Tag Archives: VAWA
A list of dudes who oppose the Violence Against Women Act
Tweet**Trigger warning** Welcome to the new Washington, where it’s now perfectly acceptable to take a basic sentiment, like “I think we should make life easier for women who’ve been beaten, assaulted, or raped,” and declare yourself publicly in opposition to it. Or at least, there are some Republicans who consider it acceptable. These Senators, all [...]
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The dangers of a gender essentialist approach to sexual violence
TweetIn December, when controversy about the rape apologist org the Good Men Project was all over the feminist internets, I wrote about problems with the juvenile way of thinking about people in terms like “good” and “bad.” In that post, I briefly mentioned that to address the reality of sexual violence we need a more [...]
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Quick hit: NYT on VAWA and “scourge of rape” for Native American women
TweetLast Wednesday, House Republicans stooped to a new low by throwing their support behind a ridiculous, callous and watered down version of the Violence Against Women Act. As we detailed last week, the heavily edited H.R. 4970 now moves backward on VAWA reauthorization, with the version that the House passed actually denying protection of undocumented immigrants, [...]
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That Awful Moment when the House implicitly endorses violence against women
TweetHouse Republicans have stooped low in their all-out war on women by turning an issue that has never been bipartisan–that violence against women is a bad thing–into a partisan one voting 222-206 in support of a ridiculous, callous and watered down version of the Violence Against Women Act. As Vanessa noted Tuesday, it was slated [...]
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A GIF Guide to the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)