Last week you had a 'Fatherhood' column with an article by Aaron Traister leading it off. What happened? Why isn't this over there?

Liberals are supposed to be for civil rights, for equality. There are valid points being made by MRAs, and this issue isn't owned by either the left or the right yet. Right-leaning men see Feminists as the obstacle to equality, and left-leaning men see Fundamental Religion types as the obstacle.

Dismissing their valid points by ignoring them, or by pointing out the kooks in the crowd puts this issue in play. Why give the right wing an actual grievance? The left is always a bit put off when they're dragged into enforcing inequality.

I, like many other men of my generation, was raised by a feminist mom who got custody, the child support, the house, the furniture, the friends, the neighbors, and the community in the divorce. My father got the one-room apartment overlooking a dumpster. We know that men are disposable because we watched our fathers being discarded. We know that we are parents only at the sufference of our wives because we aren't blinkered by religion.

Dismissive articles like this one remind me of nothing more than the opinions of men in the 70's, who claimed that sexism in the workplace was not a big deal. Men's second-class status with respect to the police, to the courts, to child custody, these are what's important in life. No one dies wishing they'd spent more time at the office.

Autopsy studies of Chinese, German, Israeli, Jamaican, Swedish, and Ugandan men who died of other causes have found prostate cancer in thirty percent of men in their 50s, and in eighty percent of men in their 70s.

Your take on prostate cancer is the most callous thing I've read in a long time.

Anyone have a god I can borrow? I want to pray to one that I die of something else first.

As a quick check, I entered 'deadbeat mother' and Google's suggestion was 'Did you mean : deadbeat father'?

Just five days ago Broadsheet ran the headline 'End of Life Care is a Feminist Issue'. I've printed out a copy of that to share with my brother the next time my father is hospitalized. He's sure to get as much of a laugh out of that as I did.

... I can attest this is very true. Now that I have kids I've bought into all the major points of modern conservatism:

- Homophobia

- Aggressive, Evangelical Christianity

- Intolorance of anyone not an aggressive, evangelical Christian

- Fear of any government program that isn't military or spy-based

- Obsession with firearms and fetishism of violence

- Thinly disguised racism

- Glorification of the stupid, fear of education and the educated

- Righteous anger that the for-profit healthcare business model might be threatened

- Sincere belief that I will be a golden parachute CEO. And win the lottery. Possibly both.

... and I just can't wait for my babies to grow up and be killed in some War of Adventure. It's an amazing transformation.

... you're going to find yourself putting all the sharp, pointy utensils sharp end down and at the back of the dishwasher. The dishwasher is fascinating and he'll get past your guard at some point, better if he comes away with a spoon.

Up until the last 20 years or so, it was considered unethical to perform medical experiments on ;

- children

- the elderly

- anyone who is or may become pregnant during the tests

... and these concerns didn't go away, they just took a back seat to demands like this one, that womens needs aren't being met.

@Imwalker

The US Census shows that 58% of America lives in an urban area where the local population is greater than 200,000. Only one of the MTV 16 and Pregnant girls you cited does so.

Men are always in the position of receiving a child as an act of generosity by a woman.

... or of being denied that child when it is given away for adoption, when another man's name is on the birth certificate, or when the new mother decides to exclude the father and be a single parent. The idea that all men are deadbeats at heart is as insulting as the idea that all abortions are based on whim.

This reminds me of the attempt to remove the stigma of Cerebral Palsy by coining the term 'Spastics', which lead to : "spa", "spaz", "spazmoid", "spazzer", "spazmo", "spack", "spackhead", "sped", "spazzy", "spacko", or "spacker".

/From the Wikipedia entry.

Was there ever an explanation as to why his daughter is immune from minimum sentencing laws?

I'm glad to see this barbaric practice is following the creation of eunuchs into the dustbin of history.

I totally understand the resentment of those who are childless. I mean, if I see one more double-wide stroller on the subway during rush hour (my husband calls them mini-thrones) I might throw a fit. Not to mention the pissed off moms who can't fathom why people are annoyed they would push a double-wide stroller on the train at 5:30 pm. -- TRenee

Thankfully I rarely have to take my kids with me on the Subway, but I had no idea this level of rage existed. Is it just the excessively large strollers, or all strollers that get to you? It'd be a bit of a bear to put both my 3 and 1-year old daughters into carriers, their combined weight is 53lbs prior to diaper-changing and toy considerations.

Remarkably, and unlike most paid parental leave in the private sector, this benefit has also been extended to fathers. It's not clear in the text of the bill, but the arguments put forward by the Congressional sponsor go into detail about how both parents income is necessary, and both parents require a bonding period after a birth, not just new moms and parents who adopt.

Hallelujah!