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By honeybee • 13 years ago

Evidence Mounting in Favour of Male Circumcism

There have been several recent studies that have proven health benefits to both men and their partners for males who have been circumcized.  E.g., see here.

Generally the feminist position is to be against circumcision, for a variety of reasons (e.g., young recipients are not given a choice as to what happens to their body), however I feel studies like this throw a real wrench into the discussion.

If there are legitimate, provable health benefits for the practice, how does that change the feminist position on it?  Thoughts?
By honeybee • 14 years ago

Female ski jumpers lose bid to have Women’s Ski Jumping added to the Olympics

I don’t know how many people are aware, but the upcoming 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver currently does NOT have any Women’s Ski Jumping events (there are 3 for men), even though there are many professional women who compete in this sport.  A group of women with international backing tried to sue the Vancouver olympics to have the sport added due to the sexism of this but the court rejected their lawsuit.  See here.

Even though I understand the judge’s ruling (basically that the International Olympic Committee, the IOC, is not bound the Canadian Charter and thus the court has no jurisdiction to order them to alter the line-up of events), I’m terribly disappointed by this.  I still think the suit ...

I don’t know how many people are aware, but the upcoming 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver currently does NOT have any Women’s Ski Jumping events (there are 3 for men), even though there are many professional women who ...