Top academics gathered Apr 7th at Wagner College. Among others goals the intention is to understand the social, political and economic experience of men and boys in order to provide an organized response to women in these realms. Academics are also concerned about male status and place in society and what has taken the name of misandry or the hatred and contempt of men and boys in our culture. Lionel Tiger, Christina Hoff Sommers, Paul Nathanson and Katherine Young were all there among many others.
This is just the beginning formation of the ideological and intellectual core infrastructure to establishing the rights of men, boys fathers and husbands. It is in fact the beginning of the establishment and representation of males as a separate socio-political class.
As women have intended and stated it is now apparent that "the personal is political" and indeed it now is. From the policies and actions of women it is clear to me and many others that we must form ranks and engage women politically, socially and economically if we are to compete and negotiate with them for our common and disparate interests.
It is my hope that men and boys will soon gain representation for our gender at the Federal level as women have. Again, women stated and embraced the mantra "the personal is political". As men we have no choice now but to take our politics to the personal level in regard to women.
Male studies will hold its first conference at the New York Academy of Medicine on Oct. 1 and 2, The foundation will launch Male Studies (not to be confused with the feminist "men's studies") and an Interdisciplinary Journal next year.
The entire symposium was recorded on video which I will post here or provide access to as soon as it is available!
CONGRATULATIONS MEN, BOYS, HUSBANDS AND FATHERS...THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING! WE HAVE A LONG STRUGGLE AHEAD OF US BUT ONE WE MUST FACE, ONE WE MUST ENDURE AND SUCCEED AT!
Dr. Edward Stephens, chairman of the newly launched Foundation for Male Studies, which aims to raise US$2-million or more to endow a chair for the discipline at a major university. The goal is the creation of a new academic discipline that will be instituted in every university in the country as women's studies now is. It is a place where males will have a voice and even advocacy! MAKE YOUR DONATION TODAY!
WE CAN DO IT!
YOU MAY JOIN THE MALE STUDIES FACEBOOK COMMUNITY HERE
http://www.malestudies.org/
PARENT INITIATIVE SITE: YOU MAY DONATE HERE: http://onstep.org/
Small step for men
'Male studies' the answer to overcoming 'lace curtain,' scholars say
THE FEMINIST BLOGOSPHERE HAS LITERALLY LIT UP OVER THIS DEVELOPMENT.. FOR SOME REASON I HAD A FEELING IT WOULD LEAD TO LITERAL SCREAMING AND SHRILLS FROM FEMINISTS. I WAS RIGHT, THEY ARE VERY ANGRY BY THIS!
Here: Academics Continue The Advocation for the NEED of Male Studies...V.S. Men's Studies who's leadership cuts off their own penises!
SOMEWHAT MORE REASONABLE DISCUSSION IS TAKING PLACE HERE.
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Hi Red!
I know you like speculating about charts, graphs, and trends, so I figured you might be interested in a recent release by the Center for Disease Control, titled "National Vital Statistics Reports: Births: Preliminary Data for 2008." It's all about the birthrates and trends over the past several decades. Here's the link:
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr58/nvsr58_16.pdf
The blogger "The Thinking Housewife" (who I don't agree with on several issues, but who raises a few good points) has a post about it here, which summarizes some of the info:
http://www.thinkinghousewife.com/wp/2010/04/unmarried-births-exceed-40-percent-white-fertility-remains-low/
"As women have intended and stated it is now apparent that "the personal is political" and indeed it now is."
This makes me shudder. i HATE the idea that the personal is the political!
But then again, the phrase is open-ended enough that you can spin it several different ways. . .
E.G.: "I take that PERSONALLY. . and I'm gonna get POLITICAL about it!!"
Hmmmm . . . . ;)
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