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Items in this update:
o Feds seize Ayn Rand papers
o New fathers get paid parental leave
o China blasts US for violence against women
o Pro-life groups must pay for contraceptives
o NOW vs. Mike Tyson
o Virginia Senate bans partial-birth abortion
o UN web site taken over by porn operation
o 'Girl Scouts Behind Bars' to receive federal funding
o Norway may introduce sexual harassment tribunals
o Virginia passes ban on 'partial birth' abortion
o Irish voters reject tighter abortion laws
o Women should ignore the UN
o The diversity machine sputters
o The coming war on fat
o Divorcing couple shackled together by judge
o Governor Swift attacked for miscarriage of justice
o Muslims object to 'wanton' Barbie
o Politically correct foreign policy?
o Court declares child support guidelines unconstitutional
o Sex, lies and women's magazines
o P2P may revolutionize obscenity law
o The church's sexual betrayal
o The anti-gun male
o Tammy Bruce on the Bush marriage plan
o The Monicafication of generation X
o Mothers and madness
o Why the King made me a feminist
o Marital rape a can of worms
o Unofficial dictionary of political terms
o Ifeminist speech at University of Waterloo
o Cathy Young's home page
o In their own right -- male sexual health
o NPR on Emma Goldman
Hello ifeminists:
I am back, re-chained to my computer, after a long-weekend in
Washington, D.C. at a faculty seminar hosted by the Institute for Humane
Studies. I would encourage any university students who are reading to
contact IHS <http://www.theihs.org> and learn how to apply for admission
into their summer seminars. I'd love to see you there!
Fellow-traveller Carl Watner (Inmanfeedmill@aol.com) is looking for a
law student or lawyer to volunteer a few hours searching for articles on the
constitutionality of state or federally-mandated ID cards for an upcoming
anthology titled TRADEMARK OF TOTALITARIANISM: Opposing Government
Enumeration.
New editorials are up and running on the ifeminist front page: "21st
Century Feminism"
<http://www.ifeminists.com/introduction/editorials/2002/0312.html> by me;
"Peeping Justice"
<http://www.ifeminists.com/introduction/editorials/2002/0312a.html> by James
R. Hanback Jr.; and, "In Defense of Russell Yates"
<http://www.ifeminists.com/introduction/editorials/2002/0312b.html> by Glenn
J. Sacks. Enjoy!
In the chat room <http://www.ifeminists.com/interaction/chat> this
Sunday at 9:00 p.m. EST, I want to discuss the recent unpleasantness that
greeted an invitation to drop by ifeminists.com that I extended to members
of soc.men. Their hostility was incredible. The men did not think it
possible that my good will was sincere. Tell me what you think is the best
way to overcome the deep-seated hatred that men are developing toward women,
especially ones who refuse to surrender the word "feminist." By the way, my
editorial this week was prompted by the incident.
For those of you more at home on a Bulletin Board, an interesting
discussion is occurring on the our BB re: rape, and how it differs from
other crimes of violence.
<http://www.ifeminists.com/interaction/forum/feminism0203b/messages/84882343
6.html> Join in or lurk!
Now ... onto the main event...
-- Wendy McElroy, mac@ifeminists.com
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==> News Reports <==
Feds seize Ayn Rand papers
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Los Angeles Times
Eleven years ago, Leonard Peikoff, Ayn Rand's executor,
donated many of her papers to the Library of Congress.
For sentimental reasons, he kept the first and last
pages of "The Fountainhead" and sent photocopies to
Washington. In January, government agents seized those
mementos. (03/05/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/682068995.html
New fathers get paid parental leave
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The Age
"In a national first for Australian workplaces, a Melbourne
housing developer has granted its male and female staff
12 weeks' fully paid parental leave." Although the leave
is voluntarily granted, the Federal Government is under
pressure to introduce a national, tax-funded parental
leave scheme. (03/09/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/149917133.html
China blasts US for violence against women
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The Age
"Taking a broad swipe at United States claims of human
rights abuses, China hit back yesterday by issuing its
own report on human rights violations in the US." The
report highlights the incidence of violence against
women. (03/12/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/168299006.html
Pro-life groups must pay for contraceptives
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CNS News
A new Massachusetts law forces pro-life groups to offer
contraceptives to their employees as part of their
health plan despite the fact that some contraceptives
work by aborting early pregnancies. (03/08/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/171029293.html
NOW vs. Mike Tyson
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Alternet
NOW wants to take on boxing champ Mike Tyson, who is also a
convicted rapist who has served his time, after the D.C.
Boxing and Wrestling Commission granted him a hearing
that could result in his obtaining a boxing license.
This, NOW says, would be an insult to all women.
(02/11/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/185450872.html
Virginia Senate bans partial-birth abortion
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Washington Post
"Advocates for the proposal said it would make Virginia the
first state to restore the partial birth abortion ban
since the U.S. Supreme Court declared existing laws
unconstitutional because they did not include language
that was broad enough to protect the health of the
mother." (03/07/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/935493093.html
UN web site taken over by porn operation
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National Post
March 25, 2002
"A UN agency for women's issues admitted yesterday it
forgot to pay an Internet registration fee, enabling a
pornographic company to snap up one of the sites and
plaster it with pictures of naked women." Surfers are
now redirected to a fetish site. (03/05/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/214809375.html
'Girl Scouts Behind Bars' to receive federal funding
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Women's ENews
by Anne Moline
"Girl Scouts Beyond Bars, a privately run program serving
incarcerated women and their daughters ... received $2
million in federal funding. Piloted in 1992 at a women's
prison in Maryland, Girl Scouts Beyond Bars currently
operates at 23 facilities in 22 states through a network
of local councils." (03/10/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/874780571.html
Norway may introduce sexual harassment tribunals
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Aftenposten
Norway's government may introduce a general ban on sexual
harassment throughout society. Tribunals will judge
violations and compensation may be awarded. (03/08/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/202888423.html
Irish voters reject tighter abortion laws
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Washington Post
By the narrowest of margins, Irish voters rejected a
referendum proposal that would have tightened abortion
laws. Official returns showed the final tally was 50.4
percent against the measure to 49.6 percent in favor.
(03/08/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/963324584.html
For more News Reports see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/news/
==> Commentary, Opinion, and Book Reviews <==
Women should ignore the UN
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Pacific Research Institute
by Sally C. Pipes
"The United Nations (U.N.) Commission on the Status of
Women is meeting in New York City, but there is no
reason that women should take interest in the event."
Pipes explains why. (03/08/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/139066135.html
The diversity machine sputters
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American Civil Rights Institute
by Ward Connerly
For nearly two decades, hundreds of companies like Ford,
Xerox, and Hewlett-Packard have subjected their
employees to countless hours of “diversity” training.
Now, corporations may be returning to the true source of
diversity -- respect for individual merit. (01/07/03)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/143726669.html
The coming war on fat
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Boston Globe
by Cathy Young
Young predicts, "we may be on the brink of a national war
on fat" as the "leading cause of preventable early death in
this country and calling for various measures to address
this problem." Young suggests an alternative: people
should take responsibility for their own lives. (03/11/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/160727961.html
Divorcing couple shackled together by judge
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Women's eNews
by staff
A Michigan woman who complained that her husband violated a
protective order against her was ordered to be
handcuffed to him by the judge who is handling the
couple's divorce. The two weren't released until the
woman dropped her complaint. (03/02/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/377337689.html
Governor Swift attacked for miscarriage of justice
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The Nation
by Katha Pollitt
Pollitt comments on the irony of Massachusetts' Gov. Swift
retroactively pardoning executed witches from the 17th
century while rejecting the recommendation of the state
parole board, known for its sternness, to commute the
thirty-to-forty-year sentence of Gerald Amirault, widely
viewed as the victim of a modern witch hunt. (03/18/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/242351472.html
Muslims object to 'wanton' Barbie
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BBC
by staff
"Meet Dara and Sara, Iran's answer to Ken and Barbie. The
Muslim dolls have been developed by a government agency
to promote traditional values, with their modest
clothing and pro-family backgrounds." (03/05/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/223600124.html
Politically correct foreign policy?
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AntiWar.Com
by Justin Raimondo
Raimondo takes aim at PC foreign policy. For example, the
Afghan war was hailed by conservatives for supposedly
"liberating" Afghan women. There was also the gay angle,
with gay warhawks like Andrew Sullivan citing the
Taliban's harsh proscription against male homosexuality
as a reason to support the war. (03/06/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/228800410.html
Court declares child support guidelines unconstitutional
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Georgians for Child Support Reform
by Daryl G. LeCroy
"Judge Perkins noted that in a study conducted in 14 South
Georgia counties between 1995 and 1997, it was found
that 82.2% of contested custody cases resulted in
custody being awarded to the mother and that guideline
support had an impermissibly discriminatory affect upon
men based upon their gender." (02/25/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/236471010.html
Sex, lies and women's magazines
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Alternet
by Liza Featherstone
"How can women's magazines run scrupulously reported and
fact-checked articles on such subjects as breast cancer
and women in Afghanistan, but tell complete lies in
articles about sex?" (03/04/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/636390068.html
P2P may revolutionize obscenity law
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XXXlaw.net
by J. D. Obenberger
"The new second and third generations of peer to peer
computer file transfer protocols (P2P)may make the
prosecution of obscenity obsolete." With no central
server, no fixed IP addresses and no obvious individuals
to prosecute, the concept of community standards might
become utterly meaningless and unenforcable. (02/28/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/651782262.html
The church's sexual betrayal
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AndrewSullivan.com
by Andrew Sullivan
Sullivan's interesting take on how the sexual doctrines of
the Catholic Church are being destroyed by those clergy
who are apologizing for the recently accused
priest-pedophiles. (02/27/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/697799287.html
The anti-gun male
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Jewish World Review
March 18, 2002
by Julia Gorin
Gorin offers a woman's view of what kind of man is
anti-gun. (03/08/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/715601914.html
Tammy Bruce on the Bush marriage plan
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FOX News
by Bill O'Reilly
The renegade PC feminist Tammy Bruce has written a tell-all
book about organizations such as NOW, which she knew
from the inside. With this perspective she comments on
NOW's reaction to the Bush plan to encourage marriage in
lower income classes. (02/03/05)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/29314029.html
The Monicafication of generation X
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New Republic
by Amanda Fazzone
Fazzone gives a Generation X slant on the documentary
"Monica [Lewinsky] In Black and White," which premiered
on HBO on March 3, along with commentary on the impact
Monicagate had for women of her generation. (03/05/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/38264447.html
Mothers and madness
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Boston Globe
by Ellen Goodman
Goodman contrasts the treatment of a North Texas father who
killed his three children with that of Andrea Yates. The
man was deemed sane. Goodman concludes that "we all
assume too easily that mothers must be insane, not
willfully violent." Some have expressed surprise over
Goodman's article as she is widely viewed as being
"anti-men." (02/28/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/41594614.html
Why the King made me a feminist
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Women's ENews
by Carol Tracy
"My activist life probably began in sixth grade, when I was
thrown out of my Roman Catholic school classroom because
I refused to accept Sister Marie's criticism of Elvis."
(03/06/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/11821741.html
Marital rape a can of worms
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Strike the Root
by Stuart A Miller
"Fast, angry, biting, stinging insects seems to more
accurately describe the issue of marital rape than does
a 'can of worms,' although there is no doubt that the
entire concept of marital rape does present difficult
and perplexing implications." (03/03/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/20473953.html
For more Commentary, Opinion, and Book Reviews see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/commentary/
==> Games, Surveys, and Tools <==
Unofficial dictionary of political terms
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ProbePhage
by Phanixis
With elections approaching, the political jargon will flow
freely. Use this dictionary to find out what is really
meant by the terms you will be hearing.
http://www.free-market.net/rd/694418661.html
For more Games, Surveys, and Tools see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/games/
==> Events <==
Ifeminist speech at University of Waterloo
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Univ. of Waterloo
March 20, 2002
Come and attend a free lecture on Ifeminist Theory and
History on March 20th, 7:00 p.m. EST at the University
of Waterloo in the Humanities Theatre. Wendy McElroy is
the speaker.
http://www.free-market.net/rd/380987950.html
For more Events see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/events/
==> Experts <==
Cathy Young's home page
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Cathy Young
Iconoclastic columnist and author Cathy Young announces, "I
have finally decided to set up my own website, as a
one-stop place where anyone who is interested can find
links to my work."
http://www.free-market.net/rd/162548228.html
For more Experts see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/experts/
==> Scholarly and In-Depth Studies <==
In their own right -- male sexual health
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Alan Guttmacher Institute
A new in-depth examination of men's sexual and reproductive
health brings together national research findings to
document the sexual and reproductive needs of men in
their own right -- as individuals and not simply as
women's partners. A link to the full study is provided.
(03/07/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/31404145.html
For more Scholarly and In-Depth Studies see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/in-depth/
==> Audio and Video <==
NPR on Emma Goldman
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NPR
National Public Radio commentator Andrei Codrescu comments
on the autobiography of anarchist Emma Goldman, an
iconoclastic feminist who -- although not an ifeminist
-- contributed to women's freedom. 2:45 minutes,
RealAudio. (03/05/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/210639137.html
For more Audio and Video see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/multi/
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