Read this story and ask yourself the obvious question, "If a male journalist said these things to and about a female naval officer, what would the results be? (Washington Post, 7/25/09)" Naval Commander Jeffrey Gordon has written a letter to the editor of the Miami Herald newspaper that employs Carol Rosenberg. In it he complains... »
Here's a fascinating piece on DV (San Luis Obispo Tribune, 7/30/09). Believe it or not, it actually gives accurate representations of facts relating to male victims of domestic violence. If that's not astonishing enough, it quotes two spokespeople for the National Domestic Violence Hotline on issues relating to male victims. What's remarkable about that... »
So now we know. Women are better corporate managers than are men. How do we know? Carol Smith told us so, and she told us in the pages of the New York Times Business section here, so who can argue (The New York Times, 7/25/09)? Who is Carol Smith? She's senior vice president of the media conglomerate... »
The State of California’s inability to rein in expenses and balance its budget in the face of precipitous drops in revenue due to the recession, Governor Schwarzenegger has eliminated funding for DV shelters according to this article (Sandie06, 7/31/09). That doesn’t mean all shelters will close or even that most of them will. They... »
Garrett Luttrell, a paralegal and a reader, writes: An interesting court case about fathers' rights and particularly single fathers' rights is Quilloin v Walcott, 434 U.S. 246 (1978). Some of this may be relevant to Virginia’s ‘unwed potential father’ registry, since this case involves an unwed father who was denied the right to prevent his... »
"Research indicates that fathers are more effective at attenuating high-risk behaviors such as sex, drugs and other criminal activities. These behaviors also involve high social costs." Some interesting work from Florida International University Psychology Professor Gordon Finley. Finley runs FIU’s Fatherhood Lab and focuses specifically on how divorce impacts fathers and the development of their... »
Frank Miniter, editor of American Hunter, has a new book out called The Ultimate Man’s Survival Guide: Recovering the Lost Art of Manhood. Miniter's perspective is that the traditional art of being a gentleman and being a man has been discarded by political correctness, and that both men and women are the poorer for... »
" I made a promise then that nothing would get in my way, that I’d become the best pitcher I could be.” From Sports Illustrated's The Power of Two (12/17/01): Randy Johnson's father, Bud, was a police officer...who almost never missed Randy's Little League games. Randy would practice pitching against his garage... »
Is this a misprint? The headline of this article reads "Lakeport Man Assaulted in Domestic Violence Incident" (Lake County News, 7/18/09) I read the article and, sure enough, police were called to a couple's house on a DV report, found that a woman had bitten her ex-husband when he dropped off the kids, arrested her and charged... »
No, this newspaper editorial cartoon by John Deering of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette isn't sexist in and of itself. Yet research shows that women actually watch more television than men do. But I'd bet that of 100 editorial cartoons of a lazy person who does nothing but watch TV, 95 or more are of men,... »
The Britney Spears/Kevin Federline divorce/custody battle was one of the most highly-publicized ever. When the battle ended last summer, I wrote: In the face of a trial that was scheduled to start in a month, Spears instead agreed to give Federline sole legal and physical custody of their two sons. I have received many letters over the past... »
Trisha, a reader, writes: Glenn, you often talk about supporting non-custodial dads, and fighting against the terminology "deadbeat dads," as well as fighting the family court system for the way they treat noncustodial dads. Well, I am a noncustodial MOM....and I get the SAME treatment from the courts, once being ARRESTED for allegedly being behind on... »
In 'Deadbeat Dads' an insult to reality (Philadelphia Daily News, 5/26/09), editorial board member Fatimah Ali discusses the cost of "America's broken families" and, instead of just blaming it all on men, writes: I also think many women must share some of the blame for deciding that we can go it alone...Far too many... »
The Feminist Family Law Movement claims that abusive fathers often employ Parental Alienation as a way to wrest custody from protective mothers in family court. They push for reforms which will make it easier to deny fathers shared custody or visitation rights based on unsubstantiated abuse claims. They also push for laws to exclude... »
For the first time, Fathers & Families has ignited a spirited debate in the Massachusetts Democratic Party over shared parenting. Our members attended about 25 Democratic Party platform hearings to advocate for shared parenting. We flooded the Democratic Party Platform website, eventually accounting for 40% of all platform suggestions submitted to the website. I wrote... »
Beginning in the late 1960s many people began to believe that cohabiting before marriage was advisable. It was kind of the "test-drive" theory of marital relations--you take your partner out for a 'spin' before deciding whether to 'buy.' This article reports on two new surveys which contradict this notion. Both are authored by Galena Rhoades of... »
Bruce Springsteen has often captured the dignity of the common working man. For example, Springsteen wrote the song Factory for his father, a New Jersey factory worker, and many of Springsteen's songs chronicle the way his father and other working class men struggle to support their families. Springsteen's father was a traditional, hard-line dad, and... »
Fathers & Families supporters David Gestl and Eric Ryerson are quoted in Jill Brooke's recent article Do Men Become Better or Worse Fathers After Divorce? (Huffington Post, 7/17/09). Huffington Post is one of the largest political websites in the world, and Brooke's article received high billing on Friday. Fathers & Families has placed its supporters... »
Here's a case worth following (Seacoast Online, 7/17/09). It seems that Kristin and Jeffrey Ruggiero had an acrimonious divorce, during which and after which, Kristin claimed Jeffrey was violent towards her. Among other things, she got a restraining order against him, but still didn't feel safe. So she went to the local media and... »
I recently attended the excellent Los Angeles domestic violence conference "From Ideology to Inclusion 2009: New Directions in Domestic Violence Research and Intervention." The conference featured many domestic violence dissidents--researchers and clinicians who do not believe that the mainstream domestic violence establishment and its "men as perpetrators/women as victims" conceptual framework is properly serving those... »
You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Rebekah, a reader, writes: Glenn, I came across this video of a six year old girl, named Connie Talbot, who competed on the 2007 "Britain's Got Talent" show with Simon Cowell. I thought it might hearten you to watch around 3:28 where Connie... »
"If I was your girlfriend, I would never be able to tell you all about the other jerks I date and pretend I don't see how much it crushes you. Let's never lose that. That's what makes us us... "Don't worry. You're so funny and smart and amazing, any girl but me would be lucky... »
You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video I like the Dos Equis "Most Interesting Man in the World" ad campaign. Beyond the fact that it's nice and refreshing to see men portrayed so positively, the ads are creative and... »
The College Sports Council has done a study of NCAA Division I athletic scholarships and come up with some surprising (to some) conclusions. Here's the CSC's summary of their findings. In "gender symmetric" sports, i.e. those in which both sexes participate, scholarships available to women far outnumber those available to men. And since far more boys than girls take part... »
Here's a new study on the British parental leave system (BBC, 7/14/09). Unsurprisingly, it finds that the U.K.'s system of paid parental leave encourages women to stay at home with the kids and fathers to return to work following the birth of a child. Current leave policy provides mothers six months of paid leave,... »
For the past few months, Fathers & Families activists such as Peter Hill have attended public appearances by Governor Deval Patrick (pictured right with President Obama). On each occasion, one or more activists have asked Governor Patrick to support shared parenting. Governor Patrick noticed the concern, and suggested to Peter that a meeting be... »
Here's a good piece that appropriately refers to what we see so much of these days as "false manhood" (Dallas Morning News, 7/17/09). Trey Garrison recalls what growing up with his father was like. In childhood he didn't understand what his dad was trying to do, and he often didn't like it. Now he... »
Lacy, a reader, writes: I was daddy's little girl, no matter what, even though my mom tried to keep him away from us... I was 5 years old when my father left my mom. It was 4 of us at home. My mother told us that our father never once took care of us,... »
You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video A refreshingly positive TV portrayal of a man, and funny to boot. »
Wiley Miller's "Non Sequitur" is syndicated in 700 newspapers. »
Jayne L Williams MS, is a Mental Health Therapist and the Coordinator of Domestic Violence Treatment Programs for the Human Resources Center of Edgar and Clark Counties. She has an interesting perspective on domestic violence, and recently wrote me this letter, which she offered to share with my readers: Dear Mr. Sacks, I have been receiving... »
You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Alex Knapp, a reader, wrote me an interesting commentary about Michael Jackson's mega-hit Billy Jean: I recently found an interesting tidbit having to do with the late Michael Jackson. You know his hit song "Billie Jean" from the Thriller album? It seems... »
Jessica, a reader, writes: I am a custodial parent who is owed over $61,000 in back child support and over $10,000 in medical support. I have tried for years to collect the money – but the laws do not protect the kids and custodial parents. The laws protect the deadbeats. Our case is filed... »
Does the Kaczmarek-Whitford divorce indicate an important cultural shift? I've always believed that the best custody battle is the one you don't have. Changing our culture to support 50-50 post-divorce parenting and condemn women (and men) who claim sole custody of kids is one of the best ways to create a society where parenting is... »
Author Jill Brooke helped craft a CBS Early Show segment and wrote an article on the issue of fathering after divorce. Two Fathers & Families supporters and I are quoted in the article. I helped Brooke with some research and briefly appeared in the CBS segment. Brooke's article is Do Men Become Better or Worse... »
NPR's national show Talk of the Nation did an extended interview with Ned Holstein, MD based on our co-authored Baltimore Sun column The violence we ignore (7/16/09). To listen to the audio of the show, click here. NPR's write-up is below: The Violence We Ignore NPR/Talk of the Nation, July 20, 2009 Earlier this month, football star Steve McNair... »
I knew this would end badly, but it ended worse than I thought. From my 2007 post The Very Definition of Selfishness and Asininity: From the Reuters article New twins makes Spaniard world's oldest mum at 67: A 67-year-old Spanish woman became the world's oldest new mother on Saturday when she gave birth to twins, a... »
From my co-authored Newark Star-Ledger column Restraining Orders Can Be Straitjackets On Justice (7/28/08): Women’s advocates and the state Attorney General's office are criticizing a new court ruling which will make it harder for women to get restraining orders against their male partners. Star-Ledger columnist Fran Wood, in her recent op-ed “Don't soften protection for... »
Maybe it's not such a bad thing after all. The recent revelation that British scientists had grown sperm cells from stem cells threw many in the MSM and blogosphere into a tizzy. This, they breathlessly declared, meant that men were now officially worthless. If men are no longer needed to produce offspring, what possible function... »
Recently it was revealed that scientists can now grow sperm from stem cells, and the misandric portion of the blogsphere went positively giddy at the news. To them, this meant the end of men and good riddance! After all, what are men good for but producing that one necessary (until now!) substance? So let's stop... »
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