We’ve just been alerted to this. An extract:

It’s been one year now since PragerU filed a lawsuit against the tech giants Google and YouTube for censoring so many of our videos. YouTube continues to restrict access to more and more of our videos simply because they present a conservative point of view. There are currently over 80 PragerU videos that are restricted – more than double the amount since we filed our lawsuit against Google.

It’s clear that Google is not backing down. But don’t worry, neither are we.

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We’ve just received a link to this from the Women & Equalities Committee. The deadline for written submissions is 18.2.19. We’ll be submitting a response, although it’s already evident the state’s role in damaging the mental health of men and boys won’t be seriously considered by the committee. The key elements in the communication:

Mental health of men and boys is a serious issue
Awareness of the mental health problems affecting men and boys has increased in recent years, and it is recognised as a serious issue:

• According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), just over three out of four people who take their own lives are men (76%); this is the biggest cause of death for men under 35.
• 12.5% of men in the UK are suffering from one of the common mental health disorders (ONS).
• Men are three times more likely than women to become alcohol dependent (Health and Social Care Information Centre).
• In a survey conducted for the Men’s Mental Health Forum, 12% of men said that the last time they took time off work to see a GP was because they were “constantly feeling stressed or under pressure” and 11% because of “prolonged feelings of sadness.”

We will be looking at Government plans and what can be done to tackle the problem
Maria Miller MP, Chair of the Women and Equalities Committee, said:

“While there are plenty of statistics out there which vividly show how serious this problem is, still too little is known about what affects mental health for men and boys, the social and economic costs, the groups of men and boys that are most at risk and, most importantly, the action needed to tackle it. [J4MB: A great deal is known about all these things. The problem is the state’s unwillingness to tackle the problem.]

At a time when the Government has committed unprecedented funding for mental health, we will be looking at Government plans and what more can be done to tackle this vast – but all too often invisible – problem.”

Send us your views
The Committee is inviting written submissions to the inquiry by Monday 18 February 2019.

Please use the written submission form. [J4MB: The link doesn’t take you through to a form. We’ve emailed the committee to inform them about this.]

Questions which the inquiry will focus on include:

• What are the most pressing issues that affect men and boys’ mental health, and how are these different to the wider population?
• What are the social and economic costs of poor mental health in men and boys?
• What is the effect of the following on men and boys’ mental health:
  – Gender stereotyping in childhood [J4MB: The feminist thinking behind this “inquiry” could not be clearer from this first bullet point.]
  – Gendered expectations around work
  – Fatherhood
  – Media portrayals of masculinity
  – Household finances
  – Relationship and family breakdown? [J4MB: Denial of access between fathers and sons would have been an obvious issue to state specifically.]
• What issues other than access to healthcare affect the mental health of men and boys? [J4MB: Why exclude “access to healthcare”? This disproportionately affects men because they’re more likely to be working f/t and therefore find it more difficult to access healthcare.]
• Which groups of men and boys are particularly at risk of poor mental health and what is leading to this?
• What measures are needed to most effectively tackle poor mental health in men and boys and what are the barriers that prevent these being implemented?
• How effective has Government policy been in improving mental health outcomes for men and boys? [J4MB: Government policies have been very effective in worsening those outcomes.]
• How effective are the following at tackling poor mental health in men and boys:
  – NHS England
  – Public Health England
  – Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
  – Local Authorities
  – Schools
  – Local support groups, faith groups, carers, friends and family

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Our thanks to Ian for this piece on the BBC website. An extract:

What you do is muster your courage, step up to the booth, pull a curtain around you and drop your pants.

What then happens is not some fancy high tech screening process – instead, there’s a good old urologist sitting in the booth who – through a hole – will have a little feel of your balls.

In a matter of minutes, you’ll be good to go again.

Just one question, how would you know a “good old urologist” was sitting in the booth? It could be Jess Bloody-Phillips MP, with a carving knife.

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“Is there a bias against men in family courts? How does this system hurt families and our society?

Issues like custody of children, parental alienation and paternity fraud are just the beginning…

Divorce and family courts change people’s lives forever. Numerous men believe there is a bias against them and as a result, many fathers have been separated from their children and reduced to being weekend dads. Accusations of parental alienation and calls for more shared parenting are abound.

Groups like the Men’s rights movement and the fathers’ rights movement have strengthened in the past few years, while other groups like MGTOW (Men Going Their Own Way) have a growing online presence. But is there a bias against men in the family court system? I’ll find out!”

The makers are investigating in the U.S. and Canada and are looking for stories…

Website.

Facebook page.

Twitter.

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The most pro-male POTUS I never thought I’d see has thrown his support behind a bipartisan bill called The First Step Act. The bill would reduce mandatory minimum sentences for some non-violent offences (especially drug offences) as well as giving judges more discretion and encouraging rehabilitation efforts.

Read more at Fox News.

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Peter Jackson’s film combines restored footage from WW1 with recorded recollections from Veterans. It’s an intensely engaging and harrowing piece of work that I highly recommend.

Review.

Link to watch (BBC iPlayer, 90:00).

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Matt Webb’s award winning series, Talking Men, is returning this Saturday (17th November) from 3pm to 4pm.

I will be making an appearance (to talk about J4MB, men’s issues and International Men’s Day) along with the brave Alex Skeel (whose ex girlfriend was the first woman charged under coercive control legislation).

You can reach Matt at: matt@cambridge105.co.uk

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Our thanks to Sean for this piece in the Irish Independent.

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If I have just ruined your childhood, I apologise.

Tweet available: here.

My response:

For centuries, men have dominated the public sphere and they have ushered in the most amazing age known to mankind, in technology and philosophy… To the point where women have been empowered to escape living almost exclusively in the private sphere. #MenAreAwesome #ThankYouMen

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Just in from Bettina:

Delighted to see my Campus Tour has prompted an inquiry into free speech on university campuses. From the Sydney Morning Herald today: “The review was sparked after protesters targeted a Sydney University Liberal Club event featuring author Bettina Arndt, who dismisses claims of a “rape crisis” on campuses as a feminist myth.”

The Morrison government has asked former High Court chief justice Robert French to lead the review into free speech amid concerns about left-wing activists shutting down discussion of issues they find offensive. Mr French, who is chancellor of the University of Western Australia, has been tasked with developing a framework akin to the Chicago principles on free expression, adopted by dozens of universities in the United States, and to investigate “realistic and practical options” for managing areas of conflict.

Just after La Trobe University tried to ban me speaking on campus in September, French gave a speech in Darwin’s parliament house where he warned universities face the risk of legislative intervention unless they provide a robust defence of free speech. Mr French said the threshold test for restricting speech on campus should not be the feelings of others and should be invoked only for matters that amounted to a breach of the law. Mr French stated that the public ­debate in Australia and elsewhere about protest action by academics and student groups was viewed by some as “a worrying intolerance for the expression at universities of views which some consider harmful”.

The SMH quoted Federal Education Minister Dan Tehan who has expressed concern about left-wing protests shutting down events on campus, and has advocated new policies to force protesters to pay for security at functions they disrupt. “We must ensure our universities are places that protect all free speech, even where what is being said may be unpopular or challenging,” Mr Tehan said.

“The best university education is one where students are taught to think for themselves, and protecting freedom of speech is how to guarantee that.”

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/former-high-court-chief-robert-french-to-lead-inquiry-into-free-speech-on-campus-20181113-p50ft1.html

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