Category Archives: Anti-feminists and their pals

Right-Wing Libertarians Respond To Nick

Posted on November 14, 2005 by Ampersand

Two of my favorite right-wing bloggers, Jane Galt and Cathy Young, have commented – in a rather unkind fashion – on Nicks’ recent posts about rape. Jane, responding to Nick’s fantasy of what Nick’s “ideal world” would be like, wrote: … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-feminists and their pals, Libertarianism, Rape, intimate violence, & related issues | 121 Comments

Men's Rights Groups Consider Victims of Abuse "The Opposition"

Posted on November 10, 2005 by Ampersand

Check out this post by the Countess (aka Trish Wilson), debunking various men’s rights claims about the supposed epidemic of false abuse accusations in divorce court. They’ve been shouting louder lately because PBS broadcast a report about abusers who receive … Continue reading →

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Violent Crime and Gender: Are We Approaching Equality?

Posted on November 10, 2005 by Ampersand

Another interesting chart from the Bureau of Justice Statistics: (You can see the numbers broken down by type of crime here.) What intrigues me is that the once-enourmous difference between the sexes, in terms of which sex is more often … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-feminists and their pals, Feminism, sexism, etc | 10 Comments

How to eliminate extreme poverty according to the UNFPA

Posted on October 26, 2005 by Pseudo-Adrienne

Via Planned Parenthood, the UNFPA has recently released its 2005 State of the World Population report. Which in my opinion states the obvious. That the elimination of extreme poverty cannot be achieved without ensuring gender equality and making reproductive healthcare … Continue reading →

Posted in Abortion & reproductive rights, Anti-feminists and their pals, Conservative zaniness, right-wingers, etc., Feminism, sexism, etc, Gender and the Economy, International issues, UNFPA | 77 Comments

Links here, links there, links everywhere

Posted on September 23, 2005 by Ampersand

My desktop is getting cluttered with links that I won’t have time to blog about…. Heidi at Letters of Marque on What Women Want: “In short, what this particular woman wants is a wife. And I resent (in a vague … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-feminists and their pals, Families structures, divorce, etc, Homophobic zaniness/more LGBTQ issues, International issues, Katrina, Link farms, Race, racism and related issues, Rape, intimate violence, & related issues, Same-Sex Marriage | 3 Comments

A little critical of an "opt-out-revolution" article

Posted on September 21, 2005 by Pseudo-Adrienne

Jessica over at Feministing is a little perturbed over a New York Times article, sprinkled with the usual from the “opt-out-revolution” claim. The claim that women only go to the Ivy League schools, earn MBAs and doctorates, for the sole … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-feminists and their pals, Families structures, divorce, etc, Feminism, sexism, etc, Gender and the Economy | 25 Comments

Women of Color alarmed by Roberts being Rehnquist's successor

Posted on September 8, 2005 by Pseudo-Adrienne

Women’s eNews has posted some commentary on the concerns shared by many women of Color over the nomination of Roberts to succeed the late Chief Justice Rehnquist. (This ‘article’ has actually been circulating through emails and the blogosphere for awhile.) … Continue reading →

Posted in Abortion & reproductive rights, Anti-feminists and their pals, Conservative zaniness, right-wingers, etc., Race, racism and related issues, Supreme Court Issues | 7 Comments

"Don't want to be murdered? Don't marry a murderer!"

Posted on August 30, 2005 by Nick Kiddle

Thanks to a commenter on the thread about feminism and the murder rate, I found some interesting discussion about Latoyia Figueroa’s murder (scroll down about two-thirds of the page). Criminologist Jack Levin addresses the horrifying fact that the most common … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-feminists and their pals, Feminism, sexism, etc, Rape, intimate violence, & related issues | 70 Comments

Sexist Politician Has Ass Handed To Him By Female Opponent

Posted on August 27, 2005 by Ampersand

“Alas” reader Maureen sent me the link to this story in the Guardian, about an election in New Zealand: Don Brash, the aptly named leader of the centre-right National party, faced Ms Clark in a televised debate last week, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-feminists and their pals, Elections and politics | 9 Comments

"Try to see it from his point of view"

Posted on August 25, 2005 by Nick Kiddle

I’ve been reading a lot of pregnancy and parenting magazines lately. The occasional piece of advice on what I can do now to make labour easier almost makes it worth wading through the rest: relentless pressure to buy Stuff and … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-feminists and their pals, Feminism, sexism, etc | 30 Comments