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Items in this update:
o Teen sex offenders face years of stigma for small mistakes
o Domestic violence nudes removed
o Affirmative action unconstitutional in New Jersey
o Porn is like the terrorist bombings?
o Utah's 'porn czar' handled 1,500 complaints
o California adopts 'gay marriage rights' bill
o Transsexual marriage validated in Australia
o Charges dropped against testicle-ripping woman
o Kansas doctors have duty to fetuses
o Radical feminist accused of hate crime
o Feminists v. the Taliban
o A woman rescuer at Ground Zero
o Mae West, what a woman!
o Free abortions and Joe Sperm
o I stand by your ear unseen
o The Left's dilemma -- the West or the Taliban?
o A woman's life in Northern Ireland
o Women reconsidering gun ownership due to war
o Glimpse into Taliban's marriages and homelife
o Guilty when accused
o Exploring 'Islamic feminism'
o American communism and women's liberation
o Domestic violence, a 2-way street
o Free rentals, a response to hatred
o Norah Vincent's penalty box
o The complexities of embryo adoption
o Why women are not required to register for the draft
o A kit to teach kids about terrorism
Hello ifeminists:
Many thanks to ifeminist Kevin O'Reilly for sending me his touching
poem-tribute to those who died in the World Trade Center, and for posting it
to the Bulletin Board at a currently archived page.
<http://www.ifeminists.com/interaction/forum/feminism0110/messages/910621356
.html> The refreshed BB page
<http://www.ifeminists.com/interaction/forum/feminism0110b/index.html> is
bursting, once again, with discussion -- not diatribes -- about the war.
The editorial this week on our front page, <http://www.ifeminists.com/>
addresses the anti-speech Prof. Sunera Thobani delivered at a recent women's
conference in Ottawa, Ontario and the backlash it has occasioned.
Thanks as well to Donna L. for passing on the following action-idea to
bolster up the morale of firefighters and others in NYS who face the
depressing day-after-day task of searching through the rubble of the WTC.
Donna writes, "Let's start a Card Writing Campaign." Buy or make a greeting
card that reflects your feelings about their heroism, address it to "a Brave
FireFighter" and send it to the central NYC Fire Department, 1 Chase
Manhattan Plaza, New York, NY 10005. She urges us, "Just think how powerful
this message can be" to discouraged "rescuers" if bags of gratitude arrive
from the around the world at every NY fire station.
Ifeminists.com may be launching into an interesting and informal
alliance with one of the most prominent Men's Movement sites,
mensactivism.org. Its founder Scott Garman and I are discussing ways in
which our corner of feminism can co-operate with the men's movement in order
to heal the gender breach that has been largely caused by mainstream/radical
feminism. Let me know what you think of the idea.
Now....onto the main event....
-- Wendy McElroy, mac@ifeminists.com
==> News Reports <==
Teen sex offenders face years of stigma for small mistakes
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Detroit Free Press
On a dare, a 16-year-old boy touched a girl's breast during
a football game. As a result, under Michigan state law,
he will listed with the police as a sex offender until
the year 2024. (10/15/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/964724771.html
Domestic violence nudes removed
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St Petersburg Times
Part of a Domestic Violence Awareness Month display was
taken down because of its graphic sexual content,
angering many gender feminists who object to such
content in other contexts. (10/03/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/761482980.html
Affirmative action unconstitutional in New Jersey
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The Legal Intelligencer
"A federal judge on Wednesday struck down affirmative
action regulations that governed virtually every aspect
of hiring in New Jersey's casinos, finding that they
violate the 14th Amendment rights of white and male
workers." (10/11/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/991996474.html
Porn is like the terrorist bombings?
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Salt Lake Tribune
The anti-porn group Women For Decency are blatantly
attaching their political agenda to the bombings of
9-11. Its director compares porn to the destruction of
the WTC, saying that porn is not a "one-time shot like
an airplane" but it can be "just as destructive." Utah's
porn czar, Paul Houston, seems to be listening.
(10/14/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/512804698.html
Utah's 'porn czar' handled 1,500 complaints
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Alabama Live/AP
Paula Houston, the Utah official charged with investigating
sexually oriented material, has handled 1,500 complaints
about explicit ads, pornographic Internet spam or
partially obscured nude women on the covers of
magazines. (10/15/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/498714008.html
California adopts 'gay marriage rights' bill
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Associated Press
"Gov. Gray Davis signed legislation Sunday providing about
a dozen rights enjoyed by married couples to more than
16,000 registered gay, lesbian and domestic partners in
California." Opponents consider the bill to be an attack
upon the traditional family. (10/14/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/505204323.html
Transsexual marriage validated in Australia
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Sydney Daily Telegraph
In a landmark decision that may legally change the
definition of "male" in Australia, the Family Court
confirmed the validity of a marriage involving a
transsexual (female-to-male). The court held that the
definition of "man" should be based on contemporary
thinking and not
on outdated ideologies. (10/15/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/502024169.html
Charges dropped against testicle-ripping woman
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Toronto Sun
Charges have been dropped against a woman who ripped the
testicles off her common-law husband. The victim refuses
to co-operate with the court; he thinks he deserved it.
(10/11/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/689563715.html
Kansas doctors have duty to fetuses
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Washington Times
A novel ruling by Kansas's highest court that physicians
have a duty to the fetus in an welcomed pregnancy
startled abortion opponents, who are studying the decision's
potential for possible use in challenging late-term
procedures. (10/07/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/940834280.html
Radical feminist accused of hate crime
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Vancouver Sun
Feminist Prof. Sunera Thobani, who has fought to silence
"anti-woman, anti-minority" speech on her campus and
nationwide in Canada, is accused of hate speech because
of her views on the War. Hate speech is a crime in
Canada. (10/10/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/903583270.html
Feminists v. the Taliban
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Weekly Standard
PC feminists had a spotty record on economic and civil
liberties during the last decade, but they've been
reliable on Afghanistan's misogynistic rulers.
(10/08/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/460570637.html
For more News Reports see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/news/
==> Commentary, Opinion, and Book Reviews <==
A woman rescuer at Ground Zero
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Women's Enews
by Maya Dollarhide
The first of an ongoing series profiling women rescuers and
heroines. "Every day, at Ground Zero, where the World
Trade Center once stood, Police Sgt. Carey M. Policastro
sifts through ash, dirt and debris, searching for bits
and pieces of lives..." (10/14/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/768413237.html
Mae West, what a woman!
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Books on Line
by Jill Watts
Gerald Kaufman provides a zestful review of a new
biography, "Mae West: An Icon in Black and White." The
iconoclastic, successful actress/novelist/playrite
championed gay rights and the liberation of women before
they existed as causes. What a role model! (10/08/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/526585266.html
Free abortions and Joe Sperm
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Concerned Women for America
by Wendy Wright
Subtitled "What Our Tax Dollars Subsidize," this article
critiques Planned Parenthood's funding. "Joe Sperm" is a
reference to a parade that featured Joe Sperm, a
sunglass-wearing cartoon character. (10/10/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/688397484.html
I stand by your ear unseen
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RAWA
by Sue Silvermarie
This poem was inspired by Bedi Begum, an Afghan woman who
was flogged to death by order of the Taliban in July of
1999, one of 60 women to die from flogging that year.
The narrative combines elements from several true
stories of these women.
http://www.free-market.net/rd/724325183.html
The Left's dilemma -- the West or the Taliban?
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The Wall Street Journal
by Andrew Sullivan
"Osama bin Laden may have accomplished what a generation of
conservative writers have failed to do: convince
mainstream liberals of the illogic and nihilism of the
powerful postmodern left." (10/04/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/954644918.html
A woman's life in Northern Ireland
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Women's Enews
by Carol
This is an excerpt from the anthology "Lurgan Champagne and
Other Tales: Real-Life Stories From Northern Ireland,"
in which young Northern Irish women write about growing
up in a country torn by violence. (10/10/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/925953323.html
Women reconsidering gun ownership due to war
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Connecticut Law Tribute
by Martha A. Dean
Dean, a practicing attorney, has found conversation with
her friends turning to private gun ownership which they
are far more open to accepting than before September
11th. (10/10/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/981486020.html
Glimpse into Taliban's marriages and homelife
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Salon
by Asra Q. Nomani
As bombs fell in Afghanistan, a reporter interviewed an
official of the Taliban in Pakistan, paying particular
attention to the presence of his two wives. (10/10/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/211714361.html
Guilty when accused
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The Guy Code
by James R. Hanback, Jr.
One man's experience with false accusations and
well-meaning laws. (10/09/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/457670206.html
Exploring 'Islamic feminism'
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Washington Post
by Richard Morin and Claudia Deane
Many people believe that religion should not be mixed with
issues of women's rights but, as a political reality, it
is. Nayereh Tohidi, author of "Feminism, Democracy and
Islamism in Iran," explains her point of view.
(10/09/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/375150852.html
American communism and women's liberation
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Too Good Reports
by Henry Makow
Makow critically reviews "Red Feminism: American Communism
and the Making of Women´s Liberation" -- a new book by
feminist historian Kate Weigand which chronicles the
connection between the Left in the '40s and '50s and the
emergence of Second Wave feminism. (10/03/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/354057754.html
Domestic violence, a 2-way street
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Glen J. Sacks
by Glen J. Sacks
Sacks explains how October -- domestic violence awareness
month -- tells only half of the story because it focuses
almost exclusively on female victims, ignoring the men.
(10/11/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/754612687.html
For more Commentary, Opinion, and Book Reviews see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/commentary/
==> Action Opportunities <==
Free rentals, a response to hatred
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Women Making Movies
December 30, 2001
In reaction to growing intolerance toward Muslims and other
minorities, the feminist Women Making Movies is offering
four free rentals on selected titles to institutions.
The rentals deal with such subjects as women under Islam
and the WWII internment of Japanese.
http://www.free-market.net/rd/922123187.html
For more Action Opportunities see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/actions/
==> Online Resource Directories <==
Norah Vincent's penalty box
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Norah Vincent
"Norah Vincent, a biweekly columnist for Salon.com, wrote
the 'Higher Ed' column for The Village Voice from
1999-2001. As a libertarian, 'pro-life' lesbian, Vincent
is the antithesis of the feminist norm and challenges
the conventions of the left and right alike. Recent
topics for her column include abortion, the First
Amendment, affirmative action, and public
intellectualism."
norah_vincent@hotmail.com
http://www.free-market.net/rd/953634905.html
For more Online Resource Directories see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/homepages/
==> Scholarly and In-Depth Studies <==
The complexities of embryo adoption
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Discovery Institute News
At least three organizations in the US are publicly
offering embryo adoption services. This document
explores some of the complexities surrounding this new
reproductive option.
http://www.free-market.net/rd/683007283.html
For more Scholarly and In-Depth Studies see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/in-depth/
==> Bills, Laws, and Decisions <==
Why women are not required to register for the draft
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Selective Services
The law, the Supreme Court decision, and the Defense
Department's statement on why women are not subjected to
the draft.
http://www.free-market.net/rd/969575344.html
For more Bills, Laws, and Decisions see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/laws/
==> Games, Surveys, and Tools <==
A kit to teach kids about terrorism
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New Moon
New Moon Publishers -- "for Girls and Women to celebrate
their power" -- offers a free kit of advice and
techniques to teach children about the Sept. 11th attack
and the current war.
http://www.free-market.net/rd/795644398.html
For more Games, Surveys, and Tools see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/games/
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