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== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
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== Publications ==
== Publications ==

Revision as of 22:55, 16 December 2017

This article is about the British men's rights activist. For the Canadian ice hockey player, see Mike Buchanan.

Mike Buchanan
Leader of Justice for Men and Boys
(and the Women Who Love Them)
Assumed office
6 February 2013
Personal details
Born
Gordon Michael Alexander Buchanan

1957 (age 66–67)
NationalityBritish
Political partyJustice for Men and Boys (and the Women Who Love Them)
SpouseTwice divorced
ChildrenTwo daughters
Residence(s)Bedford, England
OccupationPolitician
WebsiteJustice for Men and Boys
(and the Women Who Love Them)

Gordon Michael Alexander Buchanan[1] (born December 1957)[2] is the Leader of a political party, Justice for Men and Boys (and the Women Who Love Them) (J4MB), in the United Kingdom. He is also a media commentator for the men's rights movement.

Career

Buchanan was a company director for Link Procurement Services Ltd from 1999 to 2010,[3] and also for Legal Procurement Services Ltd from 2005 to 2008.[4]

He also worked as a consultant for the Conservative Party,[5] but left the party in 2009 after David Cameron announced his approval of all-women shortlists for selecting parliamentary candidates.[6][7]

Campaign for Merit in Business

In April 2012, he began the 'Campaign for Merit in Business' arguing against increasing gender diversity in the boardroom (GDITB).[8][9] The campaign submitted written evidence to a House of Lords European Union Sub-Committee on the Internal Market, Infrastructure and Employment which was investigating ‘Women on Boards’.[10] The sub-committee also heard from the campaign's Research Director,[8] Michael Klein.[11] The sub-committee found that "[a] more balanced board [would] be able to tap into the wealth of available talent in the labour market, provide a broader spectrum of ideas, better reflect a company's customer base and improve corporate governance.", but went on to say, "that quotas should not be resorted to until all other options have been exhausted."[12]

Later in the same year, Buchanan appeared before the Business, Innovation and Skills Committee's House of Commons inquiry, 'Women in the Workplace', describing himself as the campaign's Chief Executive, and stating that as of November 2012 the campaign consisted of ten members.[9] In written evidence to the inquiry, he cited five longitudinal studies which he entitled 'Improving' Gender Diversity on Boards Leads to a Decline in Corporate Performance: The Evidence.[13] In response to the committee's report the coalition Government said the report, "[reflected] the view of the Government and the Women's Business Council that there is a clear benefit from ensuring that those women who want to work, or want to work more hours, are able to contribute fully to the economy."[14]

Anti-Feminism League

Buchanan also began the Anti-Feminism League in 2012.[15] A year later, its website was merged into the Campaign for Merit in Business and the political party, Justice for Men and Boys.[16]

Campaign against male genital mutilation

Buchanan campaigns against male genital mutilation (MGM) claiming that it breaches the Offences against the Person Act 1861, he includes "the non-therapeutic [e.g. religious] circumcision of male minors" in his definition of MGM[17] and is critical of the media focus on female genital mutilation arguing that, "[t]he foreskin is a biological equivalent to the clitoral hood, not the hymen."[18]

Justice for Men and Boys

Main article: Justice for Men and Boys

The political party Justice for Men and Boys (and the Women Who Love Them), which Buchanan leads, was registered with the Electoral Commission on 21 February 2013.[19]

UK general election 2015

Buchanan stood in the UK general election in 2015 in the parliamentary constituency of Ashfield, Nottinghamshire against Gloria De Piero.[1][20] De Piero regained her seat with 19,448 votes (41%), Buchanan came last with 153 votes (0.3%).[21]

Media appearances

The former businessman has made a number of appearances in the media including: arguing against more women on corporate boards (Daily Politics);[22] discussing sexism with Caroline Criado-Perez (This Morning);[23] discussing Justice for Men and Boys' 2015 election manifesto (Sunday Politics, East Midlands);[24] considering the question "does absence of refusal to have sex amount to consent?" (The Big Questions);[25] discussing politics with a feminist (Sunday Politics, East Midlands);[26] discussing junior barrister Charlotte Proudman's rebuke of Alexander Carter-Silk, a senior City solicitor for complimenting her on her LinkedIn profile photograph (Sky News);[27] appearing on a documentary about sexism (BBC Three);[28] discussing whether you can be a successful working mum (Sky News);[29] discussing Nottinghamshire Police's decision to become the first police force within the UK to begin recording misogyny as a hate crime (Victoria Derbyshire);[30] discussing the gender pay gap, citing a blog by William Collins (The Roundtable);[31] discussing the #MeToo phenomenon (Sunday Morning Live);[32] and discussing the allocation of chores between genders, advocating Catherine Hakim's preference theory (Sky News).[33]

Amongst the views he expressed are: "the number of qualified men for major corporate boards hugely outnumbers the number of qualified women";[22] "all the [major political] parties are institutionally pro-female and anti-male";[24] explaining why the UK legal definition of rape states that a woman can not legally rape a man, "the Sexual Offences Act 2003 was drawn up by radical feminists";[25] "men will support women as stay-at-home partners or parents and women won't";[26] "Charlotte Proudman clearly suffers from an all too common mental health condition 'whiny feminist disorder'";[27] "feminism is a female supremacy movement driven by misandry, the hatred of men, it's a vile ideology";[28] this whole narrative about work being fulfilling, and exciting, and interesting, and looking after children being stressful and mundane, it's a feminist narrative that just doesn't make sense for the vast majority of women";[29] "I don't think any sane person believe that wolf-whistling is evidence of mysogny, only feminists could believe such a ridiculous thing [...] because it's the sign of a man's admiration for a woman";[30] "Martin Fiebert [lists] hundreds of studies show that women are at least as physically aggressive towards oppostite sex partners as men";[30] and "[w]e know that both male and female teachers have an in-built bias towards marking girls better than boys".[31]

Personal life

Buchanan is twice divorced,[6] and has two daughters.[34][35]

Publications

Books
  • Buchanan, Mike (2007). Profitable buying strategies: how to cut procurement costs and buy your way to higher profits. London Philadelphia: Kogan Page. ISBN 9780749452384.
Self-published books

Buchanan has also published several books through his own publishing company, LPS Publishing.[36]

Articles

References

  1. ^ a b Dalby, David (Acting Returning Officer) (9 April 2015). Notice of election agents' names and offices, Ashfield District Council: Election of a Member of Parliament for Ashfield Constituency (PDF). Ashfield District Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 November 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2017. {{cite book}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 10 November 2017 suggested (help)
  2. ^ "Mr Gordon Michael Alexander Buchanan". companycheck.co.uk. Company Check. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Link Procurement Services Ltd". companycheck.co.uk. Company Check. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Legal Procurement Services Ltd". companycheck.co.uk. Company Check. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  5. ^ Ross, Jamie (4 January 2015). "An anti-feminist party is standing in the general election". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  6. ^ a b Nianias, Helen (14 January 2015). "'Feminists hate men': Meet Mike Buchanan, the leader of Britain's new Justice for Men and Boys party". The Independent. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  7. ^ Buchanan, Mike (6 March 2013). "Comment: Why Britain needs a pro-male party". Politics. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  8. ^ a b "Written evidence submitted by Campaign for Merit in Business". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. WIW 27. United Kingdom: House of Commons, Business, Innovation and Skills Committee's 'Women in the Workplace' Inquiry. 12 October 2012.
  9. ^ a b Mike Buchanan (et al), Chief Executive, Campaign for Merit in Business; et al. (20 November 2012). "Business, Innovation and Skills Committee's 'Women in the Workplace' Inquiry (Q60)". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. HC 754 i. United Kingdom: House of Commons. col. 75401. {{cite book}}: Explicit use of et al. in: |author= (help) Video.
  10. ^ "Campaign for Merit in Business (CMB) - written evidence" (PDF). Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). United Kingdom: House of Lords, EU Sub-Committee on the Internal Market, Infrastructure and Employment: Women on Boards Inquiry. 16 July 2012. pp. 171–173.
  11. ^ "Michael Klein - written evidence" (PDF). Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). United Kingdom: House of Lords, EU Sub-Committee on the Internal Market, Infrastructure and Employment: Women on Boards Inquiry. 16 July 2012. pp. 302–307.
  12. ^ UK Parliament (2012). Women on Boards: Fifth report (PDF). London: Stationery Office. p. 4. ISBN 9780108476235.
  13. ^ "Supplementary written evidence submitted by Campaign for Merit in Business: 'Improving' gender diversity on boards leads to a decline in corporate performance: the evidence". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. WIW 27a. United Kingdom: House of Commons, Business, Innovation and Skills Committee's 'Women in the Workplace' Inquiry. 12 October 2012.
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  14. ^ UK Parliament (2013). Government response to the House of Commons Business, Innovation and Skills Committee report of session 2013-14: Women in the Workplace (PDF). London: Stationery Office. p. 3. ISBN 9780101870122.
  15. ^ Buchanan, Mike (9 January 2012). "Militant Feminism: an assault on women?". fightingfeminism.wordpress.com. Anti-Feminism League via WordPress. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  16. ^ Buchanan, Mike (8 April 2013). "Fighting feminism – let's get political". fightingfeminism.wordpress.com. Anti-Feminism League via WordPress. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  17. ^ Julia Hartley-Brewer (host) and Mike Buchanan (guest) (30 June 2017). Interview about male genital mutilation (Radio). Julia Hartley-Brewer. talkRADIO. Retrieved 16 December 2017. The default position of the law in England and Wales is perfectly simple: the non-therapeutic circumcision of male minors, or male genital mutilation, as we generally refer to it is a breach of the Offences against the Person Act 1861 being at least actual bodily harm and probably grievous bodily harm [...] It would require a parliamentary override to be legal and that has never existed.
  18. ^ Buchanan, Mike (9 January 2017). "A futile attempt to enlighten a feminist about MGM and FGM". j4mb.org.uk. Justice for Men and Boys via WordPress. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  19. ^ "Justice For Men & Boys, Registration summary (PP2034)". electoralcommission.org.uk. Electoral Commission. 21 February 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2017. Pdf.
  20. ^ Rob Pittam (reporter), Mike Buchanan (Justice For Men & Boys candidate) and Sarah Honeycombe (feminist voter) (12 April 2015). Election 2015: Feminist meets Justice for Men leader (Television). Sunday Politics (East Midlands). BBC East Midlands. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  21. ^ Parliamentary results 2015. Ashfield District Council. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2017. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  22. ^ a b Jo Coburn (host), Heather Rabbatts (guest), Mike Buchanan (guest) (28 January 2013). Women in business (Television). Daily Politics. BBC Two.
  23. ^ Phillip Schofield (presenter), Christine Bleakley (presenter), Caroline Criado-Perez (guest) and Mike Buchanan (guest) (15 January 2015). "Are men the real victims of sexism?". This Morning. Event occurs at 11.33am. ITV Network Ltd. ITV. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  24. ^ a b Marie Ashby (host), Maggie Throup (guest), Chris Williamson and Mike Buchanan (guest) (18 January 2015). Women in business (Television). Sunday Politics, East Midlands. BBC One via YouTube. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  25. ^ a b Nicky Campbell (host), Mike Buchanan (guest) et al. (1 March 2015). Does absence of refusal to have sex amount to consent? (Television). The Big Questions. BBC One. Retrieved 16 December 2017. {{cite AV media}}: Explicit use of et al. in: |authors= (help)
  26. ^ a b Rob Pittam (reporter), Sarah Honeycombe (guest) and Mike Buchanan (guest) (12 April 2015). Election 2015: Feminist meets Justice for Men leader (Television). Sunday Politics, East Midlands. BBC One. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  27. ^ a b Jeremy Thompson (presenter) and Mike Buchanan (guest) (10 September 2015). News item: Charlotte Proudman's naming and shaming of Alexander Carter-Silk (Television). Sky News. Sky. {{cite AV media}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  28. ^ a b Tyger Drew-Honey (presenter), Mike Buchanan (guest) et al. (23 November 2015). Tyger Takes On... Am I Sexist? (Television). Tyger Takes On... BBC Three. Retrieved 16 December 2017. {{cite AV media}}: Explicit use of et al. in: |authors= (help)
  29. ^ a b Harris, Sarah Ann (8 March 2016). "Kay Burley perfectly handles 'men's rights' campaigner Mike Buchanan when he calls her 'pathetic'". HuffPost. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  30. ^ a b c Victoria Derbyshire (presenter), Loretta Trickett, criminologist (guest), Martha Jephcott, police trainer (guest) and Mike Buchanan (guest) (19 September 2016). Should sexism towards women be a hate crime? (Television). Victoria Derbyshire. BBC Two. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
    Citing:
  31. ^ a b David Foster (presenter), Jeni Klugman, MD Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security (guest), Shaista Aziz, writer and journalist (guest), Lanre Akinola editor African Business (guest) and Mike Buchanan (guest) (9 August 2017). How real is the gender pay gap? (Television). The Roundtable. TRT World via YouTube. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
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  32. ^ Emma Barnett (presenter), Sean Fletcher (presenter), Dawn Foster journalist (guest), Zoe Strimpel historian of gender and relationships (guest), Shyama Perera writer and broadcaster (guest) and Mike Buchanan (guest) (24 October 2017). Have we previously turned a blind eye to sexual harassment? (Television). Sunday Morning Live. BBC One. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  33. ^ Kay Burley (presenter), Nichi Hodgson (guest) and Mike Buchanan (guest) (10 May 2017). Gendered jobs: Is allocating chores by gender sexist? (Television). Sky News. Sky via YouTube. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
    Citing:
  34. ^ Buchanan, Mike, ed. (2011). "Acknowledgements". The joy of self-publishing. Bedford, UK: LPS Publishing. pp. 12–13. ISBN 9781456604875. {{cite book}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Invalid |ref=harv (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  35. ^ Lloyd, Matt (28 April 2013). "Battle of the sexes: Dad to stand for MP to challenge 'anti-male culture'". Birmingham Mail. Trinity Mirror. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  36. ^ "About". lpspublishing.co.uk. LPS Publishing. Retrieved 16 December 2017.

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