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The F word. The worst one around. The one tied with unpleasantly preconceived notions of bra burning and man-hating.
Recently, after overhearing an explosively sexist comment on a lunch break, I asked a friend, “Do you consider yourself a feminist?”
“Oh, NO!” she snapped back with a level of enthusiasm that shocked me, spitting the word out like a worm in an apple, “…no no no.”The F word. The worst one around. The one tied with unpleasantly preconceived notions... more
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Illinois GOP lawmaker slams opponent Tammy Duckworth, a Black Hawk chopper pilot who lost her legs in Iraq: "What else has she done? Female, wounded veteran ... ehhh."Illinois GOP lawmaker slams opponent Tammy Duckworth, a Black Hawk chopper pilot who... more
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I know I shouldn't be surprised when I occasionally turn over to listen to Rush Limbaugh but I always am. I'll keep this short because in responding to anything he says I'm only giving him more attention which is exactly what he wants when he says the inflammatory things he does. I seriously don't know if he actually believes anything that comes out of his mouth or if it's just an act to get attention but none the less it is a sign of a sick mind. He needs to apologize not just to Women but to the entire Country. Of course I know he won't and the odds are he'll only dig himself a bigger hole but I had to try.I know I shouldn't be surprised when I occasionally turn over to listen to Rush... more
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Remember the ‘Hot Coffee’ incident in GTA: San Andreas? You know, the one with all the sex, and the outcry, and the mothers smothering their children as if the end of the world was nigh? Well, it’s happened again, just on a slightly smaller scale, within Techland’s recent release, Dead Island.
Purna, one of the game’s protagonists, has a skill which can be unlocked that is titled ‘Gender Wars’. No harm there, right? Unfortunately though, someone digging around in the PC version of the game’s code has discovered the original title for the skill, and that’s where the fun begins. Entitled ‘Feminist Whore’, the skill offers Purna a 15% attack bonus against male enemies.
The outcome of this discovery is an apology from Techland, promises of an investigation into the matter, and basically, a whole load of free marketing for Dead Island, over what, at the end of the day, isn’t really a huge deal. I’m sure I’ve heard worse in games before, and I know I definitely have in both books and movies.Remember the ‘Hot Coffee’ incident in GTA: San Andreas? You know, the one... more
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When it comes to aggressive courtship strategies, sexist men and women seem to be perfect for each other, new research suggests.When it comes to aggressive courtship strategies, sexist men and women seem to be... more
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday will begin hearing what observers are calling "the biggest class-action discrimination case ever fought." The case, which stretches back 11 years, pits the retail giant Walmart against a group of plaintiffs who contend the company intentionally discriminates against its female employees by paying them significantly less money than their male co-workers. The Supreme Court must decide, finally, if the case can proceed as a class-action lawsuit. If the court sides with the plaintiffs, Walmart could potentially be forced to pay millions of its current and former female employees as much as $25 billion in back pay and punitive damages. If Walmart wins, it would deal a blow to class-action lawsuits across the board. Which way is the court likely to rule?
The court will side with Walmart: The law requires class actions to "represent a coherent group of plaintiffs" with common claims and zero conflict, says Daniel Fisher at Forbes. Walmart's "powerful argument" is that its female workforce is "internally fractured," with female executives who supposedly discriminated against other women, and "hundreds of thousands of women who suffered no discrimination."
"Walmart vs. Dukes ask courts to fix the world"
But the court's three women may make a difference: Most people contend that "big business never loses at the Roberts court," says Dahlia Lithwick at Slate's Double X blog. But that assumption ignores the three female justices serving on the current court. This case might be an "early litmust test" for whether Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Elena Kagan "shape the debate about gender discrimination."
"Walmart going to the high court"
Walmart has already won a partial victory by stalling: No matter what the court says, says Andrew Cohen at The Atlantic, Walmart has already "succeeded in blunting the force of the allegations against it" by creating a "breathtaking pretrial delay." It's been more than a decade since Betty Dukes originally brought the discrimination case against Walmart, and it is still "nowhere near trial." Even if the justices rule in favor of Dukes, "it could easily take another 11 years, or longer, to finally resolve this case."
"Welcome to Walmart: The biggest case of the term"The Supreme Court on Tuesday will begin hearing what observers are calling "the... more
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Moshe Katsav, the former president of Israel, has been convicted of twice raping an employee when he was a cabinet minister.
Katsav, 65, now faces up to 16 years in prison for the crimes, which included the two counts of rape against an employee in 1998 when he was tourism minister and counts of indecent acts and sexual harassment involving two other women who worked for him when he was president.
Katsav served as a minister in several right-wing Likud governments before he was elected president in 2000. He has denied the rape charges, claiming he was a victim of a political witch hunt and suggesting he was targeted because he comes from Israel's Sephardic community.
Katsav, who is a father of five, was ordered to surrender his passport while awaiting sentencing. His lawyers said they would appeal.
The conviction capped a long saga that stunned Israelis since it broke in 2006. The then-president initially complained that a female employee was blackmailing him but the woman went to police with her side of the story, and that prompted other women to come forward.
According to the indictment, Katsav forced one woman to the floor of his office at the Tourism Ministry in 1998 and raped her. A second time that year, he summoned her to a Jerusalem hotel to go over paperwork and raped her on the bed in his room. The indictment alleged that Katsav tried to calm his victim by saying: "Relax, you'll enjoy it."
The indictment also alleged that he harassed two women during his term as president, embracing them against their will and making unwanted sexual comments.
On Katsav's 60th birthday in 2005, an assistant offered congratulations. He then hugged her at length, sniffing her neck, according to the indictment. She complained to police, and the indictment said Katsav later tried to persuade her to change her testimony, earning him an additional charge of obstruction of justice.
The conviction by a three-judge panel was widely praised as a victory for Israel's legal system and for women's rights.
Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister, said: "The court sent two clear and sharp messages: that everyone is equal and every woman has the full right to her body." He called the verdict a sad day for Israel and its citizens.
Katsav resigned in 2007, under a plea bargain that would have required him to admit to lesser charges of sexual misconduct. But in April 2009, he rejected the deal and vowed to clear his name in court.
Around that time, he held a bizarre news conference in which he lashed out at prosecutors and the media and denied any wrongdoing. He shook in anger, waved a computer disk that he said proved his innocence and screamed at reporters in the room.
The president of Israel is head of state but holds a largely ceremonial post. It is currently held by Shimon Peres.
LINK: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/8231865/Former-Israeli-president-guilty-of-rape.htmlMoshe Katsav, the former president of Israel, has been convicted of twice raping an... more
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An Israeli activist who defied orthodox Jewish custom by leading a group of women in open prayer at Jerusalem's Wailing Wall has been told to expect years in prison for breaching the peace.
Many in the country's rapidly growing ultra-orthodox community believe that a woman's role at the wall should be limited to silent worship. Women should not be allowed, they believe, to read aloud, sing or read from the Torah.
Anat Hoffman has been awaiting her fate since being arrested in August amid a worsening debate about her campaign to allow women to pray at Judaism's holiest site in the same way as men. The police have now chosen to ask prosecutors to charge her with "disrupting a policeman performing his duties under dire circumstances", a crime that carries a mandatory prison sentence of up to three years.
That she is facing so stern a request for punishment from the authorities is evidence, Mrs Hoffman said, of the rise of the religion Right in what is allegedly a secular country, which deems inter-faith and inter-racial marriage illegal.
Mrs Hoffman's case is a stark illustration of the growing power of religious groups in Israel, particularly in Jerusalem where the segregation of the sexes is becoming more common. She and her followers have been taunted and even assaulted by ultra-orthodox men at the Wailing Wall, part of the western wall of the Jewish Temple that was otherwise destroyed by the Romans in 70AD.
"The religious world in Israel has become more and more extreme," Mrs Hoffman said. "Much like in Islam, religiosity is now measured by the distances at which women are kept from society."
In August, she recalled recently: "They took me to the jail and told me: 'we're going to put an end to this behaviour; you won't get away with it any more'."
There are now over 100 state bus routes, many of them in Jerusalem, that offer segregated services requiring women to sit in the back. Israel's High Court yesterday ruled that the practice could continue. Many offices in the city also keep the sexes apart while a growing number of clinics require men and women to book appointments on different days.
"The religious world in Israel has become more and more extreme," Mrs Hoffman said. "Much like in Islam, religiosity is now measured by the distances at which women are kept from society."
Despite the threat of jail, Mrs Hoffman and her supporters are continuing their monthly services at the Wailing Wall. Mrs Hoffman and her fellow members of the Women of the Wall group test the boundaries of religious strictures by singing and praying out loud but they refrain from reading the Torah.
As they broke into song at a recent gathering, the men's section grew more restive as resentment started to stir. A bearded man, his black cloak marking him as ultra-orthodox, shook a fist at the women and yelled: "Burn in hell, you dogs."An Israeli activist who defied orthodox Jewish custom by leading a group of women in... more
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Bloggers Post Revealing Photos of Democrat Krystal Ball
Kimball Payne
kpayne@dailypress.com
October 6, 2010
A series of suggestive costume-party photos of Democratic congressional candidate Krystal Ball dressed in a revealing outfit with a man with a sex toy on his nose have drawn new attention to the race.
click to View....(9 KINKY PHOTOS) Democratic Candidate Krystal Ball: XXX-Mas Party Dominatrix and Sex Toys…http://ctpatriot1970.wordpress.com/2010/10/06/9-kinky-photos-democratic-candidate-krystal-ball-x-mas-party-dominatrix-and-sex-toy/
Ball is a political newcomer in her first run for Congress, taking on U.S. Rep. Rob Wittman, R- Westmoreland, in Virginia’s 1st District which stretches from Newport News to Fredericksburg.Bloggers Post Revealing Photos of Democrat Krystal Ball
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Urban Dictionary is the dictionary you wrote. Define your world
Urban Dictionary is a Web-based dictionary of slang words and phrases. As of 2009, the site contains over four million definitions. Submissions are regulated by volunteer editors and rated by site visitors.
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3. Obama 3677 up, 1194 down
A term for taking from one group and giving to another with no rhyme or reason, other than to buy votes.
Welfare, food stamps or similar socialistic programs.
I got my Obama check today. I gonna go buy some cigarettes and beer now.Urban Dictionary is the dictionary you wrote. Define your world
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My first reaction, upon reading this headline, was that it's rather spectacularly unfair to suggest it's President Obama's personal responsibility to "advance race relations." Silly me, I was under the impression that the problem of racism lies with privileged people who express and/or act on unexamined or proudly-held racist views, and thus racism is their responsibility, not the president's.
I read further, to see if, perhaps, the headline was not truly representative of the content of the article. And it wasn't -- insomuch as the article didn't merely lay the responsibility for "advancing race relations" at Obama's feet, but also endeavored to underline that the only role white people have to play in race relations is commenting on them via poll.
On the eve of President Obama's inauguration a year ago, nearly six in 10 Americans said his presidency would advance cross-racial ties. Now, about four in 10 say it has done so.
The falloff has been highest among African Americans. Last January, three-quarters of blacks said they expected Obama's presidency to help. In the new poll, 51 percent of African Americans say he has helped, a wider gap between expectations and performance than among whites.
Note how the article starts out talking about "Obama's presidency" -- about which it was eminently reasonable for people, of any color, to hope, wish, believe would mark a change in American race relations -- and then casually veers back to talking about Obama himself: "In the new poll, 51 percent of African Americans say he has helped, a wider gap between expectations and performance than among whites." Expectations and performance: It's one thing to note expectations related to his presidency (which firmly and quite rightly places the responsibility of reactions to that presidency with other people), but performance is about the man doing the job. A lazy and selfish man who refuses to wave his magic wand and eradicate racism!
Why won't he give us the post-racial society that the media mendaciously suggested he promised us during the campaign?!
African Americans' views on achieving racial equality have become more pessimistic since the inauguration, returning to their preelection levels. The share saying blacks have reached racial equality dropped 9 percentage points, to 11 percent, and the percentage saying equality will not be achieved in their lifetimes climbed 9 points, to 32 percent. About one in five blacks say they will never achieve racial equality. Among whites, four in 10 say African Americans already have it and 31 percent say it will happen soon.
Well, that's a relief!
Noting that nearly one-third of the white majority believe racial equality "will happen soon" would make an excellent segue into a discussion of their role in that process, but -- spoiler warning! -- the WaPo doesn't go there. In fact, the closest staff writers Jennifer Agiesta and Jon Cohen ever come to talking about the responsibility of the dominant race class is right in the opening paragraph:
Soaring expectations about the effect of the first black president on U.S. race relations have collided with a more mundane reality, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
That "mundane reality" is called privilege.
More at the link:My first reaction, upon reading this headline, was that it's rather spectacularly... more
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A CAMPAIGN that portrays single middle-aged women as cougars who prowl bars looking for sex with young men has landed Air New Zealand in hot water.
The country's national carrier was already causing turbulence with its latest uniform range, which critics said made women look like drag queens in Russian military garb.
Now they've ruffled the feathers of women's rights groups and rape prevention organisations with a risque online promotion portraying the mating habits of the mature single woman.
In the Discovery Channel-style documentary clip complete with David Attenborough-esque voiceover, a so-called cougar is shown "starving itself on sparse vegetation during the day then hunting large slabs of meat at night" by stalking a young man at a bar.
Despite the man's attempts to ward off the woman's advances, the cougar has "not tasted fresh meat for days" and drags her prey to an inner-city apartment.
In the ad, the women, aged in their 30s, 40s and 50s, routinely prey on men in their 20s, many who "pretend to be gay" to avoid them, says the voiceover.
The promotion encourages women 35-plus to send in photographs of themselves out on the town with their "cougar mates" to go in the draw for a deal including a flight and ticket to a sporting event.
New Zealand's Rape Prevention Education has labelled the ad appalling, disgusting and degrading to women.
"We have also had complaints from male survivors who have been raped by women and they are very distressed that their situation is being laughed at and made out to be humorous," director Kim McGregor said.
An airline spokeswoman said the campaign was supposed to be "light-hearted" but some older women had "taken a bit of offence to it".
"(They) felt it was an unfair kind of blanket comment," she said.
Many didn't, however, with 60 women signing up to go in to win flights, tickets and cougar costumes to attract the attention of young males.A CAMPAIGN that portrays single middle-aged women as cougars who prowl bars looking... more
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Here's ten thoroughly sound reasons why it's a bad idea to date a female videogame enthusiast...
My favs numero 9: If your girlfriend is playing video games with you, there is no one to bring you sandwiches and energy drinks.Here's ten thoroughly sound reasons why it's a bad idea to date a female... more
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