Laura Bates attends Messages for Men 2018, an excerpt

(15:11) reading from Laura Bates’ ‘Men Who Hate Women’. Full response will be crafted soon.


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President Trump nominates Judge Amy Coney Barrett to replace Ginsburg on Supreme Court

Good news.


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William Collins: The government’s response to Covid-19 – criminal stupidity?

Just published.


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Covid: Ex-minister urges more economic help for women

Our thanks to Stu for this. I cannot recall an instance of the Women & Equalities Committee ever seeking support for men when they have been more impacted by anything. The male unemployment rate has exceeded the female unemployment rate for 40 years, our thanks to William Collins for this:

He writes:

The claim was that women were more impacted by job cuts post-2008 too, and in the downturn of the early 90s.

It helps, of course, to be the sex that is dominant in the public sector as it is the private sector which is always worst affected.


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Douglas Murray: Pity poor oppressed Prince Harry

An interesting piece on UnHerd.


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Messages for Men 4 – deferred

I have spent a significant portion of time over lockdown organising a very promising Messages for Men conference that was due to happen in recognition of International Men’s Day, this November. Unfortunately, Covid restrictions have made the event unviable so I recently cancelled the venue booking. A virtual event would be possible but since I was intending to host the event on the same day that the International Conference on Men’s Issues series of videos will start premiering on YouTube (Saturday 14th November) and also because I’m really keen to have the next Messages for Men as a live event I have decided against that course of action and will be reorganising once the Covid restrictions are either lifted entirely or not so disruptive.

I am currently working with the Save Indian Family Foundation to work out whether a march would be viable, news on this to follow soon.

 


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Male domestic abuse victims ‘sleeping in cars and tents’

Our thanks to Nigel and Chris for spotting this BBC News article.

The Respect Men’s Advice line reports a jump of up to 60% between emails and calls from men disclosing experiences of abuse since the lockdown period began. They, and charity Men Standing Up, also refer to the exacerbated difficulties that victimised men are experiencing when trying to escape abuse during this period.

While the article makes for distressing reading, the fact that it’s been published must surely be good news because our society needs to be made aware and accept that domestic abuse against men is a significant problem before we can ever hope it will be seriously addressed.


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Diego goes to the doctor

Enjoy (video, 2:19). If you enjoy that, you’ll enjoy Couples therapy (video, 1:37).


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Peter Lloyd: “Masculinity Isn’t Toxic, Our View of Men Is”

Enjoy (video, 56:08). The interview video (on the Triggernometry channel) is attracting many viewers and plenty of comments, I’ve left some comments and invite you to do likewise.


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Women ‘should be protected’ under hate crime laws

Our thanks to Dick for a predictably misandrous piece by “political reporter” (i.e. propagandist) Jennifer Scott at the BBC. Extracts:

The Law Commission has carried out a review into the legislation and is putting several recommendations into a consultation.

It said the “vast majority of evidence” suggested crimes were linked to misogyny.

The commission plans to make its official recommendations to the government in 2021…

Campaign and policy manager at Women’s Aid, Lucy Hadley, welcomed the proposals.

She said: “Sexism and women’s inequality are the root causes of violence against women – including domestic abuse, sexual violence, street harassment including ‘upskirting’, and online forms of crime – and these often intersect with other identities, including race and ethnicity, sexuality and disability.

“Making clear that crimes happen to women ‘because they are women’ could help to send a clear message that women will be believed, protected and supported if they experience sexist violence and abuse.”

Then there’s a section which is surely a complete invention. Normal people don’t talk in the way described:

Nadia – not her real name – is a survivor of domestic abuse, which she says was driven by the misogyny of her ex-partner.

She said: “When I did not want to be sexually intimate with my ex-partner, he behaved as if he was entitled because, in his eyes, I was someone with no value, worth or respect – I was an object. My only purpose was to serve him.”

Nadia said her ex-partner “felt entitled” to abuse her as he was a man who saw himself as superior to her.

“My opinions and feelings had no value and my needs weren’t important – his were, they always came first,” she added.

Although financially independent, Nadia was never allowed to pay for meals or her car, as another form of control. [J4MB: Plenty of women routinely expect such things from their partners, in what sense is it “control” by them rather than exploitation of them?]

“When we were on holiday, he insisted that only he could exchange the money for foreign currency, which meant I had to ask him for money,” she said. “He wanted me to give up work.

“It was apparently because he was doing the right thing as a man but really it was to increase my dependency and isolate me further.”

Nadia added: “He had a huge sense of entitlement because he was a man. There was constant superiority over me and disdain for my mind.

“I believe that misogyny suited him and justified his abusive behaviour.”


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