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R.I.P. RadFem Hub

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Title	R.I.P. RadFem Hub
Author	[deleted]
Upvotes	126
Comments	63
Date	February 22, 2013 6:30 PM UTC (13 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/mensrights/comments/1918jb/rip-radfem-hub/
Archive Link	https://theredarchive.com/r/MensRights/rip-radfem-hub.1606788 https://theredarchive.com/post/1606788

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Edit

See below for details, but it's quite possible the domain did, in fact, expire.

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~~Well the domain has definitely not expired.~~ Whois data:

Registered through: GoDaddy.com, LLC (http://www.godaddy.com)

Domain Name: RADICALHUB.COM

Created on: 09-Jan-12

Expires on: 09-Jan-14

Last Updated on: 21-Feb-13

~~It's not a new registration, or the whois would have a new created date, and even if it had expired, com domains have a redemption period during which they could have got their domain back.~~

There was a change to the domain yesterday though, and the nameserver entries now seems to be pointing at a reseller host, instead of the wordpress NS servers that a quick google tells me were their old settings. So, if they're not playing hide and seek, they might have had a falling out with the guy listed as the domain registrant.

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First link didn't work

Hmmm... it used to.

looks more like cybersquatting

Agreed. But...

What benefit could they gain from doing so?

A few days ago, a post with this title appeared in MensRights:

Exploding feminist myths - some good articles at this website.

The post appears to have been deleted. The website in question contained the following:

In 2005, the Home Office paid an American feminist at Royal Holloway and Bedford College £3million for ‘a review of domestic violence’.

She produced a report which broke down the word ‘domestic violence’ and gave it new definitions which were nothing to do with violence at all.

They included:

‘Watching her’ ‘Telling her children things she doesn’t want them to know’ ‘Criticising her appearance’ ‘Sending her unwanted gifts.’ ‘Ignoring her’ ‘Refusing to have sex with her’ ‘Denying her sexuality’

But nobody could find this ‘review of domestic violence’ on the net.

This puzzled me, because I remember reading this list, or something very like it, years ago. And I wasn't the only one. Angy Harry had done an article on it back in 2002:

http://www.angryharry.com/esDoesTheHomeOfficeWillfullyStirUpDV.htm

in which he quoted from it copiously and scathingly:

Thirdly, here (link now defunct) is a government-funded website DEMONSTRABLY trying to raise hatred towards men. Actually, they've improved it slightly since I last visited it, but here is an example of how these so-called domestic violence experts currently CORRUPT our language and our relationships by classifying common events as acts of domestic violence.

The heading reads ...

Domestic Violence comprises a wide range of types of abuse. >Incidents are not generally a one-off event, but can be seen as >forming part of a coercive pattern of controlling behaviour. This list >includes some of the ways in which a person experiencing domestic >violence might be abused: not all of these behaviours would >necessarily fall within the criminal law.

[And here are some examples of these behaviours as selected from their website.)

Having sex with her when she doesn't want it. Refusing to have sex with her. Denying her sexuality Sexual name calling Mocking or humiliating her Watching her at home or work Sending her unwanted gifts Being obsessionally possessive Being obsessionally jealous Getting information about her from her children Telling her children things she doesn't want them to know Manipulating her children Telling others lies about her Telling her children lies about her Making decisions for her Taking her money Refusing her money Keeping her misinformed about her entitlements Shouting at her Swearing at her Insulting her Criticising her appearance Criticising her abilities Criticising her sexual performance Criticising her work or housekeeping Telling her she is mad Telling her she is ugly Telling her she is stupid Telling her she is a bad mother Threats to take her children away Threats to self harm or commit suicide Threats to report her to the authorities Threats to expose things she is ashamed of to others Telling her her reactions are irrational Withdrawing affection Ignoring her Refusing to talk to her Repeatedly interrogating her Behaving unpredictably Telling her that it is her fault Making her believe that it is her fault

The "link now defunct" is the one we are discussing, and which the WayBackMachine is now not displaying.

Obviously, the two examples of domestic violence:

Having sex with her when she doesn't want it. Refusing to have sex with her.

taken together are very easy to attack. If they somehow found their way into a Home Office funded report, they could be used to cause severe embarrassment to any serious researcher with a reputation to worry about.

I've heard that there are companies who specialize in managing your internet reputation. I'm wondering whether that's what we're seeing here.

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