“Gray rape,” cont’d…

Over at Jezebel, Moe responds to my post:

Gray rape, if you think about it, is an ideal term to describe a topic about which I am so conflicted. it evokes the notion of “shades of gray,” which is to say, the nuance without which empathy would not be possible. I forgave my gray rapist or date rapist or whatever a long time ago, much longer ago than I would have if I had felt myself that night to be in the presence of the OMG PURE EVIL that would be required to commit the sorts of things I’d been used to calling rape in the past. It is a loaded and powerful term, after all, and I derive no ...

Over at Jezebel, Moe responds to my post:

Gray rape, if you think about it, is an ideal term to describe a topic about which I am so conflicted. it evokes the notion of “shades of gray,” ...

A blast from the Laura Sessions Stepp past

Thanks to Scott for reminding me that gray-rape enthusiast Laura Sessions Stepp is the same person who argued in The Washington Post last year that girls who like sex make dudes limp. Seriously.
So a little retro Feministing for you:

Apparently women who like sex too much are responsible for a scourge of impotence among college men.
The Washington Post reports on the problem of younger men experiencing erectile dysfunction, which is supposedly caused in part by young women initiating sex.

According to surveys, young women are now as likely as young men to have sex and by countless reports are also as likely to initiate sex, taking away from males the age-old, erotic power of the ...

Thanks to Scott for reminding me that gray-rape enthusiast Laura Sessions Stepp is the same person who argued in The Washington Post last year that girls who like sex make dudes limp. Seriously.

More reason to dislike beauty pageants.

Because looking good in a swimsuit is more important than knowing about basic geography, or knowing how to answer a question. I am sure people in *the* Iraq and South Africa need to get taught by us good all-knowing, well-meaning, geographically gifted, Mericans. Interesting how when asked why Americans don’t know, her response is Americans need to help other people know (what we don’t know).

Feel bad for her. How embarrassing. Even Mario Lopez was cracking up.

Because looking good in a swimsuit is more important than knowing about basic geography, or knowing how to answer a question. I am sure people in *the* Iraq and South Africa need to get taught by us ...

Increasing rural women’s legal awareness in South Africa

Rural women in South Africa, unaware of laws that increased their rights, are not able to exercise those rights.

Ahead of the 4th annual Women’s Parliament, North West delegate, Catherine Motlhabane, told BuaNews Monday, that women in rural areas must be aware of provisions in legislation governing their rights.
An example of such a right, which many rural women were not aware of, she explained, was the right of married women to buy homes without their husband’s consent. In the past, women were compelled by law to have such consent before buying real-estate.
“Women didn’t have access to property but now they do. However they still do not buy houses because they are not aware of their rights,” she said.

One of ...

Rural women in South Africa, unaware of laws that increased their rights, are not able to exercise those rights.

Ahead of the 4th annual Women’s Parliament, North West delegate, Catherine Motlhabane, told BuaNews Monday, that women in rural ...

Voices of the Latina Institute: Spreading the Word


Karla Ayala, Office Administrator, National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health
As a young Latina who has had to face the realities and consequences of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), I have been fortunate enough to be able to educate myself on the facts and to educate others through my work as a peer educator. While I have been lucky enough to possibly have changed someone’s life by providing them with this information, I always ask myself about the countless others left in the dark, especially those left behind due to a lack of communication as a result of a language barrier.
When my mom was diagnosed with cervical cancer in 1999, she had no idea what it was ...


Karla Ayala, Office Administrator, National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health
As a young Latina who has had to face the realities and consequences of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), I have been fortunate enough to be ...

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