Deborah Stallard, 54, is spared jail for stabbing her husband, 51, for falling asleep while she was talking to him – after he told court it was a ‘one-off’ because ‘she is on the menopause’

Our thanks to Nigel for this. He writes:

“Interesting. Yet another knife to the chest. Drink and menopause the excuse. And the husband is forgiving. Now just think if the sexes were reversed, our system would assume he was abusive, in full control of his faculties even when drunk or receiving hormone treatment (for Prostate cancer for instance) and “coercing” his wife into taking him back. And she’d be advised there is no such thing as a “one off” and her belief in this “myth” meant the prosecution must proceed whatever she thought.

In this case the Police did the right thing, treated the case as Domestic Violence, and found their work wasted by a derisory sentence. You can see how even the good cops are reluctant to bring a case if it’s not going to result in much.”

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Video / audio #450 from our archives: Valentina Ortiz – “The practical implication of feminist discourse to the detriment of men” (ICMI20)

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Ramya Nagesh, barrister who wrote book on sleepwalking, falls asleep at inquest

Female lawyers, eh? An extract:

“The tribunal heard that Ms Nagesh fell asleep shortly after she began eating a baked potato during the inquest’s 45-minute lunch break.” 

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Video / audio #449 from our archives: Rowland Adelagun (ManWomanMyth, “MWM”) – Four MWM videos, short interview with Mike Buchanan (ICMI20)

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Video / audio #448 from our archives: Greta Aurora – “Debunking Feminist Myths About Misogyny and Rape Culture” (ICMI20)

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Heather Mac Donald: “Hysterics for Hamas”

An excellent new piece from the estimable Heather Mac Donald, whose Wiki page is here.

Her page at the Manhattan Institute is here, she says it’s relatively complete with regard to her published work.

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Holiday

I’ve just started a four-week-long holiday in Mauritius. It’s not possible to contact me on my mobile phone but I’ll carry on dealing with emails in the normal way.

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Video / audio #447 from our archives: Martin Seager – “Male Psychology and Mental Health” (interview with Elizabeth Hobson, ICMI20)

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Video / audio #446 from our archives: Glass Blind Spot – “Canaries in Chicago: Snapshots from ICMI19” (ICMI20)

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