Category Archives: Anti-feminists and their pals

Horribly Misogynistic Fashion Spreads Via America's Next Top Model and New York Times Magazine

Posted on March 22, 2007 by Rachel S.

Jean Kilborne, I hope you’re reading (I know she probably isn’t, but I figured I would give her a shout out anyways.). I’ve got some pictures you can add to your award winning films on misogynistic media. First, we have … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-feminists and their pals, Feminism, sexism, etc, Gender and the Economy, Popular (and unpopular) culture, Rape, intimate violence, & related issues | 67 Comments

Don't Say Vagina!! Apparently It's a Dirty Word

Posted on March 8, 2007 by Rachel S.

And, you can be suspended from school for it.  Here is the story from the New York Times. The three girls had been warned by teachers not to utter the word. But they chose to say it anyway — vagina — … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-feminists and their pals, Gender and the Body | 103 Comments

My Definition Of "Feminist"

Posted on February 12, 2007 by Ampersand

(Photo found on the webpage of the Reproductive Rights Action League of Yale College.) This is just the definition I use; I’m not claiming that I can dictate my definition to anyone else. What I try to do with a … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-feminists and their pals, Feminism, sexism, etc | 63 Comments

Apparently Rape is Big Old Joke and a "Magical Experience"

Posted on February 12, 2007 by Rachel S.

[I’ve edited this post, and the comments, to change one person’s actual name to the fake name “John Doe.” Read the comments to see why I did this. –Amp, 12/19/2010] In another great example of college students being totally insensitive, … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-feminists and their pals, Feminism, sexism, etc, Media criticism, Rape, intimate violence, & related issues | 29 Comments

Male Survivors of (Child) Sexual Abuse/Violence and Feminism, A Beginning

Posted on December 17, 2006 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

I am going to repeat myself about this a little further down, but let me say up front that this post is in response to the comments in this open thread for male survivors of sexual abuse/violence started by Abyss2Hope. … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-feminists and their pals, Feminism, sexism, etc, Rape, intimate violence, & related issues, Sexism hurts men | 53 Comments

Rape and Probability Theory

Posted on December 12, 2006 by Abyss2hope

As in this comment thread over at Alas, some people keep insisting that women lie about being raped while insisting that men don’t lie about rape. [Update (12/17): Per Daran’s request I am clarifying that my use of “insisting that … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-feminists and their pals, Rape, intimate violence, & related issues | 40 Comments

Conservatives Slander Feminists and Whitewash Harms To Iraqi Women

Posted on July 31, 2006 by Ampersand

Judith at Kesher Talk engages in a little feminist-bashing: News flash! Saddam Wasn’t a Feminist. Well, duh, you might say. But some on the left have already started to spin Saddam’s Iraq as a time of equal opportunity for women. … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-feminists and their pals, Iraq | 6 Comments

If I'm To Be Given One Label, Call Me An Egalitarian

Posted on May 31, 2006 by Abyss2hope

Since I started speaking out about my rape and rape in general, I’ve been called a man hater, anti-male and a few derogatory labels I won’t repeat here. Yet as I think about why I speak out and blog against … Continue reading →

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Men Are Much Less Likely To Be Victims of Rape

Posted on May 30, 2006 by Ampersand

On the Male Privilege Checklist (henceforth “the list,”) I wrote: 7. If I’m a teen or adult, and if I can stay out of prison, my odds of being raped are so low as to be negligible. Karmaq, writing in … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-feminists and their pals, Prisoner rape, Rape, intimate violence, & related issues, The Male Privilege Checklist | 93 Comments

False Allegation Worse Than Rape?

Posted on May 29, 2006 by Abyss2hope

Wes Raine: Rape is a truly terrible act. There is not much worse than rape, but this article details something that might be. An unnamed fifteen year old girl reported to police that a Connecticut cab driver tried to rape … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-feminists and their pals, Feminism, sexism, etc, Rape, intimate violence, & related issues | 99 Comments