In light of the disparaging #EndFathersDay campaign currently playing out on twitter, we thought we’d bring you this old classic written by Tom Snark in 2011 that captures the spirit of what fathers and Father’s Day have become in the eyes of a misandric world.
When a computer technician goes on a date with a woman there is ample potential for a disconnect – and ample potential for the woman to resort to shaming tactics if he doesn’t give in to emotional small-talk. Sage Gerard paints a picture of just such a scenario.
Three DUI’s in two years, car wrecks, suicide attempt, drug abuse… and she gets custody of the children.
An NCFM member tells his story of the unfortunately all-too-common practice of judicial bias that favors mothers even when they are unfit to parent.
You must learn to feel guilty, and then you will be guilty. Or this appears to be the modus operandum of many who oppose the Men’s Human Rights Movement. Tom Golden explores this further.
With Father’s Day just around the corner we thought it would be a good time to turn our thoughts to fatherhood. Phil Leigh brings you a series of inspirational stories that are sure to remind of the love and value of dads.
In 2011 the Department of Education issued its disastrous “Dear Colleague” letter to universities, requiring unqualified administrators to determine the guilt and innocence of students accused of felony sexual assault. Predictably, placing legal matters in the hands of amateurs has led to failures of justice, prompting a wave of lawsuits against universities by those wrongly accused. Jonathan Taylor provides a snapshot of developments.
It seems everywhere we turn the culture is down on males, and it sometimes makes them angry – but is that a crime? Ron Collins makes a passionate case for the legitimacy of men’s anger.
The Toronto Domestic Violence Symposium is still running today and tomorrow. Erin and others will also be speaking there today so it’s still not too late if you’re in the area to see Erin, Anne Cools, Martin Fiebert, Walter Fox, and many others.
Traffic to AVFM has been buzzing for quite a while now. Paul Elam takes a moment to welcome to new readers, and to explain to them why they are here.
From Germany, Dr. Gerhard Amendt contributes a scathing indictment of the modern domestic violence zeitgeist in that nation. It is a paradigm precisely mirrored across western culture. He includes proposals for a revamped approach to the problem.
