Today’s video is here (45:33).

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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 related 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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Tragic.

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Our thanks to Nigel for this. He writes:

“There are a number of “take aways” from this story that show the problem intentionally and unintentionally. First of course identifies the crucial role of fathers. But of course doesn’t really address how fathers might be supported just assumes they somehow go…. Then when asking for men to be “mentors” they are inundated, men are ready to be mentors, coaches and so on, when asked. Of course it doesn’t ask why they generally aren’t asked and why there aren’t all those organisations for boys that used to exist that are now for girls too (YMCA, Scouts and so on). It raises the spectre of “Adolescence” despite that being a fictional drama. The boy wasn’t fatherless so its not even relevant to fatherlessness.

And the piece ends with a restatement of the idea of “man up”.

“Raphael says his message to children whose father figure has vanished is this: “You need to use it as your why. “Use that as your reason to push you further. Don’t use it as an excuse to not do things, use it a reason why you did things.”

Don’t get me wrong I’m all for the 50 men who showed up to be mentors. And I’m glad the two boys were helped by their mentors. Anything that helps boys is to be applauded. But to really address the problem of fatherlessness and directionless youth thinking they’re unwanted by their society requires a real change in society. Time and again the social attitudes survey shows people aspire to partner, form a family and live an ordinary life with retirement and grandchildren (and each time the Fawcett Soc. etc says women need “educating” out of these aspirations). But nothing in our society supports young men in these aspirations, in fact it very successfully puts them off the idea as “abuse” and “control” “domination” after all aspiring to be a “breadwinner” for a family is “misogyny”. In my youth there was talk of the importance of showing teenagers like me and my contemporaries at a vocational secondary modern school that there was a root to a decent job, being a “catch” to find a partner and understanding how that family would need you. There was talk of “buying into” society. This became more acute in the early 80s when mass unemployment broke the “buy in” for 100,000s. Having declared such things as patriarchal oppression it should be no surprise young men can’t see how their aspirations can be fulfilled. And one can see fatherlessness and Lack of direction is most widespread in our “sink estates”. Mentors can help but some really big changes have to happen to achieve Rupert Lowe’s laudable ambition.”

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“An unusual case in terms of the general Judicial determination not to imprison women.”

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Our thanks to Nigel for this. He writes:

“This is perhaps an extreme case. And it should be no surprise that its a HR professional. But this sort of gaming the system is common in Public services in my experience. Getting progressively worse over 40 years. Compassionate provisions for childcare, bereavement, serious illness or caring for family members become more and more stretched and pets, distant family members or boyfriends become pretexts for flexible hours, compassionate leave, “sabbaticals”. Latterly all sorts of “mental health” issues also. With a strange coincidence of these with school holidays. Needless to say “HR” were useless in trying to tackle any of this.”

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Today’s video is here (40:35).

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).

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Interesting.

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Good news.

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Enjoy (video, 2:36).

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A BBC piece. An extract with the only mention of Suella Braverman in the piece:

“Meanwhile, another recent Tory defector, Suella Braverman, has been handed the education and skills brief, with deputy leader Richard Tice given a new role combining business, trade and energy policy.”

The BBC is spinning the story, as we would expect. A lengthier Times piece includes the following:

“Suella Braverman will be Reform UK’s shadow secretary of state for education and skills, Nigel Farage has confirmed in the final appointment to his “shadow cabinet”…

Britain has been “ripped apart” by diversity, equality and inclusion, Braverman said, accusing the initiative of being “prejudice against white people”.

She said Reform UK would get rid of the equalities department on “day one”, scrap the equalities minister — the role she is responsible for — and repeal the Equalities Act.”

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