Month: January 2015

#RealStrength

90% of men around the world say that their caring side is part of their masculinity and strength. Let’s acknowledge the caring side of men and celebrate their #RealStrength as a true sign of masculinity.dove

Sexual assault myths: Part 1

We don’t live in a rape culture, but we do inhabit a culture saturated with gender propaganda. Call it a Ms.Information culture. And nowhere is Ms.Information more rampant than in the area of sexual assault. On this week’s episode of the Factual Feminist: The two biggest myths about women and sexual violence:

12 years a FATHER

There is nothing more rewarding than being a parent. I love the ups and downs. It’s such an amazing thing to see the development of my children over the years and know that I have had a significant role in…

Free speech is so last century. Today’s students want the ‘right to be comfortable’

An excerpt from this article: http://www.spectator.co.uk/features/9376232/free-speech-is-so-last-century-todays-students-want-the-right-to-be-comfortable/ Brendan O’Neill and Harriet Brown discuss the rise of the Stepford student Have you met the Stepford students? They’re everywhere. On campuses across the land. Sitting stony-eyed in lecture halls or surreptitiously policing beer-fuelled…

The Unmentionable “F” (Father) Word

Fatherlessness is a serious issue that must be addressed: An excerpt from this blog post: http://donpesci.blogspot.com/2015/01/the-unmentionable-f-father-word.html?m=1 “Poverty” is the polite word most often used by polite liberals and more earnest progressives to describe the plight of the unmentionable underclass. And…

#Manspreading

An excerpt from this article by Cathy Young, a regular contributor to Reason magazine and Real Clear Politics: http://www.newsday.com/opinion/columnists/cathy-young/manspreading-but-women-hog-subway-space-too-cathy-young-1.9776186 As we enter 2015, the latest feminist crusade seems to come straight from the life-imitates-satire department. It has everything one could…

I’m NOT Charlie Hebdo

This sums up most of my feelings about Charlie Hebdo. An excerpt from this article: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/01/09/trolls-and-martyrdom-je-ne-suis-pas-charlie.html?via=desktop&source=twitter TROLLS AND MARTYRDOM: JE NE SUIS PAS CHARLIE BY ARTHUR CHU Charlie Hebdo weren’t asking to be shot. They were asking for a reaction,…

The Father Project

An excerpt from this article: http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/5398922 Four years ago The Father Project was born and I took to my Facebook page to document my journey. I carried a picture of my father or something to remind me of him each…

Our Marriage Ended. Our Family Did Not.

Children do not divorce their parents. This is a typical example of how most people who co-parent have to deal with real life after divorce. An excert from this article: http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/parenting/2014/11/23/our-marriage-ended-our-family-did-not/?partner=rss&emc=rss&smid=tw-nytimes&_r=1&referrer Divorcing felt like a death that deserved mourning. Yet…