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#research: Girls, interrupted: Revealed – the true cost of low self-esteem
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / April 2, 2012Don’t read the comments on the piece. They are full of the usual sexist nonsense.A generation of Britain’s best and brightest young women is being held back from fulfilling its potential to produce fu...
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INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY – MUCH DONE, AND SO MUCH LEFT TO DO
By feimineach / in #feminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #equality, #gender, #humanrights, #sexism, #thinkyblog / March 8, 2012On this International Women's Day, Polly Toynbee explains how we are going backwards instead of forwards in our quest for equality. You can thank Dave and his mates for that. Turn back the clocks and...
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IT’S NOT EASY BEING FEMINIST
By feimineach / in #feminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #equality, #sexism, #thinkyblog / March 5, 2012My best friend sent me this. It's me; this is actually me. I cannot listen to a piece of music, read a newspaper article, hear a news story, or watch a DVD or television programme without deconstruc...
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WHERE JULIE BINDEL TELLS US ALL WHAT SORT OF FEMINIST WE SHOULD BE
By feimineach / in #feminism, #sociology, #politics, #womensrights, #thinkyblog / August 28, 2011I’ve put about 100 things aside recently to blog about and none of them are timely or current any longer. I’m not going to blog about the UK riots because I really have to make a commentary on them in...
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BREIVIK’S FAR-RIGHT FRIENDS IN AMERICA
By feimineach / in #sociology, #politics, #humanrights, #religion, #thinkyblog / August 4, 2011If you give Breivik’s 1,500 manifesto a good read (though why would you, I suppose), you’ll see that his political influences (particularly with regard to his hatred of Islam) did not come from Europe...
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16% THINK IT’S OK FOR A MAN TO HIT HIS WIFE? [tw]
By feimineach / in #feminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #academia, #research, #law, #women, #thinkyblog / August 2, 2011[Trigger warning for violence.] This piece from alternet.org really doesn't require much additional comment. A report (link to PDF) from a group called UN Women has revealed some frightening views o...
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ABOLISH MATERNITY LEAVE IN THE UK?
By feimineach / in #feminism, #sociology, #politics, #womensrights, #sexism, #women, #thinkyblog / July 29, 2011Hat tip to redlightpolitics for this piece. From the article at The Telegraph: Mr Hilton, the Prime Minister’s strategy director, reportedly suggested the radical ideas during discussions on scrappi...
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NO SEX PLEASE; WE’RE BRITISH. AND WE’RE CALLED DAVE.
By feimineach / in #feminism, #sociology, #politics, #womensrights, #education, #patriarchy, #thinkyblog / June 7, 2011Below is an excellent and interesting critique of the recent announcement by Dave (Cameron) et al that said that we need to halt the over-sexualisation of our young girls. Dave et al are backing sever...
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OH, I’M NOT A FEMINIST…
By feimineach / in #feminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #thinkyblog / April 16, 2011I must blog about this very same thing twice a year because I just don't get it. From padaviya: Feminism has fought no wars. It has killed no opponents. It has set up no concentration camps, starved...
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#research: Why feminists are less religious
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / April 8, 2011Why feminists are less religious:To be honest, I’m not sure what the point of this piece is. It’s almost being presented as if it’s a Bad Thing. And it’s just not…Feminism, said evangelist and Republi...
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#research: Abortion is safer than having a baby, doctors say
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / April 6, 2011Link via padaviya:Pregnant women should be told that having an abortion is safer than having the baby, according to medical chiefs.The advice, which would be given to women considering terminations, h...
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#research: Men agree to casual sex more, because female strangers are not considered dangerous and bad in bed…
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / March 24, 2011Men agree to casual sex more, because female strangers are not considered dangerous and bad in bed“Or (Heterosexual) Male privilege, not evolution or innate female frigidness, explains the gender diff...
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#research: Criminals Look Different From Noncriminals
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / March 22, 2011Criminals Look Different From NoncriminalsAw man, this fool again! I can’t believe he’s allowed to write anywhere. I mean, psychologytoday.com is by no means a credible source, all things considered, ...
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#research: The Death Penalty Deterrence Myth
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / March 14, 2011The Death Penalty Deterrence MythI have to explain this issue to my students over and over again (particularly the first years who are often quite right-wing before they start learning about the nuanc...
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#research: Sociologist Allan Johnson notes that a society is patriarchal to the extent that it is male-dominated
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / January 27, 2011Sociologist Allan Johnson notes that a society is patriarchal to the extent that it is male-dominated, male-identified, and male-centered. This doesn’t mean that all men have power over all women or t...
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#research: Study finds no rise in post-abortion mental issues
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / January 27, 2011Study finds no rise in post-abortion mental issuesAs if deciding how to handle an unplanned pregnancy wasn’t stressful enough, several studies in recent years have suggested that young women who have ...
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#research: “Asking for it”
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / December 5, 2010“Asking for it”padaviya:There’s nothing like science for giving that objective, white-coat flavoured legitimacy to your prejudices, so it must have been a great day for Telegraph readers w...
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#research: Study on Rape of Youth Age 12 and Younger Responded to WithVictim-Blaming Rhetoric
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / November 18, 2010Study on Rape of Youth Age 12 and Younger Responded to With Victim-Blaming Rhetoric Trigger Warning for discussions of sexual violence against children and adolescents, as well as victim-blaming and ...
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#vivelafeminism: How feminism could improve judicial decision-making
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / November 17, 2010How feminism could improve judicial decision-making The Feminist Judgments Project offers a vision as to what the law might look like if there were (more) feminist judges, and in doing so, challenges...
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#research: 0% of Kids Raised by Lesbians Report Abuse in UCLA Study
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / November 15, 20100% of Kids Raised by Lesbians Report Abuse in UCLA StudyLOS ANGELES - There is a virtually zero-percent rate of physical or sexual abuse of children raised by lesbians, according to a 24-year study of...
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