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FEAR DICTATES IRELAND’S ABORTION POLICY
By feimineach / in #feminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #misogyny, #religion, #women, #thinkyblog / July 21, 2010I'm very much behind on my posts and have too many posts sitting in drafts waiting to be finished or, at the very least, cobbled together. This piece which was recently published in the Guardian re...
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#vivelafeminism: Racism, feminism and banning the veil
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / July 20, 2010Racism, feminism and banning the veil The vote in the French lower house to ban the wearing of the face veil in public is a dangerous development in the intensification of Islamophobia in Europe (Rac...
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#research: Female Academics Less Satisfied than Male Counterparts Across Disciplines
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / July 19, 2010Female Academics Less Satisfied than Male Counterparts Across Disciplinestinypapercuts: I don’t know how I feel about this, but it’s an interesting article. I don’t think this is the case in the aca...
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#vivelafeminism: Women are happy to let feminists get bashed
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / July 19, 2010Women are happy to let feminists get bashedsarahgraham7: …the real joke is that women are happy to enjoy the benefits of feminism without being prepared to own it, defend it, carry it forward.
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WOMEN ARE HAPPY TO LET FEMINISTS GET BASHED
By feimineach / in #feminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #misogyny, #patriarchy, #women, #thinkyblog / July 19, 2010Well ain't that the truth? Yes, it is. For it is a lamentable idiosyncrasy of feminism that, unlike other rights movements – the campaigns against prejudice based on race, class, or sexuality – its ...
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#vivelafeminism: Feminism is what I oppose, and feminism has led women astray
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / July 6, 2010“Feminism is what I oppose, and feminism has led women astray. I love the women’s movement—especially when walking behind it. Rush Limbaugh
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#vivelafeminism: The feminist agenda is not about equal rights for women
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / July 3, 2010“The feminist agenda is not about equal rights for women. It is about a socialist, anti-family political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraf...
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STILL VICTIM-BLAMING
By feimineach / in #feminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #gender, #misogyny, #patriarchy, #religion, #women, #thinkyblog / July 3, 2010I actually had an argument about this issue elsewhere on the web some weeks ago. It was all over the blogsosphere that the Church of Scientology (yeah, that's not a terrifying crowd at all!) is forcin...
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#research: ‘No foetal pain before 24 weeks’
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / June 25, 2010‘No foetal pain before 24 weeks’ There is no new evidence to show foetuses feel pain in the womb before 24 weeks, and so no reason to challenge the abortion limit, UK doctors say. The Royal College ...
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#research: ‘More and more rules’ on pregnancy
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / June 21, 2010‘More and more rules’ on pregnancypadaviya:Pregnancy has become ever more “policed”, with a litany of rules for parents-to-be on how to behave, a parenting conference is due to hear. Resea...
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#vivelafeminism: What’s the worst possible thing you can call a woman?
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / June 17, 2010“What’s the worst possible thing you can call a woman? Don’t hold back, now. You’re probably thinking of words like slut, whore, bitch, cunt (I told you not to hold back!), skank. Okay, now, what are ...
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#vivelafeminism: Feminism is not a replacement mindset for patriarchy
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / June 15, 2010“Feminism is not a replacement mindset for patriarchy, which tells you what to think via media mouthpieces and politicians: feminism involves thinking critically, which is why there are such a variety...
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#vivelafeminism: Feminists fighting to change the world
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / June 10, 2010Feminists fighting to change the world In 1902, Winifred Harper Cooley imagined a 21st century without sweatshops or slums. Cooley was a US feminist, once described as a radiant woman “in flowing, gr...
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#vivelafeminism: Feminism’s agenda is basic: It asks that women not be forced to “choose” between
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / June 4, 2010“Feminism’s agenda is basic: It asks that women not be forced to “choose” between public justice and private happiness. It asks that women be free to define themselves — instead of having their ...
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#vivelafeminism: #research: Feminism blamed for rising female violence
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / June 3, 2010Feminism blamed for rising female violence, via onlylivinglesbian: A Northern Territory researcher says studies show women can be just as violent as men and social changes are behind a reported rise ...
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#research: Feminism blamed for rising female violence
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / June 3, 2010Feminism blamed for rising female violence, via onlylivinglesbian: A Northern Territory researcher says studies show women can be just as violent as men and social changes are behind a reported rise ...
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#vivelafeminism: The fake feminism of Sarah Palin
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / May 31, 2010The fake feminism of Sarah Palin(via jonesmattingly) But, of course, Palin isn’t a feminist — not in the slightest. What she calls “the emerging conservative feminist identity” isn’t the product of a...
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#vivelafeminism: Slip away the modesty cloth of faux-feminist posturing over the veil…
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / May 30, 2010“Slip away the modesty cloth of faux-feminist posturing over the veil and you’ll find an ugly skin of nationalism, male intolerance and misogyny. The veil: a modesty slip for misogyny
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#research: New Study Finds Women and Girls Underrepresented and Oversexualized inMedia
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / May 29, 2010New Study Finds Women and Girls Underrepresented and Oversexualized in Media loliesmith: The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media has recently issued a report of the results of studies conducted ...
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#maleficentmisogyny: #research: New Study Finds Women and Girls Underrepresented and Oversexualized in Media
By feimineach / in #maleficentmisogyny, #quickhits / May 29, 2010New Study Finds Women and Girls Underrepresented and Oversexualized in Media loliesmith: The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media has recently issued a report of the results of studies conducted ...
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