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39% of victims of domestic violence are men, but you'd never know it from these public service announcements.39% of victims of domestic violence are men, but you'd never know it from these public... more
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The 44-year-old man who was shot in the head by his wife during a domestic dispute has died.The 44-year-old man who was shot in the head by his wife during a domestic dispute has... more
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When it comes to equality between men and women, the Nordic countries have everyone else beat. The World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index 2009, which measures countries on how well they divide resources and opportunities among their male and female populations, placed Iceland at No. 1, followed by Finland, Norway (last year’s top ranked) and Sweden.
Rounding out the top 10 were New Zealand, South Africa, Denmark, Ireland, Philippines and Lesotho.
Some countries in the Western Hemisphere made great strides in improving their rankings, but not the United States. Paraguay (66) climbed a record 36 spots. The U.S. fell by three places, due to small declines in economic opportunities for American women, and improvements by other countries. The United States has a particularly low rating when it comes to the gap between the pay for men and women doing the same work.When it comes to equality between men and women, the Nordic countries have everyone... more
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Days of Radio, Lives of Drama
Silvina Sterín Pensel [2009-09-06] El Diario NY
From a community radio in the Department of Petén, Guatemala, various characters talk about sex and condoms. In another radio station in the small Nicaraguan town of Somoto, near the Honduran border, a fiery dialogue is heard between Don Guillermo, a rich land owner that recklessly exploits the land, and his son, Willy, who follows in his father’s footsteps, degrading the environment and sexually abusing girls from the area. Meanwhile, in Ecuador, in the city of Jipijapa, Manabí, those that tune in to Radio Alfaro 96.1 hear the story of a young girl overcoming the challenges of teen pregnancy, on the weekly broadcast of “Domingo 7.”
These stories are not recounted by a narrator, but rather radio soap operas, acted with passion and fervor by cast members from the community, the majority of who have no theatrical background.
“Many of these individuals are peasants or Indigenous people that live in rural areas where our partner radio stations are located,” explains Brenda Campos, 31, from her office in Manhattan. As Program Manager at PCI-Media Impact, she coordinates all the details to create the radio soap operas that broadcast messages about sex education, HIV/AIDS prevention, family planning, environmental issues and citizen participation.
The key component that enables the radio dramas to achieve their mission - changing certain behaviors of the listeners - is that the radio soap operas are entertaining. “I would say that they are 30% educational and 70% entertaining. If the product is super professional but only educational, the people will get bored and switch the channel or turn it off. We want our audience to be hooked and to keep listening,” Brenda says.
Since 1985, when PCI was founded, Entertainment Education format has been their formula and it has proven to be a successful tool to reduce the occurrence of sexually transmitted diseases, motivate women to be independent and to fight for their rights, and to strengthen radio programming in the most remote villages in Latin America. “It’s amazing to see how they function with so few resources,” Brenda mentions. “In El Alto, Bolivia, in an immigrant zone of La Paz near the airport, there is a radio station with cords of PVC hanging and wire antennas; they make do with what they have.”
Brenda left Mexico City, her birthplace, seven years ago to come to New York to work as a volunteer in the Association Tepeyac. Today, Brenda travels throughout Latin America training and assisting community organizations that have been previously selected and given grants from Media Impact. “We select the organizations that best know the problems of their communities and can offer the best solutions and responses. We are not interested in designing posters that say you should get vaccinated. We are interested in sharing information, and then offering the people everything they need so they can go to the hospital to get vaccinated.”
“Simply Maria,” a Peruvian soap opera of the 1960s where a humble domestic worker is able to turn around her fate with hard work and transform herself into a successful businesswoman, was the spark that motivated the creation of PCI Media Impact. “The series shot the sales of sewing machines through the roof amongst low-income women. The soap opera motivated them to want to better themselves.” By the 70s, here in the USA, the Mexican Miguel Sabido and psychologist Albert Bandura from Stanford University analyzed the concept of using soap operas as a vehicle for social change.Days of Radio, Lives of Drama
Silvina Sterín Pensel [2009-09-06] El Diario NY... more
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Long gone are the days when Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky’s chess games embodied Cold War rivalries, and drew the rapt attention of nations. It seems that chess as the ultimate competition fell out of view after the close of the Cold War.
There’s an element of urgency to promoting women in chess in particular. For the first several decades of organized chess in the U.S., women were expressly banned from clubs and tournaments. Even as women’s chess clubs began cropping up at the turn of the 19th century, it wouldn’t be until 1937 that the first U.S. Women’s Championship would be held.
Bobby Fischer himself made several infamous statements (1) about limitations of women in chess. “Women make terrible chess players…I guess they’re just not too smart… I don’t think they should mess with intellectual affairs.”
One study compared men and women playing in the U.S. Chess Federation (by Chabris and Glickman in the journal of Psychological Science). The study examined all chess players that were active from 1992 to 2004 -- looking at age, sex, zip code, and rankings. They found that the disparity between men and women persists across all age groups, and that ability – not gender – is more likely to cause individuals to drop out of chess play.
But – and this is big - if you look at the participation rate of women as related to performance, you find that in cases where the participation rate of women and men is equal the disparity in ability vanishes. This suggests that girls have equal cognitive chances of succeeding in chess, but because boys dominate chess play, a gifted male child is more likely to find his way into tournament chess than a gifted female child.Long gone are the days when Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky’s chess games embodied... more
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"Well, you know, kids sometimes don't always like what their parents want them to do," said Annette Hilt, the suspect's mother. "Everybody knows that."
There were nearly 50 other church members inside when the blaze took place."Well, you know, kids sometimes don't always like what their parents want them to do,"... more
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September 8th, 2009 He Got Me Drunk
by Marc H. Rudov
Is Your Son Safe at College?
He got me drunk. How many times have you heard this laughable nonsense from childish women?
Cops and judges hear it all the time but, to avoid being labeled misogynists, quickly punish the “guilty” men. The definition of female adult — one responsible for her own behavior, including alcoholic consumption — somehow doesn’t apply in matters of sex and romance with men.
Let’s get real: a man cannot get a woman drunk! That’s her deal — achieved by opening her mouth, repeatedly filling it with booze, and eventually passing out. Intoxication is a choice.
Unfortunately, a girl blaming a guy for her choice to have sex while self-impaired is an all-too-common and acceptable practice, especially on the college campus. At Duke University, home of the infamous Lacrosse Player Rape Scandal, a girl can file a sexual-misconduct complaint up to two years after any “incident.”
So, if your son is beginning or continuing his tenure at a university this Labor Day week, the likelihood he’ll be falsely accused of rape is greater than when I wrote “Is Your Son Safe at College?” in 2007. You must be aware and make him aware.September 8th, 2009 He Got Me Drunk
by Marc H. Rudov
Is Your Son Safe at College?... more
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The 18-year-old South African won the 800m at the World Athletics Championships but tests to prove she was female were ordered.The 18-year-old South African won the 800m at the World Athletics Championships but... more
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It starts with pink and blue birthday cards. Toy trucks for him and Barbie dolls for her. Prepackaged ideals judging children based on gender. And it doesn't stop there.
This article shows how, well into adulthood, ads force gender roles on us. Everything from ear plugs to chocolate to swiss army knives: soft & pink for women, tough & intense for men. Are people really this simplistic and predictable? http://www.stilettorevolt.com/?p=1916It starts with pink and blue birthday cards. Toy trucks for him and Barbie dolls for... more
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At Arizona's Perryville State Prison Kathy Griffin asks the women inmates Doing Hard Time how many ended up in jail "because of a guy."At Arizona's Perryville State Prison Kathy Griffin asks the women inmates Doing Hard... more
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ST. LOUIS (Sept. 5) - A boy allegedly abducted in a custody dispute nearly two years ago has turned up alive, hiding with his mother in a small, specially built secret room at his grandmother's Illinois home, investigators said.
Richard "Ricky" Chekevdia, who turns 7 on Sept. 14, was in good spirits and physically fit after being found Friday by investigators with a court order to search the two-story rural home in southern Illinois' Franklin County, about 120 miles southeast of St. Louis.
The boy's mother, 30-year-old Shannon Wilfong, is charged with felony child abduction. The grandmother, 51-year-old Diane Dobbs, is charged with aiding and abetting. Wilfong remained jailed Saturday on $42,500 bond in Benton, Ill., where Dobbs was being held on $1,000 bond. The women did not have attorneys listed Saturday in online court records.
The boy was staying Saturday with one of his father's relatives while state child-welfare workers investigated claims the father abused the child before his disappearance — allegations rejected by the dad, who's thrilled the agonizing search has ended.
"Two years? You have no idea," Mike Chekevdia, a 48-year-old former police officer who's a lieutenant colonel in the Illinois National Guard, told The Associated Press by telephone Saturday from his house in Royalton, Ill., some three miles from the home where his son turned up. "I've lost sleep. I've lost weight. I've gained weight. I wouldn't wish this on anybody."
After hearing his son had been found, Chekevdia said, "you could have knocked me over with a feather."
Chekevdia won temporary custody of his son shortly before the boy and his mother — Chekevdia's former girlfriend — disappeared in November 2007.
Chekevdia said he long suspected his son was being stowed by Dobbs, although there were no signs of the boy at her home when it was searched with her consent after his disappearance. Wilfong was charged in December 2007 with abducting the boy but couldn't be found.
For much of the time since, Chekevdia said, the windows of Dobbs' home were blocked off by drawn shades or other items, presumably to prevent anyone from peeking inside.
"I had a firm belief he was in there, and yesterday it was confirmed," Chekevdia said.
Investigators, during a news conference Friday, did not detail what led sheriff's deputies and federal marshals with a search warrant to Dobbs' house Friday, when they found the boy and his mother in a hideaway roughly 5 feet by 12 feet and about the height of a washing machine.
"We let him out of the (patrol) car and he ran around like he'd never seen outdoors. It was actually very sad," Illinois State Police Master Sgt. Stan Diggs said. "He was very happy to be outside. He said he never goes outside."ST. LOUIS (Sept. 5) - A boy allegedly abducted in a custody dispute nearly two years... more
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DOVER-FOXCROFT, Maine — Two of three friends who jumped naked into Moosehead Lake last summer for a free Skinny Dip sandwich at the Black Frog Restaurant in Greenville were found guilty of indecent exposure Monday in 13th District Court.
The court found that Bernard Beckwith, 31, of Poland and Christian Simpson, 37, of Bethel knowingly exposed their genitals in a public place under circumstances that likely caused affront or alarm to others. Each man was fined $200 plus a $50 court fee by Judge Kevin Stitham, who presided over the combined trial.
Crystal Stilwell, 25, of Bath, who had accompanied the men in the naked jump for the free sandwich, was found not guilty. All three represented themselves during the trial.
Stilwell was naked and her breasts were exposed, but to prove indecent exposure the state had to show that she knowingly exposed her genitals. It could not do that.
Although he was not in the courtroom for the trial, Piscataquis County District Attorney R. Christopher Almy said later that the Legislature should look at this issue to see if they want to continue to have disparate rulings, one for men and one for women.DOVER-FOXCROFT, Maine — Two of three friends who jumped naked into Moosehead Lake... more
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BANGOR, Maine — A woman who served nearly six years in prison for killing her husband and cutting his body into 13 pieces was back in court Friday morning...
Originally charged with murder, Gogan pleaded guilty to manslaughter in March 2001. The next month, Justice Paul Fritzsche sentenced her to 15 years in prison with all but six suspended and six years of probation.
Gogan was released in summer 2006 from the Maine Correctional Center in Windham after serving more than five years in prison, which included time off for good behavior.
In pleading guilty to manslaughter in March 2001, Gogan admitted that she shot and killed her husband Gene Gogan, 62, while he slept in their Hartland home on Oct. 1, 1999. She then dragged his body to the couple’s truck, according to a story previously published in the Bangor Daily News, and drove to a remote area in Mayfield Township about 25 miles from the couple’s home where, she admitted, she cut him into 13 pieces.
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http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/news/local/3707594.html
...Vella Gogan's actions a virtual execution and "the ultimate act of domestic violence."
...Susan Estes, a niece, said she felt betrayed by the court system, which she said had gagged family members and treated Eugene Gogan's killer as the victim.
Vella Gogan pleaded guilty to manslaughter in 2001 because she feared a jury might not agree that she acted in self-defense and convict her of murder, which carries a 25-year minimum sentence in Maine.
Gogan was sentenced to 15 years in prison, with all but six years suspended, and six years of probation.BANGOR, Maine — A woman who served nearly six years in prison for killing her... more
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"This story is far too true, and far too common. Soldiers returning from war, only to be oppressed by the same system they swore allegiance to protect. This film chronicles the last day in the life of one soldier - or many - as countless veterans every month end their lives in desperation. Join the fight against the injustice visited, not just on veterans, but all capable parents robbed of their rights to see their children.""This story is far too true, and far too common. Soldiers returning from war, only to... more
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One such advocate is Sally Miller Gearhart, author of The Future — If There is One — Is Female. Here's Miller's uniquely gendered solution to over-population: "The proportion of men must be reduced to and maintained at approximately 10% of the human race." In commemoration of Miller's accomplishments, a fund was later established in her name for the University of Oregon's women's studies program.
Valerie Solanas is another female supremacist. Author of the SCUM (Society for Cutting up Men) Manifesto, Solanas referred to men as a "biological accident" and called on women to "destroy the male sex." Upon her death in 1988, Solanas was lionized by the president of the New York State chapter of the National Organization for Women as an "outstanding champion of women's rights."
Mary Daly, former professor at Boston College, was one of the early proponents of the "goddess movement," which seeks to replace Christ-centered religion with a polytheistic pantheon that includes Earth Mother, Gaia, and other icons of womanist theology. In 2001 Daly wrote, "If life is to survive on this planet, there must be a decontamination of the Earth. I think this process will be accompanied by an evolutionary process that will result in a drastic reduction of the population of males."
http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/roberts/090818One such advocate is Sally Miller Gearhart, author of The Future — If There is One... more
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There are several ways to modernize U.S. foreign aid. One is to restore poverty alleviation as a main purpose alongside diplomacy, according to Ritu Sharma, co-founder and president of Women Thrive Worldwide. She also calls for a more independent U.S. Agency for International Development, better-designed aid programs, and a more flexible aid policy.There are several ways to modernize U.S. foreign aid. One is to restore poverty... more
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"In 1982, producer Rina Fraticelli authored a report on the status of women in Canadian theatre. Its central findings were shocking: Women constituted a mere 10 per cent of produced playwrights in Canada, 13 per cent of directors, and 11 per cent of artistic directors. The principal role of women, she found, was in administration, often as general managers.
Two decades later, it seems, not much has changed. Recent studies in both Canada and the United States reveal that key artistic positions continue to be overwhelmingly dominated by men. One of those surveys, carried out under the umbrella of the Professional Association of Canadian Theatres, shows that, even in regions of the country where women are most likely to find such positions, those posts remain overwhelmingly held by males (68 per cent), 64 per cent of the works programmed are by male playwrights, and 62 per cent are directed by men. In some other regions, men constitute an average of 83 per cent of artistic directors, 79 per cent of playwrights, and 67 per cent of directors.
The Canadian study echoes one commissioned three years ago by Equity in Canadian Theatre: The Women's Initiative. Looking at 68 theatres, it found that women accounted for 33 per cent of artistic directors, 34 per cent of working directors and 28 per cent of produced playwrights. When women did attain the top creative jobs, it tended to be in smaller, more marginalized theatre companies.""In 1982, producer Rina Fraticelli authored a report on the status of women in... more
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WASHINGTON — Justice Sonia Sotomayor took the judicial oath on Saturday, becoming the first Hispanic and third woman to serve on the Supreme Court in United States history.
At just past 11 a.m., Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. administered a pair of oaths to her in two private ceremonies at the Supreme Court building, completing her ascent to a life-tenured position as the nation's 111th justice, and the first to be nominated by a Democratic president since 1994.
In the first ceremony, which took place in the justice’s conference room and was attended only by her relatives and a court photographer, she took the standard oath affirmed by all federal employees, swearing to "support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic."
She and the chief justice then walked to the court’s East Conference Room for the judicial oath, in which she stood before about 60 friends and family members and swore to "administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich, and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent upon me" under the Constitution and laws of the United States.WASHINGTON — Justice Sonia Sotomayor took the judicial oath on Saturday, becoming... more
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