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Items in this update:
o Women complain of groping during airport searches
o Town outlaws erections in public
o Men redundant, women too
o Afghan women's magazine snatched up
o Transgender washrooms urged
o Proposing marriage may require criminal background check
o Victims of sex traffic eligible for US visas
o Should government be promoting marriage?
o Vancouver cops keep list of suspected 'johns'
o Bare breast protest for Mardi Gras
o Feds back Ohio abortion ban
o The age of loneliness
o Skewed news
o Massachusetts accuses woman of giving birth
o Domestic violence is also a men's issue
o A new look at deadbeat dads
o Is NOW pro-choice or pro-abortion?
o The cost of ignoring female abusers
o Politically correct bias revealed
o Indicted sex offenders will have DNA tested
o Doctoring domestic violence
o The mainstreaming of porn
o Fathers revolt over child support guidelines
o Support the Mt. Holyoke SAS project
o Online book discussion -- 'Heterophobia'
o NRA sets women's hunt schedule
o Second Amendment Sisters meeting and luncheon
o The American invention of child support
o Government is women's enemy
Hello ifeminists:
I should thank you. Ifeminists.com has grown steadily at a rate of
about 10% a month for the last several months and the increased traffic is
due to every one of you who uses our site. Ifeminist columns are picked up
regularly by several online periodicals, including FrontPageMagazine and
Jewish World Review, as well as frequently reposted by WorldNetDaily and
others. The last FOXNews/ifeminist column drew comment from three members of
Congress -- which means it is being read there and causing reaction. All of
this is happening because of your support.
Not to be a nudger but any financial donations you can afford to add
to the support would be tremendously appreciated. Even small amounts make a
difference. But enough with the fund raising.
On February 20th, a chapter-by-chapter fest of Daphne Patai's
excellent work, "Heterophobia: Sexual Harassment and the Future of
Feminism," will be launched at the Book Discussion BB. (I will be posting
there every day.)
<http://www.ifeminists.com/interaction/forum/writing0202/index.html> So get
your hands on a copy of Patai's book or drop in anyway just to lurk and
learn. Did I mention there will be randomly awarded book prizes to posters
each week? For info on the schedule, click.
http://www.ifeminists.com/interaction/forum/writing0202/messages/007062735.h
tml And thanks again to Will (Johnson) for moderating!
Last Sunday's chat room was great success, featuring Norma Jean
Almodovar -- ex-call girl, author of "From Cop to Call Girl" and
founder/President of the sex workers' org ISWFACE <http://wwww.iswface.org>.
For a transcript, click:
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.html. Please consider joining us
<http://www.ifeminists.com/interaction/chat> this Sunday at 9:00 p.m. EST.
It is free. It is easy.
Last, but not least, new editorials have been posted on the ifeminist
front page: "Take Back Valentine's Day" by me, "Why Bias is #1" by James
Hanback (who happens to be ifeminists of the month), and the pro-gun rights
"Campus Students Put At Undue Risk" by Josh Dazey and Jessica Mainard.
Enjoy!
Now...onto the main event!
-- Wendy McElroy, mac@ifeminists.com
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==> News Reports <==
Women complain of groping during airport searches
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Arizona Republic
February 14, 2002
Female airline passengers are complaining about being
fondled and groped during random body searches at
airports across the nation. Given new powers, male gate
agents appear to be targeting solitary female travelers
for the supposedly random pat-downs. (02/08/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/744629807.html
Town outlaws erections in public
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Press Enterprise
"Locust, PA supervisors unanimously passed a township
ordinance banning public nudity Thursday night, even
going so far as to prohibit erections in public. The law
seeks to prevent, among other things, 'the showing of
covered male genitals in a discernible turgid state.'"
(02/08/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/976770558.html
Men redundant, women too
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Guardian Unlimited (UK)
Scientists have developed an artificial womb that allows
embryos to grow outside the body. With artificial
insemination of the "new womb," what implications does
this have for traditional reproductive roles? (02/10/02
http://www.free-market.net/rd/490191893.html
Afghan women's magazine snatched up
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BBC
"Just three issues in and the Afghan women's magazine
'Woman's Mirror' has cast a happy spell on the women of
Kabul." The magazine is Islamic in slant. (o2/11/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/419452260.html
Transgender washrooms urged
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Washington Times
February 18, 2002
"The United States Students Association is urging the
nation's colleges and universities to provide single-stall
'gender neutral' restrooms for transgender students to protect
them from harassment and physical attacks." (02/11/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/978331087.html
Proposing marriage may require criminal background check
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The Oregonian
If Washington State has its way, men seeking wives through
international matchmaking services will have to get a
criminal background check at their own expense. (01/30/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/37091086.html
Victims of sex traffic eligible for US visas
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Feminist Majority
Special US visas will be issued to victims of sex
trafficking if the victims would suffer "severe harm" in
being returned to their homeland and if they assist law
enforcement in prosecuting suspected traffickers. No
similar offer has been made to men devastated by
organized crime. (02/04/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/56032399.html
Should government be promoting marriage?
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Washington Times
February 11, 2002
"An array of anti-poverty, feminist and unmarried-couple
advocacy groups are urging the Bush administration and
other policy-makers to call off their plans to use taxpayer
funds to promote marriage." (02/04/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/133395766.html
Vancouver cops keep list of suspected 'johns'
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The London Free Press
Vancouver police plan to keep records of people suspected
of patronizing prostitutes and send warning letters to
their homes. The B.C. Civil Liberties Association
protests that the database contains information about
people who have not been charged with a crime. (02/07/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/896914339.html
Bare breast protest for Mardi Gras
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Fox News/AP
Claiming that bare breasts can incite riots, police in
Austin, Texas, banned their display at this year's Mardi
Gras celebration. In response, a local businesswoman is
organizing a downtown protest for hundreds of women to
take off their shirts during the celebration. (02/08/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/751890270.html
Feds back Ohio abortion ban
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National Public Radio
In an unusual case of federal intervention, the Justice
Department has filed a brief with the 6th Circuit Court
of Appeal asking that Ohio's ban on "partial-birth
abortion" be upheld. The Supreme Court has overturned
other such bans but the federal government now wishes to
"clarify the constitutional issues." RealTime audio
format. (02/07/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/819992430.html
For more News Reports see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/news/
==> Commentary, Opinion, and Book Reviews <==
The age of loneliness
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The Age
by Janet McCalman
"An epidemic of loneliness threatens to be one of society's
greatest challenges in the 21st century. Never before
have so many people in First World countries lived
alone." (02/09/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/465978486.html
Skewed news
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Reason
by Cathy Young
Young provides commentary on the hottest-selling book in
America, "Bias: A CBS Insider Explains How the Media
Distort the News" by Bernard Goldberg. "Bias" exposes
the PC liberal slant of major news programs. (02/04/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/414262027.html
Massachusetts accuses woman of giving birth
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The American Prospect
by Wendy Kaminer
Massachusetts has "accused" Rebecca Corneau of
giving birth. Christian Scientists, the Corneaus had
four children taken by the State due to the death of a
baby that was denied medical care after birth. The
couple is currently in jail on contempt charges for
claiming that Rebecca had miscarried although no baby
has been "prodcued" in evidence. (03/11/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/958809918.html
Domestic violence is also a men's issue
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Irish Times
by staff
The view that men are more likely to be violent to women is
not supported by international research, contends Kieran
McKeown who co-authored a report for the Irish
Department of Health and Children in 2000 entitled "Men
and Domestic Violence: What Research Tells Us." (02/08/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/966830389.html
A new look at deadbeat dads
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Boston Globe
by Cathy Young
Young explains how one clause in the budget President Bush
submitted to Congress last week has unexpectedly brought
attention to the plight of "dead-broke dads." (02/11/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/969170603.html
Is NOW pro-choice or pro-abortion?
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ifeminists
by Wendy McElroy
NOW's call for President Bush to release funds to the
United Nation's Population Fund, despite many reports
that it provides support for China's one-child policy,
calls the organization's "pro-choice" stand into
question. (02/05/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/992431640.html
The cost of ignoring female abusers
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ifeminists
by Glenn Sacks
Using a triple murder committed by a California mother as a
springboard, Sacks passionately argues society must
acknowledge the voluminous research showing that
domestic violence is not a male affliction but a human
one. (02/05/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/994911767.html
Politically correct bias revealed
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Insight
by Julia Duin
Former CBS reporter Bernard Goldberg's book "Bias" caused a
furor by exposing the PC slant of major news programs.
Now William McGowan of the Manhattan Institute critiques
the PC bias toward race in his book "Coloring the News:
How Crusading for Diversity has Corrupted American
Journalism." (02/04/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/34130831.html
Indicted sex offenders will have DNA tested
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Women's eNews
by Suzanne Batchelor
A new law in Texas --the first of its kind in the US --
allows police to collect and analyze DNA samples from an
accused sex offender immediately after indictment. The
article does not explore the privacy concerns this law
raises. (02/08/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/749950116.html
Doctoring domestic violence
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Spiked
by Dr. Michael Fitzpatrick
Dr. Fitzpatrick critically views the trend toward medical
doctors questioning their patients about domestic
violence, especially since some of the questionnaires
lead women to "reinterpret" their experiences, finding
violence where they had not previously. (02/07/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/815381962.html
The mainstreaming of porn
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Chicago Tribune
by Steve Johnson
"Perhaps none of the evidence of the mainstreaming of
the pornography industry presented in 'Frontline's'
'American Porn' episode is as powerful as the fact of
the episode itself: PBS, home of Big Bird and Bill
Moyers, is paying attention to porn." (02/07/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/824280185.html
For more Commentary, Opinion, and Book Reviews see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/commentary/
==> Action Opportunities <==
Fathers revolt over child support guidelines
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Fathers' Coalition
In a strongly worded policy statement, the Fatherhood
Coalition, "Urge[s] all fathers embroiled in custody
litigation to advise the court either by instructing
their attorneys, or directly if representing themselves,
that they will not submit to any child support order
calculated from the Massachusetts Child Support
Guideline." The press reslease explains why.
http://www.free-market.net/rd/4421090.html
Support the Mt. Holyoke SAS project
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2nd Amendment Sisters
To make a donation to help the Second Amendment Sisters
chapter at Mount Holyoke College spread the word about
self-protection and the right to keep and bear arms, in
the belly of arch-liberal Massachusetts, go to the site
and designate your contribution as "Mount Holyoke."
(02/05/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/784134547.html
For more Action Opportunities see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/actions/
==> Events <==
Online book discussion -- 'Heterophobia'
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ifeminists
February 20, 2002
Starting on February 20th, Daphne Patai's "Heterophobia"
will be the subject of discussion over a period of weeks
on one of the ifeminists Bulletin Boards. Preliminary
comments are welcome. Book prizes will awarded randomly
to posters.
http://www.free-market.net/rd/96671169.html
NRA sets women's hunt schedule
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NRA
December 1, 2002
As a continuation of their ongoing mission to foster
women’s safe and responsible participation in the
hunting and shooting sports, the National Rifle
Association’s Women On Target program has set its 2002
ladies-only hunt schedule.
http://www.free-market.net/rd/326017972.html
Second Amendment Sisters meeting and luncheon
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2nd Amendment Sisters
February 23, 2002
The Second Amendment Sisters are proud to welcome members
and supporters to a day of discussing the Second
Amendment movement in the New England states. February
23, 2002, 10:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m. on the Mount Holyoke
College campus in South Hadley, MA. Keynote speaker:
Peggy Tartaro, Executive Editor of Women & Guns
magazine. Registration $15. See URL for more
information. (02/05/02)
mailto:ma_mtholyoke@2asisters.org
http://www.free-market.net/rd/786784777.html
For more Events see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/events/
==> Scholarly and In-Depth Studies <==
The American invention of child support
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ANCPR/Yale Law Journal
Subtitled "dependency and punishment in early American
child support law," this in-depth report charts the
development of child payments in America from the
nineteenth century through to the "deadbeat dad."
http://www.free-market.net/rd/450537678.html
Government is women's enemy
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ALF
by Sharon Presley and Lynne Kinsky
The authors conclude, "We need to develop nonauthoritarian
alternatives, both as substitutes for government
institutions and services already in existence, and as
an example to others that voluntary action does work."
http://www.free-market.net/rd/697058070.html
For more Scholarly and In-Depth Studies see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/in-depth/
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