Thursday, March 09, 2006

The ABC of an MRA

A: Advertising and media portrayal - no more the dumb man.
B: Boyhood genital mutilation - must be made illegal.
C: Child custody - must be equalized.
D: DNA - paternity deception must be stopped for every father and baby.
E: Employment - men must not suffer worse conditions or higher death rates.
F: False allegations - must be prosecuted.
G: Grievous bodily harm - men must not suffer more violence.
H: Homelessness - men must not suffer more.
I: Incarceration - must be equalized and men must be protected in jail from e.g. rape.
J: Judicial prejudice against men in family law and sentencing length must be stopped.
K: Killed - more men are murdered. This must stop.
L: Longevity - women live 5-7 years longer. Health spending by sex and life expectancy must be equalized.
M: Marital rights - men don’t have any while women are legally provided for.
N: Net income - even up discretionary spend on and by men, equalize retail floor space.
O: Options - life options must be equalized, not just to work but to raise a family, to care, to feel and to shop.
P: Paternity fraud - this appalling evil must be redefined as a heinous crime.
Q: Qualifications - men’s educational disadvantages must be corrected.
R: Reproductive rights - men must be given the same rights as women.
S: Suicide - men’s greater prevalence means they need more help. This must be provided.
T: Threat of conscription and front line action must be shared between men and women.
U: Undefended - men must be offered equal refuge from e.g. DV.
V: Voting influence must be equated so that politicians address men’s issues properly.
W: Women and children first - this mindset must end.
X: X-dressing - men should have the same dress freedom as women.
Y: Y - why is men’s quality of life not monitored and improved?
Z: Zzzzz - female dominated society must wake up to men’s suffering.

Wednesday, March 01, 2006

Falconer’s Law:

I propose a new law, to be called Falconer's Law. It states:
"as a political discussion progresses the probability of reference to an absolute and unchanging measure of good behaviour approaches 1. When this happens the discussion must be terminated and whoever alluded to this fictional concept of absolute goodness has automatically lost whatever debate was in progress."

The law is named after the English Lord Chancellor who deployed the technique in a Channel 4 documentary (Dispatches: Stealing Freedom). In essence his message was “if you are good you have nothing to fear from the government.” How scary was that?