Archive for 'justice'
Showdown: Chauvinist Humor vs. Racist Rhetoric
There’s some need for discussion about this feminism thing. I mean, contrary to popular belief, feminists don’t necessarily hate all men – or love all women, and equally importantly, feminists have a sense of humor. I mean, as matsu’s blog at MediaGirl (hat tip for the image) points out, “Make a racist joke to a [...]
Posted: October 23rd, 2007 under Civil Rights, Congress, ERA, Equal Rights Amendment, Other, United States, apples, black, candidate, chauvinism, chauvinist, citizens, civil rights act of 1964, color, discrimination, equality, feminism, feminists, gender, hatred, humor, injustice, institutionalized racism, jail, justice, law, men, minority, nation, national origin, oranges, politically correct, race, racial discrimination, racism, racist, rape, rape trial, religion, rhetoric, sense of humor, sex, sexism, sexual assault, slavery, the Other, white men, women, women's movement.
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Every (Male) Sperm Is Sacred.
. . .That’s pretty close to the text of a new bill introduced to the Ohio legislature by Republican John Adams, who suggests that women who are trying to get an abortion should have to get written permission from their fetus’ fathers in order to abort. Yep, that’s right. The Record Courier reports that the [...]
Posted: August 3rd, 2007 under Department of Justice, Feministing, Jessica Valenti, John Adams, NARAL, Ohio, abort, abortion, abortion ban, anti-choice, bill, birth, dominance, father, fetus, financial responsibility, freedom, human rights, incest, intelligence, justice, law, legislature, man, parents, partial birth abortion, paternal permission, paternity, paternity test, permission, police, police report, politics, privacy, pro-choice, rape, rapist, record courier, reproductive rights, republican, sex, sperm, sperm bank, unborn children, women's rights.
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Rape, Love vs. Sex, and Using Nuns to Sell Beer as Medicine
1) Painful Truth: Rape Theory: Ann K. Ream wrote this article in the Chicago Tribune about the application of the sexual double standard to the Duke rape case. Semantics: A Nebraska Judge bans the word ‘rape’ from his courtroom — oh, it’s that easy to make it go away? Consequences: Oh, and someone start shopping [...]
Posted: June 22nd, 2007 under Anne K. Ream, Duke, Fox News, Misogyny, Nebraska, Sam Brownback, beer, booz2go, case, condom, contraception, diamond, diamond ring, double standard, engagement, engagement ring, femininity, incest, justice, law, masculinity, medicine, nuns, objectification, pain, powdered alcohol, prophylactics, rape, right hand ring, ring, semantics, sex, sex toy, sexism, sexuality, theory, truth, violence against women.
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Global Pedophile Ring Smashed!
Check out the article from the New York Times. The scientific community is not yet sure if pedophilia is pathological, but contemporary Western mores teach us that pedophilia is wrong. Yet there are some cases that are in the gray areas. For example, the Genarlow Wilson case, in which a 17 year old was given [...]
Posted: June 19th, 2007 under Duke, Genarlow Wilson, Iriquois, Mike Nifong, Pornography, abuse, children, consent, cultural criticism, culture, exploitation, federal, fellatio, global, golf, justice, lacrosse, law, molestation, objectification, oral sex, pathology, pedophilia, psychology, rape, sex, sexual assault, sports, violence.
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