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Items in this update:
o Judges urged to send fewer women to jail
o Experts rip cloning story
o Cloning may not 'work' for humans
o No fetal cells in new smallpox vaccine
o Liberian rebels kidnap hundreds of women and children
o Victims of female stalkers not taken seriously
o The complexity of Afghan women's voices
o Kabul university admits women
o 9-11 hits brothel clients in the libido
o Pro-gay web site removes death 'threats'
o European Parliament rejects ban on human cloning
o Abortion clinics on alert against murder threat
o Ob/Gyn shortage due to malpractice insurance
o When is abortion not abortion?
o A voice for the 'real' needs of Afghan women
o Call me anti-woman
o Airport screening to include mammogram
o Cynical analysis of Afghan women politics from the left
o Merit, not gender, counts
o Is violent programming bad for children?
o Nudists out in the cold
o Feminists grouse about Laura Bush backing Afghan women
o Ask to hear the other side of domestic violence
o Canadian Boys Conference
o Conference co-sponsored by Second Amendment Sisters
o Sunday chat on men and abortion
o Grassroots Granny
o The gender element in Stalin's mass murder
Hello ifeminists:
Congratulations to the winners of last week's ifeminist book draw: Mary
Ellen S., Jeanmarie T., and Bill B. And many thanks to author/prostitute
rights activist Tracy Quan for graciously adding three of her own books
(autographed, of course!) to this week's draw, raising the number of prizes
to six. They are: three copies of the erotic adventure novel "Diary of a
Manhattan Call Girl: A Nancy Chan Novel" by Tracy; an original copy of Emma
Goldman's "Mother Earth" magazine (December 1908) which features an article
by ifeminist Voltairine de Cleyre; "Violent Men, Violent Couples: The
Dynamics of Domestic Violence"; and, "Talk Dirty to Me: An Intimate
Philsophy of Sex" by Sallie Tisdale (book box has slight damage, I'm
afraid). Chances of winning are high! Especially if you enter every week.
Speaking of Tracy... she is doing a whirlwind of PR, giving so many
lectures and interviews that it is difficult to keep up with her. The best
way to do so is to check into the website that lists her daily schedule.
<http://www.tracyquan.net/> You go girl!
December's ifeminist-of-the-month is Jennifer Roback Morse, a research
fellow for the Hoover Institution. For those of you who think that
designation is sexist, just think of Jennie as the "swell gal" of the
Institute.
Last Sunday's joint ifeminist/mensactivism chat was well attended and a
lot of fun. This Sunday, at 9:00 p.m. EST we're going to gather at the
ifeminists.com chat room <http://www.ifeminists.com/interaction/chat/> to
discuss the rights and responsibilities of men regarding abortion, and what
impact a re-definition of men's role have on women? The chat room is free
and easy to use ... just be patient while the program loads. I'll be waiting
in the chat room to say "hello."
I am pleased to see that the Bulletin Board is returning to feminism
after 3 months of understandable preoccupation with nothing but the war. If
you are interested in a foreshadowing of the Sunday chat room, the "men's
role in abortion" issue is sparking hot debate. You're welcome to join in or
just browse.
<http://www.ifeminists.com/interaction/forum/feminism0112/index.html>
Now...onto the main event.
-- Wendy McElroy, mac@ifeminists.com
==> News Reports <==
Judges urged to send fewer women to jail
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Telegraph (UK)
Martin Narey, director general of the Prison Service, has
urged judges to send fewer women to jail. One of the
reasons: overcrowding. Narey said: "We do not overcrowd
women to the same extent [as men] -- it is not decent to
do so." (11/27/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/861344235.html
Experts rip cloning story
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Wired
Researchers at Advanced Cell Technology announced that they
have cloned the first human embryo –- an issue that has
been hotly debated among bioethicists and in Congress.
But critics are calling the announcement a shameless cry
for funding. (11/26/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/633996402.html
Cloning may not 'work' for humans
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Reuters
With Congress hearing arguments (12/04) on whether to ban
cloning, one scientist reassures the public that we are
far from cloning a human being or even from knowing if
it is possible. (12/03/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/708576433.html
No fetal cells in new smallpox vaccine
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WorldNetDaily
by Jon Dougherty
In the wake of protest from anti-abortion advocates, the
new smallpox vaccine will use animal substrate and not
fetal cells.
http://www.free-market.net/rd/671793784.html
Liberian rebels kidnap hundreds of women and children
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FOX News
Rebels in Liberia have kidnapped hundreds of women and
children in the West African nation's troubled north. A
special military unit has been set up to find them.
(12/01/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/665803577.html
Victims of female stalkers not taken seriously
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The Age
"Victims of female stalkers often find their complaints are
trivialised or dismissed, says a Melbourne researcher
involved in a landmark stalking study." The paper has
been published in the American Journal of Psychiatry.
(12/01/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/851213820.html
The complexity of Afghan women's voices
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The Age
"If I go to Afghanistan today and ask women for votes on
the promise to bring them secularism, they are going to
tell me to go to hell." So states one of the women at
the UN talks about a post-Taliban government. The women
delegates themselves do not speak with one voice.
(12/01/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/848533717.html
Kabul university admits women
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Sydney Mail
Kabul University is registering women as students for the
first time since the Taliban banned education for
females in 1996. One of the dozens of women lined up to
register declared, "It is like we are dreaming."
(12/02/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/832283058.html
9-11 hits brothel clients in the libido
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Taipei Times
"Purveyors of the oldest profession say that the terrorist
attacks on New York have taken a bite out of their
businesses and the sex drives of their johns." Some
prostitutes report business is off by twenty percent.
(12/02/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/809581220.html
Pro-gay web site removes death 'threats'
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Agape Press
A San Diego website called for the deaths of several high
profile anti-homosexual conservatives by running wanted
posters with captions that read "WANTED: To Experience a
Horrible Death By Any Means Soon Well-Known
Het[erosexual] Supremacists, Deserve It As Their
Reward." Under pressure, the posters have been removed.
(11/19/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/389631274.html
European Parliament rejects ban on human cloning
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BBC
"The European parliament has rejected a move to ban human
cloning in the European Union. The 316-37 vote will be a
relief for scientists pursuing research into therapeutic
cloning." Nevertheless, nine EU states, including
Germany, have banned human cloning nationally. (11/19/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/362316617.html
Abortion clinics on alert against murder threat
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Wired
Clayton Waagner, a pro-life extremist and fugitive from the
law, recently visited the home of Neal Horsley, who
operates the controversial anti-abortion website
"Nuremberg Files." Horsley taped Waagner's threat to
kill 42 abortion clinic workers. He also claimed
responsibility for mailing anthrax hoax letters to
clinics. (11/29/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/359025515.html
Ob/Gyn shortage due to malpractice insurance
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Feminist Majority
Obstetricians and Family Practice physicians in Mississippi
are quitting in record numbers. The main target of
finger-pointing is the high -- and continually
increasing -- cost of malpractice insurance.(11/28/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/345469643.html
When is abortion not abortion?
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The Age
A interesting wrinkle in the continuing discussion of what
constitutes abortion ... If one or more fetuses of a
multiple pregnancy are "removed," leaving one, is this
abortion under law that defines the procedure as "the
termination of pregnancy?" (11/28/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/589587068.html
A voice for the 'real' needs of Afghan women
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FOX News
General Suhaila Siddiq -- Afghanistan's only woman general,
a surgeon, hospital director and heroine to a generation
of young women -- sighs with exasperation at Western
feminists and their obsession with the burqa. She has a
different view of what Afghan women need. (11/28/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/690613389.html
For more News Reports see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/news/
==> Commentary, Opinion, and Book Reviews <==
Call me anti-woman
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ifeminists.com
by Wendy McElroy
Western feminists are not listening to Afghan women now are
they respecting their own much touted ideal of
multiculturalism. (12/04/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/870211226.html
Airport screening to include mammogram
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SatireWire
by staff
Arguing there is more than one way for a passenger to bring
a "ticking time bomb" aboard an aircraft, the FAA today
unveiled a new, more rigorous airport screening system
that includes a mammogram. (12/04/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/517825999.html
Cynical analysis of Afghan women politics from the left
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The Nation
by Katha Pollitt
Pollitt asks an intriguing question, "What if Hillary
Clinton, not Laura Bush, had taken to the airwaves
during her husband's first year in office and become the
first First Lady to deliver the entire weekly
presidential radio address -- about women's rights, no
less?" (12/17/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/97692386.html
Merit, not gender, counts
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The Age
by Hugh MacKay
MacKay makes a persuasive case, "I once heard a woman
advocating the appointment of women to a board because
of the special qualities they bring as women. Wrong. We
should be appointing people -- men and women -- to positions
because of the special qualities they bring to that
position as unique individuals." (12/01/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/843003479.html
Is violent programming bad for children?
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LewRockwell.com
by Brad Edmonds
"Every school shooting is blamed on violence in the media.
Joe Camel, until he was outlawed, was blamed for every
teenager who took up smoking. ... The media's role in
messing up our youth is worth questioning, however. The
fairy tales of the Grimm brothers may have something to
show us in this regard." (11/30/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/498355579.html
Nudists out in the cold
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Malibu Times
by Laura Tate
Elysium Institute has been a famous sanctuary for nudists
and sexual freedomseekers since the 60s but, now, it is
closing and up for sale. The owners cite falling
membership rates as the major reason. Perhaps times have
just changed. (11/09/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/625925257.html
Feminists grouse about Laura Bush backing Afghan women
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Wall Street Journal Online
by Thomas J. Bray
"The feminist left is sorely irritated at the White House's
decision to have Laura Bush use the president's
regularly scheduled Saturday radio address to talk about
the horrors of life for women under the Taliban." Read
why. (11/27/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/604488121.html
For more Commentary, Opinion, and Book Reviews see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/commentary/
==> Action Opportunities <==
Ask to hear the other side of domestic violence
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ABC
December 25, 2001
The Debra Duncan show on Ch 13 in Houston TX taped a
program last September on domestic violence featuring
male victims. This program has yet to be aired. Contact
them and say you'd like it to run! E-mail the show
direct at: ktrk.debrashow@abc.com. Or phone at (713)
666-0713.
http://www.free-market.net/rd/650548193.html
For more Action Opportunities see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/actions/
==> Events <==
Canadian Boys Conference
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Univ. of Guelph
March 4, 2002
Canada's first national conference to explore the complex
obstacles and challenges (including political) that face
young boys as they grow up. March 4, 2002 in Toronto at
the Colony Hotel.
mailto:info@open.uguelph.ca
http://www.free-market.net/rd/434993183.html
Conference co-sponsored by Second Amendment Sisters
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CPAC
January 31, 2002
The 29th Annuual Conservative Political Action Conferfence
-- co-sponsored by Second Amendment Sisters -- will be
held in Arlington, Va, at the Crystal Gateway Marriot
over the weekend of January 31 - February 2, 2002.
http://www.free-market.net/rd/700726062.html
Sunday chat on men and abortion
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Ifeminists/mensactism
December 9, 2001
This Sunday, December 9, at 9:00 p.m. EST, come join us in
the ifeminists.com chat room to discuss whether men have
any rights in abortion, do they have any responsibilities
toward unwanted children? And what would be the impact on
women of recognizing male rights or relinquishing male
responsibilities? The chat is is free. It is easy.
http://www.free-market.net/rd/680494748.html
For more Events see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/events/
==> Experts <==
Grassroots Granny
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GG
A one-woman, grandmotherly crusade against a National I.D.
card. And when I say grandmother, I mean "you'd better
listen or be sent to your room for the afternoon." A
fine role model for ifeminists.
http://www.free-market.net/rd/708155009.html
For more Experts see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/experts/
==> Scholarly and In-Depth Studies <==
The gender element in Stalin's mass murder
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Gendercide Watch
Under the dictatorship of Joseph Stalin, tens of millions
of ordinary individuals were executed or imprisoned in
labour camps that were little more than death camps.
Gender played an important role, and in many respects
the Purge period of Soviet history can be considered the
worst gendercide of the twentieth century.
http://www.free-market.net/rd/657623340.html
For more Scholarly and In-Depth Studies see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/in-depth/
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