The notion of The Patriarchy espoused by feminists has gone from being a radical fringe view to being mainstream not only among feminists but the wider community. The definition of patriarchy used by feminists differs from that used by anthropologists, sociologists and other researchers as well as differing from the common dictionary definition. These two …
A reminder that ICMI 2024 will be held in Budapest, Hungary on 10-11 August 2024. This is a little over 10 years after the first ICMI was held in Detroit. Paul Elam, Janice Fiamengo and Mike Buchanan are among the speakers. Tickets can be purchased on the ICMI 2024 website.
Erin Pizzey started the world’s first domestic violence shelter in the UK in 1971. Originally called the Chiswick Women’s Aid, you can still find this organisation operating under the name Refuge. In 2021 Refuge celebrated its 50th anniversary. Many well known figures, including politicians and royals, were present. Unfortunately Erin wasn’t present. This wasn’t an …
Have you seen Zoe McLellan? In November 2020 McLellan’s ex-husband, Jean Gillain was awarded sole custody of their son, Sebastian Gillain. McLellan had already absconded with Sebastian by then. In May 2021 an arrest warrant was issued for McLellan by the County of Los Angeles, California. As of August 2023 McLellan is still at large. …
History doesn’t remember Peter III of Russia fondly. The grandson of Peter the Great, he’s ridiculed by historians. This is captured effectively by the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica that had this to say about him: Nature had made him mean, the smallpox had made him hideous, and his degraded habits made him loathsome. And Peter had …
I’ve been involved in men’s rights for 10 years. In that time I’ve seen huge changes. Some of the problems we raise have gone mainstream. Terms like gynocentrism are now being uttered even by the mainstream media. 10 years ago you would have rarely heard that outside of A Voice for Men. We’ve come a …
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There is another aspect to all of this too. Big Tech. Big Tech refers to the big technology players like Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google. Collectively these companies are known as the FAANGs. They hold an enormous amount of power today. But it wasn’t always so. The 1990s saw widespread democratisation of technology. The …
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Woke is a widely-used adjective. Woke is generally understood to involve supporting or believing in various notions that are widely accepted among social justice warriors. People who consider themselves woke generally: Consider themselves to be left-wing Support identity politics Support feminism Believe in rape culture Believe in male privilege Believe that street harassment is a …
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The final day of ICMI2023 was fantastic. It was a little more relaxed than days one and two. We were treated to a dance performance mixing contemporary Western and Indian styles of dance. The young girl who performed had previously been alienated from her father, who was an attendee at the conference. Her dad reports …
