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SOUP, SEX, SALAD, or SUDSMEN MYTHS. Setting the record straight!What is it about men that seem to bug everyone in today's society? Everywhere you turn it appears that Guys are the butt of every cliché imaginable. Show me a commercial that depicts a man in a favorable light, when pitted up against women, or even his children, you can't and that is just wrong. What have we done to be so maligned in today’s culture?I think it’s time to correct the record, at least where I can add my extensive knowledge and expertise. Let us start with some of the...

With headlines screaming of a golf great’s links to porn stars and others who make a living off male fantasies, it’s a good time to talk about pornography and its consequences. The following words are mainly for men, but women (especially wives) may want to listen in. Let’s be clear from the start. Porn destroys love, breaks up marriages, exploits women and hurts children. Yet it has respected defenders in the media and in government. Indeed, these are boom times for pornography, thanks to the Internet, which flashes suggestive images with virtually every click. Men are especially susceptible to these...

USA Today financial columnist Sandra Block's column below all but comes right out and says that men are selfish for retiring at retirement age. Instead, men should continue to work, work, work while--guess what?--women should retire earlier. According to Block, by working well past retirement age, men can "make up for all the times you came home with beer on your breath, left your socks on the bathroom floor or gave your wife a DustBuster for Valentine's Day." I guess 40 years of working longer hours than your wife at a job more demanding and hazardous than hers--as most men...

VAWA Renewal Provides Opportunity to Stop Destruction of Innocent Cops’ Careers By Glenn Sacks Shot in the line of duty. Twice awarded the Medal of Honor. Named Essex County, New Jersey Police Officer of the Year. A highly decorated officer with an impeccable record. For 22 years police officer Eric Washington battled criminals on the streets of East Orange, New Jersey. On January 21, 2001 Washington was ambushed and brought down--not by an ex-convict bent on revenge or a shadowy gunman, but instead by a false accusation of domestic violence. Under the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 individuals, including...

New Report on Maternal Homicide Crisis: Myth-Making and Manbashing By Glenn Sacks "Pregnant women murdered at an alarming rate." "Killings of new, expectant mothers mount." "Many new or expectant mothers die violent deaths." "Violence trails expectant mothers." "Pregnant mothers often die of murder." These headlines top a highly-publicized new series of articles by Donna St. George of the Washington Post. The series, which appeared in many major newspapers and media outlets this week, details an alleged epidemic of maternal homicide by male intimates. The series powerfully depicts the tragedies of murdered expectant or new mothers. The mother-to-be killed the day...

I have a group called Men's Issues Online that may be of interest to users of the Free Republic (as many who are interested in the men's movement tend to be conservative or independent). Here is a description of the group from my homepage: Men's Issues Online covers a broad variety of issues affecting men, including men's health and safety, divorce and custody, reproductive rights, media bias, workplace issues, male only selective service, domestic violence against men, education, unequal sentencing, and double standards against men. MIO is intended to be an impetus to online and offline activism for men's advocates...