Twitter furious at University of York for worldwide Men’s Day snub

“It seems to me that we’ve therefore got this equality when but only when it suits agenda in Parliament that often applies just to women”. Women in prison do not.

IMD, on Thursday, highlights men’s issues including mental health, suicide and family. “Neither group is isolated”.

MPs heard that male suicide rates are higher, with 19 per 1,000 in 2013 compared with 20.6 per 1,000 in 1982.

He said: “A staggering number of people who have needlessly died and a staggering number of families left behind”.

Mr Davies told a Labour MP to “get out more” and that she was “part of the problem” after she accused him of misogyny. Another day spent reminding women they are still victims? But when the pain inside your head is so great you’d rather kill yourself than carry on, reaching out for help can feel impossible, particularly for men with little experience of getting help with their personal problems and concerns.

A further response from the university read: ‘We have withdrawn the original statement about worldwide Men’s Day, and do not propose to mark this event formally.

“That is absolutely part of the problem, you are part of the problem, why these issues never get debated, because it’s raised as something to try and deter anybody from ever raising their head above the parapet. I think it is a shocking fact”.

Calls for an worldwide Men’s Day have been going on since at least the 1960s when it was reported in The NY Times that “many men have been agitating privately to make February 23 global Men’s Day, the equivalent of March 8, which is worldwide Women’s day”.

She has said that this reaction from “male activists” only goes to prove her point.

The Tory MP said: “You never fail to challenge the status quo, you never fail to speak without fear or favour and I commend you for that”.

The university has apologised for the “unhappiness” caused by its previous support for global Men’s Day.

“I want to be very clear – I don’t believe there is actually an issue between men and women”, he said. He said: “Many reasonable mothers allow fathers as much access to the children as possible…”

But she said: “Language does matter”. The United Kingdom organisers of global Men’s Day disagree and say the fact that 13 men a day take their own lives shows the need to raise men’s issues.

They claimed the reason men were under-represented was “direct effect of unfairness and discrimination towards women; secretarial and support work are gendered and demeaned as women’s work”. Much more investigation is needed into recidivism and how we can divert men away from the justice system. Phillips has since pledged to launch a campaign about skyrocketing male suicide rates. These are a few of the issues that disproportionally affect men in Australia.

Shadow mental health minister Luciana Berger asked if the Government agreed there is a need for an “urgent review” of its suicide prevention strategy, which was published in 2012. “And I am concerned this discussion is straying down a slightly misogynistic streak”. He He says this is not the opinion of the majority of students and staff at the university and we are calling for this decision to be changed. The Equality and Diversity Committee announced that, “the main focus of gender equality work should continue to be on the inequalities faced by women, and in particular the under-representation of women in the professoriate and senior management”. For example, more people are talking about vegan meatballs, recently tweeted about by CALM advocate Professor Green, than are talking about male suicide.

He recalled his recent shock at seeing an old school friend’s obituary in an alumni magazine – although it turned out to be a mistake. We know who the most at risk groups are and we should be targeting services to them.

Miss Mustafa, 27, added: “Don’t worry lads we will give you and allies things to do”, followed by a wink. Also, if you’ve been invited and you’re a man and/or white PLEASE DON’T COME just cos i invited a bunch of people and hope you will be responsible enough to respect this is a BME Women and non-binary event only’. Let us know on Facebook or Twitter.