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Items in this update:
o Police harass female drivers nationwide
o Pro-life use of cameras legal?
o Abortion training sparks controvery
o Iranian feminists hail new custody law
o Stoning delayed to wean baby
o Anti-cloning bill may also ban abortion
o Gov. Keating ponders castration
o Police pay $10 million for strip searching women
o Jesse Jackson's new attack on 'white males'
o Swiss ease abortion law
o Affirmative action and liberal individualism
o A grim warning to Afghan women
o Without a sporting chance
o Are we too PC to live?
o Political correctness run amok
o Nuns accused of sexual abuse
o Why Johnny won't read
o The Osbournes might save the nuclear family
o A new Kama Sutra highlights women
o Playboy's interview with the 'Stripper Mom'
o Free speech versus intimidation
o The legacy of Nancy Drew
o The Pope's bombshell
o Bush administration seeks dismissal of Title IX suit
o One example of male bashing ... complain!
o Ayn Rand cover art auction
o Sunday's chat room -- Bettina Greaves
o Europe's terms for terminations
o IWF Seeks program director
Hello ifeminists:
Last Sunday's chat room went swimmingly, with professional mediator and
men's rights activist Ken Gregg ably answering questions on father's rights.
This Sunday, we are pleased to have Bettina Greaves as the
ifeminist/mensactivism guest. Bettina is a free-market scholar, an expert on
Ludwig von Mises, a witness to decades of classical liberal history... Come
to ask wide ranging questions. <http://www.ifeminists.com/interaction/chat>
at 9:00 EDT.
I urge those of you within driving distance of St. Paul, Minnesota, to
consider attending the rally for father's rights that will occur on June
21st, in a park across the street from NOW's national convention. Later that
evening, I will be part of a free program that also includes Warren Farrell
and Trudy Schuett. For details, please see
<http://www.ncfm-tc.8m.com/news.htm>
The new editorials are posted on the front page of ifeminists.com: my
FOXNews/ifeminist column entitled, "This Father's Day, Send Justice"
<http://www.ifeminists.com/introduction/editorials/2002/0604.html>; and
Glenn Sacks' "Stay-at-Home Dads: A Practical Solution to the Career Woman's
Dilemma"
<http://www.ifeminists.com/introduction/editorials/2002/0604a.html>. Thanks
Glenn. And...while you are on the front page, check out Sarah Lawrence, our
ifeminist of the month for June.
Now ... onto the main event...
-- Wendy McElroy, mac@ifeminists.com
==> News Reports <==
Police harass female drivers nationwide
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WCAX-TV/AP
"A new study finds police sexual harassment or assault of
female drivers is a nationwide problem." (05/30/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/662865576.html
Pro-life use of cameras legal?
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MSNBC/Wall Street Journal
by Yochi J. Dreazen
Women who enter abortion clinics are being photographed
without consent and their pictures posted on
Abortioncams.com -- a site devoted to "homocidal
mothers." Critics raise privacy questions. (05/28/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/753482178.html
Abortion training sparks controvery
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Newsday
June 27, 2002
"A bold expansion of abortion training in the nation's
largest public hospital system -- New York City's -- has
sparked anger on one side of the abortion debate and
admiration on the other." (05/27/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/29657458.html
Iranian feminists hail new custody law
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CNN/Reuters
Iranian feminists are hailing a bill passed by the
country's reformist-led parliament that gives divorced
mothers the same custody rights over boys as girls. The
old law, based on the Islamic code, gave divorced women
automatic custody of girls until age seven and boys
until age two. (05/29/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/481394748.html
Stoning delayed to wean baby
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Newsday
July 4, 2002
An Islamic high court has postponed the execution by
stoning of a woman convicted of having sex out of
wedlock until she weans the baby born of the liaison. (06/03/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/773698296.html
Anti-cloning bill may also ban abortion
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Wired
A controversial bill that would ban human cloning would
protect a human embryo from conception, leading some to
believe it's a thinly disguised attempt to outlaw
abortion. (05/30/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/640343326.html
Gov. Keating ponders castration
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NewsOK/AP
Gov. Frank Keating of Oklahoma is said to have some "pretty
serious concerns" about a bill on his desk that would
allow a judge to order chemical and surgical castration
of certain sex offenders. (05/29/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/670366131.html
Police pay $10 million for strip searching women
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Boston Globe
The Boston and the Suffolk County Sheriff's Department has
agreed to pay $10 million to settle a class-action
lawsuit filed on behalf of some 5,400 women who were
routinely and illegally strip-searched over a four-year period at
Nashua Street Jail. (05/30/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/501506158.html
Jesse Jackson's new attack on 'white males'
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Detroit Free Press
Jesse Jackson and his Rainbow/PUSH coalition plan to get
more minorities and women on the boards of 50
companies with strong ties to Michigan by using its
shareholder status. "It's about corporate justice,"
Jackson says. (05/30/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/526517927.html
Swiss ease abortion law
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Chicago Sun-Times
Swiss voters overwhelmingly supported legislation making it
easier for a woman to get an abortion within the first
12 weeks of a pregnancy. In the national referendum, 72
percent of voters endorsed a proposal decriminalizing
some abortions. (06/03/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/111791134.html
For more News Reports see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/news/
==> Commentary, Opinion, and Book Reviews <==
Affirmative action and liberal individualism
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Reason
by Richard A. Epstein
Epstein's insightful review of "The Anatomy of Racial
Inequality," by Glenn C. Loury, which has clear
implications for women as well. (07/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/405541624.html
A grim warning to Afghan women
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The Guardian (UK)
by Isabel Hilton
The rape and torture of Kurdish women by Turkish troops
should be a cautionary tale to Afghan women: the Turkish
military may be among those in charge of peacekeeping in
Afghanistan. (05/28/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/762422660.html
Without a sporting chance
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Arizona Republic
by Jessica Gavora
Gavora gives a sense of the human cost of Title IX which
mandates that a school's male/female ratio of athletes
mirror the male/female ratio of the student body. She
looks at the impact on the wrestling team at Marquette
University. (05/26/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/52560485.html
Are we too PC to live?
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Thisisdavidr.net
by David R
"At one time, political correctness was annoying. Then it
became a threat to our culture. And now, it has become
flat-out self-destructive insanity. Political
correctness has become an actual mental illness, causing
people to refuse to acknowledge the world around them,
even if they risk danger or death from their denial." (05/23/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/366002755.html
Political correctness run amok
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Reuters
by Christian Wiessner
Author Judith Blume opines, "In this so-called quest to
show sensitivity to all, they show respect for no one."
The disrespect includes alteringthe words of literary
works, e.g. characters who are described as "skinny"
become "thin." (06/03/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/768427981.html
Nuns accused of sexual abuse
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Boston Herald
by Robin Washington
"John Kerrigan says he is still haunted by the memories: a
figure draped in the mantle of the church, finding
sexual gratification through his fearful 12-year-old
body....[T]he alleged abuser was not a priest. Rather,
it was a nun." (06/03/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/776398579.html
Why Johnny won't read
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Washington Post
by Jon Scieszka
"When my son Jake was in third grade, the one required
summer reading book for his whole class was 'Little
House on the Prairie'." Jake's impression? "Reading is
for girls." (06/02/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/783199347.html
The Osbournes might save the nuclear family
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Reason
by Paul A. Cantor
The controversial, anti-PC, perverted reality-TV family,
The Osbournes, have created a furor. But "when all the
shouting is over, mom and dad and the kids really love each
other." (05/24/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/658205196.html
A new Kama Sutra highlights women
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StarTribune/NY Times
by staff
A new translation of "The Kama Sutra" offers a radically
different view of the famous sex manual, and argues that
the most widely read English version is riddled with
errors and plays down the role of women. (05/26/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/679656711.html
Playboy's interview with the 'Stripper Mom'
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Playboy
The 'Stripper Mom' reached an agreement with her daughter's
private religious school. She would stop stripping and
her daughter could graduate kindergarten. But she didn't
agree *not* to pose nude for Playboy. (05/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/445854856.html
Free speech versus intimidation
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Reason
by Jacob Sullum
Sullum argues, "The question is whether a display that
elicits this sort of reaction ought to be prohibited
because it upsets people. If so, there is no shortage of
symbols and ceremonies that could be banned on the
grounds that people find them 'intimidating'." (05/31/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/491405483.html
The legacy of Nancy Drew
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Pioneer Press
by Holste
A tribute to Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson -- creator of
sterotype-breaking Nancy Drew, Everygirl's favorite
detective -- and a remarkable woman in the other aspects
of her life as well. Benson died last week at 96. (05/31/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/74378758.html
A legal harassment?
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Rocky Mountain News
by staff
The anti-abortion tactic of photographing women as they
enter clinics and publicizing the photos has sparked
great controversy. But "shaming" someone seems to be
protected speech. A First Amendment confrontation is
brewing. (05/31/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/79459147.html
The Pope's bombshell
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Sydney Morning Herald
June 30, 2002
The closest thing to a female Pope is the Vatican's most
trusted woman adviser, Mary Ann Glendon, an American.
She finds the Vatican more open to disagreements and
diversity than American universities. (06/01/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/46128255.html
Bush administration seeks dismissal of Title IX suit
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Feminist Majority
by staff
The Bush Administration asked a federal judge to dismiss a
suit brought by wrestling coaches alleging that Title IX
discriminates against men. Rather than addressing the
merits of their claims, or Title IX itself, the filing
sought dismissal on jurisdictional grounds. (05/30/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/57648787.html
For more Commentary, Opinion, and Book Reviews see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/commentary/
==> Action Opportunities <==
One example of male bashing ... complain!
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MSN
June 30, 2002
Imagine the uproar if a "greeting card" casually referred
to killing women, blacks, Jews, gays, etc. Yet the
reference to killing men goes without comment. Comment
on it. Use the "email us" link at the bottom to object.
http://www.free-market.net/rd/458899952.html
For more Action Opportunities see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/actions/
==> Merchandise and Book Catalogs <==
Ayn Rand cover art auction
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Quent Cordair Fine Art
June 6, 2002
Auction of Nick Gaetano's original cover art for the
Anniversary editions of Ayn Rand's "The Fountainhead"
and "Atlas Shrugged." Minimum bid as of this entry was
$22,000. Auction ends 06/06/2002.
http://www.free-market.net/rd/182928904.html
For more Merchandise and Book Catalogs see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/catalogs/
==> Events <==
Sunday's chat room -- Bettina Greaves
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ifeminists/mensactivism
June 9, 2002
This Sunday the 9th, at 9:00 p.m. EST, join our guest
Bettina Greaves in the co-sponsored
ifemininsts/mensactivism chat room. Bettina is an
economic scholar, the intellectual heir of Mises, a
witness to several decades of libertarian history. Ask
about her memories of Mises, her opinions of Rand... The
chat is free, easy, and friendly. Join us!
http://www.free-market.net/rd/90559840.html
For more Events see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/events/
==> Introductions and FAQs <==
Europe's terms for terminations
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BBC
"This News Online guide shows the range of [abortion]
policies across Europe -- from Ireland's ban to the 'on
demand' availability in many countries, though most
impose their own criteria for the length of pregnancy
that may be terminated as well as mandatory counseling
and waiting periods." (06/02/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/681358489.html
For more Introductions and FAQs see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/brief/
==> Help Wanted <==
IWF Seeks program director
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Independent Women's Forum
Will oversee the development and implementation of IWF
programs and policy, as well as act as a liaison with
coalition groups and Capitol Hill. 7-10 years of related
work experience desired. Submit resumes to info@iwf.org
or PO Box 3058, Arlington, VA 22203.
mailto:info@iwf.org
http://www.free-market.net/rd/555703602.html
For more Help Wanted see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/jobs/
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