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The Man Always Pays – The Men’s Review (1948 Article)

We continue the series of Men’s Review excerpts below with this piece discussing the unbalanced financial and parental burdens placed on fathers. – PW * * * The Man Always Pays by Vertir   About a hundred thousand men are sentenced for life to the bondage of maintenance orders. Try to imagine the welter of misery …

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Sex Equality: Defining One’s Terms – The Men’s Review (1948 Article)

We continue the series of Men’s Review excerpts below with this piece exploring the meaning of ‘sex equality’. – PW * * * Defining One’s Terms by C. Lea   THERE is a type of propagandist who finds it convenient to avoid defining his terms. He can thus vary the sense when and how it …

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A Cultural Convention Condemned – The Men’s Review (1948 Article)

The following article appeared in the 1948 edition of the ‘Men’s Review’ – an antifeminist, pro men’s rights initiative that was active in Britain during the 1940s. This will be the first of a series of articles to be published at A Voice for Men from the first editions of the Men’s Review, which will …

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Going rogue with Royko

The wisecracking, street-smart newspaperman was something of a stock character in old movies (notably The Front Page in 1931).  Such movies often portrayed aggressive, ambitious reporters competing against one another for stories while working for morally-challenged editors and publishers seeking to boost circulation by any means necessary. For the most part, journalism was a rough-and-tumble …

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