Rape

The goal of CUT IT OUT is to build awareness of domestic violence through posters and brochures displayed in salons. Salon professionals will also be trained to recognize warning signs and safely refer clients to get help. The Arizona Coalition Against Domestic Violence will conduct training sessions at Arizona’s 43 cosmetology schools and hair shows.

The Empire Education Group has adopted the CUT IT OUT Program nationwide to support this effort by educating its own students to recognize signs of domestic abuse and safely refer those clients to people and resources that can help them. The CUT IT OUT training sessions will be taught in each of Empires nine schools in Arizona by representatives from the Arizona Coalition Against Domestic Violence.

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Supporting mass amnesty.

The May 29, 2003, Tucson Citizen quoted Mr. McCain as stating that "Amnesty has to be an important part of" any immigration solution. He was part of the bipartisan coalition that tried to pass amnesty legislation in 2006 and 2007. In 2006 he voted in favor of S. 2611, legislation that would reward between 10 and 11 million illegals with amnesty if they apply for legal status and pay a $2,000 fine.

Supporting in-state tuition for illegal aliens.

Mr. McCain was a cosponsor of S. 774, the Dream Act, providing in-state tuition for illegal aliens. The legislation would have enabled illegal aliens who entered the United States before age 16 to obtain a green card and then use their newly acquired status to obtain green cards for the millions of parents who illegally brought their children with them into the United States. Mr. McCain missed a Senate vote on the issue in October. He said that he would have opposed it on the Senate floor had he been there to vote.

Voted to kill border fence. In 2006,

Mr. McCain voted for an amendment to S. 2611 offered by Sen. Arlen Specter to require consultation with the Mexican government concerning the construction of fencing along the U.S.-Mexican border. According to Numbers USA, an organization that lobbies against illegal immigration, this amendment would have effectively guaranteed that the border fence was never built.

Voted against permanently barring gang members and terrorists from the United States.

Last year, Mr. McCain voted against an amendment (Senate Amendment 1184) introduced by Sen. John Cornyn, Texas Republican, that would have permanently barred gang members, terrorists, sex offenders, alien absconders, aliens convicted of domestic violence and aliens convicted of at least three DUIs from the United States. The Cornyn Amendment was rejected on a 51-46 vote.

Voted in favor of Social Security benefits to illegal aliens who commit identity fraud. In 2006.

Mr. McCain joined with Mr. Kennedy in working to defeat an amendment by Sen. John Ensign, Nevada Republican, that would have barred Social Security credits for work being done prior to their receiving amnesty — in other words, while working under a false Social Security number. The Ensign Amendment, (Senate Amendment 3985) was defeated on a 50-49 vote.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/jan/14/sen-mccain-and-illegal-immigration/

This is why beck called out mccain in his cpac speech. He’s more progressive than a lot of democrats.

The grand opening of the Empire Beauty School in Avondale was the setting for the launch of a community outreach campaign called Empire Gives Back to support the fight against domestic violence. The Empire Education Group has adopted the CUT IT OUT Program nationwide to support this effort by educating its own students to recognize signs of domestic abuse and safely refer those clients to people and resources that can help them. The CUT IT OUT training sessions will be taught in each of Empires nine schools in Arizona by representatives from the Arizona Coalition Against Domestic Violence.

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This video is intended to portray the effects that domestic violence has on men and women, mostly women. If you want to helf, visit the websites in the video. National coalition against domestic violence.

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Anti-Domestic violence rally held by the Latino Coalition Against Domestic & Sexual Violence, in downtown Indianapolis

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Domestic Violence PSA to create awareness for The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence

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Domestic Violence is when two people get into an intimate relationship and one person uses a pattern of coercion and control against the other person during the relationship and/or after the relationship has terminated. It often includes physical, sexual, emotional, or economic abuse.

http://www.nccadv.org/domestic_violence_info.htm#Definition%20of%20Domestic%20Violence

If you are a victim of dating or domestic violence, GET HELP.

For more information and if you have an interest in materials on dating or domestic violence, contact, the state domestic violence coalition or local county or school resources.

North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCCADV)
123 W. Main Street, Suite 700
Durham, NC 27701
Toll Free: 1-888-232-9124
Phone: 919.956.9124 FAX: 919.682.1449

www.nccadv.org

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On behalf of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), Ahmed Rehab condemns the tragic killing of Aqsa Parvez in Canada as indefensible and describes the coalition of Muslim organizations all over Canada and North America that have condemned this act and have called, in very strong terms, for the strongest possible prosecution of this man. The Muslim coalition calls for a a policy of zero tolerance within every community against domestic abuse and abuse against women.

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Caryn C. Burton, training director for Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Seminar March 11, 2009 at Greene County Fairgrounds, near Switz City

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I learned something today. I had honestly never heard of this group, but sounds exactly like the non-wackjob (represented here, very loudly) MRAs I knew several years ago. Thanks to Ashleigh for posting about it!

"Welcome to our online home! NOMAS is celebrating its 35th year with our National Conference on Men & Masculinity (M&M), and the 22nd Annual Men’s Studies Association Meeting in conjunction with the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV) 14th National Conference on Domestic Violence: Changing Faces of the Movement, in Anaheim, CA, August 1-4, 2010."

I actually was working with the NCADV at the time!

See, now this? If we could just get more men here representing men’s rights this way, people like me who genuinely ARE pro-equality wouldn’t be having to fight not to equate MRA with "lunatic woman-hating wannabe rapists."

QUESTION: So, what do our MRA guys here think about this? All of it, of course, but things like the following, especially? Is there room in your ideology for ideas like this? Are you ready to defuse the battle of the sexes? And do you have any other positive activist sites like this? (Clue: Any of the ones that want to decriminalize rape are out.)

12 Steps Men Can Take to End Sexism
1. Don’t interrupt women when they speak, control their space, or assume they need your protection. Focus on the effect of your actions, rather than on the intent.

2. Support women’s leadership and help elect progressive women to political office.

3. Support women’s equality in education, sports, and in the workplace.

4. Don’t condone, laugh at, or tell sexist (racist or homophobic) jokes or stories.

5. Don’t make fun of or invalidate anyone’s emotional reactions.

6. Listen, believe, and be accountable to women and their stories. When confronted on your own sexism (racism, homophobia, etc.) listen instead of getting defensive.

7. Tell the women and men in your life that you love them, out loud.

8. Be the kind of father you always wanted to have.

9. Be the kind of partner you would want your children’s partner to be.

10. Share responsibility for birth control and reproductive health and safety.

11. Speak up when you see violence or abuse directed at women or children, in real life, or in the media. Donate to a local rape crisis, sexual assault, and domestic violence program.

12. Oppose pornography and the sex industry.
http://www.nomas.org/
I should add, this is not my own precise take on feminism, and I’m very aware of the individual men who support equal rights! (I have one sleeping behind me *g* ) I don’t expect anyone to agree with me about everything, but common cause on the important things is awesome.

But I had never seen such a large organization that was an active pro-men’s rights organization AND anti-feminist.
and NOT anti-feminist. *facepalm*
Okay, the link Dr M posted is one I’ve looked at before. It says this about MRAs: "Inasmuch as these movements promote equal rights for men and women, we stand together with them. However, we stand opposed to extremism in these movements (just as we oppose extremism in feminism) which detracts from that goal."

But the people I’ve seen post that link are very definitely not equalists. Maybe I was catching the wrong posts, but I’ve seen that link used by some definitely hate-spewing MRAs here. I don’t mean people who say things I don’t like. I mean the YOU STUPID WOMYNS types. Are that type hijacking that group’s name, or are they representative of what the group is in action, rather than what’s on paper?

There is a HUGE difference between a MRA and or masculist and a "anti-feminist"…
MRA/masculism is the yang to feminism ying, and their goals are often very similar is not the exact same thing. As very few "gender issues" dont negatively effect Both genders.

anti-feminism…is simply against feminism to varying degrees and want to undue everything done rather then fix the issues yet to be fixed. I’ve yet to find a positive concept for either gender from them.

We are short on MRA’s here.