Nick describes himself as yet another ordinary father who found himself an unwilling traveller into the nightmarish world of the family courts. He joined Fathers 4 Justice, for whom he conducted research for a number of years. Now happily married, he has recently become a grandfather. He has worked as a technician in theatre and television and now in education. He was the author of An Exercise on Absolute Futility (2015). Earlier this year, he published a translation of the Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf. He blogs at Ex Injuria. This video is one of 120 videos published for the sixth International Conference on Men's Issues (2020), a conference originally planned for Sydney, Australia, but later turned into a virtual conference due to Covid-19. From #metoo to the American Psychological Association’s guidelines pathologizing “masculinity” as harmful, to Gillette’s razor adverts blaming all men for the actions of a damaged few, ideologically motivated groups have used unchallenged narratives of female victimhood to promote damaging stereotypes about men and boys, masculinity and men’s relationships to each other. More than ever before, recognition of men’s issues is needed. Men and boys deserve compassion, they deserve consideration for their unique needs, and they deserve our support. Men and boys also deserve respect for their unique contributions to society and an end to the promotion of unkind stereotyping of being harmful, abusive, toxic, selfish and hateful. We would not tolerate this stereotyping directed towards any other group. We are in an era of unprecedented ideological conflict. By reducing men’s ability to take a positive identity from their masculinity we are encouraging young men to pursue ever more radical ideologies to find a place to belong. In turn we are also encouraging young women to embrace an identity as society’s victims rather than its equal co-creators. International Conferences on Men’s Issues (ICMIs) have been held annually since 2014, with the exception of 2015: - Detroit (2014) - London (2016) - Gold Coast, Australia (2017) - London (2018) - Chicago (2019) Playlists of all 100+ presentations at the conferences are here, as well as playlists of the presentations at the Messages 4 Men conferences in London (2017-19) and the (UK) National Conference on Men's Issues, “Domestic Abuse is a Men’s Issue, Too” (2020): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKhX1c3ow6BrzdzP3ydpeZQ/playlists The conferences deal with the social and legal issues that disproportionately (or uniquely) affect men and boys. This year’s conference is being held online, with the publication of 120 videos (one per hour, every hour) from midday, Saturday, 14 November, to midday, Thursday, 19 November, 2020 (International Men’s Day ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBxtoB89qgE

This was one of around 70 presentations or interviews filmed for the (online) seventh International Conference on Men's Issues, 2021 (ICMI21) http://icmi2021.icmi.info/speakers. Almost all were followed by live Q&As and will be published in the same order as they were published during the online conference (held over 13-19 December 2021) but over 14-20 February, 2022. The website for the 2022 conference (17-20 November) is http://icmi2022.icmi.info. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRDjJ3x12zc

Our playlist of the International Men's Day debates in the House of Commons (2015 - date) is here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjMscr0TpRqgp73_AhcT1bkc-VjZcBPqa Please support our work. Thank you. http://j4mb.org.uk/donate This debate was not held on International Men's Day because 19 November fell on a Sunday this year. Our thanks to Jeremy Lefroy (C, Stafford) for leading this debate, and to Philip Davies (C, Shipley) for his contributions. My thanks to Natoya and Raymond for joining me. My thanks to Stu for providing this approximate chronology: Jeremy Lefroy (C, Stafford) 0.20 - 5.20 Gregory Campbell (DUP, East Londonderry) 5.20 - 5.57 Jeremy Lefroy (C, Stafford) 5.58 - 9.08 David Simpson (DUP, Upper Ban) 9.10 - 9.35 Jeremy Lefroy (C, Stafford) 9.36 - 12.12 Philip Davies (C, Shipley) 12.13 - 12.36 Jeremy Lefroy (C, Stafford) 12.37 - 17.58 Jo Swinson (LD, East Dumbartonshire) 18.07 - 22.14 Alison Thewliss (SNP, Glasgow Central) 22.15 - 22.30 Jo Swinson (LD, East Dumbartonshire) 22.30 - 29.27 Steve Double (C, St.Austell & Newquay) 29.42 - 32.47 Martin Doherty (SNP, West Dumbartonshire) 32.47 - 32.56 Steve Double (C, St.Austell & Newquay) 32.56 - 36.06 Martin Doherty (SNP, West Dumbartonshire) 36.06 - 36.30 Steve Double (C, St.Austell & Newquay) 36.30 - 37.14 Jim Shannon (DUP, Strangford) 37.22 - 43.24 Philip Davies (C, Shipley) 43.25 - 49.53 David Linden (SNP, Glasgow East) 49.54 - 55.50 Fiona Bruce (C, Congleton) 55.52 - 1.02.00 Colin Clark (C, Gordon) 1.02.18 - 1.06.05 Martin Day (SNP, Linlithgow & East Falkirk) 1.06.06 - 1.12.27 Paula Sheriff (L, Dewsbury) 1.12.28 - 1.20.10 Nick Gibb (C, Bogner Regis & Littlehampton) 1.20.10 - 1.29.30 Jeremy Lefroy (C, Stafford) 1.29.30 - 1.30.10 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLqWe7H5WJU

Four of William Collins's pieces on MGM: Male Genital Mutilation http://mra-uk.co.uk/?p=519 MGM: Claimed Medical Benefits - Part 1 http://mra-uk.co.uk/?p=1604 MGM: Claimed Medical Benefits - Part 2 http://mra-uk.co.uk/?p=1655 MGM: Claimed Medical Benefits - Part 3 http://mra-uk.co.uk/?p=1675 If everyone who watched this video gave us just £1 – or even better, £1 monthly – we could change the world. Click here to make a difference. Thanks. https://j4mb.wordpress.com/donate/ Our thanks to The Forgotten Man of The London Group for filming and editing this piece, and for giving us permission to publish it on this channel. The YouTube channel of The London Group: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCd7gwoT6wPeD-ktdHIgtnw/videos This video on their channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDBDNWA-MWM ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EP2_5xxNj2o