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Items in this update:
o This Sunday's chat
o Woman auctions self as wife on eBay
o When minors falsely accuse
o Judge dozes off during rape trial
o Murder of prostitutes ignored
o Anti-child sex ads aim to disturb
o Standoff mom sticks to her principles
o Egyptian soap opera on polygamy is controversial
o Turkish women gain the right to wear trousers
o Where are the Afghan women?
o $3 million awarded for sexual harassment
o Porn czar seeks to weaken public ban on nudity
o State funding pulled from Planned Parenthood
o Accused murderer's husband breaks silence
o Foster father loses custody due to obesity
o Saudi women issued I.D. cards
o Rape sentence reduced due to perp's drunkenness
o Inmate rape
o The trivialization of rape
o Good will toward men
o UN reports confirms coercive population control
o Arctic mayor pushes for brothel
o Have yourself a prim little Christmas
o Domestic violence study focuses on male victims
o Women should resist 'patriotic' spending
o Continuing reaction to the Sommers outrage
o 15-year-old girl forced to unbutton pants at airport
o Women on war: the Middle East
o Women hunters on the big screen
Hello ifeminists:
7 days and counting! Yes, I am one of those irksome people who
*loves*
Christmas. I also like giving away book prizes and we've had winners,
winners this past week: Lisa P., Mike B., Lisa W., Christy, Ann W.,
and
Sally. Given that there were only five announced prizes, the awarding
of six
books shows how good your chances of winning are. ;-)
This week, the book prizes are: "The Teenage Liberation
Handbook" by
Grace Llewellyn; "The Lifestyle: A Look at the Erotic Rites of
Swingers" by
Terry Gould; "Dissenting Electorate" by Carl Watner with Wendy
McElroy; and
five original ACE Double Classic Novels from the golden years of SF.
To
enter, send an email to mac@ifeminists.com with the word CONTEST in
the
subject line and a ranking of your preferences in the text. I hope you
win!
New developments are afoot at ifeminists.com. Chris Whitten and I
are
working on a cyber-store front which will offer sweatshirts, T-shirts
...
all the necessities of attire for the well-turned-out ifeminist. Stay
tuned.
The second chat room event -- jointly sponsored by ifeminists and
MANN
<http://www.mensactivism.org> -- had a good turn out last Sunday but I
hope
more women will venture into the friendly waters this coming Sunday.
We will
be discussing the impact of reproductive technology (e.g., cloning) on
the
relationship of the sexes. Will women no longer need men for
motherhood?
Will men no longer be held responsible for support? Or is reproduction
poised on the brink of becoming incredibly more complex -- legally,
morally,
emotionally? Gordon Pusch, a good friend and an expert on genetics,
will be
present to answer your questions. As well, a few more ifeminist
authorities
on the subject may drop by. In any event, I'll be there to greet you
at the
cyber-door. <http://www.ifeminists.com/interaction/chat/>
The ifeminists/FOX News column for this week is entitled "Good
Will
Toward Men"
<http://www.ifeminists.com/introduction/editorials/2001/1218.html> and
recommends a Christmas gift that every woman can give the men in her
life: a
commitment to stand up for them in 2002. Not that ifeminists haven't
already
been blazing a path in this regard. We are a feisty bunch. What? ...
You
think we aren't? You wanna come over here and say that to my face?!
But I digress. My main purpose is to say "Happy Holidays" to you
and
yours. And, to Kirsten especially, in case I've forgotten to say it
lately:
thanks for being part of ifeminists.com.
Now onto the main event...
-- Wendy McElroy, mac@ifeminists.com
==> Events <==
This Sunday's chat
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ifeminists.com/mensactivism.org
December 23, 2001
This week's joint ifeminists.com/mensactivism.org chat is
on reproductive technology, especially genetics. Will
the sexes become reproductively independent of each
other? Is this a positive development? Chatting is easy,
free, and experts will be on hand for questions. Sunday
the 23rd, 9:00 p.m. EST. See you there!
http://www.free-market.net/rd/714723005.html
For more Events see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/events/
==> News Reports <==
Woman auctions self as wife on eBay
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Ananova
In the ultimate expression of self-ownership, a 24-year-old
woman auctioned herself as a wife on eBay and received
bids reaching up to 10 million pounds. Ebay has pulled
the ad, saying some things are not appropriate to sell,
like one's virginity or one's soul. (12/14/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/166540022.html
When minors falsely accuse
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Times (UK)
A man who was sentenced to nine years for the rape of a
young girl has been cleared after she admitted that she
lied to get her mother’s attention. The accused has
spent three years in jail and serves as a reminder that
false accusations of rape devastate lives. (12/15/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/719603510.html
Judge dozes off during rape trial
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Times (UK)
A British judge was forced yesterday to abandon a four-day
rape trial after being told he had dozed off twice
during the defence barrister’s closing speech.
(12/18/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/709872848.html
Murder of prostitutes ignored
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Women's eNews
The arrest of the suspected serial killer of 49 women in
Seattle and the disappearances of 50 women in nearby
Vancouver highlights the danger prostitutes face from
their clients when police departments consider them to
be "disposable women." (12/18/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/702420875.html
Anti-child sex ads aim to disturb
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Courier Mail
"A businessman calls home to bid his wife and children good
night, before reaching for a tiny Asian girl huddled at
the end of his hotel room bed." The ads, produced by UN
child rights agency UNICEF, are unpopular with some
activists. (12/17/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/199668909.html
Standoff mom sticks to her principles
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Washington Post
Months after Idaho sheriff's deputies seized the McGuckin
children after the kids held them off for five days,
their mother continues her battle with government
officials. "They just came in and rearranged our lives,
and no one is holding them accountable for anything,"
JoAnn McGuckin says. (12/17/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/55777708.html
Egyptian soap opera on polygamy is controversial
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Associated Press
The soap opera, "The Family of Hajj Metwalli," is immensely
popular in Egypt and other Arab nations. Metwalli has
three wives and is considering a fourth. The fictional
life of this family has sparked debate across the Arab
world about polygamy, Islam and love. (12/14/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/171040217.html
Turkish women gain the right to wear trousers
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CNN
It took a nationwide protest, but women working in state
offices in Turkey have won the right to wear trousers.
(12/13/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/559955808.html
Where are the Afghan women?
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The Nation
The oft-repeated call for "the voice of Afghan women"
implies a monolith, but as Rina Amiri of Harvard's Women
Waging Peace initiative, has noted, "The polarization of
ethnic groups has been much higher in the past five
years, making collaboration difficult." (12/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/407729767.html
$3 million awarded for sexual harassment
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Chicago Tribune
"A federal jury awarded a woman patrol officer $3 million
in damages -- $1 million more than her lawyer sought
from the district -- for years of sexual harassment and
retaliation on the job." (12/13/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/732250779.html
Porn czar seeks to weaken public ban on nudity
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Salt Lake Tribune
In a surprise twist, Utah Porn Czar Paula Huston is seeking
to weaken an indecency statute that has been on the
books at least 12 years. Houston warns that it could be
used to prosecute art exhibits and bare-breasted women
in National Geographic Magazine. (12/08/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/697722684.html
State funding pulled from Planned Parenthood
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Rocky Mountain News
Planned Parenthood would have received $381,956 in Colorado
family planning funds from the state under a contract
that would have been signed by Jan. 1, 2002. The funding
was cancelled after a review revealed that Planned
Parenthood is subsidizing the rent of an abortion
provider. (12/14/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/185607684.html
Accused murderer's husband breaks silence
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Houston Chronicle
Russell Yates violated a gag order in the capital murder
case of his wife, Andrea, who is accused of drowning
their five children. Yates appeared on CBS TV's "60
Minutes" Sunday to discuss aspects of this controversial
case. (12/11/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/897389171.html
Foster father loses custody due to obesity
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Newsday
A 500-pound foster father was forced to say goodbye to
three boys he had raised in a loving home for six years
after a court ruled that he is too fat to care for them
properly. The only specific neglect cited were
cockroaches -- common in NY apartments -- and not enough
outside activities for the boys. (12/10/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/893127996.html
Saudi women issued I.D. cards
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CNN
Saudi women are currently listed as dependents on their
father's or husband's card. Now the Interior Minister of
Saudi Arabia has started issuing identity cards to women
for the first time, ostensibly to make their lives
easier and help prevent fraud. (12/10/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/884585588.html
Rape sentence reduced due to perp's drunkenness
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Women's eNews
The sentence of a rapist was reduced by Spain's Supreme
Court this week, the all-male panel ruling that the man
who raped a mentally retarded girl was drunk at the
time. (12/15/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/192787936.html
For more News Reports see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/news/
==> Commentary, Opinion, and Book Reviews <==
Inmate rape
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Salt Lake Tribune
by Frank Curreri
When Charles Turner was sent to prison, he did not know
that fighting off rapists would be part of his
punishment. Prisoner rape, especially of men, is
epidemic and activists are having a difficult time
making people care. (12/16/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/251390458.html
The trivialization of rape
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Westword
by Eric Dexheimer
The hideous violence that is rape is being trivialized by
re-definitions of the crime that include ambiguous
dating situations in which the women are not threatened,
do not say "no" and appear to co-operate. (12/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/732873967.html
Good will toward men
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FOX News
by Wendy McElroy
It is time for women to stand up for the men intheir lives
and refuse to tolerate the slander that has become part
of our culture as a result of gender feminism's
anti-male campaign. (12/18/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/722843579.html
UN reports confirms coercive population control
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CWA
by staff
Despite repeated U.N. denials, a recently uncovered report
commissioned by the U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA) shows
that UNFPA-sponsored family planning programs in Peru
have been coercive. (12/17/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/230821142.html
Arctic mayor pushes for brothel
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BBC
"The Russian town of Vorkuta is a remote mining settlement,
battered by freezing Arctic temperatures, on the site of
a former [prison camp]. But the mayor, Igor Shpektor,
has put his town at the center of national attention,
with television and newspapers reporting his plan for
Russia's first legal brothel, and possibly the world's
first one north of the Arctic circle." (12/16/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/677229650.html
Have yourself a prim little Christmas
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The Australian News
by Janet Albrechtsen
No sitting on Santa's knee! Susan Halliday, the former
Australian sex discrimination commissioner, offered
advice on how to avoid that nasty sexual harassment
claim. Ho, ho, ho. (12/14/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/428951133.html
Domestic violence study focuses on male victims
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
A national conference in Perth has been discussing a
controversial study of domestic violence in Australia, a
study which focuses on violence against men. This radio
transcript reports on the findings. (12/12/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/435879093.html
Women should resist 'patriotic' spending
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Women's eNews
by Julianne Malveaux
"Only a stimulus plan that helps working people will
jump-start the economy. Women should resist the rhetoric
and call to patriotic spending. They should curtail or
stop holiday spending and take a hard cold look at their
own financial future." They should take care of their
families first. (12/12/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/708075164.html
Continuing reaction to the Sommers outrage
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National Review
by Stanley Kurtz
Christina Hoff Sommers, a nationally respected critic of
feminist excess was grossly insulted and effectively
ejected from a government conference at which she had
been invited to speak. The expression of public outrage
has prompted interesting governmental response.
(12/11/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/325613944.html
15-year-old girl forced to unbutton pants at airport
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WorldNetDaily
by Joseph Farah
Although they and their bags had already been searched
without incident, Farah's 15-year-old daughter was
forced by airport security to roll down her pants and
roll up her top to be publicly searched while his
9-year-watched, traumatized. (12/11/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/902639656.html
Women on war: the Middle East
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Sunday Mail
by Adva and Rania
The latest round of violence between Arab and Jew saw
suicide bombings in Jerusalem and Haifa and air strikes
in Gaza and the West Bank. Here are two women's diaries
-- one is Israeli, the other Palestinian -- of a week of
horror. (12/11/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/881845320.html
For more Commentary, Opinion, and Book Reviews see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/commentary/
==> Audio and Video <==
Women hunters on the big screen
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NRA
"Hunting With The Women Of the NRA" is a 30-minute video
that takes viewers through the basics of hunter safety,
then, covers technical concepts about firearms and
ammunition and marksmanship fundamentals.
http://www.free-market.net/rd/761213895.html
For more Audio and Video see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/multi/
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