Category Archive for 'Female Ritual Servitude'
New UK Law Will Criminalize Men Who Pay for Sex with Pimped or Trafficked Women, Could Be Charged with Rape, Could Face Life
Posted in Female Ritual Servitude, Femicide, Rape and Sexual Assault, Sex Trafficking, War on Women on Nov 19th, 2008
From today’s Guardian UK:
New prostitution laws to be set out today will mean a plea of ignorance is no defence for men facing prosecution for buying sex from a woman who has been trafficked or is being exploited by a pimp.
Under proposals to be published today by the home secretary, Jacqui Smith, a man who [...]
The Glass Ceiling and Sexism That Remain: Poll Shows Vast Majority of American Women Angry About Sexism in Wake of 2008 Election
Posted in 2008 Presidential Election, Erasure of Feminist History, Erasure of Feminist Leaders, Erasure of Women's Lives, Exile, Female Ritual Servitude, Feminism on Nov 18th, 2008
There’s an interesting article on the Daily Beast today about a poll it commissioned Penn, Schoen & Berland Associates (PSB) to conduct. Demographics of the 1,000 persons polled were as follows:
• Males [N=461]
• Females [N=542]
• Democrats [N=361]
• Republicans [N=301]
• Independents [N=341]
Highlights of the poll results:
• 85 percent of women feel strongly [...]
French Appeals Court Says Men Can’t Annul Marriage Because Wife Is Not a Virgin
Posted in Female Ritual Servitude, Male Foolishness, Male Terrorism, War on Women, Woman Hating, Women and Fundamentalism on Nov 18th, 2008
On Monday a French court struck down a ruling that allowed a Muslim man to annul his marriage because his wife was not a virgin, Benedicte Manier reports today.The case continues the legal battle over freedom of religion and women’s secular legal rights.
PARIS (WOMENSENEWS)–In a case that has sparked a national controversy here, [...]
Rebecca Mott: On Whiteness, Privilege and Male Violence
Posted in Erasure of Women's Lives, Female Ritual Servitude, Femicide, Male Terrorism, Pornography, Sex Trafficking, War on Women on Nov 17th, 2008
by Rebecca Mott
The answer to the question about whether being white and privileged prevents women from being forced to live with extreme male violence is written on my body.
That question has silenced me. That question has placed me in great danger, many times life threatening.
Being white and privileged did not prevent my stepdad raping [...]
Julie Bindel on Sheila Jeffreys’ New Book on the Sex Trade, “The Industrial Vagina”
Posted in Being Poor, Erasure of Women's Lives, Exile, Female Ritual Servitude, Femicide, Heroes, Male Terrorism, Practical Radical Feminism, Prostitution, Rape and Sexual Assault, Sex Trafficking, Sexism in the Military, War on Women, Woman Hating, Women's Bodies on Nov 12th, 2008
Julie Bindel has a post up today about Sheila Jeffreys’ new book, The Industrial Vagina:
Jeffreys has also discovered just who is making money out of this market. It is, of course, a huge earner for pimps, traffickers and brothel owners, but many others are profiting too: hoteliers make extra revenue by supplying prostitutes to businessmen; [...]
World March of Women 10 Year Anniversary and Call to Action
Posted in Being Poor, Capitalism, Colonialism, Erasure of Feminist History, Erasure of Feminist Leaders, Erasure of Women's Lives, Female Ritual Servitude, Femicide, Feminism, Heroes, Immigrants, Indigenous Women's Rights, Love Between Women, Male Terrorism, Prostitution, Racism, Racism and Feminism, Rape and Sexual Assault, Revolution, Sex Trafficking, Sexism in the Military, Sisterhood, Sustainability, War, War on Women, World March of Women on Nov 7th, 2008
I received the following Call to Action in my e-mail a few days ago. I’ve been part of the World March of Women since its beginning 10 years ago. It’s hard to believe it’s been that long! In 1999 I participated via telephone in NOW’s organizing meetings as the group in charge of U.S. women’s involvement. I [...]
Obama’s Presidency, Black Women, Biracial Persons, White Mothers of Biracial Children, Proposition 8
Posted in 2008 Presidential Election, Biracial Families, Exile, Female Ritual Servitude, Feminism, From Practice to Theory, Heroes, It's all connected, Male Terrorism, Racism and Feminism on Nov 6th, 2008
I came across the following exchange in a comments thread elsewhere on the blogosphere, and I responded to it there, but it’s an important enough issue, I believe, that I wanted to devote a blog post to it. I am conflicted about linking to it because I don’t want to put the commenters on the spot in [...]