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Items in this update:
o 'Politically Incorrect' apologizes for political incorrectness
o Mexicans reverse law lowering penalties for 'provoked' rape
o Chile high court defines contraception as abortion
o Federal judge blocks Ohio ban on late-term abortion procedure
o Few Texas hospitals offer morning-after pill to rape victims
o Teenage sex costs a cow
o Men are one phone call away from destruction
o Terror's first victims
o Muslim, Asian women target of insults, harassment
o Hymn to the spirit of man
o Bill Maher was right!
o Women less enthusiastic about war
o A studio of her own
o Abortioncam is legally sound
o Congressman admits to having sex
o Women religious leaders call for peace
o Midwives among the machines
o Feminist critiques of international relations
o Woman held without charges, denied lawyer
o Helping victims of acid attacks
o Stop gender apartheid in Afghanistan
o Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan
o Game theory approach to the toilet seat problem
Hello ifeminists:
I hope all of you are holding up under the tremendous pressure of the
last two weeks. Many of the issues that seemed important before September
11th, including individualist feminism, have faded into the background. As
well they should have. But part of reclaiming life back from the terrorists
is to resume the daily work of caring about the issues, large and small,
that shape our society. Freedom is in the details.
For a while I will be preparing two columns a week. The ifeminist
column on FOX News will not be on feminism for the foreseeable future but
will address the War. I will include a link to it in each InsiderUpdate.
This week... <http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,35029,00.html> A different
article, one that discusses a specifically feminist topic, will be posted on
the front page of ifeminists.com on Tuesday afternoons.
My continuing best to you and yours.
-- Wendy McElroy, mac@ifeminists.com
==> News Reports <==
'Politically Incorrect' apologizes for political incorrectness
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Bill Maher, the irreverent host of late-night talk show
'Politically Incorrect,' apologized for saying some U.S.
military actions were 'cowardly.' The retraction came in
the wake of Sears and FedEx cancelling commercials.
(09/19/01)
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010919/re/attack_media_sears_dc_3.html
Mexicans reverse law lowering penalties for 'provoked' rape
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Under tremendous pressure from feminist groups, lawmakers
in the border city of Juarez are reversing a law that
lowered sentences for rapes that were "provoked." Among
provocations that had been cited were how the woman
dressed and whether she smiled at the man. (09/19/01)
http://www.nj.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/cgi-free/getstory_ssf.cgi?a0501_BC_Me
xico-RapeLaw&&news&newsflash-international
Chile high court defines contraception as abortion
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"Chile's Supreme Court has banned emergency contraception
in the Roman Catholic country, arguing that it actually
is a form of abortion. Abortions are illegal in Chile
even if necessary to save a mother's life or in cases of
rape and incest." (09/22/01)
http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/661/context/outrage
Federal judge blocks Ohio ban on late-term abortion procedure
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A federal judge blocked Ohio from enforcing its ban on a
particular type of late-term abortion procedure. The
judge ruled that the law is unconstitutional because it
bars doctors from performing the procedure in cases
where it may be safer for some patients. (09/21/01)
http://www.nandotimes.com/nation/story/89637p-1155109c.html
Few Texas hospitals offer morning-after pill to rape victims
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Most Texas hospitals do not provide the so-called
morning-after contraception pill in emergency rooms to
rape victims, according to a new study. The pills have
been available in the United States by prescription
since 1998. (09/21/01)
http://www.dallasnews.com/texas_southwest/476266_abortion_21tex.html
Teenage sex costs a cow
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Swaziland's king has forbidden men from having sex with
teenage girls for the next five years. The penalty for
breaking the law is one cow. Teenage girls are required
to wear woolen tassels to signify their virginity.
(09/18/01)
http://www.azcentral.com:80/offbeat/articles/0918cow18-ON.html
For more News Reports see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/news/
==> Commentary, Opinion, and Book Reviews <==
Men are one phone call away from destruction
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by Dave Brown
Bill 117 is being fast-tracked and is likely to become law
in Ontario by November 7th. The Bill would transfer all
property in a one-on-one relationship (including dating)
to an abused woman so that she can "escape" her abuse.
(09/23/01)
http://tsw.odyssey.on.ca/~balancebeam/one_phone_call.htm
Terror's first victims
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by Janelle Brown
"When fanatics like the Taliban seize control of Islamic
countries, women are the first to suffer." (09/24/01)
http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2001/09/24/taliban_women/
Muslim, Asian women target of insults, harassment
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by Rekha Basu
A moving news account on the soaring abuse of
American-Muslim women and Asians who look Arab is
followed by a commentary on the new racism -- especially
as it is directed at Indian women. Some Anglo women are
beginning to wear scarves as a symbol of solidarity.
(09/21/01)
http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/660
Hymn to the spirit of man
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by Lindsay Perigo
The spontaneous reaction to the terrorist attacks "is a
hymn to the spirit of man, the spirit that loves life, &
strives with unimaginable heroism to reclaim & reaffirm
it when it is under threat from those who hate it."
(09/21/01)
http://www.freeradical.co.nz/content/pishow/vol5/pi010918.html
Bill Maher was right!
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by Debbie Schlussel
Schlussel defends Maher against the "silly" backlash that
has accompanied his statement that US foreign policy is
"cowardly." (09/21/01)
http://www.WorldNetDaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=24606
Women less enthusiastic about war
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by Madeleine Bunting
According to a recent poll, "74% of men support air strikes
and only 58% of women. Whereas 55 % of men were prepared
to
contemplate war, 32% of women opposed any military
action if it meant war." (09/20/01)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Columnists/Column/0,5673,554926,00.html
A studio of her own
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by Mary Meier
A new Boston exhibit, "A Studio of Her Own," shows how
early women artists struggled to learn anatomy in
hospitals, refused to wear veils while sketching nude
male models and scoffed at critics who said women could
not accurately
sculpt men's legs. (09/20/01)
http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/659
Abortioncam is legally sound
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by Robyn E. Blumner
"As disheartening as [the web broadcast of abortion
providers entering and leaving clinics] is to supporters
of abortion rights, like myself, it is all perfectly
legal and protected by the First Amendment. And it
should remain so."
(09/09/01)
http://www.sptimes.com/News/090901/Columns/Abortioncam_is_dishea.shtml
Congressman admits to having sex
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by staff
Humor. Investigative journalism has uncovered that divorced
US Rep. Gordon Graham (D-IL) may be having sex.
According to one of his constituents, "Everyone in
Illinois feels very ashamed right now. Ashamed and
shocked." (09/19/01)
http://www.theonion.com/onion3732/congressman_admits.html
Women religious leaders call for peace
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by Siobhan Benet
"Women religious leaders across the United States are
preaching peace, reconciliation, and healing--and
addressing their own feelings of grief, anger and fear
that this country may embark on misguided vengeance and
war." (09/16/01)
http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/655/context/cover/
For more Commentary, Opinion, and Book Reviews see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/commentary/
==> Scholarly and In-Depth Studies <==
Midwives among the machines
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by Raymond G. DeVries and Rebeca Barroso
A chapter from "What is to be done with the midwife?
Midwife debates, 1890-1990," this essay attempts to
redefine and recreate the midwife -- a medical
profession that the AMA tried to ban.
http://www.stolaf.edu/people/devries/docs/midwifery.html
Feminist critiques of international relations
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by Adam Jones
A fascinating analysis and critique of how international
relationships have been gendered in the last decades.
Jones states, "Feminist attempts to incorporate a gender
variable...are constrained by the basic feminist
methodology and all feminists' normative commitments."
http://www.adamjones.freeservers.com/does.htm
For more Scholarly and In-Depth Studies see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/in-depth/
==> Action Opportunities <==
Woman held without charges, denied lawyer
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October 20, 2001
In Indonesia, Amelia Woisiri is being held by the police
who tortured her husband to death. Denied an attorney
and charged with no recognizable crime, she has been
told she will share his fate if she doesn't corroborate
his crimes. Bring your concern to the authorities'
attention.
http://www.amnestyusa.org/urgent/action/indonesia09042001.html
Helping victims of acid attacks
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According to Unicef, there has been a four-fold increase in
acid attacks on women in Bangladesh. Women who do not
wear a veil or otherwise conform to strict religious law
risk having acid thrown in their face. Protest this
practice.
http://women3rdworld.about.com/blacidattacks.htm
Stop gender apartheid in Afghanistan
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November 31, 2001
A campaign with various strategies to reveal the suffering
of Afghan women and to aid them. Unfortunately, the
Feminist Majority is leftist and some of their solutions
are governmental.
http://www.feminist.org/afghan/intro.asp
For more Action Opportunities see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/actions/
==> Institutes, Organizations, and Clubs <==
Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan
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"RAWA is a political/social organization of Afghan women
struggling for peace, freedom, democracy and women's
rights in fundamentalism-blighted Afghanistan." Find out
more about the condition of women in Afghanistan and
RAWA's efforts to improve the situation and rid the
nation of the Taliban's oppressive, sexist regime.
rawa@rawa.org
http://www.rawa.org/
For more Institutes, Organizations, and Clubs see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/organizations/
==> Games, Surveys, and Tools <==
Game theory approach to the toilet seat problem
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At last...a mathematical solution. "Consider a bathroom
with one omnipurpose toilet (also known as a WC) which
is used for two toilet operations which we shall
designate as #1 and #2. The toilet has an attachment
which we shall refer to as the seat (but see remark 1
below) which may be in either of two positions which we
shall designate as up and down..."
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~tarim/men/toiletsp.htm
For more Games, Surveys, and Tools see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/games/
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