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When you say "nonstop ads," I'm assuming you're claiming that Clinton (thanks for clarifying that it's Clinton you were talking…
It's a weird question, because I think that if I knew the intent behind the question, I would answer it…
Cosco, could you please clarify which female candidate ran "nonstop ads pointing out that the male candidate" is sexist, and…
an absolute inability to string a sentence together in a meaningful way This is not only untrue, it's a deranged…
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Category Archives: Rape, intimate violence, & related issues
A very short post about rape culture
I heard this joke from my mother, when I was about 11 or 12. Two nuns were walking through the woods when they were set upon and raped. One said to the other, “Whatever shall we tell Mother Superior?” The … Continue reading →
Rape and Imprisonment By Proxy At McDonalds
From my inbox: Amp- Did you watch Primetime, on ABC last night? If not, here’s a link. I’ll give your a brief overview of the piece. I’d sure like to see this discussed online. The segment was about an incident … Continue reading →
Men's Rights Groups Consider Victims of Abuse "The Opposition"
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 →
On victim-blaming and control
It’s virtually a law of Internet discussion that any conversation about rape will turn into a debate about the need for women to keep themselves safe. The attitude that women have the responsibility to protect themselves from rape is, at … Continue reading →
My rape story
The discussion about the man who claims he can’t be a rapist because his penis is too large set me thinking about my own near-miss a couple of months ago. It feels odd to talk about rape in connection with … Continue reading →
Links here, links there, links everywhere
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 →
Lousiana Domestic Violence Shelters Need Your Help
From Bean’s blog: The Louisiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence is accepting donations that are specifically earmarked to assist battered survivors and their children who have been directly affected/displaced by the hurricane. The donations will be used to assist battered victims … Continue reading →
Rape in the wake of Katrina (guest post by Mousehounde)
This truly bothers me. Imagine it: you live though the most traumatic thing that could happen, you lose your family, your home, your job in one fell swoop. You make your way to someplace that should be where you can … Continue reading →
"Don't want to be murdered? Don't marry a murderer!"
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 →
Just blame feminism for female sex offenders
An article from The Times (in the U.K.) blames feminism for older women having sexual relations with underage boys. Well you just gotta put all the blame for women “behaving badly” on feminism, right? As everyone knows that if women … Continue reading →
There was commentary on things he said, quotes from prepared speeches, quotes from interviews. So you're saying that a candidate…