Forget just the laws--New Hampshire has an entire Commission on the Status of Men that delivers biennial reports on men's rights and issues, and agitates for them on state and national levels.

InfinitelyThirsting · 2010-07-01T19:21:11+00:00

Most importantly?

The CSM was established by the New Hampshire legislature in 2002, as described in RSA 19-I.

This is an actual government commission for men's rights and issues. It tackles everything, from petitioning the White House for a Council for Men and Boys, to unfair portrayals of domestic violence, the BA pedophile incident, education for men, men's health, false allegations of abuse and rape, introducing bills on everything from divorce issues to suicide inquest commitees, it's crazy. And great.

I highly recommend you give the whole thing a read, it's really heartening. Not that everything's perfect or anything, but that people care and are actually looking into the status of men and working to do something about it.

mtaclof · 2010-07-01T21:45:43+00:00

I'll just add another tally mark to the list of reasons I will be elated to move back to New Hampshire from Virginia in three weeks.

kloo2yoo · 2010-07-01T20:08:06+00:00

previous reports can also be found.

http://www.nh.gov/csm/

squabbit · 2010-07-01T21:04:46+00:00

Live Free or --hire a lobbyist?

stemgang · 2010-07-03T05:45:37+00:00

This is a welcome development. The language is stuffy and dry, of course...it is the language of bureaucrats...and power. Quoted section starts below.

CONCLUSION SUMMARY AND GOALS

Based on some of the critical points in our initial overview for this report, issues including pre- mature and preventable deaths of males, inferior school performance of males and difficulty of males being able to maintain meaningful contact with their children all suggest the need for the New Hampshire Commission on the Status of Men (CSM) to continue to move forward and serve as a model for our country to realize that ignoring such issues goes well beyond “doing the right thing” by males and appears to clearly link to issues of economic productivity in local, national and international spheres; creating informed and engaged male citizens in our communities most strikingly suggest possible threats to our national security to have less than physically and emotionally healthy as well as academically capable males in our workforce. The most salient achievements of the New Hampshire Commission on the Status of Men during the biennium include, but are not limited to:

(1) Slow and steady progress in apparent elevated levels of interest, support and respect for the issues that are central to the mission of the CSM. Some examples include:

(a) Invitation of our Commission to have representation on the Legislative Taskforce on Work and Family and the White House Forum on Responsible Fatherhood.

(b) Acceptance of our Commission as contributors to the goals and missions of the New Hampshire Child Advocacy Network (NH CAN), the Parent Information Resource Center (PIRC) and the Children’s Trust Fund.

(c) Recognition by the New Hampshire Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Abuse that men can be victims as well.

(2) An increase in the numbers of people appearing before our Commission to provide public testimony in response to our invitation to address specific concerns as well as those who are seeking our input, collaboration and support for issues of importance to them. The latter group includes researchers working at UNH to re-examine issues in child support enforcement and an attorney who travels nationally regarding issues of paternity fraud prevention and intervention.

(3) Improvements in efficacy and effectiveness in outcomes within both public and private sector agencies that have decision making capacity over the lives of males of all ages in our state. Our communications with the Attorney General’s office regarding concerns over enforcement practices of laws such as RSA 633:4 and our efforts to communicate with the NH Association of Police Chiefs and the NH Department of Health and Human Services are examples of this. Goals for the NH Commission on the Status of Men during the next Biennial Period include, but are not limited to:

17(1) Encourage the Governor and Council and all members of the New Hampshire legislature to fully realize the crucial importance of the economic, social and political viability of the continuation of the New Hampshire Commission on the Status of Men. We remain a national leader, being the only state in the country with such a Commission. Based on data from reliable sources, furthermore, the depth of the threat to our state and nation to ignore the current problems plaguing males of all ages must be viewed as more than just one issue on the table at a time. The domino effect is potentially crippling. What we have discovered about how the cycle of fatherlessness and its connection with the instability of children, poor academic performance, school dropouts, substance abuse and associated crime (some of which harms or kills others) indicates that New Hampshire will have the ranks of our welfare cases and incarcerated males grow at tax payer expense, and reduce the number of skilled taxpayers in our workforce.

(2) Increase the number of advocacy contacts made by our Commission with the goal of engaging crucial members of our governmental and private agencies into meaningful dialogue which will result in clear action plans to address and attempt to remediate identified problems impacting males of all ages in our state on a timeline that is agreeable to all parties.

(3) Increase the representation of the CSM on other appropriate legislative task forces and at local, regional and national events related to our mission and goals.

(4) Emphasize the importance of our aforementioned suggestions for child support and guardian ad litems and to help policy makers, court authorities and other agencies develop clear action plans to facilitate improved wellness levels for all family members.

(5) Continue efforts to gather and disseminate data on males in areas related to our mission with the goal of improving healthcare, mental health, education, access by male parents to their children, etc.

2010-07-01T20:45:50+00:00

Wow, feminists must hope this kind of reporting about men doesn't spread. It actually looks at the misery of men in so many areas instead of just telling them to "get over their loss of privilege" and to "shape up". It seems to actually see them as people!! NOW better make sure funding for this kind of clear misogyny is stopped immediately.

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