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Items in this update:
o Mt. Holyoke student stands up for gun rights
o Spouse stands by murdering mom
o Abortion boat denied medical license
o Arab press hails female suicide bomber
o Georgia passes paternity fraud bill
o Judges respond to estranged fathers' protests
o PA Second Amendment Sisters chapter gets some ink
o Berkeley sexuality class under fire
o Police finally take prostitute murders seriously
o Domestic violence law to cover dating situations?
o Can contracts prevent sexual harassment suits?
o Australian women legally entitled to breastfeed at work
o Gender equity in cheerleading
o School credit for picketing abortion clinic
o Scotland to ban spanking
o Britain's first designer baby
o Afghan women need Islamic paths
o Terrorism, sexuality, and radical feminists
o What Betsy saw through the glass ceiling
o Debunking domestic violence stats
o Menopause envy
o New look at 'deadbeat dads'
o The price of pleasure
o Should men still pay for dates?
o The Pope versus divorce
o Thousands of women killed for honor
o Articles by Christina Hoff Sommers
o Politically correct fairy tales
o Interactive guide to cloning
o South Valley Sanctuary
Hello ifeminists:
A gracious good morning to all ifeminists! (At least it is a soggy,
snow-melting, dog-skidding "morning" for me right now.)
I hope everyone takes a moment tomorrow, Wednesday the 20th, to drop
by the Book Discussion forum
<http://www.ifeminists.com/interaction/forum/writing0202/index.html> where
we will be commencing a vigorous discussion of a book I greatly admire:
Daphne Patai's "Heterophobia: Sexual Harassment and the Future of Feminism."
It is one of the best works to emerge from the feminist movement in the past
two decades. Will Johnson will moderate and keep everyone (including me)
on-topic and in-line, so this should be a friendly, civil place to drop by.
P.S., lurkers are welcome, lengthy posters should be familiar with the book,
and "door" prizes will be awarded at random.You'all come!
The ifeminist editorials this week should be posted at the front door
of our site <http://www.ifeminists.com> by now: "Lady, Your Slip is
Showing -- the FOXNews/ifeminist column by me; "Shouldn't Men Have a Choice
Too?" by L.A. Times contributor Glenn Sacks; and the transcript of last
Sunday's chat room with Laissez Faire Books's Dyanne Petersen on the
"rights" of prisoners.
People may see a little less of me on the BB and in the chat rooms,
I'm afraid. (I'll turn more of the latter task over to our co-sponsor --
mensactivism.) I have just signed with Lexington Books, a division of Rowman
& Littlefield, to deliver a camera-ready manuscript for a book entitled "The
Debates of Liberty." The manuscript has been completed (Whew!) but the
editing and whatnots are always a time sink. Fortunately, the main BB
<http://www.ifeminists.com/interaction/forum/feminism0202d/index.html> has
taken on a personality and life of its own. Indeed, it keeps bursting at the
seams and needs to archived every week!
Carl Watner and Claire Wolfe are working on a book arguing against
national I.D., for which it would be incredibly valuable to them to have the
assistance of a sympathetic lawyer with access to a search engine that
specializes in the law. Is there anyone on the list who can provide such
one-time access to them so they can do an exhaustive search? Just get back
to me at mac@ifeminists.com and I'll connect everyone.
Bureaucrash -- another channel of Free-Market.net -- is starting a
lecture program with which ifeminists.com has been instrumental. If you are
curious about how to arrange speakers to come to your campus or
organization, then drop a note to Bureaucrash's fearless leader, Jason
Talley at jason@jdtalley.com. Tell 'em Mac sent you.
Now ... onto the main event ...
-- Wendy McElroy, mac@ifeminists.com
==> News Reports <==
Mt. Holyoke student stands up for gun rights
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Wall Street Journal
"If a Mt. Holyoke junior has her way, students at the
prestigious college would have the right to carry
firearms. The problem? Massachusetts has some of the
nation's most restrictive gun laws. That hasn't
discouraged Christie Caywood, founder of the Mt. Holyoke
chapter of Second Amendment Sisters, a national, pro-gun
women's group." (requires subscription) (02/14/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/179543707.html
Spouse stands by murdering mom
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Dallas News
Russell Yates, whose wife confessed to murdering their five
young children, is standing by his wife during her
upcoming trial. He blames the deaths on Andrea Yates's
post-partum depression and a lack of medical care for
her. (02/16/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/609227309.html
Abortion boat denied medical license
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CNS
A Dutch women's organization that used a boat operating in
international waters to circumvent national abortion
laws has lost its license to provide reproductive health
services aboard the vessel. Dutch officials complain of
difficulty inspecting the ship. (02/12/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/248796606.html
Arab press hails female suicide bomber
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International Herald Tribune
"She bore in her belly the fetus of a rare heroism, and
gave birth by blowing herself up!" With such
descriptions, some Arab newspapers are making a heroine
out of Wafa Idris, a female suicide bomber. Debate has
stirred over whether Islam permits women to carry out
suicide missions. Most sources say "yes." (02/12/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/111023098.html
Georgia passes paternity fraud bill
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Paternity Fraud
The Georgia Senate voted 45-5 to adopt HB 369, the
Paternity Fraud Bill, which may serve as a model for
other states. (02/06/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/115023418.html
Judges respond to estranged fathers' protests
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The Guardian
"It's not easy being a family judge [in the UK] these days.
Your home address is posted on the internet and mobs of
unhappy dads who haven't seen their children for months
or years picket you." In response, judges under pressure
are trying to make custody and visitation more equity.
(02/13/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/623616381.html
PA Second Amendment Sisters chapter gets some ink
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SAS
An article in the Valley News Dispatch introduces readers
to Linda McMannis, coordinator for the local group, stil
small but growing. (02/17/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/72042645.html
Berkeley sexuality class under fire
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Sacramento Bee
The University of California at Berkeley has suspended a
male sexuality class after the campus newspaper
published allegations that students watched their
instructor have sex at a strip club and participated in
an orgy at an extracurricular party. (02/17/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/420260570.html
Police finally take prostitute murders seriously
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Ventura County Star/AP
Relatives weep for lost sisters and daughters as police
examine a farm to unearth clues about 50 missing women
most of them prostitutes presumed dead. Other news
accounts indicate that the police ignored leads and
"tips from the street" for years. (02/17/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/426640915.html
Domestic violence law to cover dating situations?
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KTVB
Idaho is considering a new domestic violence law -- one
that would protect adults who aren't married, who are
only dating, but are still in abusive relationships.
(02/15/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/433521315.html
Can contracts prevent sexual harassment suits?
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FOX News
Some lawyers are creating contracts designed to prevent
harassment suits in cases of co-worker romances gone
sour. Employees so involved agree in advance to keep
their professional and private lives separate should
their relationship end. (02/15/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/618556166.html
Australian women legally entitled to breastfeed at work
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Sydney Morning Herald
Women in Australia are now legally entitled to breastfeed
at work under the Sex Discrimination Amendment
(Pregnancy and Work) Bill. The bill also prohibits
employers from inquiring as to whether a prospective
worker is, or plans to become, pregnant. (02/15/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/728120688.html
Gender equity in cheerleading
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Detroit Free Press
Andrew Coutts, a cheerleader at a Michigan high school, is
challenging a rule that bans him from a state
competition because of his sex. (02/13/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/732020862.html
School credit for picketing abortion clinic
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Catholic high school students are earning extra credit from
their high school for protesting outside a suburban
Philadelphia abortion clinic. Critics point to the
constitutional doctrine of separation of church and
state which makes such protests unacceptable for public
schools. Presumably, the Catholic school is privately
funded. (02/15/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/572365198.html
Scotland to ban spanking
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BBC
New legislation, slated for possible passage in March,
would make it illegal for parents in Scotland to spank a
child under three years old. A survey of parents
conducted by the Scottish Parent Teacher Council
suggests that the majority are opposed to a ban on
smacking. (02/15/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/584086054.html
Britain's first designer baby
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The Guardian
An anonymous baby girl has become Britain's first and the
world's second baby to be born with a desired genetic
characteristic known in advance. (02/16/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/595796563.html
For more News Reports see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/news/
==> Commentary, Opinion, and Book Reviews <==
Afghan women need Islamic paths
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Newsday
by Elaine Kamarck
"For nearly one hundred years, periods of 'liberation' have
been imposed on Afghan women by various 'modernizers' --
some home-grown, some, like the Soviets, imported.
Without exception, the 'modernizers' failed and the
backlash increased repression of women." (02/11/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/738251091.html
Terrorism, sexuality, and radical feminists
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Equity Feminism
by Brian Carnell
No radical feminist discussion of war could proceed without
an assertion that war is simply sex by other means.
Carnell examines this assertion. (02/12/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/124464141.html
What Betsy saw through the glass ceiling
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Jewish World Review
by Betsy Hart
Hart dissects the recent claims of U.S. Representatives
Maloney and Dingell about the glass ceiling being lower.
They base those claims on a taxpayer-funded analysis
that was a biased and highly-emotionalized
reinterpretation of the original GAO data, done by ...
the staff of Maloney and Dingell. (02/12/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/131684713.html
Debunking domestic violence stats
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Equity Feminism
by Brian Carnell
Carnell comments on the recent essay by Dr. Michael
Fitzpatrick, which debunked a study published in the
British Medical Journal that claimed an extremely large
percentages of women in Great Britain were victims of
domestic violence. (02/13/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/955230353.html
Menopause envy
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IWF
by Sally L. Satel
A recent book, "The Wisdom of Menopause," by physician
Christiane Northrup calls menopause the "greatest
opportunity for growth since adolescence." Satel
speculates about male menopause. (01/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/958840577.html
New look at 'deadbeat dads'
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Reason
by Cathy Young
"One study found that among fathers with no employment
problems in the past year, 5 percent paid nothing and 81
percent paid in full ... The men on the deadbeat dads
most wanted lists are not businessmen or brain surgeons
but primarily unskilled laborers." (02/14/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/115891920.html
The price of pleasure
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The Age
by Christopher Bantick, reviewer
The just published book, "Conversations in a Brothel: Men
Tell Why They Do It," by journalist Jacquelynne Bailey
asks men themselves why they go to brothels. Bailey says
the research changed her perception of men.
Surprisingly, it is more favourable. (02/18/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/411199987.html
Should men still pay for dates?
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Glenn Sacks
by Glenn Sacks
"The unfair expectation that men must pay for dates, which
came under commendable feminist attack during the 1970s,
is, surprisingly, almost as strong today as it was before
women's liberation." Sacks argues against the standard
justifications for not splitting the check. (02/17/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/620816243.html
The Pope versus divorce
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DadsDivorce/AP
by Richard Ostling
Pope John Paul II has urged lawyers and judges to oppose
divorce, calling it a "festering wound" that is
devastating society. Ostling explores the reaction of
the legal profession and average Catholics. (02/14/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/711509964.html
Thousands of women killed for honor
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National Geographic
by Hillary Mayell
Most honor killings occur in countries where the concept of
women as a vessel of the family reputation predominates.
In other countries, such as India, women are killed
because they bring an insufficient dowry into marriage.
It is difficult to estimate the number of such murders.
(02/12/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/735110979.html
For more Commentary, Opinion, and Book Reviews see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/commentary/
==> Online Books and Collections <==
Articles by Christina Hoff Sommers
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Upstream
A free online collection of articles by the leading equity
feminist, Christina Hoff Sommers, who embodies a return
to sane feminism.
http://www.free-market.net/rd/625436532.html
Politically correct fairy tales
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Brassknuckles
Are you an American liberal who thinks that fairy tales
teach values that no longer need to be promoted in
today's world? Don't despair. Politically correct fairy
tales are available. (Humor)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/117373556.html
For more Online Books and Collections see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/e-texts/
==> Games, Surveys, and Tools <==
Interactive guide to cloning
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The Guardian
An easy-to-follow guide to the process of cloning.
http://www.free-market.net/rd/598406717.html
South Valley Sanctuary
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SVS
South Valley Sanctuary is a non-pofit shelter that provides
30-day emergency aid for victims of domestic violence.
It is one of the very few shelters that accepts male
victims as well as female.
mailto:kjohnson@southvalleysanctuary.com
http://www.free-market.net/rd/469669800.html
For more Games, Surveys, and Tools see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/games/
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