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On-Campus Sexual Assaults Rarely Sanctioned

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CBC News - Canada - It is not just women who are the victims of spousal violence

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Number of Cases of Sex Abuse by Roman Catholic Church in Germany Increases

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40 Hot Celebrities We Want to See Naked in Movies

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Dita Von Teese Performs in San Remo

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Semen Therapy - Swallowing Semen is Good for Your Health?

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The 5 Most Disturbing X-Men Love Affairs

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Christina Hendricks' New York Magazine Corset Cover (PHOTO)

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8 Comic Book Relationships To Make You Feel Good

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Fox & Friends & Lingerie Advice

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Lady Gaga and Cyndi Lauper, Together at Last

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Black Writers: Where Is The Love, Communication?

Valentine's Day is one of the most anticipated, and by some, dreaded days of the year. It depends on who you ask.

Some it as a day to look forward to — with that special card, a romantic dinner. For others, it is just another reminder of what is missing in their lives.

But the day might be especially poignant for African Americans who have some of the lowest marriage rates in this country. According to a 2006-2008 American Community Survey by the U.S. Census Bureau, only 30 percent of African-Americans report being married, compared to 47 percent of Latinos and 53 percent of whites.

Additionally, a 2009 Yale study indicates highly educated black women are twice as likely to have never been married by the age of 45 as white women with similar education and that, while Black men are more likely to marry outside of their race, black women are more likely to marry outside their education.

NPR host Michel Martin recently spoke with three African-American writers all of whom have written books about black love and loss — regular Tell Me More contributor and freelance writer Jimi Izrael, author of the The Denzel Principle: Why Black Women Can't Find Good Black Men; Hill Harper, actor on the CBS drama "CSI: New York" and author of the book The Conversation and journalist Helena Andrews, author of the soon-to-be published Bitch Is The New Black.

Harper says his motivation for writing about the perceived disconnect between black men and women, stems from something he noticed after with friends: a mere lack of communication between black men and black women.

"The sisters were saying, there are no good brothers out there," recalls Harper, who is single. "And the brothers were saying I can't find that one sister that I want to commit to."

Twice divorced author Jimi Izrael agrees and says the communication troubles in first marriage are an example of the disconnect.

As it turns out not only were we not on the same page, we weren't in the same library," he says of his ex-wife. "We weren't reading the same book. We weren't in the same league."

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4 Things To Do If You Have No Valentine Day Plans...

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Thanks To Hulu, Indie Film 'Strictly Sexual' Hits Big

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Digital Tears: Breakups And Social Networks by Shereen Meraji

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Sex Workers in New Orleans Are Being Labeled Sex Offenders | | AlterNet

Tabitha has been working as a prostitute in New Orleans since she was 13. Now 30 years old, she can often be found working on a corner just outside of the French Quarter. A small and slight white woman, she has battled both drug addiction and illness and struggles every day to find a meal or a place to stay for the night.

These days, Tabitha, who asked that her real name not be used in this story, has yet another burden: a stamp printed on her driver's license labels her a sex offender. Her crime? Offering sex for money.

New Orleans city police and the district attorney's office are using a state law written for child molesters to charge hundreds of sex workers like Tabitha as sex offenders. The law, which dates back to 1805, declares it a crime against nature to engage in "unnatural copulation" -- a term New Orleans cops and the district attorney's office have interpreted to mean anal or oral sex. Sex workers convicted of breaking this law are charged with felonies, issued longer jail sentences and forced to register as sex offenders.

Of the 861 sex offenders currently registered in New Orleans, 483 were convicted of a crime against nature, according to Doug Cain, a spokesperson with the Louisiana State Police. And of those convicted of a crime against nature, 78 percent are Black and almost all are women.

Impacts on Women's Lives

The law impacts sex workers in both small and large ways. Tabitha has to register an address in the sex offender database. Her driver's license has the label “sex offender” printed on it. She also has to purchase and mail postcards with her picture to everyone in the neighborhood informing them of her conviction. If she needs to evacuate to a shelter during a hurricane, she must evacuate to a special shelter for sex offenders, and this shelter has no separate safe spaces for women. She is even prohibited from ordinary activities in New Orleans like wearing a costume at Mardi Gras.

"This law completely disconnects our community members from what remains of a social safety net," said Deon Haywood, director of Women With A Vision, an organization that promotes wellness and disease prevention for women who live in poverty. Haywood’s group has formed a new coalition of New Orleans activists and health workers who are organizing to fight the way police are abusing the 1805 law.

Activists like Haywood believe that using the law in this way is part of an overall policy by the New Orleans Police Department to go after petty offenses. According to a report from the Metropolitan Crime Commission, New Orleans police arrest more than 58,000 people every year. Of those arrested, nearly 50 percent are for traffic and municipal offenses, and only 5 percent are for violent crimes.

"What this is really about is over-incarcerating poor and of-color communities," said Rosana Cruz of VOTE (Voice Of The Ex-offender), a prison reform organization that is also a part of the new coalition.

Haywood, Cruz and other activists believe they have an opportunity with the mayoral and city council elections next month to change the system. With all of the candidates attempting to distance themselves from Mayor Nagin, who is prevented by term limits from running again, the new mayor is likely to be open to making changes. This includes hiring a new police chief, as all the candidates have pledged to do. Advocates are hoping this is an opportunity to shift the department’s focus. "When there’s a new police chief, we can educate them," said Haywood.

Many of the women Haywood’s group works with are at the most high-risk tier of sex work. They meet customers on the street and in bars.
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