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Wednesday, April 23, 2008 08:04 PM

@not2master

The avoidance of teaching/coaching careers by men in many fields is exactly due to the sexism of this article and Sey's book.

But the decline in male teachers has been taking place for decades, and feminist organizations have been fueling it for the same time with their hate speech against men.

Look around you, Mr. Feminist, and you will find hate in fellow feminists who preach "equality", but who are bigots or the worst type.

Thursday, April 24, 2008 06:23 AM

Absolutely

Italians are some of the most racist and sexist people on the planet, as tina schrier points out above.

Also, if law enforcement officials decide to detain and prosecute someone, they must certainly be guilty, as she also mentions in her post.

Excellent post, tina, you hit the key issues.

Thursday, April 24, 2008 08:41 AM

Hey look

Another female schoolteacher gets probation for sexual abuse of a 14 year old boy:

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/jeffersoncounty/story/92CB72188BE5747F8625742C006846DD?OpenDocument

Well, at least she wasn't staring at him.

Women are victims :) !

Thursday, April 24, 2008 09:07 AM

Not if you smoke and are incredibly fat and inactive

Conclusions

There was a steady increase in mortality inequality across the US counties between 1983 and

1999, resulting from stagnation or increase in mortality among the worst-off segment of the

population. Female mortality increased in a large number of counties, primarily because of

chronic diseases related to smoking, overweight and obesity, and high blood pressure.

From the PLOS paper cited by the article:

http://www.plos.org/press/plme-05-04-ezzati.pdf

Tuesday, May 6, 2008 08:50 AM

@chiefpayne

Just as in cases of maternal child abuse or domestic violence inflicted by a women on a man, the man is responsible.

No need for accountability and agency when you can blame a man for your bad decisions.

Welcome to the post-feminist utopia.

Tuesday, May 6, 2008 09:10 PM

Wow

Man, you feminists are just beyond sick in your hatred of men and marriage. Tracy, you are a piece of work.

Wednesday, May 7, 2008 05:54 AM

An ode

Giant, cottage cheese thighs

Vibrate with each lumbering step

Towards the sofa

Home for massive hips

Chocolatetelevisiondepression mememe!

The giant manatee cries out!

Blaming Father, all men, why does no on pay attention to mememe!

Massive, fleshy hand reaches for

More comfort

Refusing to work

Refusing activity

Memememe!

Giant manatee complains of neglect,

knows she is repulsive

Doesn't care - she is empowered!

Wednesday, May 7, 2008 08:55 AM

@Anonymous_Too

Excellent post. There has been a paucity of man-blaming and derogatory generalizations about men in this thread. Why can't men be blamed regularly as part of commentary for every BS story??!!

Thanks for setting the record straight. Men are guilty, evil, and should be punished.

Wednesday, May 7, 2008 08:38 PM

More "rape crisis" feminist fiction - when will the lies end?

Human Trafficking Evokes Outrage, Little Evidence

U.S. Estimates Thousands of Victims, But Efforts to Find Them Fall Short

http://tinyurl.com/35ou6q

Outrage was mounting at the 1999 hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building, where congressmen were learning about human trafficking.

A woman from Nepal testified that September that she had been drugged, abducted and forced to work at a brothel in Bombay. A Christian activist recounted tales of women overseas being beaten with electrical cords and raped. A State Department official said Congress must act -- 50,000 slaves were pouring into the United States every year, she said. Furious about the "tidal wave" of victims, Rep. Christopher H. Smith (R-N.J.) vowed to crack down on so-called modern-day slavery.

The next year, Congress passed a law, triggering a little-noticed worldwide war on human trafficking that began at the end of the Clinton administration and is now a top Bush administration priority. As part of the fight, President Bush has blanketed the nation with 42 Justice Department task forces and spent more than $150 million -- all to find and help the estimated hundreds of thousands of victims of forced prostitution or labor in the United States.

But the government couldn't find them. Not in this country.

The evidence and testimony presented to Congress pointed to a problem overseas. But in the seven years since the law was passed, human trafficking has not become a major domestic issue, according to the government's figures.

The administration has identified 1,362 victims of human trafficking brought into the United States since 2000, nowhere near the 50,000 a year the government had estimated. In addition, 148 federal cases have been brought nationwide, some by the Justice task forces, which are composed of prosecutors, agents from the FBI and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and local law enforcement officials in areas thought to be hubs of trafficking.

In the Washington region, there have been about 15 federal cases this decade.

Ronald Weitzer, a criminologist at George Washington University and an expert on sex trafficking, said that trafficking is a hidden crime whose victims often fear coming forward. He said that might account for some of the disparity in the numbers, but only a small amount.

"The discrepancy between the alleged number of victims per year and the number of cases they've been able to make is so huge that it's got to raise major questions," Weitzer said. "It suggests that this problem is being blown way out of proportion."...

Thursday, May 8, 2008 02:26 AM

Wow

If the LW were a man, I can't begin to think of the sarcasm and feminist indignation that would be flooding the screen.

She's being treated the same way the vast majority of married men get treated by their spouses.

Since the LW is a woman, if she divorces her husband, she'll get full custody of the child, the house, alimony and child support.

You have all sorts of options ahead of you. Your husband has only obligations.

Thursday, May 8, 2008 10:53 AM

tina schrier is lying

Her purported survey does not exist. I'm not required to prove this, either.

Magdelyn - brava! True equality - very refreshing.

Thursday, May 8, 2008 11:41 AM

@tina schrier

Thanks for generalizing about half of humanity and all of America. All the while citing references that paint a black and white picture of the point you are arguing.

By your own admission, since you are American, you are implicitly incapable of a detailed argument. Sounds like the only valid point you've made in this thread.

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