According to Wikipedia, a loaded question is a question which contains a controversial assumption such as a presumption of guilt. The famous example often used to illustrate this is the story of a defendant in court being asked to respond ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to the following question: “Have you stopped beating your wife?” The question is loaded [...]
Archive for November 2011
Will You End YOUR Violence Against Women? 8 comments
Goodbye International Men’s Day 1 comment
This weekend marked The Men’s Network’s second International Men’s Day celebration with more than a hundred people turning out to support our hairy annual fundraising fun run – The Tash Dash. The Tash Dash is great fun made special by lots of men, women, children and small dogs being prepared to [...]
Is International Men’s Day Offensive? 2 comments
The Men’s Network is the UK’s co-ordinator for International Men’s Day (IMD) which took place of Saturday 19th November (click here for IMD UK blog). One unexpected highlight this year was a long debate on The Guardian Comment Is Free site sparked by an article from writer Ally Fogg entitled Mocking International Men’s Day only [...]
Super Foody Day Out For Dads 2 comments
The Event: Ready Daddy Cook & The World Food Picnic The Date: Sunday 27th November The Time: Food Workshop 10am / World Picnic 12 noon The Place: The Bridge Community Centre, Lucraft Road, Brighton BN2 4PN Are you a dad? Do you love food? Then why not bring your kids along to the World Food [...]
Five things you need to know about Tash Dash Leave a comment
Saturday 19th November marks our second annual Tash Dash hairy fun run so we thought it was time we shared with you FIVE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE TASH DASH 1. The Tash Dash is open to any man or woman as long as you grow, draw or stick on a moustache for [...]
The Men’s Network reaches Australia Leave a comment
The Men’s Network has been featured on an Australian radio show called Dads On The Air promoting International Men’s Day 2011 (Saturday 19th November) Glen Poole, who is Strategic Director of The Men’s Network and UK co-ordinator for International Men’s Day, appeared on the show alongside International Men’s Day Co-ordinators from Canada and The USA. Your [...]
A great review from a conference delegate 5 comments
The following review of The First National Conference for Men and Boys has been submitted by delegate Dan Bell. Click here now to read feedback from other delegates or check out Dan’s review first….. If ever I am unfortunate enough to find myself having to explain why men and boys do not live the lives [...]
Will you back our letter to Parliament……? 2 comments
The Men’s Network in Brighton & Hove is planning a joint letter to the UK government on behalf of groups working with men and boys. If you want to be a co-signatory to this letter please contact glen@themensnetwork.org.uk today and to see who’s backing the letter click here now DRAFT LETTER TO PARLIAMENT In the [...]
What people are saying about the 2011 conference 6 comments
The First National Conference for Men and Boys – held in Brighton and Hove in November 2011, generated a huge amount of praise. Here’s a sample of some of the feedback we’ve received from people who attended the day…….. “A fascinating and inspiring day. Thanks to everyone who made the time to be there and [...]
Some thoughts from our Conference ideas wall 1 comment
One of the features of The First National Conference for Men and Boys was a conference ideas wall where we asked delegates to say how they think we can improve the lives of men and boys in the UK. Below is a selection of the answers: HOW DO WE GIVE EVERY BOY THE BEST POSSIBLE [...]
