In 1991 Naomi Wolf wrote The Beauty Myth where she claimed that women are oppressed by patriarchal pressure to be beautiful. What she failed to tell us is where the beauty-mandate originated, or how it is used to gain and maintain power over men. Peter Wright fills in some of the gaps left by Wolf’s victim narrative.
Sometimes, the appropriate adjectives escape us when it comes to describing certain individuals in this world. Such is the case with John Nazarian, private investigator for Pauley Perrette and a host of other Hollywood A-listers. “Scummy” is good, but it is obviously just a start. Three minutes of him talking will quickly make that apparent.
The Catch-22, when the rules prevent you from following the rules, is a well-known joke in the military. New legislation in the area of sexual misconduct and military justice will change the joke into a dangerous assault on US forces.
Boys are watching too much smutty porn on the internet, resulting in sexist attitudes toward women and putting themselves in danger of going blind, or so thinks Nikki Gemmell from Australia. She says the solution to is to create a new genre of respectful “feminist porn” for the masses.
Rosiland Wiseman has made an earth shattering discovery. Boys have feelings. Not only that, they can be harmed by the betrayal of others. We know, you view this with skepticism. And for good reason. If we accept they have feelings, we might have to acknowledge they have value.
Jamie Kilstein wants us to understand Male Privilege. Managing Editor Dean Esmay tries to help him understand Female Privilege.
Natasha Stott Despoja is an Australian advocate concerned with intimate partner violence. Well, as long as male victims and female perpetrators are not part of the picture. Greg Canning issues an open letter to Stott Despoja, inquiring as to her motives for a strictly gendered view of a non gendered problem.
In Australia, a woman can often get away with murder. Jim Muldoon has a review of multiple cases that examine the hypocrisy and double-standards inherent in the constantly-evolving process of finding ways to acquit women of things that put men in jail.
AVFM extends wishes to all those celebrating the American Thanksgiving holiday. As always during this time of year we take pause to think of the countless men and children separated on this day, and all days, by the misandric system that seeks their destruction.
Gentlemen, gather round. We have a problem. The problem is women. They are in crisis. Dreadful things are afoot for them, and they need our help.
