December 2011
34 posts
“Pro-Life or Anti-Sex:
A thought…
It seems to me that most Pro-Life people I...”
– by Richard Beck (via blackenedbutterfly)
“Female horniness in the popular imagination is rare. Admittedly our idea of male...”
– The Pervocracy: From slutty to horny. (via sexisnottheenemy)
“Whenever a man stands up for the basic human rights of a woman, his act...”
– One man’s modest plea for womankind’s right to nonviolence (via sociolab)
[Hugo Schwyzer] Why I Resigned from The Good Men... →
sexgenderbody:
(via Hugo Schwyzer)
Last night, I resigned from the Good Men Project. I am no longer an editor nor a contributing writer to the site.
Last week, founder Tom Matlack wrote several pieces which were highly critical of feminism. A series of highly publicized Twitter exchanges took place with a…
i aim my arrows high: Ms. Magazine: The Myth of... →
lunaste:
aimmyarrowshigh:
Written by Caryl Rivers and Rosalind Barnett, co-authors of The Truth About Girls and Boys: Challenging Toxic Stereotypes About Our Children
Has your local public school opened up a new all-girls classroom? Are you tempted to enroll your daughter in it? After all, the principal may have…
The whole “men and women are biologically fundamentally different!!1!”...
Stfu Hypocrites: Rape as a Men’s Issue - A... →
ignorance-is-the-enemy:
zhounder:
I am putting together a training for men to, at the very least, start the conversation that Rape is a Men’s Issue. The idea is to start with the text below and develop the conversation to a personal level. I want each attendee to the training to understand that “Hey baby, nice…
S, this is a goldmine of good ideas and directions to approach people on this...
“So, just so we’re clear: a 15-year-old who had unprotected sex and knows that...”
– Teen Girls Can Suck It: No Morning-After Pill Without Doc’s Consent (via marxisforbros)
Study shows that people can't tell the difference... →
fromonesurvivortoanother:
yourserenehighness:
silverqueen:
MAJOR TRIGGER WARNING
Apparently men’s magazines use the same language when talking about women that rapists do.
No wonder rapists always think of themselves as normal.
I’m not going to be able to read this, but if you can, I think that you should.
seconding this trigger warning. i read a couple and felt pretty sick right...
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"The laws untold story"- Garbage response to Aus...
In an edited version of a speech by Justice Chris Maxwell, president, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of Victoria, Justice Maxwell tells us how complicated sentencing really is. He said that ‘not enough attention is paid to the core work of the criminal justice system, which is the investigation and prosecution of serious crime, and the conduct of fair trials. The integrity of our trial...
So You Made A Rape Joke
ok4rj:
So you made a rape joke and now people are, like, really, really mad at you. I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt; maybe you were at a party and the booze made your common sense slip away from you or maybe you were making what you viewed as a flippantly humorous remark on Facebook. Either way, you probably didn’t mean any harm, right? So what’s the big deal?
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Men Get Raped Too- A response. (TW) →
stfusexists:
This is an incredible piece of writing on the phenomenon that has become a meme of sorts, “What about teh menz?”. I really enjoyed this, instant follow.
sexistculture:
You know, I just checked back in on this post, and something about this last response rubbed me the wrong way. Not because I disagree with anything it said on its own, just because I think it ignored a very real...
“Fashion is one of the very few forms of expression in which women have more...”
– Fashion is a Feminist Issue: Greta Christina (via cholalicious)
Also it can’t change without getting treated as a feminist issue. Lord knows everyone involved seriously needs to step it the fuck up and abolish the serious racism and body-hating that runs fucking rampant in this industry with a...
http://occupyallstreets.tumblr.com/post/13810743101/this-morning-at-8-45am-a-peaceful-occupy-melbourne
Link to video of an Occupy protester in Melbourne having her clothes forcibly removed by the cops plus an explanation of what’s going on (at least as much of an explanation as can be given)
Thoughts?
Firstly I would just like to say: The police handling of the Occupy movement...
deadblognewurlisfreakypup-deact asked: discussing how misogyny & sexism play into these issues is definitely important, but the feminist movement should be a safe space for everyone. for example, trans* people are often erased in the movement, even when misogyny oppresses them. we should make an effort to be inclusive of everyone, because creating more oppression isn't the goal. not to say we should erase how misogyny relates...
deadblognewurlisfreakypup-deact asked: [tw: discussion of rape, child molesting] i wanted to reply to your post on the subject of child molesting and how it's not sexist to always refer to the molester as "he", and i wanted to disagree with you. even if it is only a small percentage of children that are molested by female people, or people of non-binary genders, it's important to use inclusive language and not erase...
TRIGGER WARNING! Why labelling pedophiles as 'he'...
[[TRIGGER WARNING: Rape, child abuse, child sexual abuse]]
I had a message in my ask box the other day (which I deleted due to language and troll tone) stating it was sexist that in legal documentation, studies, articles etc that when discussing pedophiles and child sex offenders they where always labelled as ‘he’. It was claimed there are lots of female child molestors so it should...
Behind the "Perfect" Body: Models and Bodybuilders... →
padaviya:
by Lisa Wade
In a link sent in by Anjan G., Victoria’s Secret model Adriana Lima explains what she does in the months prior to walking the catwalk (source). Here’s a summary:
For months before the show, she works out every day with a personal trainer; for the three weeks before, she works out twice a day.
A nutritionist gives her protein shakes, vitamins and supplements to help...
ignorance-is-the-enemy:
“Feminism is not simply a struggle to end male chauvinism or a movement to ensure than women have equal rights with men; it is a commitment to eradicating the ideology of domination that permeates Western culture on various levels—sex, race, and class, to name a few—-and a commitment to reorganizing U.S. society so that the self-development of people can take precedence...
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"Campaigns to protect girls from 'sexualisation'...
I’ve been asked by multiple people about this topic, over many recent scandals involving sexually related things being marketed to young girls. All I have to say is:
I think that marketing sexualized products, or products which intend to sexualize young girls is wrong. That does not mean that I think sexuality is a corrupting influence, or that youth sexuality and/or sex are bad. It means I...
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jtiwana asked: Hey, In your opinion will legalizing prostitution decrease sex trafficking? I know this is a broad topic but I was curious about your view on this subject. Thank you
Australian domestic violence and sexual assault... →
dyke-recovery:
Australia:
What is domestic violence?
Domestic or family violence can include any behaviours used by one person to establish and maintain power and control over their partner or another person in his/her family, including:
physical abuse - including direct assaults on the body, use of…
Ice cream & brains.: (TW: Rape) When women are... →
prochoiceorfuckoff:
This is obviously a huge problem. It contributes to the fucked up attitude society has about rape. It’s not surprising though, is it?
Women are portrayed as naturally scheming and lying. We’re told that women aresupposed to gossip and ‘bitch’ about each other behind their backs, while being nice to their face. And this is where we find a massive problem. Women (and men) are...
