By Vanessa • 17 years ago

Move over, virgin brides.

‘Cause you’re guaranteed full submission with these lovely ladies. This is some seriously creepy shit.
It’s terrifying when a patriarchal tradition not only extends into the afterlife, but when women are slaughtered in order to respect it. Two Chinese women were killed by three men and were then sold (their corpses, that is) as “ghost brides.�
The most heinous part of this story is that the men had only decided to kill the women when they realized “that the women would be worth much more dead than alive.�
Shudder.

‘Cause you’re guaranteed full submission with these lovely ladies. This is some seriously creepy shit.
It’s terrifying when a patriarchal tradition not only extends into the afterlife, but when women are slaughtered in order to ...
By Jessica • 17 years ago

Rape victim thrown in jail, denied EC

You’ve got to love a system that allows a rape survivor to be thrown in jail after reporting the assault.
A young woman was raped by a man who grabbed her as she was walking to her car from a local parade. After she called police and reported the crime, it was discovered that she had an arrest warrant out for her.

It was from an arrest when the woman was a juvenile and she was accused of not paying restitution. The woman says she was not aware there was a warrant out for her, and her attorney says it appears to be a paperwork error.
“They were more interested in prosecuting her for something that’s a paperwork snafu ...

You’ve got to love a system that allows a rape survivor to be thrown in jail after reporting the assault.
A young woman was raped by a man who grabbed her as she was walking to ...
By Samhita • 17 years ago

To the left, to the left. . .

Ever since I got cable (bad choice when you have as much to do as I) but I have been watching a ton of Vh1 Soul, soooo good. And I love this song. All I can say, “I can have another you in a minute, so don’t ever get to thinking your irreplacable. . . ”

For some reason several of my girlfriends have been sending me this song/video. I guess it is important to remember the strength we have on our own, despite the nefarious implications of hetero-romance and what not. It is corny, it is mainstream, it is entrenched in disgusting capitalist patriarchy, but I can’t help but get a little happy that young girls (and my girls) are ...

Ever since I got cable (bad choice when you have as much to do as I) but I have been watching a ton of Vh1 Soul, soooo good. And I love this song. All I can say, ...
By Samhita • 17 years ago

This story is AWFUL.

I love you feministing for giving me a platform to rival this evil, expose it, make it known and fight it. I love you feministing commentators for kicking commenting butt. This story is awful. And so is this thread that followed it at Digg. Please a) start a more appropriate discussion here and b) go kick some commenting butt. Together we can overcome!
The line that should be ignored but disturbed me profoundly: “They are married.. He owns her.. It could never be rape because he is entitled to anything he wants.”
Ugh.

I love you feministing for giving me a platform to rival this evil, expose it, make it known and fight it. I love you feministing commentators for kicking commenting butt. This story is awful. And so ...
By Jessica • 17 years ago

Guest blogger du jour: Jill Morrison on laws that punish pregnant women


Jill Morrison is Senior Counsel at the National Women’s Law Center and was a speaker at the NAPW conference on the panel “How might you be prosecuted? Let me count ways: Punishing pregnant women based on claims of fetal rights and the war on drugs.”
I am the kind of attorney that doesn’t actually have clients. I work for the National Women’s Law Center on policies that impact people, but it is rare for me to actually meet those people. Well, the Summit of the National Advocates for Pregnant Women brought me face to face with the amazing women who have had their basic constitutional rights snatched from them. Why? Because ...


Jill Morrison is Senior Counsel at the National Women’s Law Center and was a speaker at the NAPW conference on the panel “How might you be prosecuted? Let me count ways: Punishing pregnant ...
By Vanessa • 17 years ago

You like us! You really, really like us!

Everything about this rubbed me the wrong way.
This weekend’s World Economic Forum held a “Powerful Womenâ€? reception, which was co-sponsored by Forbes and Ernst & Young. The welcoming speeches were given by the (male) CEOs of the companies as well. You can try to redeem yourself, Forbes…

Heads of state, ministers and chief executives were among those who attended…
But there were also a lot of men.
‘I think that shows that men like powerful women,’ quipped Deborah Platt Majoras, chairman (yes, that’s what her business card says) of the United States Federal Trade Commission, as she scanned the room while sipping a glass of champagne.

The whole coverage was about men’s reaction, even the one quote ...

Everything about this rubbed me the wrong way.
This weekend’s World Economic Forum held a “Powerful Women� reception, which was co-sponsored by Forbes and Ernst & Young. The welcoming speeches were given by the (male) ...
By Vanessa • 17 years ago

The Return of the Mommy Party, according to NYT.

The New York Times has a piece today on how women seeking high political positions are playing up their motherhood for more votes. (And that the strategy is a good one.)

For a long time women seeking high office, particularly executive office, were advised to play down their softer, domestic side, and play up their strength and qualifications. Focus groups often found voters questioning whether women were strong enough, tough enough, to lead.
. . . Today, many political strategists say women no longer have to be so defensive. Voters have grown more accustomed to women in powerful positions. And women like Ms. Pelosi and Mrs. Clinton, whatever other problems they may have, have been on the ...

The New York Times has a piece today on how women seeking high political positions are playing up their motherhood for more votes. (And that the strategy is a good one.)

For a long ...

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