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Items in this update:
o Mexican city bans swearing
o Murdered soldier may have been sex abuse victim
o Mutilation sparks supermodel's crusade
o False accuser faces criminal charges
o Cash payout for lesbian kiss
o Changes to Mississippi's domestic violence law
o 2nd arrest in Pakistan gang-rape
o Wider access to 'abortion pill' causes furor
o Planned Parenthood director in Iowa faces arrest
o Husband-killing onrise in Tehran
o MP demands prosecution for false accusations
o Abortion ship wins legal recognition
o Burmese military accused of rape
o Political changes reduce honor killings
o The abolition of 'man'
o NYC is a mecca for abortion seekers
o Parenting and paranoia
o Banned in Brisbane
o Rightwing political correctness strikes textbook
o License to kill -- men and women
o Ideology still trumps science for some feminists
o Iowa Planned Parenthood under legal fire
o Bloomberg's gift
o Feminists deface BBC pictures
o Under age and under seige
o Trudy Schuett on CA NOW's report
o Industrial capitalism liberates working mothers
o Girls Fight Back
o IWF sex and dating conference
o Women and selfishness
Hello ifeminists:
I hope everyone is recovering nicely from having too much fun over the
July 4th weekend.
The dispute between CA NOW and ifeminists.com continues -- dare I say,
accelerates? -- and you can keep up the flap with the lastest
FOXNews/ifeminist column, "Put Up or Shut Up" at
<http://www.ifeminists.com/introduction/editorials/2002/0709.html>. Or check
out the ifeminists.com main BB on this topic.
<http://www.ifeminists.com/interaction/forum/feminism0207b/messages/84204840
9.html>
Glenn Sacks and Dianna Thompson contribute their much-appreciated
perspective in "Have Anti-Father Family Court Policies Led to a Men's
Marriage Strike?"
<http://www.ifeminists.com/introduction/editorials/2002/0709a.html>. Enjoy!
Now ... onto the main event!
-- Wendy McElroy, mac@ifeminists.com
==> News Reports <==
Mexican city bans swearing
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Newsday
Zapopan, a city in western Mexico, has banned swearing in
public, slapping fines of up to $400 or jail terms of 36
hours for uttering "bad words." (07/05/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/470629671.html
Murdered soldier may have been sex abuse victim
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Telegraph
"A teenage soldier who died in suspicious circumstances at
a Surrey barracks had been forced into a sexual
relationship with a corporal, her parents claimed
yesterday." The girl was shot dead on the army base. (07/05/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/684954075.html
Mutilation sparks supermodel's crusade
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Yahoo Daily News/Reuters
"Supermodel Waris Dirie was a five-year-old child of the
Somali desert when an old woman held her down and
circumcised her with a rusty blade, sewing up her wounds
with catgut and thorns." That is why Dirie is
campaigning against female genital mutiliation. (07/05/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/509706226.html
False accuser faces criminal charges
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Taunton Gazette
A woman who lied to police last August when she claimed her
ex-boyfriend kidnapped and raped her now faces a
criminal charge for allegedly continuing to contact the
now-married man. (07/07/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/522443569.html
Cash payout for lesbian kiss
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Sydney Morning Herald
A Swedish company has agreed to pay a former employee
damages after she accused her boss of homophobia for
calling her kiss with her girlfriend "disgusting." (07/03/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/738501176.html
Changes to Mississippi's domestic violence law
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Natchez Democrat
Officers used to make arrests in DV cases only there were
signs of physical violence on a person. Now, if an
officer has probable cause or if two or more people
complain, the officer must attempt to figure out who the
principal aggressor is. Police are not liable for false
arrest. (07/06/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/358241337.html
2nd arrest in Pakistan gang-rape
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FOX/AP
Police have been under pressure to make arrests after
Pakistan's Supreme Court accused local officers of
negligence for failing to arrest the men who carried out
a punishment of gang-rape on a young woman whose 11-year
old brother had committed an "offense." (07/06/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/360921556.html
Wider access to 'abortion pill' causes furor
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The Guardian
Anti-abortion groups reacted with fury to government plans
to widen the availability of the "abortion pill" which
induces a miscarriage. Family planning centres will be
able to administer the treatment, previously only
available on hospital wards and in special day units. (07/08/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/364741777.html
Planned Parenthood director in Iowa faces arrest
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UPI
The director of Planned Parenthood of Greater Iowa faces
arrest for refusing to comply with a judge's order to
give police the names of nearly 1,000 women who took
pregnancy tests during a nine-month period. The
information was demanded as part of a possible murder
investigation. (07/05/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/467719540.html
Husband-killing onrise in Tehran
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CNN
"Husband killing is a new phenomenon in Iran's male
dominated society. It means economic hardships and
social crises are reaching a crisis point," claims
Mohammad Ahmadi, a sociologist. 20 Iranian women accused
of murdering their spouses since February. (07/08/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/90808093.html
MP demands prosecution for false accusations
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The Australian News
"The woman who falsely accused Australian snooker star
Quinten Hann of rape should be investigated for perjury,
a British MP has said." (07/03/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/563690165.html
Abortion ship wins legal recognition
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The Guardian
The world's first floating abortion clinic -- which briefly
sailed last year only to founder in a sea of bureaucracy
and credible charges of being merely a PR stunt -- is to
set sail again. And this time it will be legal. (07/02/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/118173341.html
Burmese military accused of rape
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The Age
The Burmese military recently released Nobel Peace Prize
winner activist Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest but
its attempts to cement relations with the US may be
hindered by reports of the widespread rape of ethnic
minority women and girls by officers. (07/05/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/675613643.html
For more News Reports see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/news/
==> Commentary, Opinion, and Book Reviews <==
Political changes reduce honor killings
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Women's eNews
by Joshua Kucera
"In the independent semi-state of Kurdistan, the repeal of
an Iraqi law means fewer women are dying at the hands of
family who they believe have shamed them. Some
threatened women must now live in shelters, however."
(07/07/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/507096140.html
The abolition of 'man'
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World on the Web
by Sam Torode
"Pronoun envy" or just another weapon to fight the battle
against the "subjugation of women?" The debate among
publishers over gender-inclusive language continues,
with words like "mankind" being deemed "obsolete." (07/07/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/586051032.html
NYC is a mecca for abortion seekers
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Village Voice
by Jennifer Block
New York is the first city to require abortion training for
OB residents in public hospitals. It's also one of the
few places free of parental consent laws and mandatory
waiting periods. Getting an appointment in NYC is often
faster and cheaper than getting one closer to home. That
makes NYC a mecca for abortion seekers. (07/03/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/513976423.html
Parenting and paranoia
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The Age
by Joanna Murray-Smith
On the one hand, men are encouraged to be active parents.
On the other hand, when they do spend extensive time
with children, they are suspected of sexual abuse. (07/07/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/557158216.html
Banned in Brisbane
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Reason
by James Morrow
Australia is now threatening to become the free world’s
leader in restricting anything that smacks of fun. For
example, school kids aren’t even allowed out at recess
unless their heads are covered, lest they become future
skin cancer cases: it is called the "no hat, no play"
campaign. (08/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/73429828.html
Rightwing political correctness strikes textbook
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The Dallas Morning News/AP
by staff
A Mount Holyoke College history professor says "right-wing
political correctness" is behind a decision not to
consider using his textbook in Texas high schools
because of the book's references to prostitution in
early western towns. (07/08/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/368131976.html
License to kill -- men and women
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Reason
by Cathy Young
Young offers a balanced view of the alleged preferential
treatment by courts of women who murder. She finds the
claim to be true but exaggerated. (07/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/906964973.html
Ideology still trumps science for some feminists
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Pacific Research Institute
by Sally Pipes
"Justice and fairness must be based not on hunches or
hearsay but on the best information. DNA testing helps
provide that information. Those who want to exclude its
benefits from child-support cases say a great deal about
themselves. The true test for those who say that they
want equal treatment comes when the equal treatment is
enacted into law." (07/08/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/988932669.html
Iowa Planned Parenthood under legal fire
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Women's eNews
by Rekha Basu
The president of Iowa Planned Parenthood may be jailed for
refusing to provide a county attorney--investigating the
gruesome death of an abandoned newborn--with the names
of 100s of clinic patients whose tests indicated that
they were pregnant. (07/08/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/105008938.html
Bloomberg's gift
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National Review
by Kathryn Lopez
"Mandatory abortion training arrives in NYC public
hospitals. New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg ... may
have just saved abortion in America." (07/01/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/581171133.html
Feminists deface BBC pictures
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This is London
by Martin Delgado
"Official photographs of some of the BBC's most famous male
presenters and journalists have been defaced inside the
corporation's White City headquarters in an overnight
graffiti raid by feminists." (07/03/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/611353005.html
Under age and under seige
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Village Voice
by Sharon Lerner
Lerner finds Judith Levine's new book, "Harmful to Minors:
The Perils of Protecting Children From Sex" to be
"utterly reasonable." So why is Levine being portrayed
in the media as "a crazed pedophile?" (07/03/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/681373998.html
Trudy Schuett on CA NOW's report
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Sierra Times
by Trudy Schuett
"I felt that sooner or later, their [NOW's] arrogance and
disregard for reality would lead one of them to do
something that so clearly and publicly revealed their
anti-male hate agenda, that no spin on the part of any hired PR
girl could explain it away. I believe this Family Court Report is
it." (07/05/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/795336197.html
Industrial capitalism liberates working mothers
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Hawaii Reporter
by Stuart K. Hayashi
"[L]aissez faire and the Industrial Revolution are a
working mother’s best friends. When people say that
American women are more liberated now than they were
throughout much of history, it would be great if they
acknowledged that our machines and economic system
helped make it a reality." (07/05/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/934821402.html
For more Commentary, Opinion, and Book Reviews see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/commentary/
==> Institutes, Organizations, and Clubs <==
Girls Fight Back
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Erin Weed
Erin writes, "Through my training to become a self defense
instructor, I came to understand that normal people with
love in their heart and peace in their lives will never
understand criminal acts." At some point, you cease
trying to understand and start trying to stay alive.
http://www.free-market.net/rd/122929827.html
For more Institutes, Organizations, and Clubs see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/organizations/
==> Events <==
IWF sex and dating conference
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Independent Women's Forum
July 17, 2002
July 17th, 11:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m., Russell Senate Caucus
Room, Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C. Features Sylvia Ann
Hewlett and Dr. Drew Pinksy. See URL for more
information. Email or call 703-558-4991 for
reservations.
mailto:SheThinks@iwf.org
http://www.free-market.net/rd/569590527.html
For more Events see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/events/
==> Introductions and FAQs <==
Women and selfishness
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Enlightenment
by Carolyn Ray
Ray writes, "If we are all to be free, self-realized,
independent, selfish people, then bringing the word
[selfishness] to women must be given due priority."
http://www.free-market.net/rd/670493415.html
For more Introductions and FAQs see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/brief/
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