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'It's Not Rape if She Blinks Twice for Yes' and Other Phallacies of Rape Culture
The New York Times recently reported that yet another rapist is being let off of the hook – as the majority are. Nearly 95% of men standing trial for rape in the United States and the United Kingdom are cleared of all charges, which is a shocking number considering the social, personal and political consequences [...]
Posted: May 11th, 2008 under Attack, Female Sexuality, Misogyny, Research, Sex Roles, alcohol, chauvinism, chauvinist, consent, constitution, constitutional, court, cultural bias, cultural criticism, culture, definitions, degradation, democracy, discrimination, disempowerment, disrespect, domestic violence, equality, exploitation, exploitative, feminine, femininity, feminism, feminist, feminist theory, feminists, fuck, fucking, gang rape, gender, gender culture, gender disparity, gender dynamics, gender equality, gender power, gender role, gender roles, gender socialization, gender theory, gender violence, genitalia, genitals, government, human dignity, human rights, humanism, humanist, humanity, identity politics, inequality, injury, injustice, institution, intercourse, international women's day, justice, legal, legal definition, male perspective, male sexuality, maleness, males, masculine systems, men, misogynisitic, misogynist, misogynistic, misogynists, morality, object, objectification, objectification of women, partner abuse, partner violence, physical power, pop culture, popular culture, power, power dynamic, power structure, propaganda, punishable offense, rape, rape case, rape culture, rape trial, rape victim, rapist, rapper, respect, science, science and gender, self image, self-esteem, sex, sex object, sex partner, sex research, sexism, sexist, sexual abuse, sexual activity, sexual advance, sexual assault, sexual difference, sexual exploitation, sexual inequality, sexual morality, sexual morals, sexual relations, sexual subordination, sexual violence, sexuality, social class, social inequality, socialization, society, survivor, vagina, violation, violence, violence against women, women, women's health, women's liberation, women's rights, women's studies.
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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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Garfield Minus Garfield: The Analogy With U.S. Politics and Scratching Your Balls
There’s something about U.S. Foreign Policy that’s a bit off. “No, really,” you say, “wow, I thought we were just flouting international law with no possible repercussions because no one will ever have more power than we do.” But recently one perfect analogy of the
Posted: March 1st, 2008 under 2006, American, Italy, baby vs. maryland, barack, bible, biblical, big business, bipolar, candidates, chattel, clinton, clintons, common law, consent, counterpunch, court, crotch, forced marriage, garfield, garfield minus garfield, grabbing, happy feminist, hillary, huckabee, industry, international law, jon arbuckle, law, maryland, matt gonzales, mining, modern life, obama, penetration, perspective, politics, rape, rapist, ruling, saint, schizophrenia, scratching, sex, suburb, suburbia, virgin.
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Antonin Scalia:Life, Liberty, & the Pursuit of Concentration Camps
As if we needed reasons to fear and loathe Antonin Scalia, we’ve just received another. (WARNING: THE FOLLOWING POST IS DISTURBING.) No, it’s not that hunting trip he took with Cheney – wikipedia offers that “Scalia refused, however, to recuse himself in the case of Cheney v. United States District Court for the District of [...]
Posted: February 18th, 2008 under Guantanamo, Supreme Court, Western, abu ghraib, ann coulter, antonin, ass, ballot, battlefield, camp, cartoon, case, cheney, civil court, concentration, concentration camps, constitution, coulter, court, crime, dick, district court, district of columbia, escape, execute, execution, fair trial, fascism, guantanamo bay, hamdan, harold, humanity, judge, kumar, legal, legal recourse, middle easterner, mullah, politics, preventative war, prevention, punk, punkassblog, recuse, rumsfeld, scalia, suicide, suicide attempts, switzerland, terrorism, terrorist, torture, vice president, war, waterboard.
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Vibrators: All Abuzz about that Pecuniary Value.
As recently as Monday, according to the Associated Press, the Supreme Court left an Alabama ban on sex toys intact, meaning that you can still face a $10,000 fine or up to 1 year in jail… for a pleasure device. A second offense can lead to up to 10 years in prison. To quote a [...]
Posted: October 3rd, 2007 under ACLU, Alabama, American, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, New York, Texas, adult, associated, civil, colorado, court, district, fine, general, genital, happiness, human, jail, law, lawyer, liberties, medical, mississippi, morality, obscenity, offense, organs, owner, pleasure, politics, press, prison, public, religion, sex, sexism, sodomy, store, supreme, theater, toy, union, vibrator.
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Free the Jena 6, Symbolism, and Political Fashion
So, most importantly, for those of you who might not have heard about the Jena 6, here’s the story. In brief, it’s about a group of black kids who sat under a tree that was a “traditionally white” hangout spot in the mostly white town of Jena, Louisiana, last December. The next day, there were [...]
Posted: September 19th, 2007 under 6, Jena, Louisiana, assault, attorney, battery, black, court, crime, december, green, hate, injustice, jail, lynching, noose, race, segregation, supreme, symbolism, white.
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