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- Gay Puerto Rican Teen Decapitated, Dismembered, and Burned (167 comments)
- 10 most bizarre sexist adverts (67 comments)
- "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." Conservative media's obssesion with 'rape' metaphor (51 comments)
- Women 'should bare 40 per cent of their bodies to attract men' (58 comments)
- Just say no to sharia law (39 comments)
Freakin' Fundamentalists: Stonings here, lashings there, misogyny everywhere
Seeded on Sat Nov 21, 2009 5:58 PM EST (Straight.com)
The freakin' fundamentalists are at it again. This time, in Somalia, where the stoning of women goes on unabated. On November 18, a 20-year-old divorcee who, because she had a boyfriend, was stoned to death for "adultery".
Who will save kids from pedophiles?
Seeded on Sat Nov 21, 2009 12:51 PM EST (Edmonton Sun)
Nothing depresses me more than reading newspaper accounts of adults sexually abusing children. I try not to read them but it's like driving past a car crash -- you look even though it twists your insides and makes you worry about your loved ones.
When did we become a world of apologists for child sex predators?
Seeded on Sat Nov 21, 2009 12:42 PM EST (OregonLive.com)
September was not a promising month for children relying on society to protect them from child sex predators.
Exclusive: Rape in America: Justice Denied
Seeded on Sat Nov 21, 2009 11:04 AM EST (CBS News)
Rape in this country is surprisingly easy to get away with. The arrest rate last year was just 25 percent - a fraction of the rate for murder - 79 percent, and aggravated assault - 51 percent.
Respect for Rape Victims
Seeded on Sat Nov 21, 2009 10:55 AM EST (The New York Times)
There is no firm national count of the number of untested rape kits. But last March, Human Rights Watch found more than 12,500 untested rape kits in the Los Angeles area alone. The Houston Police Department recently found at least 4,000 untested rape kits in storage.
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." Conservative media's obssesion with 'rape' metaphor
Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 5:23 PM EST (Shakesville)
Media Matters has noticed that prominent members of the conservative media sure love using "rape" as a metaphor (note the number of times it's used to accuse progressives of "raping" their fellow Americans): [VIDEO "Why Are So Many Media Conservatives Obsessed With Rape?"]
10 most bizarre sexist adverts
Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 3:58 PM EST (Times Online)
A number of blogs have been picking their Top 10/Top 20/Top 105 Vintage Sexist Adverts.
Just say no to sharia law
Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 3:26 PM EST (Guardian Unlimited)
"This Saturday's London rally against sharia law and all religious tyrannies should be huge. Millions of people are suffering at the hands of clerical regimes, especially our Muslim brothers and sisters in countries like Saudi Arabia and Iran.
Women 'should bare 40 per cent of their bodies to attract men'
Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 1:00 PM EST (Telegraph)
Women should wear clothes that bare 40 per cent of their flesh to maximise their chances of attracting men, new scientific research indicates.
A fair wage for a fair day's work
Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 1:17 AM EST (Vancouver Sun)
Pay equity is a relatively cheap, reasonably easy-to-apply mechanism to rid the workplace of historic, systemic wage discrimination against women.
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