Our thanks to Stu for this sad story. Extracts:
A-dad-of-four is homeless and sleeping down mineshafts after he ‘lost everything’ when his marriage ended.
Craig Sheehan, 35, is sleeping rough, having to bed down on the beach and in the woods.
A year ago he had his family, a home and a job but says things fell apart when he suffered a breakdown because his relationship collapsed.
And the devastated dad no longer sees his children, he told the Daily Post.…
Craig said: “Until my relationship broke up I had everything, I had a family and worked in a well-known hotel in Conwy.
“But everything unravelled and I ended up on the streets. If it carries on like this I can’t imagine surviving the winter as it’s just too hard.
“I cough up blood and have had three chest x-rays in Colwyn Bay hospital in the last couple of months.
“I’ve also been mugged, lost a tent to a storm and have had two teeth knocked out since I became homeless.”…
A Conwy County Council spokeswoman said: “Mr Sheehan’s case was assessed by Conwy Housing Solutions in May 2017.
“He was not eligible for interim accommodation as he was not considered to be in priority need. [J4MB: On account of being male, no doubt]
Nonetheless, Conwy Housing Solutions offered to help him find accommodation.
“Attempts to contact him were unsuccessful and he was subsequently informed that the Council’s duty to try and help had ended.
“We have offered Mr Sheehan a further assessment and assistance and will continue to do so.”
Would Craig Sheehan be eligible for interim accommodation if he self-identified as a woman, despite having fathered four children?
Justice for Men & Boys 
You actually raise a serious point here which has crossed my mind before. Will men be able to enhance their prospects in many areas – for example, in the family courts – by identifying as of female gender (taking advantage of the brave new law that the non-Conservative gov is about to enact)? The answer – obviously – is NO. The feminists will find some way to block that escape route for men. On the plus side, though, what we might find is that the whole narrative of gender-versus-sex falls apart – as it becomes increasingly clear that what really matters is whether you have a penis, not what you claim to “identify as”.
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First of all I hope Mr.Sheehan some help to have a home and some warm support in a cold season. Councils used to have “points” systems which were rather crude but transparent, and of course a man of working age would be pretty much at the end of the points. Though the terminology has changed to “risk” or “vulnerability” the effect remains the same. One of the reasons for the change was of course that the points systems made it all too obvious that males got less points. In effect contravening the Equality Act added to the funding reductions following the “crash” the system had to become more obscure and difficult to challenge.
Finally one of the conceits of the discussion about post divorce/break up mental well being is that men are more vulnerable emotionally. But of course men are far more likely to suffer huge change in their lives, losing their home, having relationships with children frustrated and money problems. All far less likely for their ex. Having a “breakdown” being often simply a symptom of facing dramatic changes.
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In contrast to the imaginary pay gap, the empathy gap is all too real. Heartbreaking.
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