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Items in this update:
o Case reveals depth of government's child abuse
o Fight HIV by rewarding chastity?
o Hong Kong lawyer calls rape 'gentlemanly'
o Abortion providers decline
o Ashcroft backs ban of computer-generated child sex
o Accused child rapist must pose nude
o Surge in child abuse due to reporting changes?
o Abstinence advocates pregnant
o Obstetricians issue alert on insurance
o Saudi Arabia confiscates 'immoral' cloaks
o Ads call for female priests
o 'Phenomenal' increase in women taking up shooting sports
o Guilty verdict in clinic killing case
o Nuns hope abuse scandal brings extensive reform
o Improper inspections
o A Silk Road Saga
o Playing games with free speech
o Our bodies, our scholarship
o Anti-gun myths harm women
o Let's not learn OJ-style lessons
o Vive les differences!
o Gender-neutral post-abortion counselling
o Japanese moms are staying single
o Job or family?
o Jobs-law fear for abortion clinics
o You've been raped ... why bother reporting it?
o 'Morphed' child porn
o C-Span covers Ayn Rand
o Mens News Daily radio is here!
Hello ifeminists:
I am freshly returned from lecturing on ifeminism at the Commonwealth
Club in San Francisco and at a speech and panel at FEECon (Las Vegas). I
don't think the events could have gone any better. Many thanks to the
Independent Institute for supporting me and the newly released ifeminist
anthology "Liberty for Women"
<http://www.independent.org/tii/catalog/cat_LFW.html> at these events.
Thanks as well to Mary Lou for posting news items on the ifeminist front
page in my absence and to Tooch (J.D. Tuccille) for making sure the last
Insider Update arrived in your e-mailbox. Louis James and I had a great time
meeting some of the faces behind the e-names with whom we'd been
corresponding, like Kirsten Tynan. However, I still contend that Kirsten
*started* the food fight at dinner.
And the winner is ... knellbo! At least, that is the Ifeminist
UserName of the winning entry on the chunk of 19th century ifeminist history
that was our prize for April. (Respect for privacy leads me to not mention
real names.) The contest for May will be announced next week so stay tuned
because it will be the best one offered thus far.
New editorials have been posted on the front page of ifeminists.com.
My FOXNews/ifeminist column, "Are Parents Boycotting Public Schools"
<http://www.ifeminists.com/introduction/editorials/2002/0507.html>; a
wonderful piece by Cathy Cuthbert, "Raise Your Own"
<http://www.ifeminists.com/introduction/editorials/2002/0507b.html>; and an
explosive editorial by Glenn Sacks, "Is There a Batterer in the U.S.
Senate?" <http://www.ifeminists.com/introduction/editorials/2002/0507a.html>
As always, the incomparable Sunni will be hostessing a Sunday chat at
<http://www.ifeminists.com/interaction/chat>, this Sunday, 9:00 p.m. EST. It
is free, it is easy, and the people are friendly.
Now ... onto the main event!
-- Wendy McElroy, mac@ifeminists.com
==> News Reports <==
Case reveals depth of government's child abuse
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CNN
The family court judge who has presided over the case of
little Rilya Wilson since she became a ward of Florida
has called the State's handling of the missing girl
"despicable" and accusing the social worker of lying to
the court. (05/06/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/616086023.html
Fight HIV by rewarding chastity?
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Yahoo News
"An African kingdom has a plan to stop the spread of HIV.
It's going to revive an old tradition by rewarding
virginity. 'We're going to test the girls,' said Robert
Ssebunnya, the kingdom's health minister. 'In the case
of boys, I guess we will have to trust them not to
lie.'" (05/01/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/715501830.html
Hong Kong lawyer calls rape 'gentlemanly'
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Women's ENews
"A Hong Kong attorney defending one of three men accused of
kidnapping and gang raping a 21-year-old house cleaner
said the men had committed 'a more gentlemanly sort of
rape' because they did so one after the other, leaving
the room between attacks." (05/04/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/129431884.html
Abortion providers decline
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Washington Post
"The greatest decrease was among doctors in private
practice, who are less likely to perform abortions the
younger they are; and hospitals, which, as they are
bought by religious institutions and for-profit chains,
increasingly prefer to avoid the controversies that
abortion entails." (05/05/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/141892319.html
Ashcroft backs ban of computer-generated child sex
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Washington Times
"Attorney General John Ashcroft yesterday said he will
support an anti-child-pornography bill pending in the
House that would circumvent a Supreme Court decision
striking down a similar law banning computer simulations
of children having sex." (05/02/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/149082683.html
Accused child rapist must pose nude
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CNN
Dewanna Granberg, who is charged with third-degree child
rape of a 14-year-old boy, has been ordered to pose for
nude photographs that may confirm the boy's description
of
her physical characteristics. (05/03/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/83054761.html
Surge in child abuse due to reporting changes?
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Sydney Morning Herald
Australian Premier Bob Carr said that a reported 75 per
cent jump in child abuse reports may be down to how
information was collected rather than actual cases.
(05/06/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/107303847.html
Abstinence advocates pregnant
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CBS2.com
Two of the winners in a sexual abstinence essay contest in
Paterson [NJ] are pregnant. (05/02/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/330891499.html
Obstetricians issue alert on insurance
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UPI
"Doctors who specialize in delivering babies and treating
pregnant women are closing their offices, leaving states
such as Nevada and Pennsylvania, or abandoning their
profession because they can't get liability insurance --
even at sky high rates." (05/06/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/621181285.html
Saudi Arabia confiscates 'immoral' cloaks
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BBC
Saudi newspapers report the confiscation of 82,000
full-length black cloaks for women from shops across the
country because the cloaks violate strict Islamic law.
(05/05/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/639410941.html
Ads call for female priests
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Detroit Free Press
With the priesthood under intense scrutiny, a Detroit
Catholic group has taken public its long-standing quest
for women's ordination. Two billboards along westbound
I-94 freeway trumpet the message "Ordain Women."
(05/01/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/645451477.html
'Phenomenal' increase in women taking up shooting sports
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Cybercast News
by Jim Burns
"NRA officials said Sunday the 'Women on Target' program is
drawing more women into firearms sports by providing
instructional clinics around the country and offering
'women-only' hunting events." (04/29/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/112142821.html
Guilty verdict in clinic killing case
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BBC News
"An Australian man has been found guilty of murdering a
security guard at a Melbourne abortion clinic -- the
first such attack in Australia. The five-day trial of
Peter James Knight -- described by the prosecution as an
obsessed anti-abortion protester -- at times descended
into farce." (04/24/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/124643558.html
Nuns hope abuse scandal brings extensive reform
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Los Angeles Times
"Along with thousands of lay Catholics and some in the
clergy itself, nuns are calling for a greater and more
egalitarian role for women in the church. Nuns have
seized on the scandal as an opportunity to question
mandatory celibacy for the priesthood -- and to urge the
church to adopt a more enlightened attitude toward
sexuality." (04/30/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/32290704.html
Improper inspections
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ABC News
"Parents at a California high school are in an uproar amid
allegations the female assistant principal lifted the
skirts of girls attending a dance to make sure the
students were not wearing thong underwear." (05/02/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/865274590.html
For more News Reports see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/news/
==> Commentary, Opinion, and Book Reviews <==
A Silk Road Saga
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Washington Post
by Lisa Traiger
"In India, we interpret feminism a little more loosely. For
us, men and women have all aspects of sexuality, both
male and female." (04/26/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/322222023.html
Playing games with free speech
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Salon
by Wagner James Au
A federal judge says violent or sexually explicit computer
games don't deserve First Amendment protection. Au says
this decision is wrong, stupid and dangerous. (05/06/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/110494181.html
Our bodies, our scholarship
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Reason
by Cathy Young
Young provides her perspective on "Lying in a Room of One’s
Own: How Women’s Studies Textbooks Miseducate Students"
by Christine Stolba, which has stirred controversy over
the bias toward radical feminism in university
textbooks. (06/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/116344746.html
Anti-gun myths harm women
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FOXNews/ifeminists
by Wendy McElroy
It is rare for a prestigious institution to nakedly
compromise its research integrity to promote a political
agenda. Yet this is what the Harvard School of Public
Health does in an anti-gun press release. (04/30/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/159258582.html
Let's not learn OJ-style lessons
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Glenn Sacks
by Glenn Sacks
Glenn Sacks warns that the scandal surrounding Robert
Blake's murder charge and upcoming trial may repeat all
the mistakes of the OJ Simpson one, including the
misrepresenation of domestic violence in North America.
(04/30/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/164559002.html
Vive les differences!
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POP
by Thomas Gramsted
Gramsted argues that "masculinity and femininity are not
two antagonistic points of polar opposition." But the
differences that exist can be delightful. (05/06/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/171236146.html
Gender-neutral post-abortion counselling
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Women's eNews
by Rebecca Vesely
Operating out of a San Francisco Bay area office, a group
of volunteers is offering post-abortion peer counseling
that takes no moral or political stance. Half the
callers are men. (05/05/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/626227775.html
Japanese moms are staying single
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Women's eNews
by Suvendrini Kakuchi
Single motherhood is on the rise in Japan is on the rise,
as women reject traditional attitudes that insist
children be raised by a mother and a father. The trend
is causing debate over government-funded child support
and whether the law discourages marriage. (05/03/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/634300697.html
Job or family?
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Boston Globe
by Cathy Young
Young comments on the family versus career debate that has
been reunited by the retirement of top-level
presidential adviser Karen Hughes from her job in order
to spend more time with her family. (05/06/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/648731622.html
Jobs law fear for abortion clinics
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Guardian
by Gaby Hinsliff
"Militant anti-abortion campaigners could exploit planned
new anti-discrimination laws to sabotage family planning
clinics, employers are warning." (04/28/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/39952158.html
You've been raped ... why bother reporting it?
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Guardian
by Vera Baird
"Rape is riddled with myths. There's the myth of the rapist
as a shadowy stranger who lies in wait to strike at
night. The reality is that most rapes are committed by
someone known to the victim -- an acquaintance, friend,
partner or former partner." (04/10/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/43752462.html
'Morphed' child porn
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Wired
by Declan McCullagh
"The original law, overturned on First Amendment grounds,
outlawed a certain type of image that 'appears to be' of
a minor. The new COPPA bill refers to any
computer-generated image that is 'virtually
indistinguishable from that of a minor engaging in
sexually explicit conduct.'" (05/03/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/282279942.html
For more Commentary, Opinion, and Book Reviews see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/commentary/
==> Events <==
C-Span covers Ayn Rand
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American Writers
On Sunday, May 12, 3 p.m. ET and Friday, May 17, 8 p.m. ET,
C-Span will present a program on the writing of Ayn
Rand.
http://www.free-market.net/rd/174468414.html
Mens News Daily radio is here!
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Mens News Daily
May 7, 2002
MND has a weekly online radio show, hosted by April's
ifeminist of the month Director Dianna Thompson. This
week's Topic: Sex, Lies and Paternity Testing. Guests
will include Carnell Smith, paternity fraud victim and
director of Citizens Against Paternity Fraud. May 7th,
6-7 p.m. PT.
http://www.free-market.net/rd/61652454.html
For more Events see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/events/
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