June 2011
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16 years for raping, attempting to murder and...
TRIGGER WARNING: Rape, torture, attempted murder and the list goes on. ________________________________________________
Yesterday morning a horrific rapist and attempted murderer was sentenced to one of the most trivial sentences I’ve seen in this country. Australia is known as one of the worlds ‘pedophile paradises’ for it’s conveniently lenient laws and sentences...
mickyalexandria asked: Hello :)
I’m making a documentary focused on sexual fluidity and the broad range of sexuality. Tumblr users express a wide range of opinions and I hope to get as many of you to share your views as possible. I have created a series of questions related to sexuality that I would like answered in a video or audio submission. My goal is to get a wide range of answers that I can edit into...
I’m making a documentary focused on sexual fluidity and the broad range of sexuality. Tumblr users express a wide range of opinions and I hope to get as many of you to share your views as possible. I have created a series of questions related to sexuality that I would like answered in a video or audio submission. My goal is to get a wide range of answers that I can edit into...
“The point of public relations slogans like “Support our troops” is that they...”
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Noam Chomsky (via noam-chomsky)
Yep. “Family values” means nothing. You can campaign on it endlessly without ever committing to any specific policy. It’s why it’s one of the best slogans ever.
(via drst)
“Job Creation” is the current hollow inarguable positive stance. Especially hollow because...
If You’d Sleep With Her, You Can’t Call Her a Slut →
benkling:
If you don’t like the choices a woman makes about whom she sleeps with and when, you are more than welcome not to sleep with her. But to continue to judge single women for having the audacity to sleep with who they want to—something that single men are generally congratulated for—is to perpetuate an antagonistic dynamic between the sexes that has seen its day.
This is a great...
First woman to be jailed for genocide and... →
In addition to being only the second war criminal charged with rape as genocide, she is the first woman ever to be tried for crimes against humanity. The roles of rape during war, and of a female political figure in the commission of mass rape, underscore vital points about the changing nature of gender and power. While crimes against women are perhaps being taken more seriously, the integration...
"Cracking" sex crimes. →
“I am betting nine out of 10 times, when a woman asks for a female detective the story is going to be untrue.”—Lt. Adam Lamboy, commander of the Manhattan Special Victims Squad, in a story about how the NYPD Special Victims Division does its job, explaining that if a woman who reports being…
NC woman sterilized because state deemed her... →
“Princeton University psychologist Susan Fiske took brain scans of heterosexual...”
– The Equality Illusion, Kay Banyard (via bangbangblonde)
How to Talk to Little Girls by Lisa Bloom →
landielong:
Awesome article about women and how we can do our part to ensure we bring young ladies into the word thinking about things that matter.
That we have the opportunity - from a young age, to shape a young woman’s mind to believe in herself, to not dumb herself down, and to appreciate EXACTLY who she is and to let that freak flag fly.
Try this the next time you meet a little girl. She...
Egalitarian For Equality: A note to those who... →
egalitarianforequality:
But how would she be able to tell the difference between someone who is a lazy typist and someone who legitimately has trouble spelling? The short answer is, she can’t tell the difference, and assuming that every person who seems to be a bit lazy with their spelling is doing it on purpose can be ableist.
I have updated the post to clarify, and I hope I have done so...
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A note to those who don't wish to be disregarded...
Chances are if we getting into discussion about a topic, you will want to keep debating it and have your say. However; Please be aware of the anti-trolling policy in place on this tumblr. As it states:
“Posts submitted which are purposely defamatory, rude, ignorant, misogynistic or troll like in nature will NOT be posted or responded too. Taking your women-hating sentiments and childishness...
A tip for all nice guys: Any touching without...
greengrey: “If a guy asked if he could kiss me, I’d laugh at him.”
Then I suggest perhaps you are pretty damn privileged, and perhaps not the nicest of people if you’d laugh at someone for being a decent human being and checking that you’re ok with sexual contact.
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A tip for all nice guys: You may not think you're...
Generally, we collectively recognize the groping and grabbing that happens with alarming frequency on public transportation, for example, as problematic—but many of the men who rightfully disdain this behavior nonetheless engage in casual touching without consent in other contexts.
We euphemize nonconsensual but nonviolent touching as “making a pass” or even, simply, “being...
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Holly & Max: on masturbation. →
hollyandmax:
i read a post secret the other day that was like “i bought my 14 year old daughter a vibrator at her request when i offered it to her. i want her to grow up with a healthy attitude towards sexuality. i’d never tell anyone this because they’d label me a bad mother”. and i was immediately blown away…
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Pornography Happens to Women →
I feel this piece while making valid points completely denies many facets of pornography, its performers and its consumers and by doing so is somewhat invalid.
The attitude that all porn performers are victims; do not really want to do pornography, and that those people who think they do are just brainwashed by the patriarchy completely disregards and undermines the thought, intelligence and...
“In Tanith Carey’s new book, Where Has My Little Girl Gone?, the author...”
– Laurie Penny: The Independent (via thesexmyth)
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"No Means Yes, Yes Means Anal" Frat Banned From... →
Yale University didn’t wait for federal civil rights officials to determine whether the presence of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity was contributing to a hostile sexual environment. The University has banned George W. Bush’s old frat from the campus for five years.
This is a pretty historical victory. While it’s only small it’s a great step in the right direction Thank...
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Why feminists should listen to sex workers →
“Sex workers face deep-seated stigmas which mean that if we don’t disclose our stories of tragedy and the demeaning experiences we have faced we run the risk of not being believed by many in the feminist movement. This has to stop, because we don’t want to perform our ‘tragedy porn’ for you.” writes Elena Jeffreys.
http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/20... →
albatrossing:
Anyone who likes to whine about GoT being “anti-woman” needs to read this article!! Like River Song’s hair, it’s full of spoilers, but it’s also full of very good points.
Fifteen Minutes With You: On Umbridge and the... →
itsinthetrees:
People are arguing about this again, so lemme whip out the book.
First of all, let me just say that historically, every single myth about centaurs, apart from myths about Chiron (a scholar who is basically “the good one”, and who is echoed in HP in the character Firenze), is about them raping women. They were born from Ixion’s attempt to kidnap and rape the goddess Hera —...
Okay, the whole “a fetus is not a baby” argument... →
diggingforroots:
Okay, the whole “a fetus is not a baby” argument is starting to wear on me. I get the idea behind it and the POINT of the argument in that it demands that the person bearing the fetus be respected to make decisions about their own body. I agree with this 100%. Also, within Islam, contrary to some modern thinking, abortion was more accepted than people realize - specifically...
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Iran: Woman arrested for being gang raped →
lurey:
Sorry it’s in Farsi (Persian), but the report basically says that a gang-raped woman by 50 men is being arrested for violating the law.
[Edit] Iran has also moved to ban the special UN envoy for Human Rights in Iran from visiting or investigating cases of human rights abuse.
Please excuse me while I vomit into my mouth. The translation was pretty rough; I’m looking for more...
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"Grammatical gender has nothing to do with...
aphobicsteve:
I am a frequent visitor to the #language and #linguistics tags, and all too often I see a feminist—who clearly has no idea about actual linguistic studies—use the findings of a singular study (most recently, I’ve seen many posts about the works of Lera Boroditsky) saying that engendered languages are misogynistic and detrimental to women. I will explain how this view is...
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Female Genital Mutilation: Cultural Relativism vs....
Cultural Relativism vs. Human Rights
There is serious disagreement about whether the practice of FGM is an issue of cultural relativism or an issue of human rights. Some Western anthropologists have equated the practice of FGM with such Western practices as breast augmentation and tattooing. This agrument is flawed, however, for at least two important reasons. The first is that in both the...
Hey, feminists with OK Cupid profiles...
starswereexploding:
This guy’s profile says not to message him “if you’re a slut.” Wouldn’t it be funny if all of the raging, belligerent feminists on OKC sent him a nice message calling him out on that? Just sayin’…
tiger's milk: tumblinfeminist: On the term “Female... →
iaccidentallythepatriarchy:
tumblinfeminist:
On the term “Female Genital Mutilation”
iaccidentallythepatriarchy:
Can we like seriously stop using this phrase? It takes the conversation about it and it’s cultural and social significance into a racist western context and unfairly judges the act in that context….
By your definition some forms of body modification are mutilation, but many...
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On the term "Female Genital Mutilation" →
iaccidentallythepatriarchy:
“So, you believe women within these cultures lack the intelligence to realize what’s actually good for them, and it’s our job to remind them what is?”
I don’t think it comes down to intelligence. Many very intelligent people believe many things; because they have been indoctrinated to do so. Smart and educated people can believe many things. Female...
Anonymous asked: Toward the "Mutilation" post, I don't really know how I feel about it. The assumptions that Western Culture is more fair and our traditions aren't harmful like Genital Mutilation. But we pay thousands of dollars for our kids to have metal placed on their teeth for cosmetic purposes.
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Sex Positive, Negative or Neutral? →
thesexuneducated:
Sex Positive, Negative or Neutral?
So I wanted to say HELLO to all the new followers! You’re awesome! I also wanted to start a conversation about the “sex positive” movement.
For those of you who don’t know what it means, it is “an attitude towards human sexuality that regards all consensual sexual activities as fundamentally healthy and pleasurable, and encourages sexual...
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On the term "Female Genital Mutilation" →
iaccidentallythepatriarchy:
Can we like seriously stop using this phrase? It takes the conversation about it and it’s cultural and social significance into a racist western context and unfairly judges the act in that context. What we need to realize is that though there are problematic practices in regards to female…
No, no and no. I couldn’t disagree with you more.We should not...
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Bible Study: Feminists annoy the shit out of me. →
sharklookingguything:
When a guy opens the door for you it’s because he wants to help you go through your miserable day of being dull and boring. When he offers to carry your bag it’s so he can build up his muscles to beat the crap out of you when you tell him off for being a gentleman. When he takes his hat off, it’s…
Stupid tumblr post of the week goes to OP. Grats!
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I really, really hate rape jokes. →
morereasonsyoushouldntfuckkids:
I do. Anytime a person makes a joke about another group of people, it’s under the assumption that someone of that group is not actually present, or that someone present doesn’t know someone of said group. Of course, you can’t exactly do that with 1 in 4 women and 1 in 6 men being survivors of sexual abuse— especially not on the internet. So you end up hurting a...
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Reason #50: Victim Complexes →
//Trigger warning for everything below and in links. // It was written by a survivor of childhood sexual abuse and as such all posts can be extremely triggering regarding rape, sexual assault, abuse, drug abuse and alcoholism, self injury and a bunch of other topics. from-the-bottom-of-our-hearts:
There’s this blog, that I really deeply admire & this is an entry that I’m writing for it.
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Duke Nukem Forever is the one of the most... →
nicksaw:
A few gems from a typically scathing review:
And that’s before you come to the really offensive bits. Just in case you didn’t feel like the game had adequately rubbed your nose in its horrific depiction of women, Duke arrives at a point where two nude ladies promise to lose their pregnancy weight from bearing their alien children, and they plead with you to let them live. (These are...
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