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Gene Colman, Family Law Centre

Family law solutions that protect your legal rights and financial interests.

Divorce Corp

Divorce Corp is an explosive new documentary that exposes the appalling waste, and shameless collusive practices within the U.S. family law industry. More money and more people flow through the family courts than any other court system in America combined - now grossing over $50 billion a year.

The Mask You Live In

Currently the film is slated for release in the latter half of 2014. We expect to start screening the film widely in the fall.

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The Mask You Live In

Currently the film is slated for release in the latter half of 2014. We expect to start screening the film widely in the fall.
The trailer for the film:
http://therepresentationproject.org/mask


Reading List

Here is a very small sample of some good books related to Men’s Issues:

The Link, November 7, 2011: No to Movember: Share the Funds, Shave the ‘Stache (Men’s Health, Misandry)

Ottawa Citizen, November 14, 2011: Cold Cases: Ottawa’s 41 unsolved homicide victims since 1966 (Violence against men)

Wall Street Journal, November 11, 2011: Generation Jobless: Young Men Suffer Worst as Economy Staggers (Workplace)

“The share of men age 25-34 living with their parents jumped to 18.6% this year, up from 14.2% four years ago.” Unemployment rates for men aged 25-34 in this article were more than 50% higher than the national average; men aged 20-24 has rates 150% higher.”

Los Angeles Times, June 26, 2011: Could this be happening? A man’s nightmare made real (Legal bias)

A man is accused by the mother of his young son of her rape, torture and kidnapping. He is held without bail before police admit they have no case due to multiple alibis and video evidence. He was eventually declared “fully innocent” by the court, which is exceptionally uncommon.

Ottawa Citizen, June 5, 2011: Locker room culture turns boys off physical education: Girls not the only ones suffering from poor body-image, researchers find (Boys)

“There’s no common public discourse in which schools… [acknowledge] that boys struggle with what their body looks like.” “Many boys… [feel] unsafe or unwelcome in gym class.”

Memphis Business Journal, September 1, 2010 Study: Memphis’ young women earning more than men (Workforce)

The Disappearing Male
A typical college-age man produces less than half the sperm his father did, and up to 85 per cent of that is abnormal.

A world of healing: male victims of sexual assault.

Male Cancer Awareness Campaign

One Dad With a Blog (random thoughts of a single dad)

Here are a very small sample of some good books related to Men’s Issues:

Academic Issues

The Science on Women and Science, Christina Hoff Sommers, 2009

Professing Feminism: Education and Indoctrination in Women’s Studies, 2003

Legal

Legalizing Misandry: From Public Shame to Systemic Discrimination Against Men, Paul Nathanson and Katherine Young, 2006

The Other Half of Gender: Men’s Issues in Development, Maria C. Correia (Editor), Ian Bannon (Editor), 2006

Culture and Politics

Spreading Misandry: The Teaching of Contempt for Men in Popular Culture, Paul Nathanson and Katherine Young, 2006

Sanctifying Misandry: Goddess Ideology and the Fall of Man, 2006

The Myth of Male Power, Warren Farrell, 2001

Who Stole Feminism?: How Women Have Betrayed Women, Christina Hoff Sommers, 1995

Masculine Mystique, Andrew Kimbrell, 1995

Equality: A Man’s Claim : The Equality Issue from the Male Perspective, and an Ethical Society’s Viewpoint, Alan Millard, 1995

Ceasefire!: Why Women and Men Must Join Forces to Achieve True Equality, Cathy Young, 1999

Heterophobia: Sexual Harassment and the Future of Feminism (American Intellectual Culture), Daphne Patai, 1998

Does Feminism Discriminate Against Men?: A Debate, Warren Farrell and James P. Sterba, 2007

Save the Males: Why Men Matter Why Women Should Care, Kathleen Parker, 2008

The Decline of Males, Lionel Tiger, 1999

Men in Groups, Lionel Tiger, 2004

Work Issues

Why Men Earn More, Warren Farrell, 2004

Boys and Young Men

Why Gender Matters: What Parents and Teachers Need to Know about the Emerging Science of Sex Differences, Leonard Sax, 2006

Importance of Men Teachers: And Reasons Why There Are So Few, Bryan G. Nelson

Fine Young Man, Michael Gurian, 2002

The War Against Boys: How Misguided Feminism Is Harming Our Young Men, Christina Hoff Sommers, 2001

The Minds of Boys: Saving Our Sons From Falling Behind in School and Life, Michael Gurian (Author), Kathy Stevens (Contributor), 2007

Wonder Of Boys Tenth Anniversary Edition, Michael Gurian, 2006

Blog: Sit Still and Pay Attention

Violence

Domestic Violence: The 12 Things You Aren’t Supposed to Know, Thomas B. James, 2003

Violence and Gender Reexamined (Law and Public Policy: Psychology and the Social Sciences), Richard B. Felson, 2002

Lost Boys: Why Our Sons Turn Violent and How We Can Save Them, James Garbarino, 2000

When She Was Bad: Violent Women & the Myth of Innocence, Patricia Pearson, 1997

Fathers/Family

Father And Child Reunion, Warren Farrell, 2002

Throwaway Dads: The Myths and Barriers That Keep Men from Being the Fathers They Want to Be, Armin Brott (Author), Ross Parke (Author), 1998

Divorced Dads, Sanford Braver, 2002

Fathers’ Rights: Hard-Hitting and Fair Advice for Every Father Involved in a Custody Dispute, Jeffrey Levine, 2011

Defiant Dads: Fathers’ Rights Activists in America, Jocelyn Elise Crowley

Men’s Health

Male Menopause, Jed Diamond, 2003

I Don’t Want to Talk About It: Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression, Terrence Real, 1998

Exposing Men: The Science and Politics of Male Reproduction, Cynthia R. Daniels, 2008

Understanding Men’s Health: Masculinity, Identity and Well-being, Steve Robertson, 2007

The Psychology Of Men’s Health, Christina Lee (Author), R Glynn Owens (Author), 2002

Men: Evolutionary and Life History, Richard G. Bribiescas, 2008

The Invisible Boy: Revisioning the Victimization of Male Children and Teens: Health Canada Report (1996)

Articles

The Link, November 7, 2011: No to Movember: Share the Funds, Shave the ‘Stache (Men’s Health, Misandry)

Ottawa Citizen, November 14, 2011: Cold Cases: Ottawa’s 41 unsolved homicide victims since 1966 (Violence against men)

Wall Street Journal, November 11, 2011: Generation Jobless: Young Men Suffer Worst as Economy Staggers (Workplace)

“The share of men age 25-34 living with their parents jumped to 18.6% this year, up from 14.2% four years ago.” Unemployment rates for men aged 25-34 in this article were more than 50% higher than the national average; men aged 20-24 has rates 150% higher.”

Los Angeles Times, June 26, 2011: Could this be happening? A man’s nightmare made real (Legal bias)

A man is accused by the mother of his young son of her rape, torture and kidnapping. He is held without bail before police admit they have no case due to multiple alibis and video evidence. He was eventually declared “fully innocent” by the court, which is exceptionally uncommon.

Ottawa Citizen, June 5, 2011: Locker room culture turns boys off physical education: Girls not the only ones suffering from poor body-image, researchers find (Boys)

“There’s no common public discourse in which schools… [acknowledge] that boys struggle with what their body looks like.” “Many boys… [feel] unsafe or unwelcome in gym class.”

Memphis Business Journal, September 1, 2010 Study: Memphis’ young women earning more than men (Workforce)

Articles on Violence

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-abusers-02-jan02,0,1147422.story?page=1 (gendered vs psychological explanation abuse)
http://www.canadiancrc.com/The_Invisible_Boy_Report.aspx – a seminal study on sexual violence against males in Canada (a bit dated but still relevant)
http://www.vifamily.ca/media/node/364/attachments/331.pdf
http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/pdf/10.2105/AJPH.2005.079020
http://www.jimhopper.com/pdfs/Lisak_%281994%29_Male_Survivor_Interviews.pdf
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/sep/05/men-victims-domestic-violence
http://www.parity-uk.org/RSMDVConfPresentation-version3A.pdf
http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/pubs/omc-ned/kill-tuer-eng.pdf
http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/289/11/1425.abstract neonaticide in North Carolina over 20 years
http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/44243/1/10560_2004_Article_468272.pdf

Documentaries

The Disappearing Male
A typical college-age man produces less than half the sperm his father did, and up to 85 per cent of that is abnormal.

Websites

A world of healing: male victims of sexual assault.

Male Cancer Awareness Campaign

One Dad With a Blog (random thoughts of a single dad)


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The Canadian Centre for Men and Families owns a reference library which can be accessed at the Canadian Centre for Men and Families Toronto location at 26 Mansur Terrace, Toronto, M3J 3R1.

We have developed an online library search engine based on the KOHA Integrated Library System.

Thank you to the dozens of donors who contributed literature to build this library and to the many volunteers who catalogued the material. The literature is largely focused on men’s issues and gender, although the collection ranges broadly in subject matter.

We are especially grateful to Dr. Paul Nathanson and Professor Katherine Young from McGill University for donating their collection, including research literature on men in relation to warfare and conflict.

Our library is one way in which we aim to promote an understanding of different ideas and experiences which transcend ideology. The statements in the books of this library do not necessarily represent CCMF positions or opinions.

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