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ifeminists
May 8, 2007
McCormick & Sacks |
Tyler Perry's Daddy's Little Girls Tells an Important Truth About African-American Fathers While no judge or lawmaker can turn a disinterested parent into a caring one, much can and should be done to break down the many barriers which separate loving fathers from their children.   |
ifeminists
March 22, 2006
Carey Roberts |
Black Men, Soul Brothers Some pessimists look at the pattern of intergenerational poverty, crime, and broken families. They wonder whether we will ever find the formula to lift American Black men from the bowels of hopelessness and despair. The simple answer is "yes." |
Salon.com
August 9, 2001
Suzy Hansen |
The myth of the deadbeat dad A researcher who interviewed black fathers who don't live with their kids talks about their surprising views on parenting... |
ifeminists
June 15, 2005
Carey Roberts |
A Government Program Is No Substitute For a Bear-Hug Why does the US taxpayer continue to subsidize government programs, to the tune of billions of dollars a year, that end up separating fathers from their families? |
ifeminists
September 14, 2005
Glenn Sacks |
Are Boys Really Better off Without Fathers? While Peggy Drexler's Raising Boys Without Men: How Maverick Moms Are Creating the Next Generation of Exceptional Men may seem like a harmless, feel-good affirmation for these mothers, it could have a damaging impact on children by affecting both the choices women make and family law. |
ifeminists
June 16, 2004
Carey Roberts |
Yes, Fathers Are Essential Despite what the American Psychological Association might say, most persons agree that dads are worth keeping around. |
ifeminists
May 26, 2004
K. C. Wilson |
Misandry and Female Sexism There has been no social progress nor movement for gender equality in the U.S. Not if equality means equal dignity and respect for all. |
ifeminists
July 8, 2007
Stephen Baskerville |
Welfare and the "Road to Serfdom" As conservatives congratulate themselves on ten years of welfare reform, they need to start looking at the larger picture and all that was left undone. |
ifeminists
March 10, 2004
Carey Roberts |
The Follies of Child Support: Dead-Beat or Dead-Broke? How can a man be made to pay back child support for a child that's already grown? |
ifeminists
June 15, 2005
Wendy McElroy |
Missing: Males on College Campuses Some researchers call them the "Lost Boys." They are the students you don't see on college campuses. New statistics show an annual decreasing ratio of male-to female students in all degree-granting institutions. |
ifeminists
March 15, 2006
Carey Roberts |
Black Families, Black Men The architects of the Great Society not only set out to ignore the formative role of the Black family -- they plotted to make things worse. Forced to compete with a government welfare program, poor Black men had suddenly found themselves persona non grata in their own homes. |
ifeminists
October 4, 2006
Leving & Sacks |
Are Single Mothers the 'New American Family?' Those who view the traditional family as disadvantageous to women are firing back, defending women who choose single motherhood and depicting fathers as superfluous. |
ifeminists
June 14, 2006
Carey Roberts |
Playing Politics with the Federal Fatherhood Initiative The Fatherhood Initiative has become an orphan program that the Sisterhood would happily kill off, but the higher-ups know that would be politically embarrassing. So the Initiative now floats in bureaucratic cyberspace with no defined mandate, leadership, operating structure, or budget. |
ifeminists
November 23, 2005
Carey Roberts |
Requiem for the Leftist Welfare Utopia Leftists have devised a simple yet amazingly effective formula to engender social discord: break up the family, marginalize fathers, and then blame the whole mess on men. But now people are catching on to the game plan and dads are staging a comeback. |
ifeminists
June 9, 2004
Carey Roberts |
Air-Brushing Dads Out Of The Picture The rise of fatherlessness in America did not occur because dads decided one day to get up and leave. It happened because they were pushed out. |
ifeminists
December 7, 2006
Carey Roberts |
The GOP's Betrayal of the Pro-Family Agenda When we survey the current state of the family, we see that Americans are half as likely to wed compared to a generation ago, mostly due to a growing shortage of marriage-minded men. How did all this happen? |
AskMen.com
Mr. Mafioso |
Don't Forget Mother's Day Good evening gentlemen. As you all know, Mother's Day is just around the corner. |
ifeminists
March 23, 2005
Glenn Sacks |
New Study of Youth Shows It's Boys Who Are in Crisis The question of whether boys or girls have been doing better has been a point of sometimes rancorous debate among feminist and other scholars in recent decades. |
ifeminists
August 15, 2007
Carey Roberts |
Newark Triple-Murder Reveals Need for Fathers Statistics show that 60 percent of city kids grow up without fathers and 70 percent of long-term prisoners grew up without fathers. What does this say about the future of the city kids? |
Salon.com
June 12, 2000
Cathy Young |
The mama lion at the gate Maternal chauvinism is a dad's greatest obstacle to parental parity. |
ifeminists
June 9, 2004
Sacks & Brass |
National Fatherhood Initiative's Ad Campaign Insults African-American Fathers While the NFI's goal is laudable, research shows that a major factor in black fatherlessness, which the NFI campaign completely ignores, is the obstruction of fathers' visitation rights by custodial mothers. |
ifeminists
July 29, 2003
Todd Andrew Barnett |
Repeal -- Not Reform -- Head Start Isn't everyone -- from the National Head Start Association to the National Organization for Women -- out of their minds for urging all Americans to "save" and "reform" the federal government's Head Start program? |
ifeminists
December 3, 2002
Glenn Sacks |
Is Pay a Function of Gender Bias? Please, stop claiming that women make less money than men because of "discrimination." And stop ignoring the contributions and sacrifices of men, who work the longest hours at the most demanding and dangerous jobs to provide for their wives and children. |
Reason
February 2001
Cathy Young |
Where the Boys Are Is America shortchanging male children? |
ifeminists
March 5, 2007
Teri Stoddard |
Can't Find a Husband? Men who embrace fatherhood are shown their time and influence aren't important. Our government does this by enforcing child support orders while not enforcing visitation orders. |
ifeminists
June 21, 2006
Leving & Sacks |
Illinois Fatherhood Council Recommends New Reforms in Family Law, Child Support Policies based on blaming and punishing dads may make good political sound bites, but they are counterproductive for society, and hurtful to children and the fathers they love and need. |
The Motley Fool
December 18, 2006
Nathan Alderman |
When Books Are Treasures The non-profit Room to Read gives knowledge-starved kids in developing countries books, libraries, schools -- and futures. |
ifeminists
May 5, 2004
K. C. Wilson |
Deadbeat Moms Considering the number of deadbeat moms, those who use children for personal profit, it's surprising how little effort, money, and attention is spent on their prevention and cure. |
ifeminists
March 31, 2009
Carey Roberts |
Wailing Women of NOW Descend on the Emerald City of O Soon after the election the National Organization for Women issued its Action Agenda for 2009 and Beyond. |
Salon.com
February 4, 2002
Suzy Hansen |
Time's up Welfare reform enacted in the prosperous '90s is pushing the first wave of families off public assistance amid today's recession. An expert talks about the consequences... |
Fast Company
November 17, 2011
Anya Kamenetz |
The Case For Girls Most would-be parents prefer boys, not girls. Is part of the trouble, dare we say, a branding problem - one that advertising could solve? |
ifeminists
October 16, 2008
Tony Zizza |
Teen Motherhood a "Right"? Why is teen motherhood viewed as an absolute "right" while teen fatherhood is just a financial "responsibility."? |
ifeminists
April 22, 2003
Carey Roberts |
UNICEF's One-Sided Pursuit of Gender Equality This Special Report analyzes the UNICEF sex-specific programs for girls and boys. |
ifeminists
February 10, 2004
Glenn Sacks |
Why I Launched the Campaign Against 'Boys are Stupid' Products "Dad, why are they always saying things like that about boys?" This question asked by my 11 year-old son triggered a campaign which in just six weeks has driven T-shirts, hats, and other merchandise bearing the slogan "Boys are Stupid -- Throw Rocks at Them" out of nearly 3,000 retail outlets worldwide. |
ifeminists
June 14, 2006
Leving & Sacks |
New Report: Foster Care System Disregards Fathers America's child welfare policies are seriously misguided. When a mother is deemed unfit to care for her children, dad shouldn't be just one option out of many. He should be first in line. |
Fast Company
Gwen Moran |
Inside The Group Of 1 Million Moms Fighting For Workplace Equality More than 57% of all women and three-quarters of all single mothers are in the workforce. Yet policies haven't kept up with working mothers or family needs. |
ifeminists
June 11, 2008
Carey Roberts |
Father Knows Best Several non-profit groups are working to increase father involvement after divorce. |
ifeminists
April 29, 2003
Cook & Sacks |
Mysterious Decline -- Where Are the Men on Campus? Females now outnumber males by a four to three ratio in American colleges, a difference of almost two million students. The trend is unmistakable and some fear it is irreversible. |
AFP eWire
February 16, 2010 |
AFP Joins Coalition to Urge Obama Not to Limit Charitable Tax Deduction President Obama has included in the FY2011 budget a proposal to limit the value of itemized deductions for charitable contributions. |
ifeminists
July 21, 2009
Carey Roberts |
Obama's Betrayal of the Working-Class Male So where did the $787 billion economic stimulus package go wrong? |
Salon.com
June 12, 2000
Jonathan Kronstadt |
The New Dad Who are my role models? Hugh Beaumont? Robert Young? Neil Young? |
ifeminists
September 22, 2004
Glenn Sacks |
Start of School Very Different for Parents of Boys, Parents of Girls Modern schools are not boy-friendly. This can be seen from the time boys enter school, when many of them are immediately branded as behavior problems. |
ifeminists
October 14, 2003
Wendy McElroy |
Adults Should be in Charge California has announced sweeping reform in its disastrous child welfare system, which tears families apart aggressively and unnecessarily places children in foster care. But the reform required is for "authorities" to act like adults and take responsibility. |
ifeminists
December 4, 2006
Carey Roberts |
The Silence of the Wedding Bells The family is the very building block of a civilized and prosperous society. But there's one fact that's hard to dispute: our country faces an acute shortage of marriage-minded men. |
BusinessWeek
August 4, 2003
Gary S. Becker |
How to Level the Playing Field for Young Black Men Improved schools are crucial. But until the U.S. can bring itself to decriminalize drugs, too many black sons will have no dad at home. |
ifeminists
June 17, 2003
Carey Roberts |
Please Add Me to Your Blacklist The Canadian government recently published a report that recommends monitoring and prosecution of gender equity advocates under federal hate crime laws. |
ifeminists
March 23, 2009
Carey Roberts |
Obama Women's Council Tells its First Lie The Maidens of Mendacity are at it again, only this time they're speaking from the bully pulpit that President Obama himself established. |
Salon.com
June 7, 2001
Amy Benfer |
The nuclear family takes a hit Census data deals a blow to an American icon -- and the conservative groups that promote it... |
Salon.com
February 5, 2002
Amy Benfer |
Lost boys While girls surge ahead in all subjects at school, boys are lagging behind. Is "girl power" to blame? Do boys need their own dose of "empowerment"? |
Reason
July 2000
Cathy Young |
The Mommy Wars Why feminists and conservatives just don't get modern motherhood |
