Archive for April, 2008
Newsflash: Ignorance is Not Bliss! (Abstinence and Why It Sucks)
The BBC reported in August that abstinence-only sex education programs are not working in the United States. Shockingly, studies found that avoiding education about sex does not reduce risks of teen pregnancy or slow the spread of sexually transmitted diseases. It turns out that sex is so good that even pretending it doesn’t exist does [...]
Posted: April 29th, 2008 under abstinence, abstinence-only, educate, education, pregnancy, pregnant, premarital sex, sex, sex ed, sex education, sex positive, sex positivity, sex research, sexual activity, sexual attraction, sexuality, sexually transmitted infections.
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Man Killed For Residing In United States While Black
On November 25th, 2006, Sean Bell was shot the day before his wedding date — because he was going to a bachelor party with friends at the Kalua Club in Queens, New York. He was shot by three detectives; two friends in his bachelor party were wounded and he was killed by the fifty shots [...]
Posted: April 25th, 2008 under court, police, police brutality, race, racial discrimination, racial profiling, racism, racist, racists.
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Male Answer Syndrome & Homeland Insecurity: Smells Like Bullshit
In high school, I was once asked to read this article about Male Answer Syndrome. Here’s an excerpt I just found online: It is called `Male Answer Syndrome: Why Men always have opinions, even on subjects they know nothing about’ — by Jane Campbell (from Utne Reader, Jan/Feb 1992) “In the animal kingdom, males exhibit [...]
Posted: April 21st, 2008 under Sex Roles, absurdity, blogger, differences, gender, gender bias, gender culture, gender differences, gender disparity, gender dynamics, gender equality, gender power, gender role, gender roles, gender socialization, gender theory, male, male gaze, male perspective, male worldview, modern life, offensive, self image, self-advocacy, self-esteem, sex, sexism, sexual difference, sexual dimorphism, sexual inequality, sexual relations, sexual subordination.
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Don't Kill For Me: The Case Against Death for Child Rapists
This week, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider the case of Patrick Kennedy, who is being tried for raping his eight-year-old stepdaughter, in Louisiana, a state where the crime of child rape carries the death penalty. This will be the first case to reexamine the use of the death penalty for rape since 1977, when [...]
Posted: April 16th, 2008 under Supreme Court, abuse, black males, institutionalized racism, race, racial discrimination, racial profiling, racism, sexual, sexual abuse, sexual assault, statutory rape, supreme, women's rights.
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Well, Shock Me, Shock Me, Stalk Me, With Your Deviant Behavior
– okay, I did watch Empire Records approximately fourteen million times between the ages of 13 and 17, and I know that’s not the exact wording used (see clip after the jump for verbatim). But what’s shocking me is the new post from Apostropha, or more precisely, its content: new cellphone technology that teaches users [...]
Posted: April 9th, 2008 under Uncategorized.
Tags: cell, cellphone, cheat, cheating, control, emotion, empire records, relationships, shock me, stalk, stalk me, stalking, technology
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