By Jessica • 17 years ago

Intimate Partner Violence declines

The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) reports that the intimate partner violence rate has declined since 1993. (Thanks, VAWA!)

In 1993 nonfatal intimate partner violence was 5.8 victimizations per 1,000 U.S. residents 12 years old and older. By 2004 this rate had fallen to 2.6 victimizations per 1,000 individuals.
…The number of intimate partner homicide victims has declined since 1993, with greater declines seen for male victims. During 1993, the number of females murdered by intimates was 1,571, compared to 1,159 during 2004 — a 26 percent decline. The number of males murdered by partners during 1993 was 698, compared to 385 — a 45 percent decline.

Of course, it’s not all good news. Some demographic groups saw an ...

The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) reports that the intimate partner violence rate has declined since 1993. (Thanks, VAWA!)

In 1993 nonfatal intimate partner violence was 5.8 victimizations per 1,000 U.S. residents 12 years old and ...
By Jessica • 17 years ago

Best moment ever.

The lovely Miss Samhita is in town, which means I’m in a state of perpetual hangover nastiness. Naturally.
Classic Samhita:
Outside a Lower East Side bar, a random guy saunters up and tries to light Samhita’s cig. He can’t get it to work. Samhita rolls her eyes at him and says, “Fuck that patriarchal bullshit, anyway.” He backs away slowly.
And this is why she needs to move back to NY.

The lovely Miss Samhita is in town, which means I’m in a state of perpetual hangover nastiness. Naturally.
Classic Samhita:
Outside a Lower East Side bar, a random guy saunters up and tries to light ...
By Jessica • 17 years ago

NC abstinence group: condoms don’t work

Shocking, I know.

A report from NARAL Pro-Choice North Carolina says inaccuracies occur in both Sex Respect and Me, My World, My Future, which are used in the county’s “abstinence only” family life program taken by some middle school students.
Sex Respect, used by eighth-graders in New Hanover County, questions the protection that condoms provide against HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, stating: “There is not a lot of proof that condoms really work. Would you trust your life to one?”
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that condoms are highly effective against HIV when used consistently and correctly.

But the truth, of course, has no place in school. Check out this analysis of the Sex ...

Shocking, I know.

A report from NARAL Pro-Choice North Carolina says inaccuracies occur in both Sex Respect and Me, My World, My Future, which are used in the county’s “abstinence only” family life program taken by ...
By Jessica • 17 years ago

Disability beauty contest aims to break barriers

Here’s one of those things I don’t know what to say about.

It is a beauty contest complete with a swimsuit round. But all the contestants in the latest reality format to sweep ratings-hungry broadcasters have a disability.
Contestants must display a “handicap visible to the eye� in Miss Ability, a Dutch show that became the surprise hit of 2006 in the Netherlands.
Twelve women, including amputees and wheelchair-bound contestants, parade in nightgowns and bathing suits.

I’m not so into beauty pageants, but this actually seems kind of cool–at least in terms of redefining beauty standards. The producers of Miss Ability say that the show isn’t patronize women who are differently abled and are aiming to break down barriers:

But the ...

Here’s one of those things I don’t know what to say about.

It is a beauty contest complete with a swimsuit round. But all the contestants in the latest reality format to sweep ratings-hungry broadcasters have a ...

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