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Mindful Men: 4 week meditation and mindfulness course for men

January 17, 2012
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Mindful Men: 4 week meditation and mindfulness course for men

What: 4 week meditation and mindfulness course for men.When: Monday Evenings in February (6th, 13th, 20th and 27th) at 7pm.Where: Tasmen - The McDougal Building, 90 Davey Street, HobartCost: $60 ($40 Concession). This experiential course will explore m...
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MensWork Project 2012 launch (Perth WA)

December 28, 2011
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MensWork Project 2012 launch (Perth WA)

Dear friends and colleagues, Unfortunately The MensWork Project team are postponing the launch event on the 16th of January.  For those who have accepted our invitation, thanks for the support and we will keep you posted on any future re...
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Shared custody a mistake for the under-2s, says Lobbyist Researcher

December 26, 2011
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Shared custody a mistake for the under-2s, says Lobbyist Researcher

Separated parents should not share custody of babies or toddlers under two, according to controversial guidelines released this week by a national infant welfare group, which seem to contradict decades of research and conclude the exact opposite. &rdqu...
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DadLabs

December 16, 2011
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DadLabs

America is seeing a fundamental shift in the role of men in parenting. While many in the media and academia have observed this trend, no company has emerged to meet the needs of these "New" fathers, the modern dads. Enter DadLabs, Inc., a start-up comp...
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Going part-time: Dads’ balancing act

December 2, 2011
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Going part-time: Dads’ balancing act

Matthew Thompson dedicates a day a week to spending time with his two-year old daughter, Lydiana. Picture: Gary Graham Men increasingly are casting off their traditional roles as hunter providers to work part time and take a greater role in caring for...
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Sex discrimination at London School of Economics

November 13, 2011
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Tom Martin is making headlines around the world for bringing a £50,000 sex discrimination lawsuit against the prestigious London School of Economics (LSE), claiming its gender studies Masters programme he enrolled on consistently promotes biassed...
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Sex discrimination at London School of Economics (UK)

November 13, 2011
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Sex discrimination at London School of Economics (UK)

Tom Martin is making headlines around the world for bringing a £50,000 sex discrimination lawsuit against the prestigious London School of Economics (LSE), claiming its gender studies Masters programme he enrolled on consistently promotes biassed...
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2houses Makes Co-Parenting Easier | TechCrunch

November 4, 2011
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2houses Makes Co-Parenting Easier | TechCrunch

Today, 2houses launches in public beta, offering separated or divorced parents a set of digital tools to easily communicate about and make arrangements with regards to their children. This is obviously a large – and, in my opinion, unfortunately a gr...
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Porn is not a dirty word

October 16, 2011
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Porn is not a dirty word

About 82 per cent of porn users in Australia are male and 55 per cent married, a survey of 1000 users found. Many men believe pornography is harmless and women should stop banging on about it. 'MY WIFE doesn't show much enthusiasm for sex. She will pa...
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Porn is not a dirty word

October 16, 2011
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Porn is not a dirty word

About 82 per cent of porn users in Australia are male and 55 per cent married, a survey of 1000 users found. Many men believe pornography is harmless and women should stop banging on about it. 'MY WIFE doesn't show much enthusiasm for sex. She will pa...
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Swimming in the dark is no barrier for man who is blind

September 29, 2011
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For many, losing their sight is the worst thing they could imagine happening to them. More than 30 years ago, this fear became reality for Melburnian, Allan Bates. “I had an accident in my teens resulting in the loss of the left eye. I developed ...
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How are mood, stress and our sex lives related?

September 16, 2011
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You’re feeling down or chronically stressed. Is your sex life suffering the consequences? Low mood, stress and our (waning) sex lives often are closely related, right? Maybe not for men; recent research has found that depression and anxiety symp...
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Involved Dads Give Kids an Edge (Canada)

September 15, 2011
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September 15, 2011 — New data from a long-running study of Canadian families suggest that fathers play a key role in their children's intellect and behavior. Compared with children with absentee fathers, children whose fathers were present and ac...
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A father’s day gift from Labor and the Greens: increased fatherlessness

September 2, 2011
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Virtually every major social pathology has been linked to fatherlessness: violent crime, drug and alcohol abuse, truancy, teen pregnancy, suicide – all correlate more strongly to fatherlessness than to any other single factor. The majority of pri...
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Aliens invade Australian politics

August 4, 2011
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Aliens invade Australian politics

Things are getting worse. The Australian government has been infested by horrific radical feminists from Misandry, a disreputable dying planet an infinite number of illogical universes from sensibility. How such people gain political power on Earth is  a mystery. They must coerce, lie, threaten, and blackmail their way into power since no one with...
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Kids to be denied their Fathers, because of ONE Man’s vote – Tony Windsor

July 20, 2011
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Please read the following letter that was sent to Tony Windsor, Federal Member for New England, on the proposed 2011 child custody/family law changes currently before Parliament, designed to prevent most separated fathers from having contact with thei...
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