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Saturday
Jun182011

Is the health system failing men? (Sydney Morning Herald)

Professor John Macdonald

Australian males die, on average, five years earlier than women. Four experts discuss why this longevity gap is so difficult to bridge.

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Friday
Jun102011

Men's Health Australia eNews, 10 June 2011

In this edition:

  • Men's Health Week, June 13 to 19, 2011
  • Government deception won’t reduce violence
  • Male Studies Symposium
  • Australia's first National Pain Week
  • Quick links to recent stories and resources of interest
Monday
May302011

The Feminist Trojan Horse in Family Law

Federal Member for Dawson, George Christensen, attacks the Gillard Labor government's changes to the Family Law Act which will water down provisions giving non-custodial parents (mostly fathers) equal access to their children.

Transcript from Hansard - House of Representatives, Monday 30 May 2011
http://www.aph.gov.au/hansard/reps/dailys/dr300511.pdf

George Christensen, MP for Dawson, Queensland (Mackay area)

Mr CHRISTENSEN (Dawson) (12:18): In addressing the Family Law Legislation Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Bill 2011, I have come to understand how the citizens of Troy must have felt when they were greeted with the gift of a giant wooden horse, because this bill is not what it appears. It is a Trojan horse. Just like the giant wooden horse, full of Greek warriors, in Greek legend and like an insidious computer virus, full of malicious code, this Trojan bill is loaded with consequences that will undermine some of the most basic human rights for both parents and children, and particularly fathers.

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Thursday
Apr072011

Mean spirited ideology or a presumption that every child wants the love of both parents in equal measure

Family violence has, in recent years, been subjected to a very short sighted restricted analysis that is based on stereotypes of victims and abusers. Typically, the "victim" is depicted as a timid, oppressed female and the abuser is portrayed as a brutish, aggressive male that often assaults or even murders children. But such gender stereotypes are dangerous, and leave groups of people suffering and vulnerable because they do not fit the pigeon hole prescriptions that dominate family violence discourse and support organisations in our country. As it should be the homicide of children is considered to be a detestable crime in our community where they are seen as being very vulnerable and especially susceptible to abduction, physical and sexual assault and murder.

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Tuesday
Mar082011

Proposal for a White House Council on Boys to Men (USA)

The proposal for a White House Council on Boys to Men was originally inspired by a discussion initiated by the White House Boards and Commissions Director Joanna Martin to Dr. Warren Farrell, inquiring of his interest in advising the White House Council on Women and Girls, given his background with the National Organization for Women. Shortly after, Dr. Farrell created a multi-partisan Commission of thirty-four prominent authors, educators, researchers and practitioners to accomplish three goals: investigate the status of boys and their journey into manhood; identify both surface and underlying problems confronting boys and men; create a blueprint toward solutions. This proposal is the result.

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