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Items in this update:
o Deadbeat dad ordered not to have kids
o Man prosecuted for fantasies in his diary
o Insurer sued for non-coverage of birth control
o Feds to regulate fertilization procedure
o Woman in blue jeans causes uproar
o Hawaii raises age of sexual consent to 16
o Battered husbands are coming forward
o Call it THEN, not NOW
o Billion Mom March
o Harry Potter: tool of patriarchy
o When does personhood start?
o Confessions of a faux feminist
o Saying 'no' to feminist stereotypes
o Petition against paternity fraud
o Taking Children Seriously
o Anne Coulter, live online chat
o Academic sanity on sexual harassment, at last!
o Psychiatry fails women
o Do battered women have a right to bear arms?
o Widows of war, living memorial
o Armed Females of America
o Standards for evaluating gender bias in studies
Hello ifeminists:
Joan Kennedy Taylor's article in the last InsiderUpdate, "Why aren't
more women part of the libertarian movement?," occasioned considerable
discussion on the BB and in personal e-mails to me. Of the latter, here is
a sampling:
* From Louise Lacey: "I would suggest that many of the men are not
of any interest to the women (very hard opinions, loudly suggested,
repeatedly), so they don't go to Libertarian events. That is my reason, and
the reason that many other women who are libertarian or anarchist don't go."
* From Jeff Rooney: "Chris Whitten once wrote, jokingly, that
libertarian men are mostly INTJ personality types (if you're familiar with
the Myers-Briggs type indicator), but I think he's got a point. INTJs (of
which I am one) are in love with ideas but not generally inclined to be
sensitive to the concerns of others."
Good news ... Michael Allen's one-act play, "A Promising Future," is
available in a cheap, yet well-made edition. Michael (editor of SpinTech)
writes "This play concerns Dr. Maggie Tillotson as she tries to reconcile
mind and body, among other things, at an academic conference from hell. It
is 20 pages long." mrallen@spintechmag.com
Sad news ... Mark Penman -- libertarian, gun rights activist and
contributor to The Libertarian Enterprise -- took his own life on July 2nd.
<http://www.webleyweb.com/tle/libe130-20010716-01.html>
But, after pausing to shake your head in dismay, the fight must
continue.
So ... onto the main event ...
-- Wendy McElroy, mac@ifeminists.com
==> News Reports <==
Deadbeat dad ordered not to have any more kids
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Wisconsin's Supreme Court, splitting along gender lines,
ruled that a man who owes $25,000 in child support can
be ordered not to father any more children while he's on
probation. Male justices supported the ban, while the
women dissented. (07/12/01)
http://www.courttv.com/people/2001/0711/father_ap.html
Man prosecuted for fantasies in his diary
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"First Amendment experts are alarmed by the case of an Ohio
man who got 10 years in prison for child pornography for
scribbling made-up tales in his private journal about
molesting children." (07/17/01)
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20010713/us/obscene_journal_1.html
Insurer sued for non-coverage of birth control
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In what will be a precedent-setting case, the ACLU and the
Washington National Abortion Rights Action League has
filed a class suit against Regence Blueshield, the
state's largest insurer, that accuses the insurer of
discriminating against women by excluding prescription
contraceptives. (07/12/01)
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20010712/us/contraceptive_lawsuit_1.html
Feds to regulate fertilization procedure
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The FDA has long claimed the legal right to regulate
fertility procedures but this is the first time that
government oversight is necessary for doctor's to
administer a course of treatment. Medical procedures
generally fall outside FDA authority but now doctors
have to fill out aN Investigational New Drug Application
to render this treatment to patients. (07/11/01)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43947-2001Jul10.html
Woman in blue jeans causes uproar
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Ever wonder how to shut down government? A female camera
operator for a television station shut down a session of
the Moroccan parliament by wearing bluejeans. If only it
were that easy. (07/12/01)
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010712/od/islamists_dc_1.html
Hawaii raises age of sexual consent to 16
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"The Legislature raised Hawaii's age of sexual consent from
14 to 16, overriding a governor's veto for the first
time since Hawaii became a state." The Governor accused
them of being "politically correct." (07/12/01)
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20010712/us/hawaii_consensual_sex_1.html
Battered husbands are coming forward
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"A 1998 Justice Department study - the most recent on the
subject - found that men account for 36 percent of all
victims of domestic violence." Advocates for men's
rights insist that the number is still drastically
understated. (07/09/01)
http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/34396.htm
For more News Reports see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/news/
==> Commentary, Opinion, and Book Reviews <==
Call it THEN, not NOW
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by Lisa De Pasquale
A scathing critique of NOW from the programming director of
Claire Boothe Luce Institute. She writes, "NOW claims to
speak for all women, yet NOW's priorities are
astoundingly inconsistent with those of most women."
(07/15/01)
http://www.cblpolicyinstitute.org/callitthen.htm
Billion Mom March
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by Wendy McElroy
"Where does a rights-hating organization go when it has
collapsed in disgrace in its own country? If it's the
Million Mom March, dedicated to destroying the right to
bear arms, it goes to the United Nations. It goes global
and becomes the Billion Mom March." (07/17/01)
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,29718,00.html
Harry Potter: tool of patriarchy
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by Christine Stolba
According to researchers at Bradley University in Peoria,
Illinois, the Harry Potter books deserve scorn for
ptomoting negative stereotypes of women. Stolba
comments, "today’s gender wardens care less about
fostering a love of reading in children than they do in
inculcating 'correct' thinking." (07/16/01)
http://www.iwf.org/news/010716.shtml
When does personhood start?
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by Linda Rader
"Can a fetus have rights? When do rights begin for a
person? Deciding that impacts not just on abortion but criminal
law. What is at stake is the foundation of our concept
of rights." Ifeminist Linda Rader explores these themes.
(07/15/01)
http://homepages.about.com/libfemmes/libfemmes/
Confessions of a faux feminist
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by Jane Haddam
A wonderful and entertaining "rant" by a woman who believes
in old fashioned feminism -- that is, equality between
the sexes under just law and respect for women based
upon their achievements. Good fun.
http://www.tartcity.com/fauxfeminist.html
Saying 'no' to feminist stereotypes
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by Wendy McElroy
"Today, politically correct feminism creates a stereotype
that denigrates the housewife or, more accurately,
portrays her as a paradigm of how men politically
oppress women." (07/10/01)
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,29161,00.html
For more Commentary, Opinion, and Book Reviews see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/commentary/
==> Action Opportunities <==
Petition against paternity fraud
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October 15, 2001
The petition begins, "We the people, recognize the
injustice of PATERNITY FRAUD against men and their
families as extortion, involuntary servitude and peonage
against their constitutional right to enjoy their own
assets, property and pursuit of happiness."
http://www.petition.paternityfraud.com/
For more Action Opportunities see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/actions/
==> Online Resource Directories <==
Taking Children Seriously
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"TCS is an educational philosophy. Its most distinctive
feature is the idea that it is possible and desirable to
bring up children entirely without doing things to them
against their will, or making them do things against
their will, and that they are entitled to the same
rights, respect and control over their lives as adults."
Introduction, FAQ, and info on subscribing to the paper
journal.
sl@tcs.ac
http://www.tcs.ac/
For more Online Resource Directories see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/homepages/
==> Events <==
Anne Coulter, live online chat
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July 19, 2001
Live chat at 8 p.m. EDT, Thursday, July 19. Anne Coulter is
an attorney with the Center for Individual Rights and
author of "High Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Case
Against Bill Clinton."
http://www.townhall.com/chat/
For more Events see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/events/
==> Introductions and FAQs <==
Academic sanity on sexual harassment, at last!
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Like a breath of fresh air, this report finds many
university anti-harassment policies to be "misguided."
For example, the compulsory sensitivity training
programs "often operate to humiliate those" with
"incorrect views. They also frequently suggest that
being white, male, or heterosexual constitutes
a presumption of guilt."
http://www.nas.org/statements/harass.htm
For more Introductions and FAQs see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/brief/
==> Scholarly and In-Depth Studies <==
Psychiatry fails women
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by Amy Benfer
In the 19th century, doctors treated mentally distressed
women by various methods, from vibrator-induced orgasms
to clitoridectomies. Three decades ago, many women who
are currently prescribed stimulants would have been
taking sedatives. Is psychiatry really helping women? Or
leading to situations like the murdering mom, Andrea
Yates.
http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2001/07/11/levine/index.html
Do battered women have a right to bear arms?
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by Sayoko Blodgett-Ford
A scholarly argument for the right (and need) of battered
women to own guns. It goes beyond the Second Amendment
to argue for gun rights based on the Fourteenth
Amendment and the provisions in many state
constitutions.
http://www.2ndlawlib.org/journals/fordbatt.html
For more Scholarly and In-Depth Studies see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/in-depth/
==> Institutes, Organizations, and Clubs <==
Widows of war, living memorial
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Women act as a force for world peace through this non
profit organization and web site at which they record
and share their stories of losing loved ones through
armed conflicts.
http://www.warwidows.org/
Armed Females of America
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Hardcore women's gun-rights groups. Articles, links, safety
tips, e-mail discussion list.
armedfemales@keepandbeararms.com
https://www.keepandbeararms.com/afa/
For more Institutes, Organizations, and Clubs see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/organizations/
==> Games, Surveys, and Tools <==
Standards for evaluating gender bias in studies
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IWF offers common sense principles on how to conduct and
evaluate gender studies for bias. For example, "Keep
studies based on confidential data private. If a study
contains information considered too confidential to
disclose, the conclusions should likewise be withheld.
The public should not be asked to accept conclusions
that it is denied the means to evaluate."
http://www.iwf.org/news/010307.shtml
For more Games, Surveys, and Tools see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/games/
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