is that men need to ‘evolve’ to become more like women.

An extract from the festival website:

The Paternity Debate
Despite recent changes to UK law which make it possible for men to take shared parental leave in addition to two weeks paternity leave, why do only 4% of new fathers opt to take any extra time off work?

To coincide with a specially commissioned study, BAM invites a panel of experts and fathers with firsthand experience to debate what’s going on with paternity leave. Including Maria Miller MP, a Conservative Party politician and Chair of the Women and Equalities Select Committee. [my emphasis]

The doleful Maria Miller recently appeared on The Daily Politics with the equally doleful Angela Eagle MP, debating the question with the estimable Laura Perrins, ‘Is the work of the Women & Equalities Committee already done?’ Enjoy.

Another extract from the festival website:

Mandown: How To Reduce The Male Suicide Rate
Suicide is the biggest killer of men under 45 in the UK, with over 76% of all suicides in 2014 being men and three times higher than among women. A panel of speakers with firsthand experience of male suicide debate this important issue, including British mental health campaigner, author and vlogger Jonny Benjamin, who in January 2014 launched a social media campaign called ‘Find Mike’ to search for the stranger who talked him out of taking his own life in 2008. He is joined by Aaron Gillies, a comedian and author also known as @TechnicallyRon; actor Tim Grayburn, author of Boys Don’t Cry: A Story of Love, Depression and Men; and Jane Powell, founder of CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably).

In partnership with CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably)

Jane Powell is the most odious feminist I’ve ever met, and I’ve met Julie Bindel and Laura Bates. When I asked Powell how her organization could help fathers denied access to their children because of the state’s failure to ensure access, or help male victims of domestic violence denied support by the feminist-run refuge industry, she glared angrily at the table between us, and said nothing.

Suicide has long been the leading cause of death among males in the UK between the ages of 15 and 49, in all age groups. My International Business Times article on male suicide is here.

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I’m pleased to report here will be a free screening of The Red Pill, courtesy of The Gender Equity Network, on the evening of 8 December. You can order your ticket(s) here.

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I’m looking forward to attending the first London screening of The Red Pill (15:00, Saturday, 19 November, International Men’s Day, Soho Hotel), the tickets for which sold out in under 24 hours.

I was pleased to learn two more screenings will be held simultaneously on the evening of the same day, Roxy Bar & Screen in Southwark, described by Urban Life as ‘probably the coolest cinema venue in London, if not the UK.’ Tickets cost from £9.62 – £11.21 (including Eventbrite fees), depending on which screen you watch the film, and are available here. We recommend you order your ticket(s) soon, to avoid disappointment.

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An outstanding piece on AVfM by Tom Voltz, an Australian MRA, Can’t we all just get along? It starts:

Authors Note: This article started as a post in the comment section of an article named Why I changed my mind about International Men’s Day on a UK pro-feminist blog called “InsideMAN”.

For those who would prefer the TL;DR version, the premise of the article was that, although the author used to oppose IMD (because, hey, every day is men’s day, right?), he now thinks it’s important for feminists to consider that it may have some limited value. How very kind of him…

After some thought, I penned the following response and left it as a comment which, in true Feminist style, he deleted shortly before closing all comments. Coward.

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Our thanks to Jeff for this. The article starts:

Alicia Keys has called anyone who doesn’t class themselves as a feminist as “crazy”.

Speaking to Elle UK magazine for its make-up free edition, the 35-year-old singer said the concept was “about owning your own power, embracing your womanhood”.

“[I am a feminist because it’s about] ‘the advocacy of women’s rights on the ground of political, social and economic equality’.

“Whoever isn’t [a feminist] is crazy.”

Jeff writes:

This blithering idiot of a women clearly has no idea of what toxic feminism means or what it has done to society.

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Our thanks to Martin for this. The article starts:

The alleged abduction of a 14-year-old girl in Oxford did not take place, police have said.

The girl reported she had been taken from the street while walking to school in the Summertown area of the city in September and later raped. Police said today that they are continuing to investigate the girl’s rape claim, but do not believe she was kidnapped from the street.

The Thames Valley force said they have carried out a ‘through examination’ of CCTV, dashcam footage and witness statements. A spokesman said: ‘We can confirm that the evidence gathered indicates that the reported abduction did not take place.’

Despite ruling out the abduction, the spokesman added: ‘Thames Valley Police continue to investigate an offence of rape against the victim [my emphasis] and are following all lines of enquiries to establish what has taken place.

‘Specially trained officers and staff from the police, Oxfordshire County Council Children’s Services, Health and other agencies continue to work with the victim, [my emphasis] at her pace.’

The word ‘alleged’ should go before the word ‘victim’ of course. The fact the girl lied about having been kidnapped shouldn’t mean we suspect she lied about having been raped. Yeah… but… no… but… females never lie, including females who’ve lied about having been kidnapped, trivial matters like that, wasting a huge amount of police time (and therefore taxpayers’ money) and creating anxiety locally for no reason.

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Our thanks to Bryn for this (video, 6:11).

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Liz Truss is the Secretary of State for Justice, and Lord Chancellor. From her Wikipedia profile:

On 14 July 2016, Truss was appointed as Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor in Theresa May’s first ministry. Truss is the first woman to hold either position. The decision to appoint her was criticised by the then Minister of State for Justice Edward Faulks, Baron Faulks who resigned from the government saying “I have nothing against Ms Truss personally, but is she going to have the clout to be able to stand up to the prime minister when necessary, on behalf of the judges? Is she going to be able to stand up, come the moment, to the prime minister, for the rule of law and for the judiciary … without fear of damaging her career? It is a big ask.”

Lord Falconer, the former Lord Chancellor, expressed similar views and dealt with suggestions that the objections were merely misogynistic. Writing in The Guardian he welcomed the appointment of a woman but pointed out that like Chris Grayling and Michael Gove, she lacked the essential legal expertise that the constitution requires of position holders.

Truss was heavily criticised, including by former Attorney-General Dominic Grieve and the Criminal Bar Association, for failing to support more robustly the judiciary and the principle of judicial independence, after three judges of the Divisional Court came under ferocious attack from politicians and sections of the press for ruling against the government in the article 50 Brexit case. As Lord Chancellor, Truss is legally required to uphold the independence of the judiciary.

So, what is this poorly-qualified woman, who is failing even to meet her legal requirement to uphold the independence of the judiciary, focusing on? Predictably, increasing the number of poorly-qualified women in the upper reaches of the legal profession. From a recent speech, Women in the legal industry:

We need more firms like Obelisk Support, which was set up by former Linklaters lawyer Dana Denis-Smith to match the highly-qualified pool we have of largely female ex-City legal talent with clients looking for part-time and flexible legal advice.

Obelisk is successfully challenging the old-fashioned culture of ‘jacket-left-on-chair’ presenteeism. Dana’s approach of flexible outsourcing means that success is measured by results, not hours spent grafting in the office. [Hmm… might there be a link between ‘hours spent grafting in the office’ and ‘results’?] A real boost for all working parents. [Translation – a real boost for working women]

I want to see more women and ethnic minorities taking silk and I am working with the Bar Council to take action. Currently only 13% of our QCs are women and 5% are BME; both rates have been stagnant for 5 years.

I want to see more women and ethnic minorities in senior levels of law firms.

I’ve had positive meetings with the Magic Circle, the Silver Circle and the Law Society on how we can widen the talent pool to people from all walks of life.

But most of all I want to see more women and ethnic minorities [Translation – fewer men and white people] in the judiciary…

I want also to talk about potential. I have already explained that we will always select our judges on the basis of merit. However, I feel – and I know the Lord Chief Justice and Lord Kakkar – agree, that the assessment of merit needs to include an assessment of potential. [Judgements of potential will be more subjective than judgements on merit, enabling positive discrimination for women and ethic minorities i.e. negative discrimination against men and white people.]

I think that future recruitment campaigns should make clear to all candidates that their potential counts. You should not be put off just because your career so far hasn’t taken you into a courtroom [my emphasis] because we will offer training and support where that is necessary. [Funded by male taxpayers in the main, who pay almost 75% of income tax collected in this country]

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