We had conducted dharna against Marriage Laws Amendment (2010) Bill on Saturday, 26th May, 2012 in front of Town Hall, Bangalore. Here are some of the coverage and discussion in media due to our dharna:
1. Article dated 27th May 2012 on the 3B, Bangalore edition of Prajavani (Deccan Herald Group) with the tag line “Mahila daurjanya Purushara prathibatane“:
PRESS RELEASE
Centre for Men’s Rights (http://menrights.org) aims to promote men’s welfare and their human rights and prevent abuse of men’s rights. We aim to reduce suicide rate of men and create more acceptability and choices for men in society.
We have strongly condemned approval by union cabinet recently to changes in Hindu Marriage Act under “Marriage Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2010”.
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/202809/in-coping-stress-men-could.html
Parvathy Anoop
Women have traditionally been labelled the weaker sex. But the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data for suicide rates each year contradicts this and shows a consistent increase in the rate of suicides among men, especially married men.
Further to our news about AIMPF(All India Mothers-in-law Protection Forum) submitting memorandum to Chief Minister of Karnataka in which there were statistics of rising male suicides also, there is update on how the State Confusion for Women (SCW) treats elderly women and mothers. As to why we call SCW as State Confusion for Women, please read just one recent incident we wrote about its national level sisterhood NCW. Another clear proof of their confusion is that SCW chairperson says she cannot do anything on policy matters, only individual cases! Really? Doesn’t NCW give recommendations on law-making and such matters at national level? Wasn’t it NCW which said it will go for review about Supreme Court judgment which said “kicking daughter in law is not cruelty under IPC 498a (not that it actually happened in the case)”. Was that about helping an individual woman or about influencing policy on what constitutes an offence under IPC 498a?
Note: Feminocratic norms of calculating gender gap ignore any area where women are ahead than men. World bank follows same approach in its gender gap reporting, so you should just shut your mouth about statistics like higher number of women graduates in many developed nations, more male suicides in all countries, and women living longer than men of course.
Latest IBrM P7 debate, conducted last Sunday, i.e. 1st April, 2012:
Latest IrBM debate on P7 channel on 1st April, 2012
http://ibnlive.in.com/videos/242911/ftn-does-making-divorce-easier-benefit-women.html
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/central-bill-ignores-mens-rights/243329-60-119.html
Swedish feminocrats are at it again. After being in news about the ‘oppression’ and ‘domination’ inherent in the urinals used by men which they wanted removed, now they want men to sit in one seat only on public transport. Hey, that woman who puts her bag on seat next to her is not a female chauvinist?
Read full story at link below, especially India Today’s haughty attempt to browbeat a ‘private individual’ into submission by asking his ‘locus standi’ in the matter of enquiring about due credentials behind a highly derogatory and misleading news story. How about my locus standi that I have to read through your news articles and I can never be sure about what is genuine news reporting and what is your self-proclaimed ‘social service’ in the grand cause of vilifying men!
Centre for Men’s Rights has already condemned the recently approved amendments under Marriage Laws (Amendment) Act, 2010 by union cabinet. Such irresponsible attitude on part of government is partly to be blamed for the tragic incident below.
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/hyderabad/new-divorce-laws-prompted-man-kill-wife-616
Double standards in media reporting and societal thinking, if a boy is raped it is called ‘sex’. If the perpetrator was a man and victim a girl, none of the media reporting headlines will term it as ‘sex with student’. And the sentence may be more like 29 years than 29 months.