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Image via Wikipedia How Hate Relates to Feminism In Part 1 – What is Hate? I used a definition containing seven criteria to define a hate movement. In Part 2 and Part 3 I will demonstrate how feminism fits into each of the criteria and is therefore a hate movement. Part 2 covered points 1-4. [...]

Image via Wikipedia How Hate Relates to Feminism In Part 1 – What is Hate? I used a definition containing seven criteria to define a hate movement. In Part 2 and Part 3 I will demonstrate how feminism fits into each of the criteria and is therefore a hate movement. 1. Advocating lesser rights in law [...]

Image by zen via Flickr What is Hate? I have frequently discussed my opinion that feminism is a hate movement. But what exactly does that mean? What constitutes hatred? The Encarta Dictionary defines hate as:   to dislike somebody or something intensely, often in a way that evokes feelings of anger, hostility, or animosity. to [...]

Image via Wikipedia Male Feminists – Unwanted, unappreciated, not desired Toysoldiers has written an excellent piece on male feminists, illustrating their undesireable position in the movement. It illustrates why no man should ever consider himself a feminist. Follow the link to With Friends Like This…. Then read my reply which is re-published below: Feminism is [...]

Or should it be Misandry? Just imagine the outrage if the sexes in this video were reversed.   TDOM Related articles by Zemanta Maroon 5′s ‘Misery’ Video: Ultra Violence, Sly Humor (mtv.com) Maroon 5′s ‘Misery’ Video: Watch Behind-The-Scenes Footage Now! (mtv.com) Maroon 5 Get Violent In ‘Misery’ Video (mtv.com) Maroon 5 debuts new music video [...]

Image via Wikipedia Just what is equality? Not long ago I wrote an article discussing how feminism is not really concerned with equality. I’ve also recently read two other articles on the subject of equality, one at Trigger Alert based on Kurt Vonnegut‘s Harrison Bergeron, and the other at A Voice for Men by B.R. Merrick. [...]

Image via Wikipedia A Catholic priest, an altar boy, a vindictive nun – You just know what this movie’s about Philip Seymour Hoffman plays Father Brendan Flynn, a priest accused of, what else, molesting an altar boy. Meryl Streep, as Sister Aloysius Beauvier, is his accuser. She has no evidence, there are no witnesses, no [...]

Image via Wikipedia Does honor define manhood?  In medieval society, the phrase “on my honor” was not backed solely by a person’s reputation. Honor was equated with property. Therefore, a person (man or woman) who stated “on my honor” was making a pledge or guarantee backed by property or possession and not simply staking their [...]

Image via Wikipedia Feminism is about Equality of Men and Women What exactly is the equality that feminists calim they want? Equal rights? Equal opportunity? Equal protection under the law? Equal outcomes? All of the above? None of the above? Some of the above? We have all heard that feminism equals equality. We have all [...]

Image by Getty Images via @daylife Pet Peeves With this article I am launching a new category of posts for my blog. It will consist of short blurbs about various things that irritate me. They may or may not fall into one of my other categories. “Don’t Blame the Victim” “Don’t blame the victim” is one of [...]

Will men be granted equal protection under the law? I recently wrote an article discussing Rape and False Rape Allegations. A recent news story from Israel raises several questions regarding consent and the definition of the crime of rape. The story, Arab man who posed as Jew to seduce woman convicted of rape, states that [...]

With privilege comes responsibility I found this on another blog. The author has granted permission for it to be used by anyone provided the reference to Peggy McIntosh, who apparently inspired it, remains. In 1990, Wellesley College professor Peggy McIntosh wrote an essay called “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack”. Her work was about White [...]

Is it The End of Men? Hannah Rosin recently published an article in The Atlantic Monthly titled The End of Men in which she claims that men are (or soon will be) second class citizens. One of the issues discussed in that article concerned unemployment and the failure to pay child support. She mentions a [...]

Image by Getty Images via @daylife Accepting a challenge A few weeks ago, I was asked by a commenter on another site (True Equality) to define rape. A legal definition could have sufficed and I will present one here, however, such a definition is insufficient to comprise a complete discussion of the topic. A complete [...]

Image via Wikipedia The first part of the series may be found by clicking the following: Would Men be Oppressed in a Feminist Society? – Part 1 Examining the existence of the oppression of males in the Mosuo people When I was a child, I raised hamsters. One of the first things I learned was [...]

Honor thy Father Father’s Day is said to have begun in 1910. It was the brain-child of Sonora Smart-Dodd, a woman who thought that fathers deserved the same recognition as mothers and was to be the equivalent of Mother’s Day. In other words, its creation was an afterthought meant to level the playing field so [...]

Subtle Misandry Sells at K-Mart I don’t watch a lot of commercial television. I prefer movies. But recently I saw an ad for Father’s Day depicting two men standing around a BBQ while their wives talked. One woman expressed her surprise at the other for purchasing a grill for her husband for Father’s Day. The [...]

According to the American Heritage Dictionary a right is “That which is just, morally good, legal, proper, or fitting.” MSN Encarta adds that a right is “an entitlement or freedom.” In today’s world, a woman has the freedom to choose pregnancy or not, prior to becoming pregnant. Abstinence is the old fashioned way, while birth [...]

Will Smith is absolutely incredible. I’ve never really been a big fan of Will Smith, but this movie may have just changed my mind. He was nothing short of superb in the role of Ben Thomas, a man seeking redemption for a momentary lapse that caused an accident in which seven people were killed. This [...]

War, racism, bigotry, and manhood I had never heard of this movie until I saw it. I really wish that I had. It was that good. After watching, I had to go read a few reviews. As I did, I saw two common themes. First, the reviewers all seemed to like it for various reasons. [...]

A mouse, a bowl of soup, and a feminist ideal of manhood The Tale of Despareaux contains some very powerful messages of what it means to be a boy, some good, some quite misandrous. Despareaux is a mouse, and not a very good one. He is confident, brave, and courageous. But a mouse is supposed [...]

Today I wrote a letter to the editor of the Fathers & Families blog in response to an article by Robert Franklin titled Part 2: Erring on the Side of Hidden Harm. The first part of the article is TRO Issuance: ‘Erring on the side of hidden harm’. My Letter follows: For 13 years I [...]

Is prison welfare for men? Can Male Studies make a difference? Over the past twenty years, men have gone from being a slight minority on college campuses (as they are in society at large) to a disproportionate minority. Men now comprise only about 40% of all college students. Recent census data indicate that women now [...]

Part 5 of 5 Follow these links to the remaining parts (once published the links will work): Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 I recently found a post titled 15 Questions from a Feminist at a blog called True Equality written by a young man named Mark who defines himself as a libertarian, [...]

Part 4 of 5 Follow these links to the remaining parts (once published the links will work): Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 5 I recently found a post titled 15 Questions from a Feminist at a blog called True Equality written by a young man named Mark who defines himself as a libertarian, [...]

Part 3 of 5 Follow these links to the remaining parts (once published the links will work): Part 1, Part 2, Part 4, Part 5 I recently found a post titled 15 Questions from a Feminist at a blog called True Equality written by a young man named Mark who defines himself as a libertarian, [...]

Part 2 of 5 Follow these links to the other parts: Part 1, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 I recently found a post titled 15 Questions from a Feminist at a blog called True Equality written by a young man named Mark who defines himself as a libertarian, atheist, and men’s rights activist. I [...]

Part 1 of 5 Follow these links to the remaining parts (once published the links will work): Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 I recently found a post titled 15 Questions from a Feminist at a blog called True Equality written by a young man named Mark who defines himself as a libertarian, [...]

Fundamental Principles of Fraternalism: The historical exploitation of men Recently I wrote an article entitled Feminism 101 that outlined the fundamental principles of mainstream feminism, an ideology based on an interpretation of history from a modern female perspective. However, it is just as possible to develop a fraternalist ideology based on a male perspective that [...]

Fundamental Principles of Feminism I have often stated that I believe in equal rights and equal opportunity for men and women, but am against feminism. But, what exactly is feminism? Ask a hundred feminists and you’ll get maybe 200 answers. They’ll range from the standard definitions of first wave feminism, second wave feminism, and third [...]

Sexist Congress woman from NH should be sent packing “We go to the ladies room, the Republican women and the Democratic women, and we just roll our eyes at what’s being said out there, and the Republican women said when we were fighting over the health care bill, ‘If we sent the men home, we [...]

How we interpret meaning says a lot about how we are programmed by society I linked my post “Does standing to pee oppress women?” to Facebook with the comment “Would you guys use this if your woman wanted you to?” A reader took offense to the phrase “your woman” stating that it was sexist of me to [...]

Or is it just penis envy? Ok, this is meant to be more humorous than it is serious, but it is an illustration of just how ridiculous the notion of “women’s oppression” by men really is. I recently came across this device on a site dedicated to men’s rights. That site provided a link to [...]

Part 1 I wrote a previous article questioning the basic feminist assumption that women had been oppressed by men. My conclusion was that they have not. They have been victims of sexism and discrimination, but not oppression. They’ve had far too much power and privilege to call what they’ve suffered oppression. Black were oppressed, Native [...]

Ad depicts older women preying on younger men – Women protest Follow this link to the article ‘Cougar’ sex campaign lands Air NZ in hot water. Women’s groups have always known the value of using the media. Protesting ads they believe convey the wrong message about women is important to them. They know the consequences. [...]

Follow the link below to a very interesting article on the choices women have to make between motherhood and career. I don’t necessarily agree with all the points it makes, particularly about men and fathers, but I found it quite fascinating and it raises some very interesting questions. It is based on both social theory [...]

“There can be no really pervasive system of oppression . . . without the consent of the oppressed” – Florynce R. Kennedy, civil rights activist, founder of the Feminist Party In response to my rants about anti-male advertising, I received three comments. Two came via email and one on Facebook. They were each similar in [...]

This looked like an interesting way to present some health information. If it works , I may dedicate a page to this. We’ll see. – TDOM

Spreading the Christmas jeer, umm, er, cheer Ok, today is Christmas Eve and I should be full of holiday cheer, right? Well, I probably am, but I’ve got to get some of the jeer out of the way to find it. Having completed another shopping season, I am rather sick of the whole experience. It’s [...]

Commercials rarely depict men in a favorable position relative to women A few weeks ago I wrote about the anti-male attitude of NFL sponsors in their commercials. I’ve continued watching and it hasn’t gotten any better. Sponsors continue to use anti-male ads to sell their products and services to a largely male audience. Just a [...]

Senate Bill not entirely supportable, but better I’ve said before that we need helath care reform. I’ve also said that I will not support a bill that increases costs or makes insurance mandatory. The Reid bill does both, but it’s far and away superior to the House version. First, it contains fewer penalties for not [...]

Answer: In a novel by George Orwell and in the Global Gender Gap Report, 2009 I have just finished reading what is perhaps the single most one-sided, biased, and sexist document that I have ever read in my life. It is from the Geneva based World Economic Forum and is called the Global Gender Gap [...]

One man’s definition Recently, I applied for a position writing a column on fatherhood. I was asked to provide a writing sample on the topic. This is what I wrote: In the human species, both parents are necessary to properly raise their offspring. That’s one of the beautiful things about being human. One of the [...]

TV Ads Turn Men Into Buffoons Over the first three weeks of the NFL season, I couldn’t help but notice the number of TV ads that portray men in negative stereotypes. Not all of this is bad mind you, but when it’s combined with strong, positive images of females breaking negative female stereotypes by making [...]

Female violence against men The apparent murder/suicide of Steve McNair by his girlfriend is shocking. But just as disturbing as the crime itself, is the reluctance of the police to identify it as such. I’ve seen several news stories in recent years where the police and the media have immediately identified murder/suicides without much investigation [...]