Buying the cow & other bullshit
Men only care about sex, and women are cows right? That apparently is the deep reasoning of conservative defenders of marriage. Mark Trueblood says WTF?
Men only care about sex, and women are cows right? That apparently is the deep reasoning of conservative defenders of marriage. Mark Trueblood says WTF?
So you say there’s a marriage strike? Men in increasing numbers are refusing to be good little appliances and are not settling for their traditional roles of protector and provider.
Why are men going their own way? Well, according to Andy Man it’s because there is isn’t any respect given to the role of husband and father anymore, they’re simply bumbling fools and imbeciles and they certainly don’t have the same legal rights as mothers. Not to mention how male sexuality is constantly being presented as predatory by various feminist campaigns. Andy has something to say to women about the implications of all this.
A Man Going His Own Way, Peter Wright has been in the men’s movement for over 20 years. More than just a political movement, the men’s movent is about men discovering the value of self-determination and individualism: celebrating it and encouraging it to change the cultural zeitgeist. And Peter’s got a bone to pick with certain attitudes that have emerged within the movement.
It’s a common cultural stereotype to say that men are “good for nothing.” But after all the things men have given to civilization, and looking around at the current cultural zeitgeist, Jason Gregory dares to flip the question around. What is it that you, as a woman, are good for exactly? And if that question makes you angry, it may just mean you don’t have a good answer. [Illustration by Europa Phoenix]
Dr. Helen Smith offered a no-nonsense straight-on logical piece here on AVfM recently giving 8 very concrete reasons why men should not marry in today’s climate. August Løvenskiolds offers up his own somewhat more subjective, vastly more snarky list of reasons why it’s women who should be on bended knees begging, not the other way around.
What does a man owe a woman after a divorce? Is she to remain his financial obligation for life? Is he to be burdened with supporting her in a manner to which she is accustomed, even if she got accustomed on the sweat of his labors? Claire-Louise Meadows has some answers for you.
When Lola broke up with Eric she got a ritzy home, a chauffeur, a personal chef, two nannies for the kids, a holiday allowance and a boatload of child support. It was not enough. She wanted more. She sued. She lost. Good.
Occasionally we are gifted with a piece of fiction from our friend Dr. F, from the land of Oz. This particular piece, which revolves around something called a Pamper Hamper, leaves a question in our minds. Is it really fiction?
Looking at Australian family courts, including judge Altobelli’s ruling to ban children from a non-abusive father. Just how far will judges go to avoid protecting children from a female abuser.