Failed Justice Leaves Rape Victim Nowhere To Turn : NPR

In image, below, Margaux's parents were shocked at how few options there were for their daughter to prosecute the man who sexually assaulted her at Indiana University.


This is a follow up report to a study that concluded that campuses do not take rape seriously enough. You can listen to Margaux and her parents tell her story by clicking on the link.
Failed Justice Leaves Rape Victim Nowhere To Turn : NPR

University of Massachusetts forensic psychologist David Lisak says most sexual assaults on campus are perpetrated by serial predators. Should serial perpetrators be thrown out of the university?

Do You Actually Want Young People to Quit Smoking?

Do You Actually Want Young People to Quit Smoking?

http://www.feministing.com/archives/020144.html

http://www.feministing.com/archives/020144.html

Here is another very extensive report about sexual assault on campus. If you don't have time to read it all, just read the bold print.

Required for 3/1: For women in America, equality is still an illusion - washingtonpost.com

Read this article by Jessica Valenti (pictured left):
For women in America, equality is still an illusion - washingtonpost.com

What examples does Valenti give to support her argument that women have not achieved "equality" in the United States? What is the greatest threat women serving in Iraq face?

Pay particular attention to the way that U.S. women's problems are different from those of women in other parts of the world.

Why is feminism needed?

Don't forget to sign your full name and to enter your comment before class Monday.

Doctors continue to ban midwives, but without any data to back up their decision

http://www.feministing.com/archives/020093.html

V-men--ending violence

If you are a man looking for a way to prevent violence against women (and anyone or everyone) on campus, check out the new organization called V-men, which is a group of men dedicated to ending violence and oppression. Soon, there will be a special event at WIU that will involve the voices of men at WIU contributing to the struggle against violence.

According to Mark Matousek, " . . . violence against women is not merely a woman's issue; it is a human dilemma twisting the lives and consciences of men as well; men whose voices needed to be heard in order for the dialogue that began ten years ago with the founding of V-Day to be complete."

Why are rape jokes okay when racist ones are not?

http://www.feministing.com/archives/016918.html

Is the new start of the women's luge based on misogyny?

http://community.feministing.com/2010/02/womens-luge-start.html

Required for 2/22 (1 of 2 choices) Campus sexual assault: A new report and reform effort. Commnet by class time Monday and sign full name.

Campus sexual assault: A new report and reform effort

What do you make of the report in the above link?

Required for 2/22 before class--1 of 2 options. Where are the men who pressure other men NOT to rape? Sign full name.

http://www.feministing.com/archives/019351.html

A "what about the menz?!" I can get behind Read this link and comment. Do you agree with the blogger? Why or why not?

http://www.feministing.com/archives/018946.html

http://www.feministing.com/archives/018946.html

Virtual realities: Sydney University's "pro-rape" Facebook group

What Facebook’s pro-rape group says about our culture of sexual assault / The Christian Science Monitor - CSMonitor.com

What Facebook’s pro-rape group says about our culture of sexual assault / The Christian Science Monitor - CSMonitor.com

Female Genital Mutilation Versus Female Circumcision

Female Genital Mutilation Versus Female Circumcision

Why Aren't Female Ski Jumpers Allowed in the Olympics? | Mother Jones

Why Aren't Female Ski Jumpers Allowed in the Olympics? | Mother Jones

If The Dodge Charger Made Ads For Oppressed Women - The Sexist - Washington City Paper

If The Dodge Charger Made Ads For Oppressed Women - The Sexist - Washington City Paper

Suffer in Silence: Surviving Abuse as a Trans Male | CarnalNation

Suffer in Silence: Surviving Abuse as a Trans Male | CarnalNation

Femail Genital Mutilation

I student in class shared this document with me. The document is published by the International Confederation of Midwives--a very reliable source. The describes the 4 types of Female Genital Mutilation:

Type I Excision of the prepuce with or without excision of part or all of the clitoris
Type II Excision of the clitoris with partial or total excision of the labia minora
Type III Excision of part or all of the external genitalia and stitching/narrowing of
the vaginal opening (infibulation)
Type IV Unclassified (includes several different forms of mutilation, one of which is cauterization)

Notes from a bitch...pondering five years of blogging...

Notes from a bitch...pondering five years of blogging...

On Personhood: The Dehumanization of Black Women & Children

On Personhood: The Dehumanization of Black Women & Children

Lady-Athlete Stories Be Damned

Lady-Athlete Stories Be Damned

Read the link. What do you think of the media coverage of Lindsey Vonn and other female athletes?