WE ARE NOT COMPLAINING!
(In response to Isabelle Novak’s Oct. 27, “Complaining for our rights.”)
As a men's rights organization, we respectfully disagree with Isabelle Novak's position that men are not discriminated against, which she claims in “Complaining for our rights,” and we invite students to consider just a few examples.
The College Sports Council has recently spoken out about the NCAA's rampant discrimination against men in sports scholarships, and Title IX has caused countless men's teams to be cut to "equalize" the gender ratio even in sports where women show far less interest in certain sports than men.
Men get higher criminal sentences than women for the same crime, including non-accomplice crimes, even when all other factors (age, race, priors, family situation, etc.) are accounted for.
The gender of the victim matters too. Drunk drivers on average receive a 3-year higher sentence for killing a female than for killing a male.
Fathers have historically been denied equal parenting rights.
The 18th Century "tender years" doctrine, which automatically gave young kids to mothers, was later replaced with gender-neutral language, but the discrimination still continues.
As late as 1971, the Minnesota State Bar Association’s handbook advised lawyers and judges not to give custody to fathers.
Male victims of domestic violence have been seriously discriminated against. Although men report it less, which makes crime data unreliable, approximately 300 randomized surveys worldwide confirm that women initiate domestic violence at least as often as men and that men suffer one-third of physical injuries.
For example, a 32-nation study by the University of New Hampshire found women are as violent and as controlling as men in dating relationships worldwide.
Marc E. Angelucci, Esq.
Vice President
National Coalition For Men
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