Archive for 'sexual abuse'
Where Are My Spectacles II: Who Defends Women in the Dept. of Defense?
[trigger warning] What is this? Who defends women in the Department of Defense? Not Republican senators, apparently. When Al Franken brought forward legislation to combat the horrifically hostile and sexually abusive environment found in the Department of Defense and amongst its contractors on October 6th, a block of thirty white men rose up in opposition. [...]
Posted: October 21st, 2009 under government, labor, law, sexual abuse, sexual assault, sexual harassment, sexual violence, social class, social inequality, socioeconomics, work, working conditions.
Tags: Acorn, al franken, amendment, class, class warfare, college, department of defense, education, equality, fair trial, gang rape, government, Halliburton, human dignity, human rights, Jamie Leigh Jones, jon stewart, labor, law, legal rights, legislation, military, partisan, patsy t. mink, politics, rape, republican, rights, senate, senators, sexual abuse, sexual harrassment, sexual respect, social class, socioeconomic, socioeconomics, The Crooked Dope, the law, title 9, title IX, title nine, unions, universities, work, workers' rights, working conditions
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Onward, Feminist Soldiers: The Battle of . . . Do We Really Want a Battle?
Jessica Lynch “was born in Palestine, West Virginia,” according to the Wikipedia page about her. It continues, “her family could not afford to send her to college; her older brother had to drop out for financial reasons. Searching for a way to pay for the children’s educations, the Lynch family met with an army recruiter [...]
Posted: October 19th, 2008 under discrimination, female, female empowerment, female leader, feminine energy, femininity, feminism, fight, male worldview, maleness, males, man, masculine systems, masculinity, military, military casualties, misogynisitic, misogynist, misogynistic, misogynists, obama, september, september 11, sexism, sexist, sexual abuse, sexual assault, sexual difference, sexual dimorphism, sexual inequality, stereotype, stereotypes, terrorism, terrorist, violation, violence, war, war on terror, weapons, women, women in the military, women's liberation, women's movement, women's rights, work, working conditions.
Tags: barack obama, college, community service, congo, Dahomey Amazons, destiny's child, eye of the tiger, fast food, female soldier, feminist, gender, gender blind, gender role, gender stereotype, globalization, hierarchy, inés suarez, infantry, islamic militant, jessica lynch, Joan of Arc, lionesses, masculinity, military, molly pitcher, navy seals, patriarchy, physical strength, pine leaf, power, Qiu Jin, Rani Lakshmibai, rape, sarah palin, self defense, september 11, sex, sexism, sexual dimorphism, sexual power, silver star, special forces, stereotype, strength, survivor, terrorism, test tube babies, violence, war, war on terror, warrior, weakness, women, work, zivildienst
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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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Kremlin Outlaws Emo Styling, Behaviors Starting 2009
Hat tip to Sabotabby of Punkassblog for the scoop on this one: the Russian Government has released a statement officially limiting children’s toys that are “psychologically incongruous” (thus, threatening irony in the next generation of Russian childhoods) and stating that, as Sabotabby has it, “Apparently, the Russian government feels it necessary to fight the growing [...]
Posted: June 17th, 2008 under biology, bisexual, depression, emo, employment, oppression, prostitute, prostitution, psychology, punk, sexual, sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, sexual inequality, sexual violence, suicide.
Tags: abuse, America, American, band, bands, biology, bisexuality, cultural misogyny, d.c., depression, diy, duma, edge, emo, fugazi, Gay, goth, guy picciotto, hipster, hormones, irony, kremlin, mainstream, mayo clinic, mental health, Misogyny, music, oppression, physical abuse, prostitute, psychology, puberty, punk, punk rock, rites of spring, russia, sex, sexual abuse, sociology, straight, straight-edge, subculture, suicide, toys, washington, western medicine, youth
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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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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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