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Items in this update:
o Anonymity for victims of domestic violence?
o Contract with pro-life business cancelled
o Thirty schools cited for Title IX violations
o USDA approved sexuality
o Extreme anti-abortionist shut out of Internet
o Iranian brides must be 13 years old
o Russian women ask for end of sex trafficking
o Online sperm bank for lesbians
o Fired pro-lifer wins case
o Senate votes to lift military abortion ban
o Kentucky will not cut funds for contraceptives
o Berkeley to mandate PC coffee?
o Golf event raided on prostitution charges
o Speedy Gonzales eludes PC patrol
o The baby girls who weren't
o Polygamist on trial for child rape of wife
o Rape bill angers Malaysian women
o Politically disappearing
o Bob Geldof lambasts UK family courts
o Former inmate opens home to released prisoners
o The complexities of domestic violence
o Senate should reject toxic feminist treaty
o A precedent-setting domestic violence case
o Mothers in prison losing all parental rights
o SAT painfully politically correct
o Raping girls less evil?
o Mexican ad campaign mocks country's gender bias
o First they came for the wrestlers ...
o PC commencements include segregation
o Pro-gun women on full auto
Hello ifeminists:
Wow. The June 21st CounterCon hosted by the National Coalition of Free
Men in St. Paul, Minnesota, has left me speechless. To get you a taste of
the whirlwind of excitement, I have posted three items in the editorial
section at <http://www.ifeminists.com>: the speech I delivered "Scrapping
NOW: Time to Redefine Feminism"; Trudy Schuett's speech "Stories"; and, the
edited transcript of Sunday's chat room in which Trudy and I answered
questions about the event, which was superlative. I cannot sufficiently
thank Will Hageman and the other guys at NCFM for inviting me.
Glenn Sacks' regular editorial is also posted, this one co-authored by
that firebrand for father's rights Dianna Thompson: "Why Are There so Many
Women in the Fathers' Movement."
<http://www.ifeminists.com/introduction/editorials/2002/0625a.html> And,
yes, your suspicions are well founded. This *is* the father's rights issue
of the InsiderUpdate.
Remember to enter the June ifeminists.com drawing for a "load 'o
books" -- 15 books of your choice from our ifeminist bookshelf. Every member
is eligible to win and membership is free.
<http://www.ifeminists.com/interaction/contest/index.html>
What's being discussed on the main ifeminist Bulletin Board these
days? Let's eavesdrop. Tim P. has sparked a discussion of whether CEDAW
should be ignored by the Senate
<http://www.ifeminists.com/interaction/forum/feminism0206c/messages/34940858
2.html>, LibertyBelle takes issue with how society approaches fatherless
children
<http://www.ifeminists.com/interaction/forum/feminism0206c/messages/39355086
6.html>, and Jennie Roback's book "Love & Economics: Why the Laissez-Faire
Family Doesn't Work" has produced vigorous debate that veers toward
incivility!
<http://www.ifeminists.com/interaction/forum/feminism0206c/messages/11862364
9.html>.
Now ... onto the main event...
-- Wendy McElroy, mac@ifeminists.com
==> News Reports <==
Anonymity for victims of domestic violence?
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Yahoo Daily News
The United Kingdom is considering whether victims of
domestic violence should be offered the same anonymity
as rape victims to get them to go to court. Critics
point to anonymity as damaging the right of the accused
to a fair and public trial. (06/24/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/898041630.html
Contract with pro-life business cancelled
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The BC Catholic
A cleaning contract awarded by B.C. Children's and Women's
Hospital (a tax-funded facility) to an experienced local
firm has been cancelled because one of the company
owners is a well known anti-abortion activist. (06/17/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/757630204.html
Thirty schools cited for Title IX violations
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Washington Post
Thirty colleges and universities -- including Notre Dame,
Kansas State and the University of Miami -- are being
cited for violating federal law by not providing "female
athletes with their fair share of athletic
scholarships," as required by Title IX legislation. (06/19/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/761580355.html
USDA approved sexuality
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Agape Press
As part of the National Gay and Lesbian Pride Month
activities in Washington, the U.S. Department of
Agriculture had a brief rally of support for
homosexuals, giving the appearance of government
sanctioning specific sexual choices.
http://www.free-market.net/rd/736351994.html
Extreme anti-abortionist shut out of Internet
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WorldNet Daily
Neal Horsley, creator of the Nuremberg Files site, says
"dozens" of ISPs have taken his money over the past
three years, only to "shut me down later because they
receive complaints about my work." (06/24/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/202255001.html
Iranian brides must be 13 years old
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News.com
Iran has passed a new law raising the minimum marriage age
from 9 to 13 for girls and from 14 to 15 for boys.
Younger children can marry only with court permission. (06/24/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/208645301.html
Russian women ask for end of sex trafficking
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Feminist Majority
"A coalition of Russian women's groups appealed to
President Vladimir Putin to establish a task force to
combat sex trafficking. ... Approximately 50,000 women
from the former Soviet Union are said to be trafficked
abroad every year and forced into sexual slavery." (06/19/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/223876031.html
Online sperm bank for lesbians
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BBC
Man Not Included, the world's first sperm donor service
designed to help lesbians become parents, has been
launched in the UK. (06/24/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/881870940.html
Fired pro-lifer wins case
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Arizona Central
The jury awarded Michelle Diaz $47,000: $19,000 in back
pay, and $28,000 in damages for emotional distress. A
pro-life advocate, Diaz had been fired from her job as a
nurse for refusing to dispense morning-after pills. (05/30/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/904433677.html
Senate votes to lift military abortion ban
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Washington Post
The Senate voted to repeal the ban on privately funded
abortions at U.S. military hospitals overseas. (06/22/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/765539521.html
Kentucky will not cut funds for contraceptives
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New Jersey.com/AP
In a decision that was watched nationwide, a Kentucky
public health board narrowly voted to retain federal
funding used to dispense birth control pills, rejecting
an effort by some abortion foes to turn down the money. (06/19/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/778391259.html
Berkeley to mandate PC coffee?
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Contra Costa Times
A Berkeley lawyer has secured enough signatures to put a
novel initiative on the city's November ballot: only
politically correct coffee would be allowed to be brewed
to sell. (06/18/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/713479397.html
Golf event raided on prostitution charges
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Arizona Republic
Riverside County [CA] deputies raided a private tournament
this weekend at the Hidden Valley Golf Club. Deputies
say the sex-for-sale took place in tents pitched on the
fairways.
http://www.free-market.net/rd/909910574.html
Speedy Gonzales eludes PC patrol
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Washington Times
The Atlanta-based Cartoon Network is returning Speedy
Gonzales to its programming later this month after an
outcry from fans. The cartoons were originally yanked
because of concerns over its depiction of Mexicans, but
fan loyalty revived the show. (06/21/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/661230941.html
The baby girls who weren't
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Sydney Morning Herald
Census data indicate that China's villagers use inexpensive
prenatal scans to determine a fetus' sex; many then
abort female fetuses to prevent the birth of unwanted
daughters. Under china's one-child policy, only one
child is permitted and many wish that child to be a son. (06/22/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/806381216.html
Polygamist on trial for child rape of wife
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Yahoo Daily news/Reuters
"An avowed Utah polygamist who has become the nation's best
known advocate of multiple marriage goes on trial Monday
for raping a 13-year-old child -- to whom he was
married." (06/22/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/846991107.html
Rape bill angers Malaysian women
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BBC
by Mangai Balasegaram
"Women's groups in Malaysia are fighting a controversial
bill proposed by an Islamic party which states that four
male Muslim witnesses are needed to prove a rape." (06/17/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/741432294.html
Politically disappearing
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Boston Globe
by Cathy Young
"ABC's 'Politically Incorrect', which goes off the air at
the end of this month after a five-year run, is seen by
some as a victim of political correctness -- not the
left-wing, multicultural, feminist kind ... but the
post-Sept. 11 kind ..." (06/17/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/749662762.html
Bob Geldof lambasts UK family courts
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SPIG
by Bob Geldof
Speaking of his own divorce, Geldof said, "At Day One I was
handed this piece of paper saying 'You may see your
children on this day and every second weekend'." He
proceed to blast the family courts for anti-male bias. (06/17/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/216525634.html
The complexities of domestic violence
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Vancouver Sun
by staff
A realistic look at some of the complexities surrounding
domestic violence. (06/19/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/229096278.html
Senate should reject toxic feminist treaty
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New York Daily News
by John Leo
Leo writes of CEDAW, the Convention on the Elimination of
Discrimination Against Women, "It's an incredibly toxic
document, the work of international bureaucrats
determined to impose a worldwide makeover of family
relations and gender roles." (06/24/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/910103894.html
A precedent-setting domestic violence case
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Women's eNews
by Rebecca Vesely
"A domestic violence case that promised to alter the way
law enforcement agencies handle batterers was settled in
San Francisco for $1 million" -- the first time that
monetary damages have been awarded by an American law
enforcement agency to the family of a domestic violence
victim. (06/18/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/719851405.html
Mothers in prison losing all parental rights
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Womens ENews
by Ann Farmer
"Mothers in prison often have sentences long enough that
they run afoul of a 1997 federal adoption law and they
lose all parental rights -- no letters, no phone calls,
no birthday cards allowed." Second of a two-part series. (06/21/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/912808396.html
SAT painfully politically correct
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Washington Times
by Suzanne Fields
"Every time we think the politically correct educationists
have outdone themselves, new idiocy emerges. ... A
lengthening list of taboo topics includes bullying,
abortion, divorce, drinking, drugs, date rape,
terrorism, even parents dying of cancer." (06/13/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/922353504.html
Raping girls less evil?
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Boston Globe
by Ellen McNamara
"Why is the Rev. Robert E. Kelley free while the Rev. Paul
R. Shanley and the Rev. Ronald H. Paquin sit in jail,
held on high bail?... It couldn't be because Kelley's
victims -- who, by his own account, could number more
than 100 -- were girls, could it?" (06/16/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/936274461.html
Mexican ad campaign mocks country's gender bias
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Womens ENews
by Laurence Pantin
"Mexican women's rights groups are fighting gender bias
through a national advertising campaign in which men are
portrayed as victims of injustices that usually affect
women. One TV commercial shows a man leaving his office
and saying his boss just fired him because he's
expecting a child." (06/17/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/786570254.html
First they came for the wrestlers ...
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Weekly Standard
by Jonathan V. Last
"The forces of Title IX have an unlikely new ally in their
quest to destroy men's sports: ESPN." ESPN is running
what appear to be blatantly political shows such as "On
the Basis of Sex: The Battle of Title IX" and its
companion show "On the Basis of Sex: An ESPN Town
Meeting." (06/20/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/812801618.html
PC commencements include segregation
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Hudson Institute
by Marc Levin
"In 2002, the University of California at Santa Cruz held a
special ceremony for over 45 gay, lesbian, bisexual, and
transgender students." Other commencement segregate
students on the basis of race or ethnicity, and in the
name of political correctness. (06/19/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/821372140.html
The political intolerance of academic feminism
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Chronicle of Higher Education
by Mary Zeiss Stange
Academic feminists have yet to adequately address the issue
implicitly raised by the millions of women ... : how to
reach politically conservative yet "liberated" women,
many of whom testify, "I'm not a feminist, but ..."(06/21/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/854461430.html
Pro-gun women on full auto
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Armed Females of America
by Carma Lewis
AFofA call out for people to protest against looming
anti-gun legislation. (06/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/335939514.html
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