Mens Studies

It is only fare that young men have the same rights to education of their gender as women do.

Male studies programs are the answer to the extreme feminist hegemony that has dominated academia and has been poisoning the education system for more than a generation.

If women truly believe in equality, they should support the establishment of Mens Studies throughout academia.

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Oh, the Feminism topic ...

This video is really how the reality is for women today...

The Legal Influence of Misandy and Pseudoscience - 1

The reality of the way this affects people goes beyond imagination.

What is Misogyny?

Misogyny is something that plagues our world in many ways though few people really understand it or have even heard the word. Misogyny is most simply defined as the dislike or hate of women. It truly sounds awful and maybe inconceivable to some, but it has real existence in our world. Just look to all the crimes committed against women to see where the true hatred of women lies.

Misogyny occurs in many forms in our society. If we only look at it most simply as a dislike and not necessarily a hate of women, it is easier to see where it exists.

Women are certainly easier victims in crimes but why are they being committed against women in the first place? It would stem primarily from a dislike or hate for the gender itself, most especially violent crimes like rape and murder.

Misogyny can be seen in all kinds of settings, even in television shows and in movies. The woman is most often the victim of crimes in movies and if you pay close attention you will see that someone who is seeking revenge for a crime, no matter how horrid, will often be a woman again. It may not appear that it is the woman who is being targeted as bad if she is trying to pay back for a crime, like being raped, yet it is putting the woman in a violent role again.

How often do we really see men seeking revenge in movies where a crime was committed against a woman? It may seem to make sense that a woman would seek revenge for a crime committed against a woman, but it only furthers to complicate the movie theme. Women being portrayed in any position of victim or revenge seeker, as often as happens in our society, is cause for alarm and something we should all be paying more attention to.

Look to some religions and how women are treated and it makes one wonder if it isn't a dislike for women that shapes the very structure of the religion. If the woman must always submit to the man that is supposing that the female gender is somehow inferior to males and thus perpetuates the male dominance role which often leads to misogyny.

That is not to say that all men dislike women and that some women are not bad.

What is 'misandry' and what is 'anti-misandry'?

Misandry is the hatred of males as a sex, as opposed to misogyny, the hatred of women; or misanthropy, hatred of the human species. Misandry comes from misos (Greek μῖσος, "hatred") + andr-ia (Greek anér-andros, "man"). Those holding misandric beliefs can be of either sex. Thus it holds to common sense that Anti Misandry is to work toward removing misandry from our culture.

Strangulation never makes sense

A bill that would require a strangulation offense to be prosecuted as a felony will succumb to budget pressures once again, a state legislator told domestic violence advocates Wednesday.

Rep. Jennifer Seelig, D-Salt Lake, said the state's ongoing budget constraints has doomed a bill she has tried for three years to make law. Last year, the Department of Corrections estimated the legislation would result in two more people each year being sentenced to prison, adding about $116,000 in ongoing costs.

Instead, Seelig said she'll offer a resolution that urges prosecutors throughout the state to seek stiffer penalties for someone who attempts or commits to smother or strangle another person.

"What I can promise you is I'm not giving up," Seelig told those attending a Safe At Home Coalition workshop on strangulation, which drew prosecutors, police, health care workers and domestic violence advocates.

Seelig's bill is widely endorsed by Utah's domestic violence and law enforcement communities, who say strangulation is often a red flag for escalating violence but is often not recognized as abuse by victims or investigators.

Strangulation is not specifically defined as an offense under Utah law. The act is often prosecuted as a misdemeanor simple assault, but can be charged as a felony under the aggravated assault statute. The hurdle for prosecutors is proving "serious bodily injury" because there is often no visible evidence of a strangulation attempt.

Seelig wants to add language that defines smothering and strangulation and makes the crime a third-degree felony. She said that would eliminate any confusion or reluctance by prosecutors about pursuing the charge as a felony crime.

"We wanted to make it absolutely clear so it would be a no-brainer," said Seelig.

Twenty seven states now have laws that specifically deal with strangulation, said Gael Strack, who led the workshop.

Strack, a former prosecutor and CEO of the National Family Justice Center Alliance, is at the forefront of a nationwide movement to educate more law officers, prosecutors and social workers about how to recognize and document domestic violence that involve strangulation.

That movement is catching on in Utah. Last spring, Salt Lake City police officers and Salt Lake County prosecutors who work domestic violence cases attended a daylong session on strangulation hosted by the Utah Coalition Against Sexual Assault. The topic now is being included in officer trainings, said Salt Lake City police Sgt. Dan Brewster, who oversees the domestic violence squad.

"It's a new area of expertise that people are really starting to realize the seriousness of," Brewster said.

Most strangulations occur during intimate partner violence. An abuser may attempt to smother or strangle a partner to control and terrorize them with the possibility of being killed, Strack said.

Often there is no visible sign of the attack -- even when death occurs. Many law officers don't know to ask about or look for telltale signs, such as red eyes, loss of consciousness, a raspy voice, sore throat and a rash of small red dots that can appear on the face, neck or scalp.

A victim may lose consciousness within as few as 10 seconds and suffer brain damage within 30 seconds; death may occur within 4 minutes.

At least 25 percent of domestic violence cases include strangulation attacks, said Strack. Strangulation, she said, is often the trigger that finally makes a woman realize the danger an abusive relationship poses to her.

from brooke@sltrib.com (source: http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_14242477)

When there are families suffering to the extent that they do... the majority of the population must participate in bringing about some kind of change to the picture.

It is so common to see women fleeing with the children...

I have been reading endless stories form both sides of the picture and we have not really even moved an inch in correcting the problems families face today.

What can be done?