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Items in this update:
o Victim tracks down rapist, police were useless
o Libertarianz unequivocal on new abortion pill
o Billionaire reneges on funding stem cell research
o Condit's Chandra-trashing PR woman quits
o Ugandan women seek the right to own land
o Fetuses may feel pain at 20 weeks
o Judge orders woman to have no more children
o Debate rages over the definition of mother
o Torture of woman inspires Indian film
o Old mobile phones donated for domestic violence victims
o Clinic offers 'baptism ceremony' for aborted fetuses
o What happens to politicians accused of sex crimes?
o A grandma with a pistol in her purse
o Killer cop had hushed-up history of domestic violence
o Rallying around a baby-killer
o Frozen embryos change role/rights of men
o Decter's "An Old Wives Tales" -- review
o Anne Hecht says she was insane while a lesbian
o Groupthink and you
o The silence on Condit
o Sex and the census
o Feminist icons rue their legacy
o Objectivism and homosexuality -- again
o Memory errors may contradict Repressed Memory Syndrome
o Effacing the male
o Second Amendment Sisters newsletter
o Fanny Hill -- free online
Hello ifeminists:
I hope you all had a kicked-back Labor Day. It is now September and
time for me to get serious about ifeminists.com. Yes, yes ... I have been
toying with you up until now. For the next few months I will be cranking up
my involvement in the site so feel free to send in suggestions and feedback.
The ifeminist for this month is a long-time friend of mine -- I
daren't say "old" ;-) -- Linda Rader with whom I played in the halls of
libertarianism during our intellectual childhoods. Linda is a frequent
poster to the BB
<http://www.ifeminists.com/interaction/forum/feminism0109/index.html> and
our resident expert on reproductive cloning. The editorial for this week is
a celebration of homeschooling and of the moms who are in the forefront of
what has become a quiet, grassroots revolution. <http://www.ifeminists.com/>
For those who like humor with a bit of an edge, I recommend The
Misanthropic Bitch <http://bitch.shutdown.com/> which ranges from mild
offense to outright hilarity. A woman with a bad attitude. If only I could
remember who she reminds me of ...
Now, onto the main event!
-- Wendy McElroy, mac@ifeminists.com
==> News Reports <==
Victim tracks down rapist, police were useless
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After raping for a second woman, the rapist was tracked
down by his first victim whom the police had refused to
believe despite the fact that she had she a swollen
left eye and 15 broken teeth. (09/01/01)
http://www.miami.com/herald/content/news/local/florida/digdocs/076640.htm
Libertarianz unequivocal on new abortion pill
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The Libertarianz Party "holds that regardless of personal
views on abortion, no politician has the right to
violate a woman's inalienable right to terminate her own
pregnancy within the first twenty weeks, and possibly
beyond." (09/03/01)
http://www.scoop.co.nz/archive/scoop/stories/0d/a5/200109031421.2fb1e7d5.html
Billionaire reneges on funding stem cell research
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To protest Bush's restrictions on the federal funding of
stem cell research, Netscape founder Jim Clark is
reneging on a promised $60 million that was to help
build a medical center at Stanford to perform such
research. (09/01/01)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26281-2001Aug31.html
Condit's Chandra-trashing PR woman quits
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"Condit's hired-gun spokeswoman -- who made headlines by
smearing Chandra Levy as a girl who slept around --
yesterday abruptly called it quits." Marina Ein claims
she is no longer needed. (09/01/01)
http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/1422.htm
Ugandan women seek the right to own land
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Tribal customs give land to husbands, not wives. Ugandan
women are demanding the right to acquire legal
co-ownership with their husbands. (08/30/01)
http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/635
Fetuses may feel pain at 20 weeks
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A study released this week in the United Kingdom suggests
that a fetus might feel pain as early as 20 weeks,
sparking concerns over medical procedures on premature
infants and emboldening the opponents of late-term
abortion." (08/31/01)
http://foxnews.com/story/0,2933,33437,00.html
Judge orders woman to have no more children
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In a move testing the outer limits of judicial authority, a
Minnesota judge ordered a woman convicted for her role
in the death of her infant daughter to have no more
children. (08/31/01)
http://www.pioneerplanet.com/news/wis_docs/123076.htm
Debate rages over the definition of mother
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"A month after they were born, a baby boy and his twin
sister still have no birth certificates. The paperwork
is being held up in a dispute that could change the legal
definition of 'mother' in Massachusetts." At issue is
where surrogacy fits in. (08/29/01)
http://www.salon.com/mwt/wire/2001/08/29/mother_debate/index.html
Torture of woman inspires Indian film
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In India, a 42-year-old low caste woman was raped and set
afire because of her son's romance with an upper caste
girl. The event inspired the newly released movie
"Lajja," or Shame, which depicts women grappling with
discrimination across the globe. (08/30/01)
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010830/re/leisure_india_film_dc_1.html
Old mobile phones donated for domestic violence victims
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Motorola plans to collect used wireless phones, fix them up
and offer them to shelters for women who are victims of
domestic violence. (08/29/01)
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nf/20010829/tc/13202_1.html
Clinic offers 'baptism ceremony' for aborted fetuses
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Pro-life group Operation Rescue West revealed pictures of a
bizarre "baptismal ceremony," offered for sale to the
parents of aborted children by the clinic. (08/30/01)
http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/8/302001a.asp
What happens to politicians accused of sex crimes?
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If you are Waterbury mayor Philip A. Giordano, you cut a
deal to keep your title, your health and insurance
benefits and go on 1/2 pay. (08/30/01)
http://www.ctnow.com/scripts/editorial.dll?eetype=Article&eeid=5162128&rende
r=y&Table=&ck=&ver=3.0
A grandma with a pistol in her purse
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This grandmother's opinion of firearms has evolved over the
years. Now she takes responsibility for the safety of
herself and her loved ones by packing a pistol when
she's in public. (08/28/01)
http://www.csmonitor.com/2001/0822/p14s1-lihc.html
Killer cop had hushed-up history of domestic violence
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A policeman who battered his wife and two of his children
to death with a claw hammer at their home had twice
before been arrested for domestic violence. Somehow he had never
been charged or officially disciplined. (08/31/01)
http://www.sky.com/skynews/storytemplate/storytoppic/0,,30100-1028148,00.html
For more News Reports see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/news/
==> Commentary, Opinion, and Book Reviews <==
Rallying around a baby-killer
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by Wendy McElroy
The child-killing mother, Andrea Pia Yates, has become a
cause celebre among many gender feminists. Claiming that
she suffered from postpartum depression, the Houston
Area chapter of the National Organization for Women is
asking people to send "cards or notes of caring" to her
prison cell. (08/28/01)
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,33008,00.html
Frozen embryos change role/rights of men
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by Warren Farrell
Farrell writes, "Currently, if a man and woman have
unprotected sex, only the woman still has a choice: a
choice to abort or sue for support." But the practice of
freezing embryos is changing all that. (08/31/01)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/fri/opinion/news_1e31farrell.html
Decter's "An Old Wives Tales" -- review
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by reviewed by Cynthia Grenier
Midge Decter's autobiography includes reflections on Second
Feminism, which she saw first-hand. As Grenier comments,
"What truly irks her most today is the damage
wrought by the so-called women's liberation movement and
the likes of Betty Friedan, NOWand Gloria Steinem over
the last 20 years." (09/01/01)
http://www.WorldNetDaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=24313
Anne Hecht says she was insane while a lesbian
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On the season premiere of 20/20 this Wednesday at 10 p.m.
ET, Anne Heche talks about her mental illness. Heche
claims she was literally insane throughout her
three-year relationship with DeGeneres, which helped to
destigmatize homosexuality. (09/01/01)
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/htx/abc/20010831/en/2020_010831_heche1_1.html
Groupthink and you
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by Karen De Coster and Brad Edmonds
"Groupthink is a process of gradualism that seeks to gently
merge the followers into a pack with leaders, the hope
being that the leaders will pull up those who typically
reside on the low end of the motivation and achievement
scale." (08/30/01)
http://www.mises.org/fullstory.asp?control=767&FS=Groupthink+and+You
The silence on Condit
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by Michelle Easton
In an effort to determine why feminist women in Congress
were so silent about the Levy-Condit affair, interns at
the Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute called their
offices. The results are interesting. (08/28/01)
http://www.cblpolicyinstitute.org/silence.htm
Sex and the census
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by Cathy Young
Does the latest census data indicate that society has
undergone a titanic loss of family values, as some
conservative commentators claim? Cathy Young provides
sharp-sighted analysis. (08/01)
http://www.reason.com/0108/co.cy.sex.html
Feminist icons rue their legacy
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by Donna Laframboise
Laframboise writes, "Feminism was never supposed to be
about beating up on little boys. When astute social
commentators such as these begin warning it has come to
this, it's time to give the matter serious
consideration." (08/27/01)
http://www.nationalpost.com/commentary/story.html?f=/stories/20010827/668937
.html
Objectivism and homosexuality -- again
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by Chris Matthew Sciabarra
Sciabarra explores what he believes is a hostile view of
homosexuality among Objectivists. (08/01)
http://www.freeradical.co.nz/solo/sciabarra_homosexuality.html
For more Commentary, Opinion, and Book Reviews see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/commentary/
==> Scholarly and In-Depth Studies <==
Memory errors may contradict Repressed Memory Syndrome
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This study suggests that errors of memory are common and
describes the underlying reasons. For example, the
inference you attached to an action influences how you
remember later on.
http://www.apa.org/journals/xlm/press_releases/july_2001/xlm274931.html
Effacing the male
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by Adam Jones
Most have heard of the campaign against women during the
conflict in Kosovo. This article focuses on supposed
"gendercide," or gender-selective mass killing, of
"battle-age" ethnic-Albanian men.
http://adamjones.freeservers.com/effacing.htm
For more Scholarly and In-Depth Studies see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/in-depth/
==> Magazines and Periodic Columns <==
Second Amendment Sisters newsletter
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SAS's Summer 2001 Snail-Mail Newsletter is now online and
free to download.
http://www.2asisters.org/newsletter/actionarchive/walmart.html
For more Magazines and Periodic Columns see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/magazines/
==> Online Books and Collections <==
Fanny Hill -- free online
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by John Cleland
Also known as "Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure," this classic
(1794) has been frequently suppressed. The story of a
prostitute is known both for its frank sexual
descriptions and its fine parody of contemporary
literature such as Daniel Defoe's Moll Flanders. The
U.S Supreme Court finally cleared it from obscenity
charges in 1966.
http://wiretap.area.com/ftp.items/Library/Classic/fannyhill.txt
For more Online Books and Collections see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/e-texts/
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