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Items in this update:
o Planned Parenthood card anti-religious?
o OR governor apologizes for forced sterilizations
o MI court OKs aborted-baby signs
o Wife beating in military said to be epidemic
o UK gay couples to get equal rights
o Nation's only peep-show workers' union pickets
o Chinese couple fearing sterilization denied asylum
o Treasury nominee John Snow resigns Augusta
o Augusta member quits in protest
o Death of fetus leads to murder charge
o India's increase in aborted female fetuses
o Harvard sued for new sexual harassment policy
o Paternity fraud victory in Australia
o Men wage battle on paternity fraud
o Affirmative action needs firm decision
o Will court uphold sexual privacy?
o The fraud mystique
o Gun control leaves Aussie women defenseless
o Media retrying Central Park rapists
o Stand up for yourself
o Is pay a function of gender bias?
o Those goofy Canadian family courts
o Millions of women face genital mutilation
o Some rape victims reject secrecy
o Male-on-male sexual harassment and the law
o Review of What Our Mothers Didn't Tell Us
o Feminist for Bond -- James Bond
o Catholic women blast church's sex abuse
o Child custody reform newsletter
o Family law resources
Hello ifeminists:
A gracious good Tuesday to all!
It took my husband two days to decide he should point out my
latest spelling guffaw -- (I am famous for 'em) -- in the last
InsiderUpdate. I wondered aloud why I was being called a "Fellow" and
not a "Swell Gal" of the Independent Institute, with which I've just
signed on. Only...well, I spelt it "Swell Gay." As Seinfeld would
say, "Not that there's anything wrong with it," but the word should
have been "gal." :-( Oh well, there's the genesis of another rumor.
The editorials for this week are posted. My FOXNews/ifeminist
piece, Affirmative Action Insults Immigrant Contributions"
<http://www.ifeminists.com/introduction/editorials/2002/1210.html>;
Glen
Sacks' "Attacks on American Muslims Reaffirm Wisdom of 2nd Amendment"
<http://www.ifeminists.com/introduction/editorials/2002/1210a.html>;
and Tresa McBee's "Golfing with Girls"
<http://www.ifeminists.com/introduction/editorials/2002/1210b.html>. Enjoy!
Now ... onto the main event ...
-- Wendy McElroy, mac@ifeminists.com
==> News Reports <==
Planned Parenthood card anti-religious?
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CNN
"A holiday card by the nation's largest abortion-rights
group is under fire from some groups that say it is
offensive and reflects an anti-religious bigotry." The
card, offered by Planned Parenthood features the words
"Choice on Earth." (12/03/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/106553425.html
OR governor apologizes for forced sterilizations
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Boston.com
Gov. John Kitzhaber has formally apologized for Oregon's
past eugenics law that led to the forced sterilization
of hundreds of people. "Girls in reform school, people
in mental institutions and poor women selected by
welfare workers were among the more than 2,500
Oregonians subjected to sterilizations under a law that
stood from 1917 to 1983." (12/02/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/227055927.html
MI court OKs aborted-baby signs
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WorldNetDaily
A Michigan federal judge has ruled that police in Plymouth
Township were wrong to confiscate signs featuring
pictures of aborted babies that were carried by pro-life
advocates. The police violated the protestors' freedom
of speech. (12/05/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/974432605.html
Wife beating in military said to be epidemic
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Reuters
"A spate of murders involving military spouses at the Fort
Bragg army base has focused new attention on domestic
violence in the U.S. armed services, which critics say
the Pentagon has failed to adequately address." Studies
have suggested that abuse rates are two to three times
higher than in the civilian population. (12/08/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/418427290.html
UK gay couples to get equal rights
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BBC
Gay men, lesbians and bisexuals would be granted many of
the same rights as married couples under British
Government plans for legally recognized civil
partnerships. (12/06/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/793144245.html
Nation's only peep-show workers' union pickets
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CNN
Workers at the nation's only unionized peep show are
walking a picket line in San Francisco. The club's
latest contract offer cuts hourly wages and eliminates
their one day of sick pay. (12/03/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/804765906.html
Chinese couple fearing sterilization denied asylum
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NOLA
"A couple who claimed they fled China to escape threats of
forced sterilization and abortion were denied asylum by
a federal appeals panel." Civil rights advocates fear
that the bar for showing "persecution" as a claim on
immigration has somehow been raised. (12/05/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/816997204.html
Treasury nominee John Snow resigns Augusta
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WorldNetDaily
John Snow, who is Bush's pick to head up the Treasury
Department, has resigned his membership from the
all-male Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga.,
which is currently under fire by groups who want to see
it admit women members. (12/09/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/168060309.html
Augusta member quits in protest
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Yahoo News
"The former chief executive officer of CBS became the first
member of the Augusta National Golf Club to resign in
protest over the club's refusal to admit a woman
member." He estimated that as many as one quarter of the
roughly 300 club members also support the admission of
women. (12/03/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/707030301.html
Death of fetus leads to murder charge
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Las Vegas Review-Journal
The death of a 18-week-old fetus has resulted in a
manslaughter charge being filed against a Las Vegas man.
The fetus died when the man stabbed his pregnant
girlfriend in the stomach during a domestic dispute. The
defense attorney calls his client's prosecution "a legal
impossibility." (12/09/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/200582335.html
India's increase in aborted female fetuses
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SF Chronicle
India's "two-child norm," enforced largely by cultural
pressure, has led to the widespread aborting of female
fetuses, even among the wealthy. (12/06/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/210152998.html
Harvard sued for new sexual harassment policy
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Women's eNews
Harvard has a new policy requiring students to provide
evidence of sexual misconduct before administrators will
investigate. One student thinks the rule is against the
law and has filed a complaint with federal authorities. (12/08/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/475905784.html
Paternity fraud victory in Australia
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Independent
In what may be an Australian first, a Melbourne man has won
a handsome damages payout from his former wife after a
DNA test proved he was not the father of two of their
three children. (11/22/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/497549052.html
For more News Reports see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/news/
==> Commentary, Opinion, and Book Reviews <==
Men wage battle on paternity fraud
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Yahoo Daily News
"An acid sense of betrayal has been gnawing at Damon Adams
since a DNA test showed that he is not the father of a
10-year-old girl born during his former marriage. But
Michigan courts have spurned the DNA results Adams
offered in his motions to stop paying $23,000 a year in
child support." (12/03/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/131835704.html
Affirmative action needs firm decision
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Detroit News
by Pete Waldmeir
Waldmeir congratulates the Supreme Court for taking on the
issue of affirmative action and looks forward to "the
defining moment that academics and civil libertarians,
liberals and conservatives alike" have awaited. (12/04/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/558772425.html
Will court uphold sexual privacy?
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Orange County Register
by staff
"The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to revisit the question
of whether state governments can prohibit sexual
activities between consenting adults, conducted in
privacy, or whether such laws violate rights protected
by the U.S. Constitution. .... We hope [the court]
affirms the Constitution as an ongoing source of
protection for the rights of individuals." (12/06/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/662208765.html
The fraud mystique
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PRI
by Sally C. Pipes
"Those who believe that the Nobel Peace Prize has been
cheapened have a prime example in Rigoberta Menchu,
whose book is still studied in American universities.
Those who have long felt offended by Betty Friedan, or
believe that she is increasingly irrelevant, can now
enjoy full confidence that there never was any reason to
give her credence in the first place." (12/04/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/878450492.html
Gun control leaves Aussie women defenseless
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Sydney Morning Herald
by John Whitley and Alex Robson
"Gun control may indeed make Australians safer by limiting
the availability of guns to criminals. But gun control
also reduces the number of guns in the hands of
law-abiding citizens, making it harder for them to
defend themselves against criminals, particularly for
physically weaker people such as women and the elderly." (12/06/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/958269862.html
Media retrying Central Park rapists
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WorldNetDaily
by Ann Coulter
Coulter writes, "Hoping for a different result, journalists
are re-litigating the Central Park rape case in their
pages, skipping the fuss and bother of the adversary
process." She blasts the media for virtually exonerating
the rapists despite 10 filmed confessions and two jury
verdicts. (12/05/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/982624644.html
Stand up for yourself
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ifeminists
by Wendy McElroy
Don't let abusers harm your reputation as a reasonable and
decent human being. Instead, increase it by standing up
for yourself without degrading anyone else. (12/01/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/408776493.html
Is pay a function of gender bias?
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ifeminists
by Glenn Sacks
"Please, stop claiming that women make less money than men
because of "discrimination." And stop ignoring the
contributions and sacrifices of men." (12/01/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/410646586.html
Those goofy Canadian family courts
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Ottawa Citizen
by Dave Brown
Brown uses a recent essay by Stephen Baskerville, published
in the journal of the American Political Science
Association, to explain why family courts are 'goofy.'
By this he means they enter a situation (seemingly) in
order to harm people rather than to heal. (12/06/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/801575563.html
Millions of women face genital mutilation
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Taipei Times
by Emma Bonino
"According to the World Health Organization, some 130
million women have, over the last few years, suffered
from genital mutilation in some form. In reality, those
figures are probably even worse, because illegalities
are almost always underestimated." It is difficult to
assess such statistics. (12/09/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/156507554.html
Some rape victims reject secrecy
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Houston Chronicle
by staff
"There is a movement afoot to end the general prohibition
against naming rape victims in crime stories in
newspapers and on television." some feminists and rape victims
endorse it as a step toward removing the social stigma
and shame attached. (12/08/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/159038898.html
Male-on-male sexual harassment and the law
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Reason
by Cathy Young
Male-on-male complaints "seem to be the new frontier in
sexual harassment litigation. By now the trend is
prominent enough to have merited a New York Times Magazine cover
story." Young speculates on how this trend could affect
the issue of sexual harassment in general. (01/03)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/163889596.html
Review of What Our Mothers Didn't Tell Us
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Townhall.com
by Sunni Maravillosa
"In 'What Our Mothers Didn't Tell Us' [Crittenden]
addresses, in six chapters and an epilogue, crucial
issues that women are facing today -- issues, she
claims, where mainstream feminism has abandoned women." (12/6/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/77071326.html
Feminist for Bond -- James Bond
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Strait Times
by Ong Sor Fern
Fern writes, "I like James Bond precisely because I am
feminist ... Flippant and oxymoronic as it may seem,
being feminist is not antithetical to being a Bond fan.
Feminism, to me, is about women having the right to do
what they choose to do." And Bond girls do as they
choose. (12/01/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/723891886.html
Catholic women blast church's sex abuse
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Village Voice
by Ginger Adams Otis
For many Roman Catholic women the current sex scandals
surrounding the Church are an indication that radical
change is needed, including the elimination of celibacy
requirements and the introduction of women as priests. (12/04/02)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/111943870.html
For more Commentary, Opinion, and Book Reviews see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/commentary/
==> Magazines and Periodic Columns <==
Child custody reform newsletter
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Custody Reform
A newsletter dedicated to the idea that the "rebuttable
presumption of equal shared parenting" is a basic human
right for all parents and children, and should be passed
into law everywhere.
http://www.free-market.net/rd/493728675.html
For more Magazines and Periodic Columns see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/magazines/
==> Online Resource Directories <==
Family law resources
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OverLawyered
A good springboard for online information on custody and
visitation, restraining orders, probate and estate
miseries, and child support.
http://www.free-market.net/rd/114204057.html
For more Online Resource Directories see:
http://www.ifeminists.com/information/directorybycategory/homepages/
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