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Items in this update:
o Old book could rewrite feminist history
o Porn issue used to stifle political dissent
o Sex offenders sue for privacy rights
o Couple sues over China's one-child policy
o Absurdity of child support system
o Cardinals target 'serial' sex abusers
o Outrage over stoning for adultery
o Daughters to work day going co-ed
o Cloning doctor a fake, says former partner
o New standard on release of rapists
o Polygamist arrested for 'raping' teen wife
o Islamic segregation of women is changing
o Internet kills off porn dinosaurs
o Judge excoriates child welfare agency
o Female terrorists: a step ahead for feminism?
o I forgot to have a baby!
o Magazine redefines American Islamic woman
o Legislating love in New England
o Why do mothers win custody?
o Overcome inequality, not biology
o Home to Texas
o Ronald McDonald, a victim of PC censure?
o Feminists dispute more women are buying guns
o Goodbye to Linda Lovelace
o Fathering Magazine
o Domestic violence against men
o Wendy McElroy: 21st century feminism
o Sarah Lawrence, children's rights
Hello ifeminists:
My comments are brief this week because I am on the road, travelling
to lectures and a convention. Most notably, on May 2nd, I will be speaking
at the Commonwealth Club in S.F. (see below) and on May 4th, I'll be
speaking at the FEECon in Las Vegas at 9:00 a.m. FEECon is shaping up to be
an exciting convention with over 800 paid attendees currently registered.
New editorials have been posted on the ifeminist front page
<http://www.ifeminists.com> and special thanks are extended to guest
editorialist Glenn Sacks. Contributions to the editorial page are always
welcome.
Because I will be out of town, the drawing for the prize collection of
19th century ifeminist history will take place next week and be announced in
the next InsiderUpdate. Good luck to those who entered. And stay tuned for
another grand give-away in May!
Sunni says, "drop by the free chat room
<http://www.ifeminists.com/interaction/chat> this Sunday!" to socialize at
9:00 p.m. EST.
See you all next week when I will have *a lot more* to say. Now onto
the main event ...
-- Wendy McElroy, mac@ifeminists.com
==> News Reports <==
Old book could rewrite feminist history
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Sydney Morning Herald
A 370-year-old book discovered under a pile of documents in
a town hall vault in northwestern England could change
the history of the women's movement. It predates the
writings of Mary Wollstonecraft, usually regarded as the
"beginning" of feminism, by a century. (04/22/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/362584062.html
Porn issue used to stifle political dissent
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Institute for War and Peace
"Courts in Kazakhstan have ordered the closure of a private
television station for broadcasting pornography, in what
is seen as a thinly veiled attack on media outlets close
to the opposition." (04/26/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/796472322.html
Sex offenders sue for privacy rights
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NewsNet5
Four sex offenders who have completed their sentences do
not want their names and photos listed on a
government-run web site. Lawyers for the American Civil
Liberties Union have filed the suit in federal court to
prevent their names from being listed. (04/26/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/941368954.html
Couple sues over China's one-child policy
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Shanghai Star
"A couple sued Renji Hospital [in China] for misdiagnoses
which led to the delivery of their second child and a
fine of over 80,000 yuan for violating China's 'One
Child' policy." (04/25/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/28361670.html
Absurdity of child support system
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Houston Chronicle
The courts declared Clarence Brandley to have been unjustly
convicted and imprisoned for 9 years for in the slaying
of a 16-year-old girl. Released from prison, he is now
being made to pay child support arrears for the period
of his false imprisonment. (04/27/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/31551889.html
Anti-discrimination law used against abortion clinics?
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Guardian Unlimited
Britain is introducing new "rights" to protect workers from
prejudice in the workplace on the grounds of religious
belief. Abortion clinics fear that anti-abortion
campaigners could exploit anti-discrimination laws to
sabotage family planning clinics. (04/28/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/37782186.html
Cardinals target 'serial' sex abusers
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Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
As a result of meetings with the Pope and other top Vatican
officials on how to prevent clerical sexual abuse, U.S.
cardinals have issued proposals intended to help remove
priests who abuse children. But the recommendations do
not express the expected zero tolerance policy. (04/25/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/413969326.html
Outrage over stoning for adultery
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Gulf News
Zafran Bibi has been sentenced to death by stoning for
adultery by a trial court in the city of Kohat, Saudi
Arabia. She is currently on death row, along with her
seven-month-old baby daughter, whom she is still
nursing. Bibi's sentence has sparked protest worldwide.
(04/26/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/250391268.html
Daughters to work day going co-ed
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ABC News
April 25th was the 10th annual Take Your Daughter to Work
Day. It was also the last. Next year, the day goes
co-ed. (04/25/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/288573768.html
Cloning doctor a fake, says former partner
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Telegraph (UK)
"Dr. Severino Antinori, the fertility doctor who wants to
create the first cloned baby, has no clones, no
laboratory, no patients and no doctors to help him with
his programme, according to his former partner." He
disputes Antinori's claims of clone-pregnancies
existing. (04/27/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/894285207.html
New standard on release of rapists
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Los Angeles Times
The California Supreme Court has made it more difficult for
serial sex offenders to win release from state mental
hospitals past their sentence. A new legal standard
allows judges to keep such offenders locked up if two
state-appointed mental health experts determine that the
inmate presents a "substantial danger" to society. (04/26/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/900065429.html
Polygamist arrested for 'raping' teen wife
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The State
The woman in question claims there was no crime, only
consent. But her current and polygamist husband had sex
with her when she was 13 years old and that is "rape"
under Utah state law. (04/27/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/922296493.html
For more News Reports see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/news/
==> Commentary, Opinion, and Book Reviews <==
Islamic segregation of women is changing
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Insight Magazine/UPI
by Anwar Iqbal
"The Islamic culture of segregation of sexes was based on
early marriage that prevented sexual frustration but
economic pressure and evolving social attitudes are
rapdily changing that tradition." (04/26/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/937308755.html
Internet kills off porn dinosaurs
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Telegraph (UK)
by Charles Laurence
"We're dead, we're dinosaurs, we've been pre-empted
and made obsolete," said Al Goldstein, the founder of
the magazine Screw which for 35 years has deliberately
pushed legal boundaries. Playboy, Penthouse, Hustler and
Screw cannot compete with uncensored porn on the
Internet. (04/28/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/44478645.html
Judge excoriates child welfare agency
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Women's eNews
by Jennifer Friedlin
A Brooklyn federal judge, known for his independence,
vividly documented in a recent ruling how New York
City's child welfare agency ignored the needs of
battered mothers and their children. (04/29/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/778870652.html
Female terrorists: a step ahead for feminism?
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Guardian Unlimited
by Kamila Shamsie
Shamsie asks, "what happens to the narratives of terrorism
when women enter the fray?" (04/27/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/791692033.html
I forgot to have a baby!
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Salon
by Joan Walsh
Walsh provides a pointedly critical review of Sylvia Ann
Hewlett's "Creating a Life: Professional Women and the
Quest for Children," which claims that career-first
women are in a crisis of childlessness. (04/23/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/357743465.html
Magazine redefines American Islamic woman
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Seattle Times
by Paysha Stockton
"Azizah may be the only women's magazine in America in
which embroidered head scarves, gauzy wraps and flowing
tunics take center stage in fashion spreads." Addressing
controversial issues, the magazine is redefining what it
means to be a modern Islamic woman. (04/20/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/374775301.html
Legislating love in New England
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Christian Science Monitor
The town of Hamilton has become the first Massachusetts
community to pause before declaring itself "No Place to
Hate!" -- a campaign sweeping the state. Officials want
to examine the required proclamation and what it may
entail -- e.g. what signs would have to be posted in
public places? And should official legislate "bad"
attitudes? (04/25/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/422810241.html
Why do mothers win custody?
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Independent (UK)
by Deborah Orr
Orr writes, "My experience is still that women win and
that sometimes the case against a father is grotesquely
unfair." (04/24/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/264452175.html
Overcome inequality, not biology
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New Republic
by Michelle Cottle
Cottle's take on the "babies versus career" debate which is
currently enjoying a superheated revival thanks to the
newly released book "Creating a Life: Professional Women
and the Quest for Children" by economist Sylvia Ann
Hewlett. (04/24/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/428930613.html
Home to Texas
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Des Moines Register
by staff
Karen Hughes' resignation as White House counselor in order
for her to spend more time with her family invites yet
another conversation within feminism about whether women
can have it all. (04/24/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/432781103.html
Ronald McDonald, a victim of PC censure?
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Enter Stage Right
by Vin Suprynowicz
Vin warns us against politically-correct do-gooders who
hate the fact that American consumers buy what they
like, instead of what experts contend is "good for
them." After Joe Camel, their next target may be Ronald
McDonald. (04/22/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/258921753.html
Feminists dispute more women are buying guns
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Women's eNews
by Sarah Stewart Taylor
Firearm retailers say gun sales rose, especially among
women, after Sept. 11, but -- in a bout of wishful
thinking -- victim disarmament groups and some women’s
rights activists say those statistics are exaggerated.
(04/25/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/286833645.html
Goodbye to Linda Lovelace
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National Review
by Joe Bob Briggs
A sensitive, insightful obituary for Linda Lovelace, whose
conversion from porn star to anti-porn feminist zealot
greatly impacted the debate on pornography in North
America. (04/25/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/908385761.html
For more Commentary, Opinion, and Book Reviews see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/commentary/
==> Magazines and Periodic Columns <==
Fathering Magazine
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Fathering Enterprises, Inc.
Free online magazine with large collection of articles on
legal, psychological, cultural and practice issues
surrounding the role of "father." Free archive available.
http://www.free-market.net/rd/50979804.html
For more Magazines and Periodic Columns see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/magazines/
==> Online Resource Directories <==
Domestic violence against men
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Erin Pizzey
Extensive library of articles and statistics on domestic
violence directed toward men. Links lead to a free
newsletter, a bibliography and other resources.
http://www.free-market.net/rd/387382271.html
For more Online Resource Directories see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/homepages/
==> Events <==
Wendy McElroy: 21st century feminism
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Commonwealth Club
May 2, 2002
May 2nd, 2002, at the World Trade Club, One Ferry Plaza,
San Francisco. 6 p.m.: Wendy McElroy speaks on 21st
century feminism; 7:00 p.m., dinner and discussion. $9
for program only, $32 for program and dinner. RSVP IS
REQUIRED.
http://www.free-market.net/rd/260041848.html
For more Events see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/events/
==> Experts <==
Sarah Lawrence, children's rights
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Sarah Lawrence
A leading theorist on the subject of children's rights,
Lawrence's site offers a multitude of articles and links
on this key issue.
http://www.free-market.net/rd/444863076.html
For more Experts see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/experts/
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