Our thanks to Jeff for this welcome piece. The end:

“Hegseth used the platform to slam physical fitness and grooming standards, environmental policies and transgender troops while talking up his and Trump’s focus on “the warrior ethos” and “peace through strength.”

Hegseth said the department has been told from previous administrations that “our diversity is our strength,” which he called an “insane fallacy.” [J4MB emphasis. Spot on.]

“They had to put out dizzying DEI and LGBTQE+ statements. They were told females and males are the same thing, or that males who think they’re females is totally normal,” he said, adding the use of electric tanks and the COVID-19 vaccine requirements to the list as mistaken policies.

Hegseth said this is is not about preventing women from serving.

“But when it comes to any job that requires physical power to perform in combat, those physical standards must be high and gender neutral,” he said.

“If women can make it, excellent, if not, it is what it is. If that means no women qualify for some combat jobs, so be it. That is not the intent, but it could be the result.” [J4MB emphasis. Long overdue. Time to do the same with the British military.]

Hegseth’s speech came as the country faces a potential government shutdown this week and as Hegseth, who has hammered home a focus on lethality, has taken several unusual and unexplained actions, including ordering cuts to the number of general officers and firings of other top military leaders.”

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Today’s file is here (9:02).

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Our website Campaign for Merit in Business was created in the light of the considerable evidence of a causal link between increasing gender diversity on boards and corporate financial decline. Mike Buchanan, Steve Moxon and Dr Catherine Hakim (the originator of Preference Theory) presented evidence to House of Commons and House of Lords inquiries in 2012, the video of their House of Commons evidence session is here (56:50).

Finally, we run the award-winning website Laughing at Feminists. The comedy channel (170+ videos) is here. Remember, it’s more than important to laugh at feminists, it’s a civic duty.  

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Our thanks to Sean for this (video, 1:10:21), published yesterday. I don’t think I’ve ever watched a more fascinating video on gender issues in my 15+ years of focusing on gender issues. If any video on gender issues deserves the epithet “must see”, this is it. Dr Sulikowski is a brilliant psychologist – fiercely intelligent, honest, charming, erudite and more… it’s all good. If I were still organising ICMIs I’d invite her as a keynote speaker in a heartbeat. The full video description, with our hyperlinks:

“Dr Dani Sulikowski studied at the University of New England, before completing her PhD at Macquarie University investigating how cognitive mechanisms support foraging efficiency. She commenced as a lecturer at Charles Sturt University’s School of Psychology in 2011, where she remains, currently as Associate Head of School. Dani’s research has spanned comparative cognition, visual attention, human mating and attractiveness, dark personalities and the signalling value of human facial morphology (especially patterns of asymmetry). Currently, her primary area of research focus is in female intrasexual competition and its socio-political implications.” [J4MB: our emphasis.]

Dr Sulikowski’s brief biographical entry on the university website is here.

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Interesting.

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An interesting and welcome piece in yesterday’s edition of the Times of India. The related Congress webpage, however, makes it clear that the bill relates to GM in the context of F>M and F>M surgery and other medical interventions, nothing on MGM (performing FGM is already a crime in the US). What a wasted opportunity!

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Emma Walmsley took over as CEO of GSK plc in 2017. Last week she collected $16 million in total pay. It’s inconceivable that such a disastrous male CEO would have survived for so long. A piece in today’s Financial Times by a woman says “she struggled to win investor confidence for her efforts to reinvigorate the UK drugmaker.” She demonstrably failed to improve the company’s fortunes and struggled to win investor confidence? Might the two be linked, or is it the fault of the patriarchy?

In March 2017 the share price of GSK plc was £1,707.51. Today, it’s £1,536.85, a drop of 11.1%. GSK has long been a FTSE100 company. Since March 2017 the value of FTSE100 companies as a whole – including GSK plc – have risen by 30%.

A piece in today’s Guardian fails to mention what a disaster Walmsley has been. The start of the piece takes up the remainder of this blog piece:

“The pharmaceutical group GSK has announced the surprise departure of its chief executive, Emma Walmsley, after eight years in the top job.

Walmsley, who has run the FTSE 100 company since 2017, will step down from the board at the end of this year, and remain at the business until her notice period ends on 30 September 2026.

She said in a statement: “2026 is a pivotal year for GSK to define its path for the decade ahead, and I believe the right moment for new leadership.

“As CEO, you hope to leave the company you love stronger than you found it and prepare for seamless succession. I’m proud to have done both – and to have created Haleon, a new world-leader in consumer health.

“Today, GSK is a biopharma innovator, with far stronger momentum and prospects than nine years ago.”

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Today’s file is here (8:36). Ms. Harris’a award is here.

Over a period of more than two years we’re posting links to one video daily from the J4MB YouTube channel. The channel includes our media appearances since 2012, 300+ videos of talks and other materials from the International Conferences on Men’s Issues (2014 – ) and other men’s issues conferences we’ve been involved with, and so much more. The individual conference playlists are here.

Our website Campaign for Merit in Business was created in the light of the considerable evidence of a causal link between increasing gender diversity on boards and corporate financial decline. Mike Buchanan, Steve Moxon and Dr Catherine Hakim (the originator of Preference Theory) presented evidence to House of Commons and House of Lords inquiries in 2012, the video of their House of Commons evidence session is here (56:50).

Finally, we run the award-winning website Laughing at Feminists. The comedy channel (170+ videos) is here. Remember, it’s more than important to laugh at feminists, it’s a civic duty.  

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The upcoming XY Crew Jamboree will be held in Pattaya, Thailand. I hope to attend, my crowdfunder (which ends next Sunday) is here.

My thanks to John for sending me a video, My Pattaya Addiction: Losing Myself in Paradise (31:42). He writes:

“I don’t think think I’ve ever come across a more heartfelt account of a man being fleeced by a woman. Men seem to be hard-wired to be manipulated by exploitative women.”

Are men hard-wired, or are they socially conditioned to be manipulated by women? The jury’s out on that question. Regardless, red-pilled men don’t allow themselves to be manipulated by women, and are all the happier for it.

Have a good week.

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Our thanks to Reed for this:

“I am emailing you about online cyberbullying, cyberstalking, harassment, hate, and defamation groups such as “Are We Dating The Same Guy?” and other “Tea Groups.” Are We Dating The Same Guy is an international network of Facebook groups (and an app) that encourages possibly or definitely illegal behavior, such as doxxing-like behavior such as posting a photo of a man and his full name and making negative statements, accusations, or allegations and also often full doxxing, such as giving his street address, workplace, employer, or other information. As far as I am aware, users can post private messages, videos, or photos, or secret or sensitive facts or information, all without the consent of the person.

AWDTSG’s claimed purpose is to warn women about potentially problematic dating behaviors, and allow the poster to ask for information and opinions from others who might have dated the man, but AWDTSG is predominantly harassment, gossip, cyberbullying, and defamation in practice. Besides, even if a man did actually do something bad, it is highly unethical and a threat to his safety to post his name and photo on the forum and make allegations. The people on the site are not the “judge, jury, and executioner,” and doxxing and encouragement for vigilanteism is never acceptable even if a person has behaved poorly or has a criminal record. Even AWDTSG’s claimed purpose is illegal and unethical. 

The group only allows members to enter it and allows only women, so the man cannot know that he is being talked about on the platform and possibly endangered (unless a female friend who uses the platform tells him about it, which is against the rules and can result in a ban). It also means he cannot defend himself on the platform. Furthermore, the man could be the victim of nasty and false claims from a person or “troll” who has not even met him. The group is also infiltrated with men who are sometimes trolls. Misinformation is rampant on the platform.

The crimes and offenses that AWDTSG commits, promotes, and encourages could amount to cyberbullying, cyberstalking, harassment, threats, libel, slander, defamation, invasion of privacy, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and tortious interference with a prospective advantage/contract in cases where a user gives the post to the man’s employer, demands termination, and the man is fired (these are at least the terms for the offenses in the US).

AWDTSG also is linked to multiple suicides and homicides. 

I am firmly for women’s rights and safety, and the original purpose of AWDTSG was to allow women to date more safely. However, AWDTSG is ineffective and extremely harmful. There are much better ways for women to learn more about men they’re considering dating, dating, or in a relationship with, including doing their own research online, looking at and reading the man’s social media, looking at public records and criminal records online, asking people who know the man about him, asking her friends and other people she knows about the man, and asking friends and getting advice from them about a man she is currently dating, to name a few. “Are We Dating The Same Guy?” and other “Tea Groups” are not the solution.

I urge you to talk about AWDTSG.”

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