College Men Centers

The Vanishing Male Worker

tonyr — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 22:58:32 +0000

Welfare, or we’ll fare?:

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Frank Walsh still pays dues to the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, but more than four years have passed since his name was called at the union hall where the few available jobs are distributed. Mr. Walsh, his [...]

Ken Braun: Rolling Stone’s ignorance was bad, but it is a bias we all share

tonyr — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 19:34:40 +0000

Not sure if this is relevant, but it is an interesting article related to the recent Rolling Stone rape story, and our propensity to believe things:

The mockery of Rolling Stone’sscandalously fake campus rape story has been well deserved. But one theme – that it’s a case of liberal media bias – is halfway [...]

Richard Linklater on Boyhood’s Saddest Moment

tonyr — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 16:25:13 +0000

Another look at Boyhood, the movie:

If there was one scene that felt like it was looming over all those years, it was the good-bye scene. I knew that the last shot of the movie would be Mason at college meeting someone — I had that in my mind for ten years, and I [...]

No need for law protecting male domestic abuse victims

tonyr — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 19:12:56 +0000

Well, at least they’re honest…:

There is no need for a law providing protection to male victims of domestic abuse, Senator Pia Cayetano said Tuesday.

In an interview, Cayetano said men, both in local and international fields, are not considered part of the vulnerable or marginalized sector like women, children, elderly and persons with [...]

The College Rape Overcorrection

tonyr — Wed, 10 Dec 2014 23:21:52 +0000

It doesn’t seem like this will end anytime soon:

Unfortunately, under the worthy mandate of protecting victims of sexual assault, procedures are being put in place at colleges that presume the guilt of the accused. Colleges, encouraged by federal officials, are instituting solutions to sexual violence against women that abrogate the civil rights of men.