ICMI19: Ewan Jones’s interview of Terrence Popp. Video #340 of 800+ videos on the J4MB YouTube channel.

Today’s video is here (14:46).

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 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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ICMI19: Ewan Jones’s interview of Brian Martinez and Sargon of Akkad. Video #339 of 800+ videos on the J4MB YouTube channel.

Today’s video is here (40:02).

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 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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GERMANY: The Saxon law on assistance with violence aims to take male victims of violence into account.

Our thanks to Douglas for this:

From Germany, news of a dissenting regional government who actually want to solve domestic violence, even in the face of the Istanbul Convention, which is law in Germany, as it is in the UK:

21. Juni 2026

Sächsisches Gewalthilfegesetz will männliche Gewaltopfer berücksichtigen

English machine translation:

The Saxon law on assistance with violence aims to take male victims of violence into account

Saxony has introduced a draft state law on domestic violence assistance, which, unlike the federal law on domestic violence assistance, also aims to consider male victims. We hope that the proportion of misandrist members of parliament is not as high as in the Bundestag and that men are not ultimately forced out.

The Saxon State Government, in its cabinet meeting of April 21, 2026, released the draft of a Saxon Violence Assistance Act for public consultation. A central component of the law is the expansion and safeguarding of existing protection and counseling services. In accordance with federal requirements, the violence assistance system is to be expanded nationwide so that every district and independent city has the necessary protection and counseling capacities.

While the law is still influenced by the father-unfriendly Istanbul Convention, it also includes male victims of domestic violence in its scope, aiming to ensure comprehensive protection for all victims. This fundamentally differs from the law that was passed by the German Bundestag with votes from the SPD, the Greens, the CDU/CSU, and the Left Party, and which, contrary to Articles 2 and 3 of the Basic Law, established a protection privilege against violence exclusively for women. Not a single one of the more than 700 members of the German Bundestag voted against the motion at the time, which deliberately and systematically excluded male victims of violence from protective measures.

We hope that male victims of violence won’t be excluded from the draft at the last minute. We will continue to monitor the situation.

Sources

https://www.medienservice.sachsen.de/medien/news/1096585
https://manndat.de/gewalt-gegen-maenner/bundestag-beschliesst-gewaltschutzprivileg-fuer-frauen.html

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Rebecca Green, 29, prison officer, who was found to be in a relationship with a murderer after being saved as ‘partner’ in his contacts, is jailed.

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RSC casts Sharon D Clarke as black lesbian Othello in reimagining of play

You couldn’t make this s*** up. The production will be set in the future. Well, of course it will. I’m just surprised it isn’t set on the dark side of the moon, with all the lights in the theatre switched off.

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