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#womenslives: confused why women don’t report sexual assault? Ask Kesha. – @emmaladyrose
By feimineach / in #criminology, #misogyny, #todayin..., #womenslives, #womensrights / February 20, 2016From Emma Gray on the Huffpo (emphasis added): On Friday afternoon, a judge ruled against Kesha's request to be released from her contract with Sony. That contract commits the 28-year-old pop star ...
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#womenslives: “Equally disturbing are rapidly emerging forms of misogynistic cyberhate” – @Dr_AnastasiaP
By feimineach / in #criminology, #misogyny, #sociology, #womenslives, #womensrights, #womensstories / February 11, 2016Anastasia Powell (Senior Research and ARC DECRA Fellow, Justice and Legal Studies, RMIT University) on violence against women and technology. There are some useful stats too, for those who like/ need ...
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#afeministtakeon: Oscar Pistorius: shooting to kill
By feimineach / in #afeministtakeon..., #criminology / November 5, 2015This is the first article of a three-part series by Ché Ramsden exploring feminist issues surrounding the Pistorius trial, how they intersect and their implications in a South African context. Read pa...
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#womensstories: Pregnant Behind Bars: How Expectant Mothers’ Lives are Under Threat
By feimineach / in #criminology, #women, #womenslives, #womensrights, #womensstories / October 26, 2015For more in this series, see In These Times. Write-up below from msmagazine. Imagine being pregnant and hungry. Always hungry. Now imagine being hungry and locked in a room, unable to access food, fo...
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#todayin: misogyny: Mass Killings in the US: Masculinity, Masculinity, Masculinity
By feimineach / in #criminology, #gender, #sociology, #todayin..., #womensrights / October 12, 2015This is a really well put together post about the links between (toxic) masculinity and mass killings in the US. I didn't know before reading it that most victims of mass killings are women. I did kno...
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#womensstories: ‘I came to the UK and I was turned into a prostitute’
By feimineach / in #criminology, #humanrights, #misogyny, #womenslives, #womensrights, #womensstories / August 31, 2015When Ellie, 32, describes the first part of her life, she races through the disturbing details in a neutral tone; the problems she experienced as a child and a young woman are not what makes her angry...
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#todayin: rape culture: Study: one in 10 male college students have committed rape
By feimineach / in #criminology, #research, #todayin..., #womensrights / July 17, 2015Building upon findings from a previous study which found that 63% of campus rapists were repeat offenders, a new study has found that "only" one-quarter of college men admit to rape more that once. Ho...
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#womensstories: Teenage girl detainments increasing, but not because they’re criminals
By feimineach / in #criminology, #equality, #feminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #womensstories / July 16, 2015“Girls’ behavioral reaction to sexual abuse and trauma is criminalized, reinforcing the sexual abuse to prison pipeline…. The most common crimes for which girls are arrested — including running away, ...
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#girlsstories: the sexual abuse to prison pipeline
By feimineach / in #criminology, #equality, #feminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #womensstories / July 14, 2015From the report: Sasha was raped as a high school student. When news of the rape was circulated in social media, she was ridiculed by her classmates, making it impossible for her to feel safe at scho...
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YOUNG PEOPLE IN CARE AND OFFENDING: A BROKEN SYSTEM
By feimineach / in #criminology, #sociology, #thinkyblog / June 26, 2015On the 23rd of June, 2015, the Prison Reform Trust launched a review to examine why children aged 10 to 17 who are in care are more likely to offend than children who are not in care. [1] The Trust ac...
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#todayin: misogyny: a bride burnt every hour: the horror of dowry deaths
By feimineach / in #criminology, #misogyny, #patriarchy, #todayin..., #womensrights / January 19, 2015One of my favourite columnists, Kalpana Sharma, produced a disturbing piece yesterday – on dowry deaths. Kalpana was appalled to read a headline, ‘One bride burnt every hour’. Not 50 years ago, but la...
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#todayin: misogyny: study finds a third of college men would rape if they could get away with it
By feimineach / in #criminology, #misogyny, #todayin..., #womensrights / January 13, 2015I put this in the round-up on Sunday but I thought it deserved an airing of its own. A study of 73* US college men has found that nearly one-third of them would rape if (1) they thought they could get...
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#todayin: misogyny: “That a secret fraternity is a breeding ground for rape culture is worrisome…
By feimineach / in #criminology, #misogyny, #patriarchy, #politics, #sexism, #todayin..., #womensrights / April 23, 2014That a secret fraternity is a breeding ground for rape culture is worrisome, but that it’s happening right in our nation’s capital makes that even harder to stomach. According to Erin Gloria Ryan’s re...
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#todayin: misogyny: “Crying wolf”: Why don’t the police believe women?
By feimineach / in #criminology, #equality, #feminism, #misogyny, #patriarchy, #sexism, #todayin..., #womensrights / April 4, 2014On Feminist Times: In December 2012 Naomi Oni was attacked with acid on her commute home from work by a jealous friend. The fear, pain and panic of this horrific attack are difficult to comfortably ...
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#todayin: misogyny: “The attitude is: these girls are lucky to be at this party.
By feimineach / in #criminology, #feminism, #misogyny, #patriarchy, #sexism, #sociology, #todayin..., #womensrights / April 4, 2014"The attitude is, 'these girls are lucky to be at this party,'" Friedman says. "That inherent power dynamic feeds right into rape culture." Sexual assaults like the one detailed by the brave anonymou...
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#todayin: sexism: research: Images of Gender Twenty Years Later: A Content Analysis of Images in Introductory Criminal Justice and Criminology Textbooks
By feimineach / in #academia, #criminology, #feminism, #gender, #sexism, #sociology, #todayin..., #womensrights / March 20, 2014Feminist Criminology, October 2013 issue. Abstract: This research is a content analysis of photographs in 23 introductory criminal justice and criminology textbooks published between 2008 and 2012, r...
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#todayin: misogyny: "I Was a Victim of Revenge Porn – I Don’t Want Anyone Else to Face It"
By feimineach / in #criminology, #feminism, #gender, #misogyny, #sexism, #sociology, #todayin..., #womensrights / January 18, 2014One woman’s story on alternet: In February 2010, my ex-boyfriend, Joey (name changed) and I had a fight over a skirt I wore to work. He deemed the skirt too short. He shamed me, called me a hooker, a...
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"AFFLUENZA" AND THE CHILDREN OF THE OTHER 99%
By feimineach / in #criminology, #equality, #humanrights, #politics, #sociology, #thinkyblog, #womensrights / December 15, 2013In case any of you, like me, couldn't believe their eyes when they first read this, it is actually all true. Affluenza (the notion that the rich can be forgiven for being feckless and irresponsible be...
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#todayin: misogyny: why 27% of Scottish students think "no means yes"
By feimineach / in #criminology, #education, #feminism, #misogyny, #patriarchy, #sexism, #todayin..., #womensrights / November 9, 2013[...] it is hard to envisage any analysis that would provide any reassurance: either a proportion of boys far higher than one-in-four is thinking along these lines, or some Scottish girls have so litt...
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#todayin: misogyny: “Men who buy sex often think that women in prostitution have no right to…
By feimineach / in #academia, #criminology, #feminism, #sexism, #todayin..., #womensrights / August 22, 2013Men who buy sex often think that women in prostitution have no right to make emotional demands on them. This attitude may free the men from the expectation that they acknowledge or respect the personh...
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