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Jamie Kilstein wants us to understand Male Privilege. Managing Editor Dean Esmay tries to help him understand Female Privilege.
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An open letter to Natasha Stott Despoja
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.
DownUnderThink (Part 2)
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.
A Thanksgiving reminder
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.
Gals already dominate the other 364 days of the year – but men SHOULD support International Women’s Day
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.
Indian feminists provide cover-up for Tarun Tejpal on rape allegation
When do feminists look the other way? Ask Bill Clinton. They gave him a pass on all of his shitty conduct because he was an ally. And now we see the same sorry hypocrisy play out in India. Anil Kumar brings us the story of a prominent feminist accused of sexual assault, and the feminists out to protect him.
Russian female soldiers, 1917-1919
The male-shaming tactic; women vs. men as subjects of the “just following orders” defense in the commission of war crimes; female military mutiny; the propaganda value of photos of women getting empowered. Russia in the late 1910s was, in many ways, a harbinger of things to come in the wacky world of gender politics.
Dude, where’s my courtship?
What does it take to achieve gender equality? Certainly, a lot of old school ways have to go, including society’s former expectations of women. But what of men? It seems that men deciding that chivalry and courtship are at the top of their list for a ride to the dump. Good riddance.
Flooded By False Rape Allegations
Rape is a heinous and serious crime, whether it’s perpetrated on a man or a woman, or by a man or a woman. Yet evidence is that most legitimate rapes are never reported, while non-legitimate rape claims, i.e. fabrications, are rampant. Angry Harry looks at the evidence that this is so, and proposes a single reason for both.
Adventures in damseling: remembering Shannon Faulkner
When it comes to demanding equality, feminists often demand to be equal-er than others. Ty Henry recalls a case from the early 1990s that helps demonstrate this: Shannon Faulkner and The Citadel, in a reprint of an article he wrote almost 20 years ago.
