Lest there be any confusion (and in case it lends weight to my words), I am a woman-born-woman. What follows comes from that position. I’m posting this here because I don’t want to threadjack but also because I’d like to explore a comment that was perceived as sexist. Over on the Exponent, G has a [...]

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That is, advice to women on how not to get raped. Hint: Just stop having a vagina! via.

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The repackaging of the purity movement. Not sure where I got this…

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I don’t know why this story hit home for me so much—I have never been pregnant nor have I ever dated someone who tried to control me. But it did and it’s a harrowing (and true) story.

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I may be late to the party on some of these, but I thought they were worth sharing around: Someone cut together Buffy and shots of Edward Cullen from Twilight to show us how the movie should have gone. Watch it at full screen for the full effect and stay tuned through the end to [...]

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Goddess? or Whore? Isn’t that always the question…?

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Vintage sexism. via. Nothing like locking children into gender roles when they’re young (then they’ll grow up to know their place).

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Just started rape in criminal law and the stats at the beginning of the chapter are interesting: Only 32% of rapes are reported. The most common reason they were reported was to prevent further crimes by the same offender against the same victim. The most common reason they were not reported was that it was [...]

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April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and, to kick things off, I’d like to take issue with the growing prevalence of the word “rape” as a slang synonym for “dominated”, “rocked’, or “killed”. Both I and a friend have recently had Facebook “friends” (which of course could be anyone from a mere acquaintance to a [...]

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“Gender roles see a ‘conflict’ shift in work-life balance” at USAToday. Hat tip to @unapologeticfem (site) I’m not certain that anything in there is great news, but it does seem that there is some kind of cultural change at work, which is something.

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