November 2010
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Nothing Is Natural →
Sometimes I imagine a world where writers are forbidden for a year from starting from the premise that women are dumber, more irrational, or more emotional than men. The pages labeled “Fashion,” “Style,” or “Life” in newspapers would change dramatically. The trend-piece industry would quite possibly not be able to handle the shift in focus, and collapse...
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Sexual Harassers Reflect Larger Social Beliefs →
What was really interesting to me was how much these men have taken society’s sexism and have amplified it to justify their own desires, however. The reason they can believe that women are there to be used sexually and mistreated is that society teaches that women don’t have full rights, dignity, or autonomy when it comes to sex. In a society where people argue with a straight face that a...
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Suspendu pour avoir projeté une vidéo anti-IVG à... →
Un professeur d’histoire-géographie a été suspendu quatre mois à titre conservatoire pour avoir montré à ses élèves une vidéo anti-avortement dont les images sont quasi-insoutenables. La réaction des lycéens et des parents, choqués, avait déclenché l’ouverture d’une enquête par l’administration. Retour sur un dérapage.
Des fœtus déjà largement formés et sortis sans...
“In African studies, historically and currently, the creation, constitution and...”
– Oyeronke Oyewumi | The White Woman’s Burden: African Women in Western Feminist Discourse” (2004)
This appeared on my dashboard as I sit at my desk with Oyewumi’s ‘The Invention of Women’ beside me. Just cannot escape this paper…
(via first-taste) (via dancingonembers) (via leonineclaire)
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US judge says lesbians can be ‘cured’ by male... →
genderbitch:
womanintheshadows:
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Joe Rehyansky, a part-time magistrate and Vietnam veteran, wrote on conservative news site The Daily Caller that lesbians should be allowed to serve in the military because straight male soldiers could “convert” them.
The Daily Caller swiftly removed some of his remarks but not before they were picked up by other websites.
Mr Rehyansky, of...
The High Cost Of Low Status: Feeling Powerless... →
anarchafemikazibomb:
Feeling powerless can trigger strong desires to purchase products that convey high status, according to new research.
YES.
College Student Assaulted for Using the “Wrong”... →
fuckyeahgenderstudies:
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pansexualpride:
Figuring out which bathroom to use is often a difficult problem for transgender people. Gender-specific bathrooms are sometimes unsafe for transgender people, who can face harassment regardless of which bathroom they use.
On a college level, more and more universities are installing gender-neutral bathroom facilities, in an attempt to make...
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One in three South African men admit to rape,... →
South African survey in province of Gauteng finds 37.4% of men confessing to rape, while 25.3% of women say they are victims.
More than one in three South African men questioned in a survey admitted to rape, the latest evidence in the country of a violent culture of patriarchy.
Researchers found that more than three in four men said they had perpetrated violence against women.
Nearly nine in...
yen-yaw asked: I just wanted to say that I really enjoyed scanning through the first ten pages or so of your blog. You've got some great ideas about equality, something that shouldn't be stopped or pardoned, but embraced and talked about. Keep posting and I'll keep reading! :D
“Since 9/11, disenfranchised groups have been trying to get traction about our...”
– TSA outrage critical mass: Angry White Guy Syndrome (via Boing Boing)
In all fairness, this isn’t exactly accurate. People of varied ethnic, religious and class backgrounds have had issues with flight security measures for decades. I’m aware that particular groups have been unfairly targeted but...
“[Rape culture] is, simply put, a culture which makes violence against women...”
– Curt, the Distortion That Is Rape Culture
{note that i have some criticism of opinions he presents in that article, but that is a damn good definition.}
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The boy who was raised a girl →
When anyone has a baby the first question everyone asks is: “Is it a boy or a girl?”
Biologically it is sex hormones, physical appearance and the sex chromosomes - XX for a woman, XY for a man - which dictate whether someone is male or female.
But what happens if you bring up someone who was a boy as a girl?
There was a case just like this in the 1960s, a case which ended in...
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miss world: This Woman Is My Hero →
faded-as-my-jeans:
Watch this woman eviscerate a man who pressed up against her on an uncrowded New York subway — with his penis exposed, apparently clad in a condom. At least he’s practicing safe sex, right? Safe for work, with headphones.
Via the ladies of
Pope: condoms okay for male prostitutes, not... →
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So, the pope thinks it’s okay for male prostitutes to use condoms. That was the take-away from a controversy-stoking statement reported this weekend. Immediately began optimistic speculation that Pope Benedict XVI’s remark represented a shift in position — which the Church was quick to deny – and that this rhetorical change might be a real boon to the fight against...
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A Global Piano and Literary Salon: The Soul of... →
(Follow the link and see the video!)
Join world-renowned jazz pianist Chuchito Valdés and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Oscar Hijuelos (The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love) to celebrate Cuban culture through music, readings, food, wine and lively conversation. The evening features a performance by Valdés and reading by Hijuelos, followed by a discussion with the artists, who will explore the...
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Internet At Home - A Distant Dream in Cuba →
A submarine fibre optic cable which is expected to greatly increase internet connection speed in Cuba will soon be operational, and is creating moderate expectations among civil society on the island, where private access to the net is not a government priority.
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The latest report on progress towards meeting the Millennium Development Goals indicates that in 2008 there were 13...
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The truth about sex difference is that if men are... →
Grasping after certainty about gender roles has fostered some bad science and stereotyping that harms both sexes
Type “men” and “hardwired” into Google and you tap into a wonderfully absurd catalogue of assertions about male behaviour. Men are “hardwired” to cheat, ignore their wives, suspect infidelity, overspend, fail, love money, pursue women and achieve...
Volunteer Abroad: Well-intentioned westerners do... →
theafricatheynevershowyou:
Once again, clumsy attempts to do good end up harming communities we want to help. We have seen it with foreign aid, corrosive in so many countries by propping up despots, fostering corruption and destroying local enterprises. We have seen it with the dumping of cheap food and clothes, devastating industries and encouraging a dependency culture. And now we see it with...
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WatchAmy-Erin Blakely: Fired After Being Told Her Breasts Were Distracting
Women’s appearance is always used against them, wether it is judged they comply too well or too poorly with the model imposed on them by patriarchy.
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Zack's Ramblings: If Katy Perry Crapped in a Pizza... →
Tomorrow I will be attempting to launch a column called “New Gay Icons” that I’ve been brewing for a while. The reason is that I’ve become increasingly frustrated with the spate of contemporary pop stars that crop up out of nowhere, declare themselves to be “gay icons,” throw a couple rainbows or dudes kissing into their videos then dust off their hands and move on.
Lady Gaga, as much as the...
