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Gender Agenda Men and Boys Press Release

Sea Change as Lawmakers Set Out to Remedy Disparities Affecting Men

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Robert Thompson: 301-801-0608

Email: info@saveservices.org

Sea Change as Lawmakers Set Out to Remedy Disparities Affecting Men

WASHINGTON / April 9 – The debate surrounding gender issues has undergone a sea change in recent months as lawmakers are now speaking out on the disparities affecting men. The sea change traces back to November 5, 2024 when millions of White, Hispanic, and Black men voted for presidential candidate Donald Trump, thereby reshaping the political landscape (1).

Previously, persons had assumed that men were the “winners” on the full range of gender issues. But a recently published analysis identifies 12 areas in which men are substantially lagging behind women. These disparities include lower enrollment in higher education, five-year shorter life span, dramatically higher rates of homelessness, and nine other areas (2).

Last month the International Council for Men and Boys released a historic New York Declaration for Men and Boys, designed to galvanize global attention about the pressing needs facing men (3).

Both Democratic and Republican leaders have become actively engaged in this debate. In the past month:

  • On March 20, Republican Secretary of Education Linda McMahon commented, “Education, originally, begins in the home with the nuclear family…We got a fatherless crisis going on in this country. Far too many kids are growing up without a father, and all the statistics show that kids who grow up with a father in the home perform better in education.” (4)
  • Four days later, NBC News published an article titled, “The Plight of Boys and Men, Once Sidelined by Democrats, Is Now a Priority.” (5) The commentary highlighted statements made by Democratic governors Wes Moore of Maryland, Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, and Ned Lamont of Connecticut that are supportive of men and fathers.

Women also are supportive of establishing male-specific programs. A recent YouGov survey found that 73% of female respondents agreed that society should invest in addressing the societal challenges that men face, such as higher rates of suicide, homelessness, and work fatalities (6).

University of Virginia Professor Brad Wilcox recently revealed, “Our research at the Institute for Family Studies has demonstrated the catastrophic social consequences of absentee fatherhood and family breakdown.” (7)

In response, bills designed to promote and celebrate fatherhood currently are being debated in state legislatures around the country:

  • Missouri HB927
  • Missouri HB1441
  • Missouri HB380
  • Missouri SB262
  • New York A01211
  • New York A07035
  • North Carolina HB 780
  • Tennessee HB1131
  • Texas HB3784
  • Texas HCR16

More information about each of these bills is available online (8).

SAVE encourages state lawmakers to sponsor, support, and enact bills designed to address the disparities affecting men and fathers.

SAVE – Stop Abusive and Violent Environments – is a 501(c)3 organization working to assure due process, fairness, and equal opportunities for men.

Links:

  1. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-support-among-men-reshaped-the-political-landscape/
  2. https://www.saveservices.org/2025/01/12-areas-of-male-disadvantage-in-the-united-states/
  3. https://www.menandboys.net/declaration/
  4. https://www.the-express.com/news/us-news/166871/trump-admin-blames-fatherless-crisis
  5. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/plight-boys-men-democrats-wes-moore-gretchen-whitmer-rcna197129
  6. https://www.menandboys.net/pr/women-strongly-support-new-york-declaration-for-men-and-boys/
  7. https://www.aei.org/op-eds/progressives-are-starting-to-come-around-on-the-importance-of-marriage-and-fatherhood/
  8. https://www.saveservices.org/2025/04/state-bills-to-strengthen-and-celebrate-fathers/
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State Bills to Strengthen and Celebrate Fathers

State Bills Designed to Strengthen and Celebrate Fathers

SAVE

April 7, 2025

The following 10 bills, designed to strengthen and celebrate fathers, have been introduced in five states around the United States:

Missouri HB927 

Establishes provisions relating to fathership:

https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1785825/43389

This bill establishes two key initiatives related to fatherhood in Missouri: first, it designates June as “Fathership Month” to raise awareness about fathers’ importance in children’s lives. More substantively, the bill creates the “Missouri Fathership Project” within the Department of Social Services, which includes a grant program to support agencies and organizations that help fathers reconnect with and support their children. The project aims to empower fathers by helping them build life skills, improve self-esteem, and overcome barriers to family reunification. Agencies receiving grants will hire “fathership project specialists” who serve as one-on-one contacts for fathers seeking to reestablish relationships with their children, acting as liaisons with state agencies and helping fathers develop personalized plans to maintain connections with their kids. The bill establishes a dedicated state treasury fund to support these grants, requires annual reporting on project outcomes, and mandates that the Department of Social Services develop performance metrics to measure the project’s success in improving father involvement and case plan completion.

Missouri HB1441

Establishes provisions relating to duties of the department of social services

https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1844913/43389

This bill establishes new reporting requirements and creates an Office of Fatherhood within the Department of Social Services aimed at supporting two-parent families and fathers. The bill mandates annual reports to the General Assembly and Governor starting December 1, 2026, covering multiple areas: actions taken to implement the fourth goal of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program related to two-parent family formation, interdepartmental coordination to identify policies that impact two-parent families, and an analysis of child support guidelines and their potential negative consequences. The bill also establishes an Office of Fatherhood within the department, led by an assistant director, tasked with promoting father-supportive measures across state and local governments. The office will assess government programs’ impact on fatherhood, produce annual reports, and identify barriers to father participation. Additionally, the bill requires the department to partner with organizations to offer grants for programs promoting two-parent family formation, including marriage education, counseling, mediation, and public awareness campaigns. The legislation aims to encourage two-parent family stability by examining and potentially reforming policies that might inadvertently discourage or complicate family maintenance, with a particular focus on supporting fathers and their relationships with children.

Missouri HB380

Modifies provisions relating to the custody and support of children

https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1755884/43384

This bill modifies Missouri’s laws regarding child custody, support, and visitation, with several key provisions. The bill establishes a rebuttable presumption that equal or approximately equal parenting time is in the best interests of the child, requiring courts to consider specific factors when determining custody arrangements. It expands child support obligations, allowing support to continue until a child is 22 if they are enrolled in secondary or higher education, with specific requirements for maintaining eligibility. The bill introduces new provisions regarding termination of child support, including automatic termination under certain circumstances and processes for ending support through sworn statements. The legislation also strengthens protections for children by restricting custody and visitation rights for parents convicted of certain offenses involving children and emphasizes the importance of maintaining meaningful contact between children and both parents. Additionally, the bill adds a new provision that a parent who has not maintained contact with a child for six years or more may lose visitation rights. The overall aim is to create more comprehensive and flexible guidelines for child custody, support, and visitation that prioritize the child’s best interests while ensuring both parents have opportunities for meaningful involvement in their child’s life.

Missouri SB262

Modifies provisions relating to child custody

https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1755379/43353

This bill modifies Missouri’s laws relating to child custody, support, and guardianship, with several key provisions. It establishes a rebuttable presumption that equal parenting time is in the best interest of the child, meaning courts should default to shared custody unless specific evidence suggests otherwise. The bill expands requirements for notifying parents about potential custody transfers, relocation, or changes in a child’s residence, including mandatory notification to relatives and interested parties. It provides more detailed guidelines for terminating child support obligations, such as when a child reaches certain age milestones or becomes self-supporting. The legislation also strengthens protections for children by restricting custody for parents convicted of certain child-related criminal offenses and mandates more comprehensive reporting about a child’s living history and potential custody proceedings. Additionally, the bill clarifies procedures for third-party custody and guardianship, prioritizing relatives and establishing more transparent intervention rights for interested parties. The overall intent appears to be creating more comprehensive, transparent, and child-focused processes for managing custody, support, and guardianship arrangements, with an emphasis on maintaining meaningful relationships between children and parents while ensuring child safety.

New York A01211

Directs the office of children and family services to establish a center for fatherhood initiatives to issue grants to any and all initiatives regarding the promotion and advancement of fatherhood, including but not limited to all marginalized fatherhood groups to help expand opportunities to improve parenting knowledge, attitudes, and self-efficacy

https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1771543/43389

This bill directs the New York State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) to establish a Center for Fatherhood Initiatives, which will have the primary responsibility of issuing grants to support various fatherhood-related programs. Specifically, the center will focus on promoting and advancing fatherhood initiatives, with a particular emphasis on marginalized fatherhood groups. The grants are intended to help expand opportunities that improve fathers’ parenting knowledge, attitudes, and self-efficacy. The bill requires the OCFS commissioner to develop and implement the necessary rules and regulations for creating, operating, and maintaining the center. By establishing this dedicated center, the bill aims to provide targeted support to fathers across different communities, recognizing the important role fathers play in child development and family dynamics. The act is set to take effect immediately upon passage, allowing for prompt implementation of the new fatherhood initiatives center.

New York A07035

Establishes the office of black male excellence to analyze and provide recommendations regarding issues relating to black males including education, criminal justice, health, mental health, economic opportunity, employment, fatherhood, mentorship, violence, public safety, and quality of life.

https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1872359/43389

This bill establishes the Office of Black Male Excellence within the executive department of New York state, to be led by a director appointed by the governor. The office’s primary mission is to comprehensively analyze and provide recommendations on critical issues affecting Black males, including education, criminal justice, health, mental health, economic opportunity, employment, fatherhood, mentorship, violence, public safety, and quality of life. The director will be responsible for appointing staff, serving as a liaison to other state agencies and the public, and submitting an annual report by January 31st to the governor, senate president, and assembly speaker. The annual report must detail the office’s analyses, recommendations, interactions with individuals (disaggregated by demographics and geography), programs offered, and suggestions for improving state and municipal services. The bill specifically requires that the recommendations acknowledge any inequities Black males experience in these various areas, with the goal of addressing systemic challenges and improving outcomes for Black males in New York state. The legislation will take effect immediately upon passage.

North Carolina HB 780

HB 780, sponsored primarily by Representative Brenden Jones, aims to “empower North Carolina fathers by funding pro-father organizations like All Pro Dad.” The intent, as expressed in public statements, is to strengthen families, schools, and communities by supporting fathers’ roles, based on the premise that children with involved fathers tend to have better outcomes.

Tennessee HB1131

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 8; Title 33; Title 34; Title 36; Title 37; Title 41; Title 49; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to children.

https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1821054/43354

This is an equal shared parenting bill.

Texas HB3784

Relating to the creation of the Texas Commission for Boys and Men.

https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1853998/43389

This bill creates the Texas Commission for Boys and Men, a temporary commission designed to study and address challenges facing boys, male youth, and men in Texas. The commission will consist of 11 members (5 appointed by the governor, 3 by the lieutenant governor, and 3 by the speaker of the house), with members having expertise in areas like economics, education, criminal justice, and mental health. The commission is tasked with conducting a comprehensive study examining issues affecting males, including marriage, family stability, education, workforce participation, health, criminal justice involvement, substance abuse, and death rates. Members will evaluate existing state laws and regulations to identify those potentially hindering male prosperity and develop recommendations for improving outcomes. By November 1, 2026, the commission must publish its study and submit specific policy recommendations to state leadership aimed at promoting male well-being and advancing what the bill describes as “traditional, positive manhood.” The commission will operate without compensation for its members and is set to be automatically abolished on December 31, 2026, with the bill taking effect either immediately upon receiving a two-thirds legislative vote or on September 1, 2025, if immediate passage is not achieved.

Texas HCR16

Affirming that fatherhood is essential to the development of all children.

https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1751211/43389

That the 89th Legislature of the State of Texas hereby (1) affirms the importance of fatherhood in caring for, nurturing, and supporting children throughout their lives

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DOGE Alert: Corruption and Fraud on Steroids at the Dept. of Justice

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Robert Thompson: 301-801-0608

Email: info@saveservices.org

DOGE Alert: Corruption and Fraud on Steroids at the Dept. of Justice

WASHINGTON / February 19, 2025 – Last September the Department of Justice announced the award of $690 million in grants by its Office on Violence Against Women (1) . Unfortunately, much of this money likely will end up being spent for unapproved purposes, or even lining the pockets of shelter managers.

The Department of Justice Audit Division conducts ongoing reviews of grantees that receive funds under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) (2). A summary of the audits conducted 2013 to 2017 identified $14.7 million spent for unsupported or unallowable expenditures. Out of 47 grantees, 72% were found to be “Generally Non-Compliant,” which means the agency failed to meet minimum standards across a broad range of indicators (3).

These alarming findings apparently were ignored by DOJ officials.

The following year, the Washington Post published, “Mice in the Couches, Mold on the Walls,” which documented long-standing problems at a Maryland abuse shelter. The shelter’s sanitary conditions had deteriorated to the point that one shelter resident declared, “It was a living hell.” (4)

Once again, the lessons of the Washington Post article fell on deaf ears.

in 2023, Tiffany Carr, former head of the Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence, was arrested for defrauding the state of $3.4 million, perversely diverting grant monies that were intended to support domestic violence shelters across the state (5).

In addition, VAWA funds are widely used to lobby state and local governments. This is a violation of the Federal Anti-Lobbying Act, which prohibits the use of federally-appropriated money for lobbying purposes. For example, the Nebraska Domestic Violence Coalition has been one of the most active groups lobbying state lawmakers. The group’s direct and indirect lobbying expenses were far in excess of their non-VAWA revenues.

These are not isolated incidents. Over the years, the corruption that pervades the domestic violence industry has been documented in disturbing detail (6, 7, 8).

Over the past many years, billions of dollars of taxpayer funds have been used for unlawful or unauthorized purposes, or lost to waste, fraud, and abuse. To end the VAWA “Culture of Corruption,” DOGE auditors need to mandate the following procedures:

  1. Require higher levels of managerial and financial expertise among grant applicants.
  2. Mandate that VAWA grant recipients base their programs on scientific research, not “gender ideology.”
  3. Assure that all persons, male and female, receive assistance on a non-discriminatory basis.
  4. In the event of a failed audit, DOJ managers should identify alternative agencies to provide services.

SAVE – Stop Abusive and Violent Environments – is a 501(c)3 organization working to assure due process, fairness, and equal opportunities for men.

Links:

  1. https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-more-690-million-violence-against-women-act-funding
  2. https://oig.justice.gov/reports/ovw-ext.htm
  3. https://endtodv.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/VAWA-Audits-2013-2017.xlsx
  4. https://wapo.st/2Hhx4RP
  5. https://www.maryellenklas.com/tiffany-carr-and-the-dv-coalition/
  6. https://endtodv.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Accountability-and-Oversight.pdf
  7. https://endtodv.org/2018/04/24/catastrophic-failure-the-violence-against-women-act-and-following-the-money/
  8. https://www.saveservices.org/2024/03/continued-culture-of-corruption-at-domestic-abuse-shelters/
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Men and Boys

Deceptive Feminist Narrative Has Tragic Consequences for Men’s Health

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Robert Thompson: 301-801-0608

Email: info@saveservices.org

Deceptive Feminist Narrative Has Tragic Consequences for Men’s Health

WASHINGTON / February 10 – Seven offices of women’s health currently exist in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services:

  1. Office of the Assistant Secretary of Health (1)
  2. National Institutes of Health (2)
  3. Food and Drug Administration (3)
  4. Centers for Disease Control (4)
  5. Health Resources and Services Administration (5)
  6. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (6)
  7. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (7)

But inexplicably, DHHS does not have a single office of men’s health.

Feminists claim these offices are necessary to make up for decades of the purported exclusion of women from medical research and the underfunding of women’s health research.

For example, a 1993 editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine asserted, “There is little doubt that women have been systematically excluded as subjects for study. . . most clinical trials have been heavily, if not exclusively, weighted toward men.” (8)

More recently, former First Lady Jill Biden made this claim: “Research on women’s health has been underfunded for decades, and many conditions that mostly or only affect women, or affect women differently, have received little to no attention.” (9)

But a review of the facts reveals the opposite to be true:

  1. As early as the 1970s, women were represented in 96% clinical trials sponsored by the NIH (10).
  2. An analysis of clinical trials conducted 1966-1990 found that women participated in 577 trials, compared to only 456 trials that included men (11).
  3. In 1994, the National Institutes of Health began to track the number of men and women in clinical trials, which revealed that women represented 51.8% of trial enrollees, with men being 44.9% of enrollees. The sex of the remaining persons was not reported (12).

In order to compensate for the presumed exclusion of women from research, budgets for women’s health were increased dramatically. In 2000, DHHS allocated approximately $5 billion to women’s health research and education, while the budget allocation of the DHHS men’s health programs was only $963.6 million, representing a 5:1 sex imbalance (13).

By any measure, the health of men is lagging behind the health of women:

  • Life Expectancy: The lifespan of men is 76.1 years, compared to 81.1 years for women (14).
  • Suicide: Men experience suicide rates that are nearly three times higher than women: Men: 14.7/100,000 persons; Women: 5.3/100,000. (15)
  • Workplace: Men face 15 times the number of occupational deaths, compared to women: Men: 6.2 deaths/100,000 workers, Women: 0.4/100,000 workers. (16)

How is it possible that our society has allowed a false narrative to persist for over 30 years, resulting in millions of dollars being spent on duplicative and unaccountable women’s health programs, while ignoring the suffering and deaths of men?

SAVE – Stop Abusive and Violent Environments – is a 501(c)3 organization working to assure due process, fairness, and equal opportunities for men.

Links:

  1. https://womenshealth.gov/
  2. https://orwh.od.nih.gov/
  3. https://www.fda.gov/about-fda/office-commissioner/office-womens-health
  4. https://www.cdc.gov/womens-health/index.html
  5. https://www.hrsa.gov/office-womens-health
  6. https://www.ahrq.gov/topics/women.html
  7. https://www.samhsa.gov/about/advisory-councils/advisory-committee-womens-services
  8. Angell M. Caring for women’s health—What is the problem? N Engl J Med 1993; 329: 271–272.
  9. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/nov/20/women-health-research-jill-biden-white-house
  10. Dickersin K, Min Y. NIH clinical trials and publication bias. Online J Curr Clin Trials. Doc. 50, vol. 2, April 28, 1993.
  11. https://journals.lww.com/epidem/fulltext/2001/09000/Did_Medical_Research_Routinely_Exclude_Women__An.20.aspx , Table 3.
  12. National Institutes of Health. Implementation of the NIH Guidelines on the Inclusion of Women and Minorities as Subjects in Clinical Research, December 1998.
  13. https://www.saveservices.org/2024/11/mens-health-programs-lag-by-a-51-margin-at-dhhs/
  14. https://menshealthnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/healthindicators.pdf
  15. https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/326948/WHO-MSD-MER-19.3-eng.pdf
  16. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hf1zRYHNDJjvunWWeoOl33VTVmPADtijzMniAmxBPRE/edit#gid=381346579
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Men and Boys

Statement by Maryland Gov. Wes Moore in Support of Men and Boys

Statement by Maryland Gov. Wes Moore in Support of Men and Boys

Delivered on February 5, 2025

https://governor.maryland.gov/news/press/pages/governor-wes-moore-delivers-2025-state-of-the-state-address.aspx

Lastly, investing in our people means following the data – And the data is telling us that we need to have a greater statewide focus on supporting and elevating our men and boys.

And it’s not just that in Maryland, labor force participation for young men is nearly the lowest it has been in two decades…

It’s also that suicide rates among men under 30 have risen by more than a third since 2010.

Across the country, college attainment levels are the same now for men and boys as they were in 1964.

And Maryland still sends youth under the age of 18 to our state prisons at twice the national rate.

The data is telling us a clear message: We need to better understand and address what’s happening with our men and boys.

I want to be clear: This administration remains steadfast in our support for all Marylanders, regardless of their gender or background.

As the father of a son and a daughter, I want both of my children growing up with all of their God-honoring and God-given opportunities –

But if we want to truly unleash the power of Maryland’s labor force, we need to make sure our men and boys aren’t still falling behind.

I strongly believe our mission to uplift men and boys isn’t in conflict with our values to leave no one behind – it’s in concert with them.

In the words of the great Marylander Frederick Douglass: “It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.”

And we have already started doing exactly that – in ways that uplift our men and boys and help support the aspirations of all Marylanders.

In 2023, we launched a first-in-the-nation Service Year Option to help high school graduates find their path and purpose.

In 2024, we made sure that we rewarded our service members through policies to support both veterans and military families.

And in 2025, I will be directing my entire administration to begin implementing targeted solutions to uplift our men and boys.

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12 Areas of Male Disadvantage in the United States

12 Areas of Male Disadvantage in the United States

By SAVE

January 30, 2025

Debates about “gender equality” typically focus only on issues of concern to women. But what about gender equality as it applies to men?

  1.   Education
  • In 2022, 6.57 million male undergraduate students, compared to 8.82 million female students, were enrolled in degree-granting postsecondary institutions.
  • Now, 47% of U.S. women ages 25 to 34 have a bachelor’s degree, compared with only 37% of men.
  1.   Health

Men face a lifespan gender gap of over five years:

  • Males: 74.8 years
  • Females: 80.2 years

Suicide:

  • The suicide rate among males in 2022 was four times higher than the rate among females. Males make up nearly 80% of suicides:
    • Men: 23 per 100,000 persons
    • Women: 5.9 per 100,000 persons
  1.  Boys

The “Boy Crisis” refers to the worsening academic performance, depression, addiction, and other problems affecting boys.

  1. False Allegations
  • According to a national YouGov survey, 11% of men, compared to 8% of women, have been falsely accused of domestic violence, sexual assault, or child abuse.
  1.   Victims of Violence
  • Men are far more likely to be victims of homicide than women. In 2023, the FBI reported that 13,789 male victims were murdered, compared to 3,849 female victims.
  1.  Equal Shared Parenting
  • The percentage of divorces with shared physical child custody in 2010-2014 was 33.6%. (Source: Meyer et al, Figure 1).
  • This number has improved slowly in recent years.
  1.  Criminal System
  • Men face more severe treatment at every step of the criminal-legal process, especially during the charging, plea-bargaining, and sentencing stages.
  • The bias is so severe that male victims of statutory rape often are required to pay child support to their rapist.
  1. Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse
  • Each year, more men than women experience domestic violence, according to the Centers for Disease Control:
    o Men: 6.5 million victims
    o Women: 5.7 million victims
  • Even though men are frequent victims of domestic violence, only 9% of persons served by VAWA Discretionary Grant Programs are male. (Source: 2022 Biennial Report to Congress, Page 40)
  1.  Homelessness
  1.   Workplace Death and Injuries
  1.   Adoption and Reproductive Rights

Adoption: In many states, unmarried fathers have no say in decisions to put the baby up for adoption.

Reproductive Rights: Men have no legal rights in decisions to abort or save an unborn child.

Paternity Fraud: Paternity fraud is the intentional misidentification of a child’s biological father by the mother. Studies reveal 3.7% of pregnancies involve paternity fraud.

  1.   Media
  • Research conducted in the U.S. and other countries concludes that:
    • 69% of media portrayals of men are unfavorable, often casting them as aggressors, perverts, or incompetents.
    • Positive depictions, such as good fathers or heroes, constitute only 18% of media portrayals.
  • Men are often stereotyped as sexual aggressors, even though in juvenile facilities, female officers commit 95% of all sexual assaults.

Other Resources: 

Editorials and Articles:

Public Opinion Poll: 

Male Disparities Around the World:

 

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Death Knell Sounds on the Title IX Transgender Movement

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Robert Thompson: 301-801-0608

Email: info@saveservices.org

Death Knell Sounds on the Title IX Transgender Movement

WASHINGTON / January 27, 2025 – Following a 2021 Biden Executive Order (1), the transgender movement took root and spread across the United States. The Department of Education set out to draft a new Title IX regulation that would set into law the controversial notion of “gender identity.”

Public opposition to the plan soon arose (2). Specific areas of concern included gender transitioning of minors, campus due process, pronoun mandates and free speech, parental rights, and women’s sports (3).

In response, the Title IX Network was established, eventually consisting of 240 national, state, and local organizations that were united in their opposition to the proposed regulation (4). Dozens of members of Congress, state governors, and state attorneys general spoke out against to the proposal, as well (5). Some even called for the abolition of the Department of Education (6).

One hundred state lawmakers from 32 states signed a pledge to “protect schools, children, and families from the Biden Title IX rule” (7). Numerous states enacted policies designed to thwart the transgender movement. For example, 25 states passed laws banning the participation of men from women’s sports (8). SAVE also established a Citizen Watchdog Program designed to monitor schools at the local level (9).

Despite fierce opposition, on April 19, 2024 the Department of Education issued its Title IX regulation that changed the definition of sex to include “gender identity” and removed key due process protections for the falsely accused (10). Within weeks, nine lawsuits opposing the regulation had been filed (11).

The following developments signaled the demise of the Title IX transgender movement:

  1. August 16, 2024: All nine Supreme Court justices issued a ruling that expressed their unanimous opposition to the Biden plan to redefine sex to include “gender identity.” (12)
  2. December 20: The U.S. Department of Education formally withdrew the plan to enact its controversial Title IX sports rule (13).
  3. January 9, 2025: Federal judge Danny Reeves issued a decision that struck down, across the nation, the Biden Title IX regulation (14). The Department of Education did not seek to appeal the historic ruling.
  4. January 20: President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order stating, “It is the policy of the United States to recognize two sexes, male and female.  These sexes are not changeable and are grounded in fundamental and incontrovertible reality.” (15)

Marxist Shulamith Firestone once declared, The goal of the feminist revolution must be the elimination of the “sex distinction itself: genital differences between human beings would no longer matter culturally…The tyranny of the biological family would be broken.” (16)

Once again, the illogic of Marxist ideology has been revealed.

Links:

  1. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/01/20/executive-order-preventing-and-combating-discrimination-on-basis-of-gender-identity-or-sexual-orientation/
  2. https://www.saveservices.org/2024/02/public-opinion-polls-reveal-growing-public-opposition-to-policies-driven-by-gender-agenda/
  3. https://www.saveservices.org/2022-policy/network/
  4. https://www.saveservices.org/2022-Policy/
  5. https://www.saveservices.org/2022-policy/lawmakers/
  6. https://www.saveservices.org/2022-policy/abolish-doe/
  7. https://www.saveservices.org/2022-policy/lawmakers/pledge/
  8. https://www.lgbtmap.org/equality-maps/youth/sports_participation_bans
  9. https://www.saveservices.org/2022-policy/network/
  10. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/29/2024-07915/nondiscrimination-on-the-basis-of-sex-in-education-programs-or-activities-receiving-federal
  11. https://www.saveservices.org/2022-policy/abolish-doe/
  12. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/24a78_f2ah.pdf
  13. https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-30921.pdf
  14. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.kyed.104801/gov.uscourts.kyed.104801.143.0_1.pdf
  15. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/defending-women-from-gender-ideology-extremism-and-restoring-biological-truth-to-the-federal-government/
  16. https://www.marxists.org/subject/women/authors/firestone-shulamith/dialectic-sex.htm
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In Australia, Men and Boys are Lagging on a Broad Range of Indicators

In Australia, Men and Boys are Lagging on a Broad Range of Indicators

By David Maywald

January 24, 2025

Around the world, men and boys are facing important, sometimes life-threatening, disparities in 12 areas: www.menandboys.net  A similar situation is seen in Australia:

Advocates for gender equality should place particular attention on the plight of men and boys.

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Biden Withdraws Title IX Plan, Marking Ignominious End to Catherine Lhamon’s Stint at DOE

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Robert Thompson: 301-801-0608

Email: info@saveservices.org

Biden Withdraws Title IX Plan, Marking Ignominious End to Catherine Lhamon’s Stint at DOE

WASHINGTON / December 23, 2024 – This past Friday the U.S. Department of Education withdrew the plan to enact its controversial Title IX sports rule. The DOE announced in dry regulatory language, “The U.S. Department of Education (Department) is withdrawing the notice of proposed rulemaking entitled ‘Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance: Sex-Related Eligibility Criteria for Male and Female Athletic Teams,’ published in the Federal Register on April 13, 2023.” (1)

The Title IX sports rule would have implemented a Marxist vision to remove all social distinctions in society, including differences based on sex (2). In the words of feminist Shulamith Firestone, the goal was the elimination of the “sex distinction itself: genital differences between human beings would no longer matter culturally…The tyranny of the biological family would be broken.” (3)

On his first day in office on January 20, 2021, president Joe Biden issued an Executive Order ordering all Executive Branch agencies to “prevent and combat discrimination on the basis of gender identity or sexual orientation.” (4)

The Biden plan to issue new Title IX regulations, including the Title IX sports rule, sparked an unprecedented wave of national opposition:

  • A coalition of 240 national, state, and local organizations opposed to the rule came together to establish the Title IX Network (5).
  • Public opinion polls revealed a strong majority of Americans opposed the plan (6).
  • Twenty-five states passed laws banning the participation of men from women’s sports (7).
  • In August, all nine Supreme Court justices issued a ruling expressing their opposition to the Biden plan to redefine sex to include “gender identity” (8).

On April 19, 2024 the DOE issued its overall Title IX regulation that changed the definition of sex to include “gender identity.” Commentator Aaron Flanigan warned, “American parents are standing on the precipice of one of the most far-reaching, extremist, and dangerous transformations of the education system in American history.” (9) Within weeks, numerous lawsuits were filed, resulting in federal judges blocking the new policy in 26 states (10).

The development of the ill-fated Title IX rules was overseen by Catherine Lhamon, head of the DOE’s Office for Civil Rights. During her Senate confirmation hearing, Lamon was asked whether she supported the presumption of innocence in campus Title IX proceedings. Under intense questioning, Lhamon would only admit that Title IX adjudicators “should be open to the possibility” that the accused student is not guilty (11).

After Lhamon’s nomination was confirmed, she took an Oath of Office promising that I “do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.” But her Title IX regulation violated that oath by seeking to weaken the Fourteenth Amendment by removing key due process protections for falsely accused men (12).

Lhamon’s resignation from her federal employment is believed to be forthcoming.

Links:

  1. https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-30921.pdf
  2. https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745341668/transgender-marxism/
  3. https://www.marxists.org/subject/women/authors/firestone-shulamith/dialectic-sex.htm
  4. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/01/20/executive-order-preventing-and-combating-discrimination-on-basis-of-gender-identity-or-sexual-orientation/
  5. https://www.saveservices.org/2022-Policy/
  6. https://www.saveservices.org/2024/02/public-opinion-polls-reveal-growing-public-opposition-to-policies-driven-by-gender-agenda/
  7. https://www.lgbtmap.org/equality-maps/youth/sports_participation_bans
  8. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/24a78_f2ah.pdf
  9. https://amac.us/newsline/education/the-new-biden-harris-rule-that-could-upend-the-election/?utm_objective=website_traffic&utm_source=website&utm_campaign=real_clear_politics&utm_medium=shared_content&utm_content=tnb082024
  10. https://www.saveservices.org/2022-policy/abolish-doe/
  11. https://www.saveservices.org/2021/07/presumed-guilty-catherine-lhamon-cannot-be-entrusted-with-the-job-of-enforcing-anti-discrimination-rules-in-colleges/
  12. https://www.saveservices.org/2021/05/im-afraid-to-send-my-son-to-school-how-title-ix-is-hurting-the-next-generation-of-men/
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Outrage Over Department of Education $1 Billion Support for D.E.I. Programs

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Robert D. Thompson
1-301-801-0608
Email: info@saveservices.org
Outrage Over Department of Education $1 Billion Support for D.E.I. Programs

WASHINGTON / December 18, 2024 – Numerous groups and members of Congress have expressed deep concern over the recent report by Parents Defending Education (1) revealing the Department of Education has spent over $1 billion for grants supporting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (D.E.I.) programs in schools around the nation. Such programs openly violate laws designed to end racial and sex discrimination in schools — laws that the Department of Education is charged with enforcing.

Examples of these statements of concern include:

  • “DEI is the woke addiction that the Biden-Harris administration simply cannot quit. PDE’s new report is jaw-dropping, and it confirms that this administration was more concerned about contorting the minds of America’s future leaders, rather than educating them.”  — House Education and Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (2)
  • “The Department of Education doled out over $1Billion dollars in DEI Grants since 2021.  President Trump will end this woke B.S. on Day One of his term. America’s kids will learn the subjects they’re supposed to be taught, rather than being indoctrinated.” — Senator Ted Cruz (3)

The Parents Defending Education report reveals that since 2021, the Biden administration’s Department of Education has spent over $1 billion for 229 D.E.I. grants. (4)

The PDE report documents grants that were awarded amounting to $489,883,797 on D.E.I hiring efforts, $343,337,286 for D.E.I programming and $169,301,221 for Based Mental Health /Social Emotional Learning (SEL). (5)

K-12 school districts across the country have implemented policies or plans that base the hiring and retention of teachers and staff on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. (D.E.I) (6)

For example, the Illinois Math and Science Academy now requires “that every faculty opening requires interviewing at least two candidates who identify as a Black, Indigenous Person of Color.” The school also states that it will “incorporate best practices on diversity, equity and inclusion” in the hiring process which includes “critical race theory.” (7)

Over the past four years, the Department of Education has allowed itself to become politicized by persons seeking to use the student loan program to gain favor among young voters to win their vote during the November 5 elections; (8) to enshrine into law an unscientific and dangerous definition of “gender identity;” (9) and now to instill un-American D.E.I programs in the nations’ schools. (10)

No wonder so many are now calling for the abolition of the US Department of Education. (11)

SAVE – Stop Abusive and Violent Environments – is a 501(c)3 organization working to assure due process and fairness. The Title IX Network consists of 240 national and state organizational members that are working to stop the Title IX Biden regulation and end the Gender Agenda.

Links:

1.    https://defendinged.org/investigations/granted/
2.    https://edworkforce.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=412095
3.    https://x.com/SenTedCruz/status/1867301761750348281
4.    https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/13/doge-zeroes-report-showing-biden-doe-spent-1-billi/
5.    https://defendinged.org/investigations/granted/
6.    https://defendinged.org/investigations/dei-hiring-in-k-12-schools/
7.    https://defendinged.org/investigations/dei-hiring-in-k-12-schools/
8.    https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4086053-student-debt-democrats-seek-to-galvanize-young-voters-over-supreme-court-ruling/
9.    https://www.saveservices.org/2022-policy/abolish-doe/
10.  https://defendinged.org/investigations/granted/
11.  https://www.saveservices.org/2022-policy/abolish-doe/