Monthly Archives: May 2013

A fearful silence

An interesting short article was posted by MRA London today, written by a male victim of domestic abuse. He has something in common with his ex-wife. Both are church ministers. http://www.mralondon.org/2013/05/domestic-violence-fearful-silence.html We wish this brave man a happier future, and hope … Continue reading

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Facebook bows to pressure from feminists

I read a newspaper report earlier this week to the effect that Laura Bates – who runs the feminist grievance factory ‘The Everyday Sexism Project’ – was delighted at Facebook’s response to pressure from her and other sour-faced angry whingers. Which cannot be good for men, and … Continue reading

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10:00 tonight – a ‘must watch’ TV programme

I’m halfway through a week’s holiday in the north of Scotland – balmy weather almost every day so far – and checking on emails only every two or three days. Yesterday I received an email from someone working for the Channel … Continue reading

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Jodi Arias: turning murder into T-shirt sales

A startling new piece on ‘A Voice for Men’: http://www.avoiceformen.com/feminism/feminist-violence/jodi-arias-survivor-t-shirt-sales-domestic-violence-teachable-moment/

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Glen Poole’s article on ‘A Voice for Men’

An interesting article by Glen Poole of ‘Helping Men’ http://helpingmenblog.blogspot.co.uk appeared yesterday on ‘A Voice for Men’ (link below). It’s well worth reading, as is the discussion thread that follows it. http://www.avoiceformen.com/men/mens-issues/reason-for-cheer-about-the-mens-movement/

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Men not marrying? How deep does ‘the problem’ go?

My thanks to JT for pointing me towards a video from the legendary Canadian MHRA Karen Straughan, aka ‘GirlWritesWhat’ / ‘GWW’. It dates from March 2012 but somehow I missed it the first time around. As usual with GWW’s pieces, she covers far more … Continue reading

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e-Petition concerning Domestic Abuse in Wales

I’m writing to ask for your support with respect to an e-petition concerning a challenge of an initiative in Wales. It will you take under a minute to sign the e-petition, and you don’t need to be a resident of Wales to sign it. … Continue reading

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Interesting events at the University of Manchester Students’ Union

My thanks to the lady who brought this story to my attention. A Facebook page http://j4mb.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=521&action=edit&message=1 has been posted with respect to events surrounding the proposal to introduce a Men’s Officer onto the Students’ Union Executive committee. Nathan Hoyle’s introduction to … Continue reading

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J4MB barred from speaking at the University of Bedfordshire

It’s been over 30 years since I was a university student, but it appears that Student Unions have since become such important organisations that they now have Chief Executive Officers. Amazing. Yesterday I emailed beds.su@beds.ac.uk the Student Union at the University … Continue reading

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Deborah Kendrick: ‘My evolution from Feminism to the Men’s Human Rights Movement’

An interesting article by Deborah Kendrick, an American former feminist, has been published on ‘A Voice for Men’: http://www.avoiceformen.com/feminism/my-evolution-from-feminism-to-the-mhrm/#comments If you don’t already subscribe to the website http://avoiceformen.com I strongly recommend you do so now. Barely a day goes by when an … Continue reading

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