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Items in this update:
o Andrea Yates called for jury duty
o Catholic teacher sues union over abortion
o State therapist fired for recommending prostitution
o Serious first-time sex offenders get life
o Beginning of school year for Afghan girls
o MIT publishes new bias reports
o Supreme Court sides with company on maternity leave
o Joint custody benefits children
o Peikoff on the feds' seizure of Rand papers
o Things a liberal woman can't ask ...
o Free morning-after pills with your groceries?
o Women caught up in Israeli-Palestinian war
o The floating brothel of women's history
o Our bodies, ourselves -- except for cloning
o If genes don't fit, you must acquit
o Liberty Belles trounce Million Moms
o Notes on husband abuse
o Women's studies slants toward PC feminism -- surprise?
o Women and Islam
o Poem to a daughter
o Embryo adoptions test abortion rights
o Unsexing ships results in mutiny
o Zero tolerance versus children's health
o NOW continues to defend Yates
o Same-sex marriage with a twist
o Capitalist chicks
o Libertarian women email group
o Lying in a room of own's own
o Rand's view of sexuality
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as Committee members; The Free Speech League letterhead (1902, no writing)
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==> News Reports <==
Andrea Yates called for jury duty
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Houston Chronicle
Andrea Yates, convicted murdere of her children, and her
husband, Russell, were recently called to perform jury
duty. Neither showed up. The Harris County District
Clerk commented, "Sadly, a lot of citizens in our county
miss jury duty." (03/18/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/366632959.html
Catholic teacher sues union over abortion
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FOX News/AP
A Roman Catholic gym teacher is suing local, state and
national teachers' unions for requiring him to pay fees
he says support abortion and birth control. (03/18/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/431207016.html
State therapist fired for recommending prostitution
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Fox News
A therapist for Washington State's sex predator program was
fired after an investigation found he told rapists and
pedophiles they should deal with their sexual urges by
visiting prostitutes. (03/20/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/762233345.html
Serious first-time sex offenders get life
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Telegraph
Serious sex offenders will receive a mandatory life
sentence for their first offense under sweeping new laws
being introduced in England. The mandatory life
sentences are partly in response to the brutal murder of
eight-year-old Sarah Payne. (03/24/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/976960390.html
Beginning of school year for Afghan girls
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CNN
When the Taliban ruled, the only education for Afghan girls
was underground. Now, as the new school term is
officially launched, 1.5 million boys and girls
throughout Afghanistan are openly returning to school. (03/23/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/77402644.html
MIT publishes new bias reports
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Boston Globe
MIT has just released five reports detailing widescale
discrimination against women faculty. The last such
report from MIT caused a furor in the media but has been
exhaustively critiqued -- and many believed refuted --
by Independent Women's Forum scholars. (03/24/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/86390623.html
Supreme Court sides with company on maternity leave
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Boston Globe
The Supreme Court has ruled 5-4 that a company should not
be penalized for failing to notify workers that they are
entitled to take up to 12 weeks unpaid maternity leave
each year under the Family and Medical Leave Act. (03/20/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/88970771.html
Joint custody benefits children
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Star Tribune
Children raised under a joint custody arrangement do better
than those brought up under sole custody and just as
well as children raised at home by a married couple according
to a compilation of 33 custody studies of about 3,000
youngsters during the past two decades. (03/25/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/634488687.html
For more News Reports see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/news/
==> Commentary, Opinion, and Book Reviews <==
Peikoff on the feds' seizure of Rand papers
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Capitalism Magazine
by Leonard Peikoff
Acting on behalf of the Library of Congress, federal agents
recently raided the home of Leonard Peikoff, heir of Ayn
Rand and head of the Ayn Rand Institute. Peikoff had
donated some of Rand's papers to the Library, while
keeping some for his personal use; the Library now
claims ownership of those papers he didn't donate. (03/14/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/911352406.html
Things a liberal woman can't ask ...
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Too Good Reports -- Humor
by Micheal Frank
Forty-eight "Things A Liberal Woman Can't Ask Her Man To
Give Up." "1.Your aversion to her aversion to tax cuts;
2.The right to vomit if you hear 'For the children' one
more time ..." (03/11/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/354611860.html
Free morning-after pills with your groceries?
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Agape
by Fred Jackson and Rusty Pugh
British pro-life groups are denouncing the country's
largest supermarket chain, Tesco, for handing out free
morning-after pills to teenagers without requiring
proof of age. (03/19/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/305008519.html
Women caught up in Israeli-Palestinian war
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Women's eNews
by Helen Schary Motro
"Women-led peace initiatives are fading as Palestinian
women join the ranks of suicide bombers and the death
toll among women on both sides of the conflict rises
dramatically." (03/22/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/895081780.html
The floating brothel of women's history
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Salon
by Janelle Brown
Stan Rees's new book, "Love Boat," explores prostitution
(and other issues) related to women forcibly deported
from England to the colonies. "Errant women on a convict
ship to Australia in the 1780s were sexual playthings,
potential mothers and sometimes romantic partners -- if
they didn't succumb to scurvy first." (03/20/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/202889498.html
Our bodies, ourselves -- except for cloning
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Equity Feminism
by Brian Carnell
"Contrary to the rhetoric, few people in the pro-choice
movement really believe that men and women should have
complete control over matters of reproduction. The only
difference between the pro-choice movement and the
pro-life movement is merely a minor disagreement over
which group gets to control men and women's reproductive
options." (03/20/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/216820564.html
If genes don't fit, you must acquit
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ifeminists.com
by Glenn J. Sacks
How many men are victims of mistakes or fraud in regard to
paternity? Carnell Smith, the founder of US Citizens
Against Paternity Fraud, estimates that as many as 20% of all
fathers are victims of paternity fraud. (03/19/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/686892127.html
Liberty Belles trounce Million Moms
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Liberty Belles
A detailed, but admittedly pro-gun rights, account of the
recent debate between the pro-gun Liberty Belles and the
anti-gun Million Moms. (03/24/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/92860930.html
Notes on husband abuse
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Washington Times
by Armstrong Williams
Williams writes, "Last week, I began my column by observing
that 'one woman is battered every 15 seconds.' What I
neglected to mention was that the same study found that
'one man is battered every 14 seconds'." (03/22/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/214516894.html
Women's studies slant toward PC feminism -- surprise?
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FOX News
by Kelley Beaucar Vlahos
"The modern woman is plagued by stereotypes imposed by a
male-dominated society, which keeps her relegated to
rearing children, keeping home and working in low-paying,
menial jobs." Or so Women's Studies Departments would
have you believe. But is it true? (03/25/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/655840154.html
Women and Islam
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Asia Source
In this interview, Professor Lila Abu-Lughod discusses
women and Islam -- her field of specialization -- in the
wake of the conflict in Afghanistan. Abu-Lughod provides
an historical overview. (03/20/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/906422249.html
Poem to a daughter
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Shared Parenting
by Simon Matthews
This poem is from the heart of a father who had been
banished from his daughter's life for six years,
dedicated to her on their reunion when she was 12 years
old.
mailto:simon_matthew10@hotmail.com
http://www.free-market.net/rd/956186569.html
Embryo adoptions test abortion rights
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Los Angeles Times
by Aaron Zitner
Embryo "transfers that help infertile couples have kids
likely are the next flash point in the abortion debate.
Rights advocates are in a tough position."
http://www.free-market.net/rd/966356972.html
Unsexing ships results in mutiny
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London Times
by Alan Hamilton and Geoff Brown
"Lloyd’s List, the 268-year-old London-based daily shipping
newspaper and bible of the mercantile world, has decided
to drop the gender and will henceforth refer to a ship not
as she, but it." The announcement has created a furor. (03/21/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/3139092.html
Zero tolerance versus children's health
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Reason
by Catherine Seipp
"Just before the beginning of this school year, the Bristol
Township School Board in Pennsylvania decided that
students with asthma must keep their emergency inhalers
in the school office, rather than on hand." (03/18/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/8539271.html
NOW continues to defend Yates
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Equity Feminism
by Brian Carnell
In the wake of Andrea Yates's conviction, NOW is claiming
that she is being persecuted. Carnell writes, "Leave it
to NOW to want a reeducation campaign to make Americans
better understand a woman who murdered her children and
repeatedly said she knew what she was doing was wrong."
(03/22/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/876321031.html
Same-sex marriage with a twist
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Salon
by Savid Link
"[W]hen it comes to dysfunctional reasoning, the citizens
of Vermont and Hawaii have to take a backseat to the
Kansas Supreme Court, which has weighed in with what
qualifies as a genuine first: a decision meant to
enforce a ban on same-sex marriage that actually clears
the way for same-sex marriage, as long as the union
involves a gay transsexual." (03/22/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/881941197.html
For more Commentary, Opinion, and Book Reviews see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/commentary/
==> Institutes, Organizations, and Clubs <==
Capitalist chicks
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Capitalist chicks
"Welcome to Capitalist Chicks.Com, where capitalism gets a
face lift! We'd like to change the view that all
capitalists are grizzled old men reminiscent of Ebenezer
Scrooge. We're here to show people that there is a
different face behind today's capitalists."
http://www.free-market.net/rd/176307691.html
For more Institutes, Organizations, and Clubs see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/organizations/
==> Online Discussions and E-Mail Lists <==
Libertarian women email group
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Yahoo
"A forum for reach out to the women of America with the
libertarian message of minimal government, maximum
liberty, and personal responsibility."
mailto:LibertarianWomen-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
http://www.free-market.net/rd/543262197.html
For more Online Discussions and E-Mail Lists see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/discussions/
==> Scholarly and In-Depth Studies <==
Lying in a room of own's own
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IWF
by Christina Stolba
In "Lying in a Room of One’s Own: How Women’s Studies
Textbooks Miseducate Students" (PDF), Stolba reviews
five popular textbooks used in Women’s Studies’
introductory courses on campuses nationwide, revealing
"an academic discipline dedicated to transforming
knowledge," and the truth be damned.
http://www.free-market.net/rd/186408438.html
Rand's view of sexuality
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POP
by Thomas Gramsted
"The Female Hero: A Randian-Feminist Synthesis" by Gramsted
first appeared in the essay anthology Feminist
Interpretations of Ayn Rand, edited by Mimi Reisel
Gladstein and Chris Matthew Sciabarra, Pennsylvania
State University Press, 1999.
http://www.free-market.net/rd/498361696.html
For more Scholarly and In-Depth Studies see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/in-depth/
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