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Items in this update:
o Pro-gun women's group plans Mother's Day rallies
o House panel rebuffs Bush on abortion 'gag rule'
o Extended maternity leave endangers UK businesses
o India prostitutes protest Taliban attitude to women
o Doctor urges wide availability of morning after pill
o Legality of morning after pills
o Chinese marriage law is said to benefit women
o Independent Women's Forum challenging mainstream feminism
o Funding for 'women's health' based on erroneous statement
o Responsible fathering at taxpayer expense
o Hackers to unleash anti-censorship tool
o Supreme Court decision harms affirmative action
o Jane Fonda edits her radical past
o NOW fabricates income and membership numbers
o Pastor blames gays for foot-and-mouth disease
o A sexual war in the United Nations
o Book review: 'Viable Values,' by Tara Smith
o Independent Women's Forum gains influence
o Synergy between the sex and tech industries
o Clare Boothe Luce annual conference
o Online talk about Genocide and Gendercide
o Pro-gun Mother's Day rallies forum
Hello ifeminists:
Sunday is Mother's Day and an occasion for the co-ordinated pro-gun
rights rallies being staged across the U.S. by Second Amendment Sisters
and Armed Informed Mothers. Check out the InsiderUpdate listing at the end
under Online Discussions to access information on a rally near you.
Those of you who are intrigued by the book review of "Viable Values,"
by Tara Smith, should first try to order the Randian tome from Laissez Faire
Books, which currently offers 15% off its entire stock. The new 100% off
(a/k/a/ free) ifeminist editorial entitled "America's Re-education Camps"
is posted! <http://www.ifeminists.com/introduction/editorials/2001/0508.html>
There is apparently truth to the rumor that civil servants in San
Francisco who wish to avail themselves of a tax-paid sex change operation
must secure a note from their doctor confirming that they were born into
the "wrong" gender. I want a note stating that I was born into the wrong
tax bracket. Alas there is no truth to the rumor that Tracy Quan, authoress
of "Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl: A Nancy Chan Novel," is moving to the
Bronx to write a sequel. The woman is unwilling to suffer for her art.
Well, I do suffer for my art. And now it is your turn.
Onto the main event.
-- Wendy McElroy, mac@ifeminists.com
==> News Reports <==
Pro-gun women's group plans Mother's Day rallies
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The Second Amendment Sisters, a pro-gun women's group, has
announced it will sponsor rallies in 22 cities on
Mother's Day to show support for a woman's right to own
and use a gun for self defense. (05/03/01)
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=22658
House panel rebuffs Bush on abortion 'gag rule'
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In a surprise rejection of a White House order, the House
International Relations Committee approved a
Democratic-sponsored measure that would overturn the ban
on aiding foreign organizations that discuss abortion
with their clients or advocate abortion rights.
(05/03/01)
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,19995,00.html
Extended maternity leave endangers UK businesses
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The "right" to maternity leave in Britain is rising by
three months. The Confederation of British Industry has
warned that small companies will be totally crippled by
the costs of administering the payments, training a
replacement and
keeping the job open for the woman's return. (05/08/01)
http://money.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?grid=M3&menuId=252&menuItemId=
-1&xml=%2Fmoney%2F2001%2F05%2F08%2Fcbzcbi08.xml
India prostitutes protest Taliban attitude to women
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"Calcutta prostitutes said they planned to mark May Day
Tuesday by burning effigies of Afghanistan's Taliban
leaders to demand that women have the right to choose
their profession." (05/01/01)
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/htx/nm/20010501/od/prostitutes_dc_1.html
Doctor urges wide availability of morning after pill
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The incoming president of the American College of
Obstetricians and Gynecologists publicly advocates that
women should be able to keep an advance prescription of
morning-after pills to prevent pregnancies if they have
unprotected sex. (04/30/01)
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20010430/us/emergency_contraception_1.html
Legality of morning after pills
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"Britain's longest established anti-abortion group today
won permission for a high court action to try to stop sales
of the morning-after pill to women over 16 from
pharmacists, without a prescription." (05/02/01)
http://www.guardianunlimited.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,481929,00.html
Chinese marriage law is said to benefit women
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In the wake of outrage over its "one child" policy, China
has passed a marriage law that bans domestic violence,
outlaws bigamy and prohibits married people from
cohabiting with anyone other than their spouses. Chinese
officials are pointing to the law as proof of their
concern for women and children. (04/30/01)
http://www1.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2001-04-30/3037.html
Independent Women's Forum challenging mainstream feminism
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Favoring free markets, limited government and personal
responsibility, a loose network of successful,
politically prominent women affiliated with the
Independent Women's Forum is challenging traditional
notions of feminism which, it says, reduce women to
victims. (05/01/01)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25123-2001Apr30.html
Funding for 'women's health' based on erroneous statement
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In 1997, the National Institutes of Health stated that
"women were routinely excluded" from its research into
major diseases. The statement caused outraged cries for
increased funding of research into "women's health." Now
the NIH has retracted its original claim. (05/06/01)
http://www.timesdispatch.com/editorial/MGBF0ENGCMC.html
Responsible fathering at taxpayer expense
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"A bipartisan group of senators has introduced legislation
to spend $380 million over five years to promote "responsible
fatherhood" and marriage for men through counselling and
parenting programs....President George Bush has proposed
$US335 million over five years for a similar fatherhood
initiative, which would allow religious groups to compete
for the funding." (05/02/01)
http://www.smh.com.au/news/0105/02/world/world9.html
Hackers to unleash anti-censorship tool
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The white hat (non-criminal) computer hacker group, Cult of
the Dead Cow, is preparing an anti-censorship tool for
civil disobedience. "Peekabooty" is expected to
circumvent government censorship of controversial sites
such as those that offer pornography. (04/30/01)
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2713742,00.html
For more News Reports see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/news/
==> Commentary, Opinion, and Book Reviews <==
Supreme Court decision harms affirmative action
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by Isabelle Katz Pinzler
A recent Supreme Court decision will make it more difficult
for women to use federal civil rights laws to enforce
affirmative action at educational and other institutions
receiving federal funds. Unlike ifeminists.com, this
informative article thinks that's a bad thing.
http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm?aid=535&mode=today
Jane Fonda edits her radical past
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by J. Hoberman
In what may indicate political correctness's decline, Hanoi
Jane Fonda is consciously downplaying her radical
activities during the Vietnam War. (05/08/01)
http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0118/hoberman.shtml
NOW fabricates income and membership numbers
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by John Berlau and Jamie Dettmer
For years, NOW has been considered the leading organization
for women's rights based on its income and membership
numbers. Those numbers have been grossly overinflated.
(Go to second story on the page.) (05/05/01)
http://www.insightmag.com/archive/200105280.shtml
Pastor blames gays for foot-and-mouth disease
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A British pamphlet argues that gays have brought the
disapproval of God in the form of foot-and-mouth
disease. One reader described herself as "totally and
utterly gobsmacked" by the notion. Ifeminists.com has
little to add. (04/27/01)
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/po/20010427/co/pastor_blames_gays_for_foot-and-
mouth_1.html
A sexual war in the United Nations
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by Wendy McElroy
The radical feminist agenda has gone global and the United
Nations is leading an attack on both family values and
the traditional role of women. (05/01/01)
http://www.ifeminists.com/introduction/editorials/2001/0501.html
Book review: 'Viable Values,' by Tara Smith
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by Aeon J. Skoble
Author Tara Smith makes "an original argument influenced by
Rand" in answer to the question: "Why be moral?" (04/01)
fee@free-market.net
http://www.fee.org/iol/01/0104/smith.html
Independent Women's Forum gains influence
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by Richard Morin and Claudia Deane
Independent Women's Forum, which champions the free market
and personal responsibility as well as women's rights,
is on the political rise now that Bush is in office.
This article provides a good overview of IWF. (05/01/01)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/politics/A25123-2001Apr30.html
Synergy between the sex and tech industries
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by Laurel Rosen
"The oldest profession and the newest profession became
intertwined when young and suddenly rich high-tech
bachelors set off a boom in the Bay Area's sex industry
in the late 1990s." This article explores how the sex industry
has survived the dot-com crash. (05/08/01)
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/05/08/sex_and_the_new_economy/index.h
tml
For more Commentary, Opinion, and Book Reviews see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/commentary/
==> Events <==
Clare Boothe Luce annual conference
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June 4, 2001
On June 4, in Washington DC, the annual Conservative
Leadership Seminar will feature Dr. Laura Schlessinger
and Bay Buchanan among other speaker. The Seminar
showcases some of the radical feminist movement's
greatest adversaries. Call (888) 891-4288 or email.
depaslj@eros.com
http://www.cblpolicyinstitute.org/conserva.htm
Online talk about Genocide and Gendercide
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May 30, 2001
Ifeminist CometBaby is hostessing a session during which
Jim Fussell of Prevent Genocide International, and Adam
Jones of Gendercide Watch, will discuss Genocide and
Gendercide. It will occur on Wednesday, May 30, at
10 p.m. EST.
http://www.ircpolitics.org/
For more Events see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/events/
==> Online Discussions and E-Mail Lists <==
Pro-gun Mother's Day rallies forum
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Discuss organizing the pro-gun Mother's Day rally in your
state.
sasaim@free-market.net
http://members.m4d.com/forum/forum/2asisters/
For more Online Discussions and E-Mail Lists see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/discussions/
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