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U.N. Rules that "Rape is a Weapon of War": Um, duh, now what?
As The Austrailian reports, “In his remarks, UN chief Ban Ki-moon stressed the world body was “profoundly committed to its zero-tolerance policy against sexual exploitation or abuse by our own personnel”.” “”Violence against women has reached unspeakable and pandemic proportions in some societies attempting to recover from conflict,” he said.” The BBC notes that China, [...]
Posted: June 20th, 2008 under United Nations, pedophilia, prostitution, rape, rape culture, rape victim, sexual abuse, sexual assault, sexual morality, sexual objectification, sexual violence, survivor, violence, violence against women, war.
Tags: abuse, Ban Ki-moon, congolese, goma student fund, mapendo, nations, peacekeepers, pedophilia, prostitute, rape, scholarship, security council, sexual exploitation, sexual violence, U.N., united, violence, violence against women, war, weapon
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Jane Doe Wants YOU to Join the Fight Against Rape Culture
In the past, women who experienced rape or sexual assault were faced with the immediate decision of whether or not to prosecute, even as they still reeled from the trauma of violation, which is often manifested as post-traumatic stress disorder. This was necessary because any action such a woman took following her rape, such as [...]
Posted: June 16th, 2008 under agency, military, police report, popular culture, posttraumatic stress disorder, prosecution, rape, rape case, rape culture, rape trial, rape victim, rapist, sense of self, sexual abuse, sexual advance, sexual assault, sexual exploitation, sexual harassment, sexual inequality, sexual objectification, sexual violence.
Tags: administration, agency, Bush, culture, DNA, domestic violence, evidence, harassment, injustice, military, patriarchy, pentagon, posttraumatic stress disorder, prosecution, rape, rape culture, rape kit, sexual, sexual assault, sexual harassment, sexual violence, survivor, trial, u.s., victim
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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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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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Our Masculine Systems: Women's Inequality Under the U.S. Constitution
Back in the day, in 1776, when our Founding Father and future second president John Quincy Adams was helping to draft the constitution, his wife, (Founding Mother?), Abigail Adams, asked him to “Remember the ladies” in that august document. He replied, in a letter, “Depend upon it, We know better than to repeal our Masculine [...]
Posted: January 7th, 2008 under 14th, American, Congress, George W. BUsh, National Organization for Women, Senator, Supreme Court, Uncategorized, United States, Virginia Tech, abigail adams, abusive conduct, agency, amendment, american history, antonio morrison, bill clinton, bitch, campaign, candidate, christy brzonkala, commerce clause, condom, constitution, constitutional, court of appeals, culture, en banc, football players, founding father, founding mother, fourteenth amendment, fuck the shit out of them, george macon university, get girls drunk, government, grand jury, history, human rights, hurting, inequality, james crawford, joe biden, john quincy adams, judge rehnquist, liberty, life, masculine systems, masculinity, no, objectification, opinionatrix, personal safety, pretzel, pursuit of happiness, race, rape, rapist, religion, sex, sexual assault, sexual violence, state's rights, stds, strength, survivor, violence, violence against women, violence against women act, woman, women's center, women's liberation, women's rights.
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A Vindication of the Rights of Sex Bloggers
So Lena Chen. Here’s a refresher course. She’s a sexblogger from Harvard who tells stories about her sexploits, with strategically placed psuedonyms and (presumably) enough privacy to retain her sanity and, oh yeah, sell some advertising. Recently, some trouble was roused when her vindictive ex published naked pictures of her on the internet, thus ruining [...]
Posted: December 23rd, 2007 under Female Sexuality, Harvard, Self Objectification, Sex and the City, Sex and the Ivy, agency, anonymous, bliss, blog, casual, chen, comparative sexuality, consent, ethical, ethics, ignorance, ivy, ivy league, ivygate, lena, lewd, male sexuality, meta, moral relativism, morality, morals, naked, nude, nudie, nudity, objectification, orgasm, original sin, phone sex, photographs, photos, pictures, prostitute, prostitution, purity, rape, sex, sex positive, sex positivity, sexblog, sexblogging, sexism, sexual morality, sexual morals, sexuality, sin, slut, tawdry.
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Save the Drama For Yo' Mama: Feminism in the Classroom
So, I’m a girl. I know this may come as a shock. But don’t worry, I’ve had my cooties shots. Chances are, there are some other girls in your life. If so, you might care to hear about this article published in Social, Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience by Associate Professor Maryjane Wraga of the Psychology [...]
Posted: December 10th, 2007 under 2006, Bush, Carl Friedrich Gauss, Gauss, Harvard University, Larry Summers, SAT, Wraga, academia, academic, affective, agency, aptitude, asian, baseline, clinton, cognitive, cognitive processes, comfort, control, controversy, cooties, courage, disempowerment, drama, empowerment, fMRI, feminism, feminist, feminists have better sex, feminists have more fun, freedom of movement, functional magnetic imaging, gender, gender disparity, gender power, genius, hillary, hypothesis, joke, language use, magazine, majors, mama, math, message, negative, neural structure, neuroscience, objectification, obscure parts, obstacle, passivity, peace, penetrating, performance, pessimism, positive, power, presidency, president, professor, psychology, race, rape, rape case, reasoning, science, sex, sexuality, smith college, social, sophie germain, spatial, stereotypes, study, surmounting, talent, test, threat, verbal, weight loss, white house, women in science.
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